If you haven't seen the video of Craig David trying to rescue a flying fish and inadvertently throwing it into the jaws of a much bigger fish then please, do yourself a favour and watch it. You're welcome (love you, Craig).
Hello everyone, I hope your week's been excellent. I'm in the kind of sleep-deprived state that can only mean one thing - it's the double-whammy of the Grammys and Super Bowl halftime show weekends! As predicted, the 2026 Grammys sailed through without much drama, perhaps with the exception of Cher causing absolute havoc while presenting the prize for Record of the Year to "LUTHER GRANDROSS", whoever that is (I think she started to say Luther Vandross but stumbled after realising she was probably reading the wrong name - the award of course went to Kendrick Lamar and SZA for their Vandross-sampling track, "Luther". Outstanding. Never change, Cher. Also hooray for Bad Bunny winning Album of the Year.
So now on to the Super Bowl halftime show this Sunday. I am so excited for Bad Bunny, I think his performance will be one for the history books. Literally, as there's a good chance he's going to smash Kendrick's record for the biggest halftime audience in history.
What else have I been up to this week? Well, on Tuesday I saw Artemas at the Roundhouse which was great - he's got better live since I last saw him down the road at Kentish Town Forum just over a year ago. I brought a friend who'd never heard his music before and explained him as being "more Weeknd-y than The Weeknd" (so many songs about empty sex, he does it very well, though). One grumble? I don't want to get all boomer on everyone (especially because I'm a millennial), but Gen-Z audiences, come on! You're still so young, your knees don't creak when you sit down... it's OK to dance and move around if the music is good. It made me a bit sad to see everyone just stood there quite blankly for most of the gig - Artemas got them jumping a few times but barely for a few seconds. I wonder if they're just terrified of being filmed looking silly. Sigh.
Other bits: I went to the premiere of Jesy Nelson's new documentary for Amazon Prime yesterday, you can read about that later but initial verdict on the first episode: good, moving, surprisingly insightful and incredibly candid. And there's a new Good Vibrations episode out with Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine - he's a real character, unsurprisingly - I expected him to be crankier but he seemed to be in a great mood. Unfortunately our conversation was cut short but we still managed to talk about the band's farewell album, his health, why he doesn't like being labelled a right-winger, and doing his own rendition of Metallica's "Ride the Lightning". Tune in here.
Now for the new music, so, I'm enjoying: the spooky new EsDeeKid number "Omens", god, there's just something about rap in a Scouse accent, it tickles my brain. Another gorgeous Arlo Parks track, "Heaven", really adore this one with its woozy, stuttery beats - it reminds me of a pink sky at sunset. Also "Die For Me" from Zayn, lord that boy can sing (but we're not going to talk about his new album artwork, OK? We're just not). I'm not always the biggest Mitski fan but "I'll Change for You" is sublime, sweet sighs of strings and woodwind, the soft rumble of street noise, enveloping her own honeyed voice. Ella Mai's new album Do You Still Love Me?, produced by the genius Mustard, is incredible and should see her anointed as the new queen of UK R&B. I think I'll be coming back to this a lot this year. "Billy Elliot" by Sorry is fab, as is "Who Says" from Tempers, "J*b" by Feng and a fantastic cover of "Crush" from Michael Shuman's solo project GLU, love it.
That's all folks, see you Sunday if you're staying up for the Super Bowl - please feel free to tune into my liveblog and see if you can tell when the delirium kicks in.
Roisin x
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