TRACK OF THE WEEK
Kygo and Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
Nobody does wounded-but-over it better than Selena Gomez. Case in point: this kiss-off to a former friend (or lover, we suppose) where she sings: "Who's waking up to drive you home, when you're drunk and all alone? It ain't me." There's a floaty tropical house backbeat, and a middle-eight that will burrow itself as an earworm. Place this track as the b-side of The Chainsmokers' Closer – a reminder that sometimes memories are best left in the past.
Hero of the week is Alicia Keys, who told Yahoo Music that artists should stand up for what they believe in. "I think with artists it's an obligation to paint the picture of the world. We have to do that every opportunity that we get. We have to make people feel comfort. We have an obligation to give people other perspectives. And we echo what's current – what's happening around us. That's the most important thing that we can do. So that's my mission as an artist, and I will always do that."
In unlikely collaboration news, Matty 1975 and Skepta are planning to get together. Matty told NME: "Me and Skepta know each other. We tried working with each other recently but it just didn't work out. Just for loads of reasons – but we're going to do something in the future. We want to do like a West End Girls Pet Shop Boys (kind of thing). Maybe start a band, just me and Skepta do a band. Well, we're talking about it, so let's see what happens."
Zero of the week is the mainstream affecting counter-culture, MIA told NME. "What we were really good at [IN THE PAST]is having counter-culture and alternative culture and sort of letting it brew. It's always been buzzy and vibrant. But now, because the counter-culture gets sucked up by the mainstream so quick, we don't have that." She went on, "And social media obviously plays a part in that sort of thing, so it's just a sign of the times. But I don't think it's particular to London, it's everywhere."
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