Contents
58 Rock royalty
How Bring Me The Horizon saved rock music
74 Inside K-pop
RSUK joins Monsta X on their US promo trail
86 Planet Her
Doja Cat DGAF if you read this feature
98 Punk BFFs
Musician Johnny Marr and writer Jon Savage in convo
Features
106 Bowie's Berlin
A tour around the Thin White Duke's playground
112 Suki Waterhouse
The model and actor gets personal on her debut album
120 Don Letts
The Black British filmmaker, musician and raconteur shares his story
126 Placebo
A rare studio visit with the returning alt rock legends
134 Metronomy
A trip to Paris for Joe Mount to answer his own existential questions
142 Daytimers
An oral history on young South Asians' secret raves in the 80s and 90s
150 Joe Cole
The actor opens up about skipping drama school to learn his craft on the job
156 Dr Frankenstein's Musical Revue
The 70s tribute band that had plastic surgery to resemble music's all-time greats
The Mix
31 MØ
Danish pop giant channelled her vulnerabilities into third album Motordrome
33 Kojey Radical
It's been a long road to success for the London rapper and Kelis collaborator
34 Cate Le Bon
Cardiff was the perfect place for the Welsh-born artist to create her latest album
38 Podcast edit
Everything you need to listen to
40 Gabriels
The Compton soul heroes with the seal of approval from Elton John
42 Nova Twins
The British rock duo on empowering fans and Bring Me The Horizon
46 Tom Rhys-Harries
The actor on his new role in Apple TV+'s Suspicion
Current Affairs
50 No secrets
Has social media killed off the right to privacy in
54 Stream big
Streaming needs fixing for artists to get paid. We bring you the latest
Reviews
165 Music
Bastille, alt-J, Johnny Marr, Metronomy, Mitski, Black Country, New Road
168 TV
We rate the best and worst on the box
170 Film
A miss or a must-see?
172 Films 2022
We sign-post 22 of the best this year
176 Road test
Get ahead with Jaguar F-Pace SVR
Departments
20 Contributors
23 Opening Act
44 RS Recommends
162 Style
178 The Last Word