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Rosalía: El Mal Querer review – flamenco-pop star is a formidable new talent

The Catalan singer’s potent, smart second album is more complex than any Latin pop currently in the charts: she’s a gamechangerThere was a time, not that long ago, when the second album by a twentysomething Catalan singer held to be revolutionising t...

'We were sad of getting old': how pop stars are growing up gracefully

From Florence Welch to Matt Healy, Lily Allen to Neneh Cherry, it is becoming acceptable for pop stars to mature and make music about itIn 2012, before her first memoir told us the truth about punk, childbirth and what it’s like to nearly die, Viv Al...

Victim? Survivor? After 20 years of Britney Spears, the jury’s still out| Bidisha

The pop star has often seemed like a hired hand for people behind the scenes. But there’s still time to find her true voiceTwenty years ago a teenage Britney Spears launched herself – or, to be fair, was launched – by a song and video made by middle-...

Rosalía review – flamenco dragged thrillingly into the 21st century

Village Underground, LondonRepackaging an age-old art form for a modern audience is a risky business – but the Catalan executes it with aplomb in an evening of gloriously global popAs Latin pop continues to send shockwaves through the charts, young a...

Sexy hardback: what will the Justin Timberlake autobiography be like?

With the pop star’s new book, Hindsight & All the Things I Can’t See in Front of Me, on its way, here are some (imagined) extractsModern Toss on celeb biographiesWhen I first sang, “It’s gonna be MAY!”, I remember the guys from ‘NSync being like:...

Now that's what I call a tracklist: how the compilation's 100th edition sells its history short

Now That’s What I Call Music’s 100th edition includes a greatest hits disc that favours the arena titans – overlooking the pleasure of rediscovering the one-hit wonders and sub-genres buried in these pop time capsulesReleased on 20 July, the 100th ed...