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This is nothing like The Dame

Label Person One: "So, we're doing this 'Life Beyond Mars' album of David Bowie covers." Label Person Two: "I think it's going to be a big success. Our 'Exit Music'…
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Terrible 'viral' 'campaigns' of our times, part 972

Here's  a poser for a Friday morning: what would it take — beyond the new single 'Backfire At The Disco' — to make you like The Wombats even less than…
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The art of professional shirt ironing, with The Presets

Before the band went on stage last week, Jules from The Presets was concerned that his shirt was not well-ironed enough for the occasion. It's not every day you play…
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'Umbrella' + 'The Way I Are' + 'Maneater' = 'Surveillance' by Wynter Gordon

What do you get when you cross three of the biggest and best Number One pop singles of the last couple of years? Something a bit like this. [audio:surveillance2.mp3] It's 'Surveillance'…
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The new Top 40, then… 5

What have we learned? Number One: Is that bloody woman ever going to clear off? Number Three: Officially the most suc­cess­ful Girls Aloud single in a very long time and quite…
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Re the invention of Leona Lewis

Leona Lewis is still at Number One in the singles and albums charts. Well done Leona Lewis. How's she pulled it off? Well, 'Bleeding Love' — as well as being…
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The Chatter Of Popjustice (and beyond) — Kylie 'special'

Is every member of the Popjustice forums convinced by the new Kylie Minogue single '2 Hearts', then? Well… Spits Anfunny2003: "Nah, it's nothing like tre­mend­ous at all, even more so…
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Picture round answer: it's Kylie…

Last week we asked you which song — the fourth best pop song of 2007 — connected each of these pictures. The answer is 'The One', which is Track 7…
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Whole lotta Luv

There are moments in history so earth-shat­ter­ing and of such deep sig­ni­fic­ance that their impact on the col­lect­ive con­scious­ness of the human race is undeni­able. The first Moon landing. The…
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Do 'One For Sorrow' next, please

We may be the last people on earth to see this… httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o …but if you haven't watched it yet then you should. It's 1500 inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and…

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    Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
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    Fine, let's do a Substack then.
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    The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist
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    2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Laura Mvula wins
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