Amazing quote in the press release launching Lewis Capaldi’s album: “I hope people don’t think it’s shit. I mean don’t get me wrong there will be one or two stinkers on there, but I’m only human and we all make mistakes, but as a whole I think it’s pretty fucking good.”
It’s thirty years since The KLF’s 3am Eternal hit Number One so I suppose it must also be about thirty years since 13-year-old me met The KLF at Top Of The Pops.
When Q magazine closed, David Hepworth wrote: “To the music business I would say, you’re going to miss the music press. Why? Because it did one thing you failed to value. Through its lens it made your acts seem exciting and larger than life, even when they weren’t.”
That's the weird thing about perspective isn't it, because you could just as easily argue that Madonna pulling it together and finishing the song is "most triumphant moment" in BRIT Awards history
In 1988 The KLF wrote this about Steve Wright in their book about how to have a Number One single. Preposterously Steve was still the heartbeat of the nation three decades later. A pop legend!
Did an interview with a popstar earlier and after a shambolic first minute with sound off, video on, sound on, video off and then a random raised hand they explained they'd never used Zoom before. What a beautiful eight months they must have had
Pitbull’s cover of Africa is an end-of-year-list-destroying masterpiece. Total bare minimum, no prechorus, no postchorus, no middle eight, just VERSE CHORUS VERSE CHORUS VERSE CHORUS CHORUS THERE THAT’S TWO AND A HALF MINUTES INVOICE ATTACHED
On the verge of putting a new Popjustice Dot Com site design live because a few days before Christmas is definitely the right time to do that, and the thing I’m most excited about is the new page navigation
Radio 1’s Newsbeat just introduced a report from Hastings saying it was the site of a large battle and the birthplace of the man who invented the Spice Girls. Pretty ridiculous to suggest that such a major historical event is on a par with the Battle of Hastings
I have been a lifelong
@abba
fan so it is an absolute honour to share that I will be joining
@abbavoyage
live on stage on keyboards/ synth and BVs. I am beyond excited for this journey to continue and hope you can join us….
#abbavoyage
#abba
We wrote this album almost 8 years ago and for various reasons it didn’t get an official release, so it’s with great pride that The Lost Tapes is available now on all streaming platforms 🎁
A very Merry Christmas, love Mutya, Keisha & Siobhan ❤️
2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize winner: The Girl, So Confusing Version With Lorde by Charli XCX and Lorde. A unique pop moment. Well done everyone!
Also, knocked out a quick post about how unusual and pleasant it is that the (v good) new Madeon single is written, produced and performed by just one person (ie Madeon)