Broadway jukebox musical ‘& Juliet’ features playlist of pop anthems - thesuburban.com

When I was five or six, my mum wouldn’t let me listen to anything other than Christian gospel. Her friend Jane felt sorry for me and brought me a cassette with Whitney Houston on one side and Cher on the other. My ears couldn’t believe what they were hearing. I Will Always Love You made me think: This is what I’m going to do. The first single I bought So Young by the Corrs, from Sainsbury’s in Walton Village in Liverpool. I couldn’t really afford music as a kid, so buying a record was a big deal. I’d heard the Corrs on the radio, liked their voices and thought: I’m buying this. The song that is my karaoke go-to

Up next My Piledriver Heart album out now; UK tour beginning 4 NovemberMaking coming-of-age music as a young person can feel strange after a pandemic. So here are a few more curveballs. Imagine the breezy, youthful indie you post online in your early teens gets you a record deal. Covid happens. You move to New York, change your artist name, and then Julian Casablancas eyes you at an open mic and invites you to open for the Strokes in Colorado, aged 18, solo. This pinball game of life is the music career of Superfan, AKA Kali Flanagan, who is now 21 and whose latest album, My Piledriver Heart, offers up a codex of miniature bildungsromans worth the buzz. Flanagan’s primary tools are some of the simplest: drop-tuned, condensed acoustic guitars (which he calls “acousticellos”) and quietly strong vocals reminiscent of Elliott Smith or Alex G. Roomy drums and distortion on tracks such as In the Gold Room or Keeping Your Smile add a welcome noisy edge.

Halo, beautifuls! Celebrities flocked to the Sony Pictures Studios on Sunday night to celebrate the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2026. Set to take the catwalk are supermodels including Gigi Hadid, Barbara Palvin, Irina Shayk, and more. See all the stars who walked the pink carpet ahead of the event here.