New album Lover sees Taylor Swift shake off the bitterness of 2017’s reputation with album opener ‘I Forgot That You Existed’ proclaiming indifference to the public feuding between her and Kanye West: “It isn’t love, it isn’t hate it’s just indifference”. Yet the fact that the next track ‘Cruel Summer’ shares a name with a […]Read More
The idea of an illustrated song has been present in our cultural narrative since the 1920s. Since, then we’ve borne witness to Freddie Mercury donning a leather mini skirt, Kate Bush dancing her way through the smoke of Wuthering Heights, Madonna showing us how to Vogue and Michael showing us how to fight for our […]Read More
Disclosure – after much anticipation – have finally unveiled their long-awaited collaboration with pop singer Lorde. The track, entitled ‘Magnets’ is their latest offering from their sophomore album Caracal – the exciting follow-up to Disclosure’s number-one debut album, Settle, released back in 2013. The album features artists Sam Smith, Miguel and The Weeknd, yet it seems the Lorde […]Read More
When entering my Junior year of high school, I heard the marvellous musical genius of Ella Yelich O’Connor (a.k.a Lorde) for the very first time. Her breakthrough hit, ‘Royals’, was undoubtedly the sound of the summer of 2013. Although we’ve only just become familiar with this New Zealand super star, she has actually been signed to a […]Read More
Our inspirations are what drive us forward. They encourage us to make certain decisions, to pick certain paths. Inspirations can come in a vast array of forms, but one of the most common is people. This is a collection of people who inspire us here at the Indiependent. James Dudley: Elon Musk “My motivation for […]Read More
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