Bradley Zero Spins Culture, Rhythm, Community and Future Into Sound

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Bradley Zero is more than a DJ — he’s a cultural architect.
From Peckham basements to global stages, he’s built a scene rooted in sound, soul and resistance.
Rhythm is his tool, but community is his legacy.

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Bradley Zero, DJ, selector, founder of Rhythm Section International and mastermind behind one of the UK’s most influential underground labels, doesn’t preach from a pedestal — he lives inside the booth, the backrooms of Peckham, the beat itself. His sound doesn’t follow formulas — it burns.



His story begins in Leeds, a university town where music culture pulses through the underground. But it’s in South London that Bradley defined his mission: building a scene that is warmer, more inclusive, and radically eclectic. In 2014, he founded Rhythm Section International, not just a label but a platform that builds community.

His parties started in an unlicensed basement with no sound system, just raw energy and trust. No glamour, no gimmicks — just sweat and soul. “It’s not just about playing records,” he says. “It’s about holding a space, creating atmosphere, forming collective energy.” In that, he’s a master.

Beyond the booth, his influence is carved in brick. Jumbi, his Afro-Caribbean bar and music space, blends basslines with rum, dub with stew. A venue both cultural and deeply political in its simplicity: it gathers, uplifts, protects. In an era of rampant gentrification, holding cultural space is an act of resistance.

Bradley doesn’t move alone. He’s the product of sonic inheritance — his father, a jazz-loving vinyl collector, was his first rave. And he walks with a spirit of sharing. That’s why he created Future Proof, a mentorship program supporting underrepresented talent in the music industry. “The scene doesn’t survive unless you open the door,” he says. And he doesn’t just open them — he builds new ones.

His DJing is not about showy drops or ego — it’s about surgical selection. His sets tell stories across house, jazz, soul, broken beats, and recontextualized classics. His USB holds Nina Simone and tomorrow’s beats side by side. That unforgettable Boiler Room set with DJ EZ in 2012? Still a landmark. When he drops “Sinnerman” to close a night, it’s not for clout — it’s for elevation.

Don’t mistake his warmth for neutrality. Bradley Zero holds both aesthetic and political power. He resists homogeneity, rejects nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake, and crafts forward-thinking sonic spaces. The DJ as social architect. The selector as bridge builder.

Fashion, design, music — it all collapses gracefully in his universe. His style, always clean, always textured, acts as a visual manifesto. He doesn’t shout — he leaves a mark. In a world bloated with DJs chasing metrics, Bradley still plays for meaning.

And so, through vinyl, analog sound, and nights that feel like home, Bradley Zero emerges not just as a curator of rhythm but as a symbol of what a scene can become when built with intention, care, and courage. This isn’t revival — it’s evolution. And he’s got the needle exactly where it belongs.

07 July 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine

GOLIN Turns Sound Into Space, Body, and Living Feeling

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In her new project sensor, GOLIN shifts from glitch-pop to an intimate, tactile soundscape.
The album seeks no hits, only deep, serpentine emotional vibrations.
Through inner landscapes and artistic collaborations, she redefines the future of sensorial pop.

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impact and virality, GOLIN offers something else: silence, skin, inner vibration. Her new project, sensor —featured in the PW-Magazine article “Serpentine Rooms, Highways, Feelings”— marks a radical break from her previous work, a shift from glitch-pop frenzy to an expanded emotional landscape.

But make no mistake: this is not complacent minimalism. What GOLIN proposes is a new way of understanding sound — an immersive, sensorial, deeply physical experience. sensor isn’t something you simply listen to. You feel it. Like a highway at night. Like a damp room. Like an emotion you don’t yet have words for.

From the start, GOLIN has been a complex figure: part club-theatrical, part deconstructed J-pop, part vocal experimentation. Her aesthetic was abrasive, ironic, saturated with excess. But in this new work, all that implodes inward. The power doesn’t disappear — it transforms into resonance. There is no longer a need for noise. Now, there’s depth. Vibration. Echo.

In her own words: “I no longer want to shine. I want to touch.” And it shows. Every track on the album is a space: a “serpentine room,” an emotional curve. There are no hooks, no peaks. Just soft turns, synthesizer layers like skin, loops that breathe. This is music for the inner road — an album that doesn’t seek a destination, but the journey itself.

In her interview with PW, GOLIN speaks candidly about her creative evolution. She explains that leaving behind her previous aesthetic wasn’t a rebranding — it was a natural shedding. “I’m no longer interested in theatricality. I’m interested in space. In what vibrates when I say nothing.” That radical honesty doesn’t just come through — it defines the work.

And although sensor might seem far from the club circuit, it doesn’t let go of intensity. It just redirects it. There’s tension. There’s darkness. But it’s diluted in a kind of electronic water — almost cinematic. This isn’t an album to dance to. It’s an album that inhabits you. The kind of record you could hear in a gallery, or playing softly in the background of a silent runway show.

Visually, there’s also a clear shift. Where GOLIN once flirted with digital kitsch, now her image breathes restraint: blurred photos, unadorned gestures, organic tones. She no longer plays a character. She faces a landscape — one that’s internal, open, and mapless.

The album was shaped in collaboration with other artists from Europe’s contemporary scene — like Luki von der Gracht or Max Eulitz — placing GOLIN in a context where music is not a product, but a medium. Sensation, art, body, sound: everything merges. Everything collapses into a singular language.



The beauty of this project isn’t in its form, but in its intention. In a world that rewards volume, virality, and repetition, GOLIN chooses the whisper, the slowness, the tremor. She builds a space where feeling is more urgent than being heard. In that decision, there’s no nostalgia, no retro aesthetic — only future.

sensor is, in many ways, a timeless album. And GOLIN, instead of following the algorithm’s rhythm, builds her own tempo: intimate, deliberate, and powerful. From the margins, from the personal, from the serpentine. It is there where her voice —and her vision— sounds loudest.

28 June 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine

Nina Battisti Rewrites French Pop with Pain, Humor, Piano

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From classical piano to intimate electro-pop, Nina Battisti turns heartbreak and self-doubt into bold, melodic confessionals.
Raw, romantic, and red-lit — her debut EP is both spectacle and diary.
No mask, no filter — just chords, chaos, and clarity.

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Some artists create from technique, others from ego. Nina Battisti creates because she has no choice. Born in Corsica, based in Paris, and raised on a diet of classical piano and heartbreak, she doesn’t sing to perform — she sings to survive. Her voice doesn’t try to impress. It tells you what you didn’t know you were feeling.

Trained in conservatory discipline — sheet music, Schumann, the works — Nina’s heart broke open when she discovered Juliette Armanet. Then, after a crushing breakup, she found her voice. “Manque d’amour gave me the push I needed,” she says. The result? An identity stitched in sound and silence.

In 2025, she released her debut EP, Le Cabaret des Pleurs — a bold, bruised, and oddly joyful collection of French pop meets lo-fi electro.

Each track feels like a love letter from the bathroom floor: romantic, insecure, poetic and a little absurd. The lyrics touch on body image, artistic comparison, self-worth and survival — not with despair, but with sly, self-aware humor. “I accept failure. I accept slowness. What matters is listening to myself,” she says. And she means it.

Live, Nina transforms small stages into red altars. At her Paris debut in Les Trois Baudets, she filled the room with heart-shaped balloons, intimate lighting, and her signature piano-vulnerability. Styled by her friend and fellow artist Inna, she wore a deep red outfit to match the EP’s mood: theatrical, honest, a little broken and very real. “Red made sense. It’s the color of my songs, my wounds, my whole vibe.”

She chooses collaborators by instinct. Whether opening acts like Déborah Leclercq or French Toast, or her creative team, Nina trusts chemistry over status. “I don’t feel like I’m someone important enough to ‘choose’ support acts. It’s a shared moment. A co-plateau.”

Her writing process? Chaotic. She never pens lyrics in advance. She sits at the piano, loops a few chords, and lets the emotions write themselves. Sometimes, a song’s born in 15 minutes. Other times, nothing happens for weeks. And that’s fine. The discipline of her classical training helps — she still studies Schubert and Schumann — but what drives her is intuition, not perfection.

“This EP is me. It’s my 2024, my start of 2025. It’s everything I’ve been through. If someone listens and feels less alone — that’s everything.”

Nina Battisti sings like someone who needs to, who doesn’t care for trends or polish. Her charm lies not in perfection, but in presence. In being the friend who jokes while crying. The performer who turns stage fright into stand-up. The songwriter who makes heartache wearable — and cool.

Forget the gloss. Nina is what happens when pain gets a piano and dares to be loud about it.

27 June 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine

Dua Saleh Rewrites Identity, Sound, Power, Style, and Art

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Sudanese-American artist Dua Saleh blends music, activism, fashion, and film into a bold, genre-defying voice. Their work challenges norms around gender, culture, and sound with poetic power and unapologetic presence. Dua isn’t following the future—they’re creating it.

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When the industry grows predictable and sounds start to blur, Dua Saleh cuts through the static with elegance, intellect, and magnetic presence. They don’t just defy categories—they dismantle them. Poet, musician, activist, and actor, Dua isn’t entering the creative arena—they’re redesigning it from the inside out. Born in Sudan, raised in Minneapolis, and powered by a blend of queer identity, critical consciousness, and creative fire, Dua is not just arriving—they’re claiming the moment.

Their sonic aesthetic is as rebellious as it is refined. From the breakout EP Nūr to their critically acclaimed debut album I Should Call Them (2024), Dua has built a musical universe where rap, alt-pop, R&B, and electronic textures melt into an emotional collage. Their lyrics dive deep into toxic love, climate dread, gender tension, and Sudanese memory—each track a radical, poetic blueprint for what sound can mean.

But Dua’s artistry doesn’t stop at sound. On-screen, they made their debut as Cal Bowman in Netflix’s Sex Education—a nonbinary student navigating identity in a rigid school system. Far beyond symbolic casting, Cal is rendered with depth, defiance, and honesty. Dua doesn’t perform for applause—they perform to reflect. And in doing so, they expand what television can feel like when it truly sees us.

Offstage, Dua is grounded in activism. They’ve spoken loudly and clearly about systemic racism, prison abolition, and police violence. Their track “body cast” is a raw, arresting protest song whose proceeds went to Black Visions Collective. With Dua, the line between art and resistance is not just blurred—it’s erased.

And yes, let’s talk fashion. Dua’s style is genderless, elevated, and deeply intentional. Think: streetwear fused with African heritage, sculptural silhouettes, and a bold refusal to dilute self-expression. Every look is a visual manifesto. Every detail a confrontation. Dua wears power like fabric—fluid, sharp, unignorable.

The future? Dua isn’t waiting for it. They’re writing it—verse by verse, beat by beat. They don’t simply exist in cultural space—they reshape it, stretch it, and fill it with a new language where queerness, migration, memory, and rage don’t just survive—they sing.

Dua Saleh is not a rising star. They are a statement. If contemporary art has a face fierce enough to challenge everything with grace, voice, and vision, that face wears fluid makeup, a fearless gaze… and goes by the name Dua.



Who said the future had a shape?
The future sounds like Dua Saleh.

22 June 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine

Sanguijuelas del Guadiana: Music, Memory, and Revolution From the Village

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Sanguijuelas del Guadiana sings what many keep silent: the return home, the roots, and the raw emotion of feeling deeply. Their music blends celebration and wound, tradition and electronica, with a disarming honesty. They’re not just a band — they’re an emotional revolution rising from the rural heartland.

There’s music that entertains—and music that cuts through you. Sanguijuelas del Guadiana belongs to the latter. They’re more than a band: they’re a return home with wide-open eyes and a full heart. A raw, unfiltered song about what hurts, what connects, and what remains. Born in Casas de Don Pedro, a small village in Extremadura’s so-called “Siberia,” Carlos, Juan, and Víctor turned their own story—and that of many—into a project that doesn’t seek to escape rural life, but to claim it with pride.

Their debut album, "Revolá," is a collection of sung memories, loose emotions returning like warm, brutal gusts. Because a revolá isn’t just a wind—it’s that internal storm that hits you when you return to where you grew up and realize nothing’s changed… except you. It’s tenderness, dizziness, nostalgia, and love, all at once—born from lived experience.

The title track "Revolá" is a declaration of intent. It’s an embrace of contradictions—looking gently at what once hurt. The video, shot among empty pools, abandoned lots, and golden fields, is a visual gem that turns the everyday into the epic. It’s poetry from the block, from the village, from the roots.

Musically, Sanguijuelas blends what they love with who they are. There’s funk, electronica, rumba, pop, and suddenly a distorted pasodoble that makes you laugh, dance, and cry at the same time. It sounds like celebration—but also like mourning. Like sleepless nights and tight hugs. Like an August verbena still echoing in your chest once September hits.

But their message goes deeper than sound. Their philosophy is profoundly human and emotional. They speak openly about anxiety, the fear of the future, identity, the body, friendship, attachment. They do it from a place of honesty, never trying to prove anything. What they share is universal—but told from their truth. And you can feel that. Because it moves you.

In a music scene that often rewards image over substance, they bring presence. Where there’s artifice, they offer truth. They aren’t playing characters. They’re just three guys who looked themselves in the eye and chose to come back home—not as a failure, but as an act of love. They’ve turned what the industry often ignores—rural Spain, the provinces, the unglamorous—into a stage.

With their tour "Verbena en Vena", performances at WOMAD, and the blessing of being produced by Jorge González (Vetusta Morla), Sanguijuelas del Guadiana is on the rise. But their feet remain firmly planted in the soil that raised them.

Their revolution isn’t about tearing things down. It’s about rebuilding the intimate, celebrating the simple, and putting words to the lump in the throat so many carry in silence.

Sanguijuelas doesn’t shout. They whisper. And that whisper comes full of truth, emotion, and a beauty that doesn’t ask permission. It just enters. Like a revolá.

20 June 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine

Faustyna Maciejczuk: Soft Power, Dreamy Grit, and Honest Pop

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Faustyna Maciejczuk is a Polish singer-songwriter blending melancholic pop, airy production, and poetic lyrics. With violin roots and an eye for cinematic detail, her music feels intimate yet universally resonant. Her work reflects the quiet strength of a generation learning to feel everything—loudly, beautifully, and without apology.

There’s something quietly radical about Faustyna Maciejczuk. The Berlin-based, Polish-born artist has emerged as one of the most compelling voices in Europe’s rising alt-pop scene—not by being loud or overly experimental, but by doing something far more delicate: being emotionally honest. Across a growing discography of soft, melancholic bangers, Faustyna tells stories about love, identity, and vulnerability in ways that feel equal parts diary entry and cinematic dream.

She started with a violin in hand. Trained at a music school in Białystok, Faustyna first stepped into the world of classical performance before shifting into songwriting, production, and the indie-pop sphere. Her 2021 debut EP Przebudzenie (Polish for “Awakening”) announced her arrival: introspective, melodic, and quietly defiant. Released through FONOBO Label, the project flirted with synthpop and bedroom balladry while introducing a lyrical language rooted in personal growth.

In 2022, her full-length album baby blue—released via Kayax—marked a turning point. It was raw but polished, youthful but self-aware. The nine-track LP explored fear, emotional healing, and self-reclamation. Tracks like wiatr, po burzy, and the title song shimmer with soft beats and layered vocals, mixing violin textures with dreamy synths and intimate phrasing. It’s pop, but not the kind made for charts—it’s built for feeling, reflection, and slow dancing alone in your bedroom.

Faustyna doesn’t just sing—she shapes space. Her soundscapes are minimalist but rich, woven with subtle emotion. Her voice often hovers just above a whisper, drawing you in rather than demanding attention. She sings like she’s writing a letter no one else was supposed to read. But we do read it—and in doing so, we recognize ourselves.

She’s also deeply involved in her production and visuals, building an aesthetic that feels simultaneously fragile and intentional. Her collaborations with Polish producers like Dawid Pham have helped expand her sonic universe, but she always maintains creative control—her fingerprints are everywhere. With over 200k followers on Instagram, she curates a soft, expressive online presence that mirrors her music: moody, poetic, real.

Her most recent single, chcę cię więcej (2024), adds a slightly more upbeat tone while still exploring the ache of longing. It hints at an upcoming body of work that may lean into warmer, summer-tinged emotions—without sacrificing the lyrical depth fans have come to expect.

Whether performing on Polish TV shows or writing late at night while finishing musicology studies, Faustyna crafts songs that feel like pauses in a fast-moving world. She’s not chasing trends—she’s creating moments. And that’s her power.

Faustyna Maciejczuk is not just an artist to watch—she’s a mood, a message, and a mirror. And she’s only just getting started.

20 June 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine

1tbsp’s Hotel Living: Dancefloor Intimacy Behind Closed Doors

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Australian-born, Berlin-based producer 1tbsp releases Hotel Living, a six-track EP blending emotional electronica with house textures. The project is both restless and still—like staying in a city you don’t belong to, but don’t want to leave. In collaboration with Cherry Chola and Purient, it offers a soundtrack to the quiet in-between.

With Hotel Living, producer 1tbsp builds a sonic world that feels both anonymous and deeply personal—like the sterile softness of a freshly made hotel bed, or the freedom of dancing alone in a room you’ll check out of tomorrow. Released in June 2025, this six-track EP is an ode to transience, created in the liminal spaces between cities, continents, and emotional states.

1tbsp, the project of Australian artist Maxwell Byrne, has always thrived on mood. But this time, the mood feels more crystallized—stripped-down, yet immersive. Hotel Living extends the pulse and palette of 2023’s Megacity1000, but turns the volume down emotionally to explore new frequencies. There’s less urgency here, and more tension: the kind that simmers quietly between walls you don’t recognize as your own.

Opening with “Rush (Missing Out On Me),” a standout collaboration with Cherry Chola and Purient, the EP draws listeners into a swirl of breathy vocals, shuffling percussion, and the kind of subtle sonic details that reward headphone listening. The track feels like club music for the morning after—a gentle hangover of longing and fragmented memory.

That tone carries through the record. The percussion is crisp but never aggressive; the synths melt and bloom without fanfare. There’s a restraint here, but it doesn’t come off as minimalism—it’s more emotional than that. On tracks like “Seventeen” or “Written in Rain,” you feel the emotional texture of the production more than any obvious structure. The songs move like memories: incomplete, but weighted.

The EP was born out of 1tbsp’s hyper-curated process—he reportedly sketched hundreds of ideas, distilling them down into these six cuts. Influences range from early French house to microhouse and ambient pop, but it never sounds referential. Instead, Hotel Living feels like the kind of record that belongs in a room lit only by LED strips, playing from a phone speaker while someone dances alone, maybe crying.

Cherry Chola appears on half the tracks, adding a ghostlike humanity that elevates the EP’s emotional undercurrent. The vocals—intimate, occasionally half-whispered—don’t dominate the songs but breathe through them, blurring the line between person and production.

More than a record, Hotel Living is an atmosphere. It doesn’t demand attention—it invites you to dissolve into it. Like the quiet in a hotel hallway at 2am, it’s full of suggestion, but never reveals too much.

1tbsp is currently taking this atmosphere on tour, with dates across North America and Europe, including Electric Forest (June 20) and Madrid’s Sala Siroco (July 4). But the true magic of Hotel Living might always live behind a closed door, echoing off strange walls.

20 June 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine

Courtesy Redefines Club Culture with Emotion, Architecture, and Sound

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Courtesy merges electronic music, literature, and spatial design into a deeply emotional experience. Her sets feel like mixtapes for the soul, blending vulnerability with cinematic sound. More than a DJ, she is a curator of modern sonic intimacy.

In a universe where electronic music is often experienced as a journey of beats and bodies in motion, Courtesy emerges as a singular figure — poetic, conceptual, and deeply intentional — who dissolves the boundaries between sound, image, and literature. Born in Denmark and based in Berlin, this DJ, multidisciplinary artist, and cultural curator doesn’t just play music: she creates emotional architecture. Each set is a statement. Each event she curates is an extension of her artistic vision.

With an intellectual background that’s rare in the club world, Courtesy (real name: Najaaraq Vestbirk) moves fluidly between literary references, conceptual architecture, and sonic sensitivity. For her, music isn’t just something you hear — it’s something you visualize, walk through, inhabit. She speaks of literature as if it were structure, of clubs as poems built from immersive basslines and ethereal textures. The result of this hybrid perspective is a sound that’s as introspective as it is physical.

Her DJ sets — known for their emotional landscapes, ranging from controlled euphoria to luminous melancholy — have resonated in iconic venues like Berghain and across cult festivals worldwide. But beyond rhythm, she’s about narrative. She often compares her musical curation to creating personal mixtapes: intimate, coherent, and charged with intention. For Courtesy, a set isn’t just for dancing — it’s an experience that builds memory and provokes thought.

That same sensitivity informs her curatorial work. Through her label Kulør, she brings together sound artists, designers, and writers in spaces that defy traditional club structures — museums, galleries, and hybrid contexts where electronic culture and high art flow seamlessly together. In a world obsessed with hype, Courtesy chooses depth, slowness, and care. Her aesthetic embraces silence, delicate atmospheres, and a sonic palette that often feels cinematic.

Outside the dancefloor, her influence also resonates intellectually. She’s been invited to speak at cultural institutions about music, architecture, and feminism — proving that a DJ can be as much a thinker as a performer. In interviews, she openly explores topics like anxiety, the entertainment industry’s pressures, or emotional vulnerability — themes that quietly thread their way through her music selections.

In Courtesy’s universe, the club becomes ritual, sound becomes space, and the beat becomes a mode of thinking. It’s not just about playing tracks — it’s about translating states of being, composing mental landscapes, dancing with both head and heart.

Courtesy doesn’t seek to entertain — she seeks to move.
And in that pursuit, she’s become one of the most essential and elegant forces in global electronic music today.

17 June 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine

Shygirl Is Redefining Pop With Power, Sex, and Chaos

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Shygirl isn’t just an artist — she’s a movement.

Blending club culture, fashion, and raw emotion, she crafts soundtracks for liberation.

From NUXXE to Nymph, she’s reshaping the future of pop with fearless precision.

Blane Muise, better known as Shygirl, is anything but shy. Her stage name is pure irony, because if there’s one thing that defines this London-based artist, it’s boldness, hyper-aesthetic vision, and complete creative defiance. Singer, rapper, songwriter, DJ, visual muse, entrepreneur, and underground icon—Shygirl is a cultural force reshaping the boundaries of music, art, and fashion.

Born in South East London, Shygirl grew up immersed in clubs, broken beats, and a city that breathes identity. Her music channels that same energy: industrial, abrasive, sensual, and unapologetic.

She doesn’t whisper—she declares. She doesn’t conform—she redesigns.Through her collective and label NUXXE, founded with Sega Bodega and Coucou Chloe, she’s built an ecosystem where pop is deconstructed, twisted, and reborn with noir aesthetics, wild rhythms, and total creative freedom.

Her debut album, Nymph (2022), was critically acclaimed and nominated for the Mercury Prize. Shygirl doesn’t just sing or rap—she seduces, provokes, and tells stories of desire, vulnerability, power, and play. Her voice glides between whispery seduction and explosive verses over futuristic, genreless productions. Her sound is club, grime, hyperpop—it’s everything that comes after conventional pop.

But Shygirl’s artistry goes far beyond sound. Her visual identity and aesthetic vision are as sharp as her beats. In photoshoots, music videos, and editorials, she morphs into a shapeshifting creature—fashion icon and queer symbol. Her style fuses latex and lace, digital surrealism and Y2K glam, elegance and cybersexuality. She’s collaborated with experimental designers, inspired the likes of FKA twigs, SOPHIE, and Arca, and starred in campaigns for Fenty Beauty, where her visual power takes center stage.

On stage, she’s magnetic. Theatrical yet intimate. In interviews, she speaks with a calm that contrasts the chaos of her music. That duality—the balance between explosive energy and cerebral control—is what makes Shygirl so singular. She doesn’t need to fit into a genre, identity, or industry. She creates her own lane—and with each project, she expands it.

Her latest EP, Club Shy: Room 2 (2024), continues to break all the rules. Featuring collaborations with Empress Of and Erika de Casier, she transforms the concept of “club” into an emotional, sexual, and liberating space. It’s a statement: pop can be aggressive and beautiful, radical and polished, chaotic and perfectly engineered.

Shygirl isn’t just at the center of what’s cool—she’s defining it. With every beat, every selfie-turned-art-piece, every double-edged lyric, she reminds us that music shouldn’t just be heard—it should be felt, seen, questioned, and freed.

16 June 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine

Domiziana: Hyperpop, Fierce Attitude, and Blazing Aesthetics

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Domiziana is the new muse of European hyperpop, where sound and style collide with fearless energy.
With Sicilian roots and a Berlin soul, her art is pure visual and sonic fire.
From “Ohne Benzin” to Club Inferno, she’s redefining what it means to be a pop star today.

With a name that sounds mythical and an aesthetic that defies convention, Domiziana has emerged as a key figure in the European hyperpop movement.



This multidisciplinary artist—who needs no surname to make an impact—has burst onto the scene with a sound as explosive as it is sophisticated. Her work fuses the rave pulse of Berlin techno, the sensuality of the Mediterranean, and an artistic vision that goes beyond music: she offers a full aesthetic experience.

Born in Sicily and raised in Berlin, Domiziana is the perfect product of a cultural blend that draws from both South and North, from classical heritage to digital avant-garde. That duality defines her music and her image alike. In her videos and photo shoots, one can find echoes of mythology and fashion, cyberpunk and experimental cinema. Every appearance she makes feels like a living work of art, meticulously crafted down to the lighting and styling.

Her breakout moment came in 2022 with “Ohne Benzin”, a high-energy track driven by rave beats and pop hooks that went viral on TikTok and shot into the top 10 of the German charts. It became an anthem for a generation craving intensity, disruption, and a new kind of star—one closer to contemporary art than traditional pop.

But Domiziana is no fleeting phenomenon. Her 2024 EP “Club Inferno” proved she’s here to stay. Loaded with distorted synths, dramatic autotune, and lyrics that blend the confessional with the surreal, the project cemented her signature hyperpop sound. It also reaffirmed her strong visual identity: each music video, each cover, each outfit screams individuality. There are clear nods to the excess of the early 2000s, but filtered through a sensibility that is both modern and uniquely hers.

In an age of digital oversaturation, Domiziana achieves something rare: she’s everywhere without losing her mystique. Her social media presence—especially on Instagram—is curated like a moving art gallery. She looks like a futuristic editorial model but performs like a conceptual artist. This is more than music—it’s a style manifesto.

A source of inspiration for designers, photographers, and young visual creatives, Domiziana has positioned herself as an iconic figure in the new wave of European pop. Her art stands at the intersection of Berlin and Palermo, dancefloor and gallery, sound and fashion. And all of it is infused with a fierce, feminine, and unapologetically contemporary attitude.

In short, Domiziana doesn’t just sing—she embodies. Her universe is a stylized rave where Mediterranean sensibility meets digital modernity. She’s an artist who doesn’t follow trends; she sets them. And like any true muse, she leaves a mark on everything she touches.

16 June 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine

Little Simz Leads Meltdown Festival’s Boldest Edition Yet

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Meltdown Festival celebrates 30 groundbreaking years at Southbank Centre with Little Simz curating a powerful, genre-blurring lineup. From James Blake to Tiwa Savage, the festival mixes icons with emerging talent. With free events and radical vision, it’s London’s cultural must.

Get ready, London: Meltdown Festival turns 30 and it’s going big from June 12 to 22 at its iconic home, the Southbank Centre. Who’s running the show for this milestone edition? None other than Little Simz, the powerhouse British rapper, actress, and creative force, fresh off the release of her sixth studio album Lotus. Her mission: to shake the city with a bold, generationally defining vision.

The line-up? A masterclass in curating sound. We’re talking about street legend Mike Skinner opening the festival, and an epic finale by Simz + Chineke! Orchestra. Sprinkled in between are musical goldmines like James Blake, Tiwa Savage, Mahalia, Ghetts, Lola Young, and Kara Jackson. Plus, free-access events like Speak Easy and At Your Own Pace designed for London’s rising creative youth. Because yes, this festival belongs to the streets too.

Behind the scenes is the ever-brilliant Jane Beese, Southbank’s Head of Contemporary Music and the soul of Meltdown since 2000. In an exclusive Wonderland interview, she calls working with Simz “pure magic”: “Her vision is radical, bold, and full of truth. From day one, she made it clear: young people need to be front and centre.”

So, what makes Meltdown so special? Total creative freedom. Curators don’t just pick acts — they build worlds. Bowie once turned the foyer into an art gallery. Nile Rodgers brought Studio 54 energy to Southbank. Every year is a whole new constellation of sound, stories, and unexpected moments.

Now more than ever, the festival smashes barriers — between genres, generations, and ways of experiencing culture. Free programming takes centre stage, opening doors to audiences who crave something unfiltered and real. Beese calls it a “cultural playground” where surprise is the main event.

And even as the cost of living crisis hits hard, Meltdown refuses to become a luxury-only experience. The commitment is loud and clear: world-class quality, without leaving people out. “Balancing creative risk with financial sustainability is tough — but we’re doing it,” says Beese.

The best part? This is just the beginning. What’s next? A show-stopping cultural season called Dance Your Way Home, a tribute to dance floors and community, a takeover by Suede with an exclusive acoustic set, and a bold homage to the Harlem Renaissance led by Tomorrow’s Warriors.

In short: if you thought festivals were losing their edge, Meltdown 2025 is here to prove you wrong. Culture, art, street, future. All in one place.
Are you really gonna miss it?

12 June 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine

Lamine Yamal Surprises Fans at Myke Towers’ Epic Barcelona Concert

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Puerto Rican superstar Myke Towers made headlines once again as he reached the halfway point of his 2025 European tour with two consecutive sold-out shows at the iconic Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.

Over 32,000 fans filled the venue across both nights, turning the city into the epicenter of Latin urban music and reaffirming Towers’ status as one of the most influential figures in the global reggaeton and trap scene.



The concerts were not only marked by the artist’s electrifying stage presence and hit-filled setlist but also by the unexpected appearance of football sensation Lamine Yamal. The young FC Barcelona star drew huge cheers as he made a surprise visit to the event, wearing a striking chain with the emblem “YOUNG KINGZ.” The symbol represents a new generation of young talent who are making their mark on the world through passion, perseverance, and authenticity—values embodied by both Yamal and Towers.

Towers, who recently dropped the Deluxe edition of his acclaimed album LYKE MIIKE, launched his European tour earlier this spring with stops in major cities like Madrid, London, Zurich, Paris, Valencia, and Zaragoza. Most venues have already sold out, showing the powerful international draw of the Puerto Rican artist.

His Barcelona setlist featured a perfect blend of global chart-toppers and genre-defining classics. Fans sang along to his latest hits, such as “Adivino,” “Degenere,” and “También”—all from his bold and versatile album La Pantera Negra. He also delivered crowd favorites like “Diosa,” “Girl,” “La Falda,” and “Lala,” songs that have already earned a place in the modern reggaeton canon.

The energy at the Palau Sant Jordi was electric. From the moment the lights dimmed to the final beat drop, Myke Towers commanded the stage with a charisma and intensity few can match. The atmosphere was more than a concert—it was a full-blown celebration of culture, identity, and youth empowerment.

Adding to the excitement, Towers released a highly anticipated new single the same day: “Soleao,” a collaboration with Spanish artist Quevedo. The track explores a deeper, shared experience of coastal identity, using the sea as both metaphor and memory. It isn’t just a song for the moment; it’s a timeless anthem crafted to connect cultures through emotion and rhythm.

Myke Towers’ European tour is proving to be not just a musical triumph, but a cultural moment, bringing together fans from all walks of life and shining a spotlight on rising icons like Lamine Yamal. With explosive performances, surprise appearances, and an unshakable message of ambition and pride, Myke Towers is not just performing—he’s leading a movement.



As the tour continues, one thing is clear: wherever Towers goes, history is being made.

30 May 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine

Madrid thrills again from July 10 to 13 with Mad Cool 2025

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Mad Cool is more than just a festival – it's a full experience of music, art, and emotion in the heart of Madrid's summer.
Four days to live intensely, discover new sounds, and create unforgettable memories.

Mad Cool is an international music festival held annually in Madrid, Spain, since 2016. It is considered one of the most important festivals in Europe thanks to its high-profile lineup, refined production, and multidisciplinary approach.

Key features:

Musical styles: While its main focus is on alternative rock, indie, pop, and electronic music, Mad Cool also includes artists from genres like hip hop, folk, punk, and dance.

Powerful lineups: The festival has featured major acts such as Pearl Jam, Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Dua Lipa, Rosalía, Depeche Mode, and Billie Eilish, among many others.

Duration and format: It usually lasts 3 to 4 days in July, with multiple stages, art zones, interactive installations, and food areas.

Location: Although it began in the IFEMA area, it is now held in a large venue in Villaverde, in the south of Madrid, with capacity for tens of thousands of attendees.

Global experience: Beyond the concerts, Mad Cool aims to offer a complete experience, with sustainable initiatives, urban art, design, and technology as key elements.



In short, Mad Cool is a major cultural and musical event that turns Madrid into one of the world's music epicenters every summer.

An Unforgettable Sonic Journey in Madrid
From July 10 to 13, Madrid will become the world’s music capital once again with a new edition of Mad Cool Festival, promising raw emotions, magical moments, and an explosive mix of international and local talent.

On Thursday the 10th, the legendary Muse will headline a powerful day alongside the punk energy of Iggy Pop, the heartfelt pop of Gracie Abrams, and the nostalgic alternative sound of Weezer. Iconic bands like The Wombats, Refused, and the intensity of Mother Mother will also take the stage.

Friday the 11th brings a surge of energy with Nine Inch Nails, the folk-pop of Noah Kahan, the unmistakable voice of Alanis Morissette, and the fresh sound of Benson Boone. Expect a night of contrasts with acts like Foster The People, Kaiser Chiefs, and rising talents ready to shine.

On Saturday the 12th, the festival dives into pop and electronic vibes with global sensation Olivia Rodrigo, the visual spectacle of Justice, and the power of Thirty Seconds to Mars. They’ll be joined by names like St. Vincent, Girl in Red, Glass Animals, and Bloc Party, making it a can’t-miss musical kaleidoscope.

As always, The Loop will serve up a refined selection of electronic and dance music, featuring artists like The Blessed Madonna, Miss Monique, Sammy Virji, Salute, and more, ensuring the party never stops.

A festival where styles, generations, and cultures collide in one shared space. Mad Cool 2025 is not just an impressive lineup — it's a summer-defining experience.

Experiencing Mad Cool is so much more than just going to a festival.
It’s diving into four days of unforgettable music, dancing to your favorite artists, and discovering new bands that will stay with you forever. The atmosphere is electric, full of good vibes, people from all over the world, and moments that linger long after the final chord.



With spectacular stages, flawless production, art everywhere, and food options for every taste, Mad Cool delivers a complete experience — epic sunset concerts, starry night performances, and a city like Madrid pulsing with summer energy.

Going to Mad Cool isn’t just a plan. It’s about making memories, living fully, and being part of something truly unique.

13 April 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine

Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar Shine at the 67th Grammy Awards

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The 67th Grammy Awards celebrated musical diversity with major wins for Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar. The ceremony featured powerful performances and emotional tributes, highlighting the industry's evolution and social impact.

The 67th edition of the Grammy Awards took place on February 2, 2025, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, hosted by Trevor Noah, who has served as the gala’s host for the fifth consecutive year. This event stood out for its musical diversity, recognizing a wide range of talents and paying tribute to the city of Los Angeles, which had recently been affected by wildfires. The ceremony featured memorable performances and impactful speeches, reaffirming the importance of music as a tool for cultural and social expression.

One of the most notable moments of the night was Beyoncé's victory in the Album of the Year category with Cowboy Carter. This achievement marked a milestone in her career, making her the first Black woman to win in this category since Lauryn Hill in 1999. Cowboy Carter is an innovative project that blends elements of country, pop, and hip-hop, showcasing Beyoncé's versatility and her ability to reinvent herself across different genres.

Sabrina Carpenter lit up the stage with her energetic performance of Espresso, one of the most popular songs from her latest album.

Chappell Roan impressed with her rendition of Good Luck, Babe, establishing herself as one of music’s new rising stars.

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars created one of the most memorable moments of the night with their duet of Die With a Smile, a song that also won the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

One of the most emotional moments of the night was the tribute to emergency teams who fought the recent wildfires in Los Angeles. As a symbolic gesture, several local firefighters took the stage to present the Album of the Year award in recognition of their hard work and bravery.

Additionally, Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus surprised the audience with an unexpected collaboration in the Best Country Duo/Group Performance category, winning the award for their song II Most Wanted. This recognition underscored both artists' versatility and their ability to venture into new genres.

The gala also featured a tribute to Tony Bennett, who recently passed away, with a moving video tribute and a special performance by Michael Bublé and Andrea Bocelli, who performed some of his most iconic songs.

The 2025 Grammy Awards were a celebration of diversity and musical innovation. From the victories of established artists to the recognition of new talents, the ceremony reflected the evolution of the music industry and its ability to connect with audiences worldwide.

Furthermore, the gala served as a platform to address important social issues, such as climate change, immigration, and gender equality, through speeches and performances that left a lasting impact on the audience.

30 January 2025            Online Fashion and Art Magazine