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Honey Dijon is a DJ on the go — in the 48 hours before we speak, she has played a five-hour set at Berghain, two hours in Ibiza and sat front row at Gucci’s London megashow. ‘I’m a bit knackered, but I’m fine,’ says the Chicago-born, 55-year-old trans musician and producer, who is beloved by a unique cross section of the queer community, the fashion industry, ravers, Beyoncé and Madonna. Last year she moved to London, leaving behind New York and Berlin, and today speaks from her sitting room, which is still full of unpacked boxes. ‘London nightlife makes me very sad in a lot of ways. Just like New York, there used to be so many clubs but now gentrification and all these laws are stripping away club culture,’ she says. ‘Most young people now only experience dance music at festivals — that’s...

It is the celebrity relationship hard launch to top all hard launches. On Thursday, after months of dating fervour, Sabrina Carpenter released a music video to her new single Please Please Please — starring her boyfriend and Saltburn star Barry Keoghan. The video features a Bonnie and Clyde-esque romance, with Keoghan repeatedly getting arrested following incidents robbing banks and fighting other men while Carpenter is in jail, ending with the Espresso singer handcuffing her boyfriend to a chair and taping over his mouth.It is certainly a dramatic way to formally announce a relationship to the world, and perhaps reminiscent of J-Lo’s 2002 music video for Jenny from the Block, in which Lopez famously has her bottom affectionately caressed by her then-fiancé Ben Affleck. Sabrina Carpenter d...

Born Temilade Openiyi, she reluctantly studied economics at Monash University South Africa in Johannesburg before taking up a job in digital marketing back in Lagos, all the while remaining committed to her vision. In 2018, she quit her job and independently wrote, produced, recorded and released her debut single, ‘Mr Rebel’. Over time it became a sleeper hit, which caught the attention of Afrobeat pioneer WizKid. In awe of her unique, alté voice he invited her to feature on his song ‘Essence’, which soon turned her into a global sensation. At its peak the track reached No 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, and even resulted in a Grammy nod for the then 25-year-old. But this year it’s all about her and her debut album. ‘It’s about the aftermath. It’s about how I feel now,’ she says. ‘All the expe...