![Jacqui on her Evolution, Surprise Collaborations, and the Creation of ‘fries, bb’ [Interview]](https://theplayground.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Jacqui_fries-bb_@Min-Kim_1125x1500.png)
Fresh off the release of her new single ‘fries, bb’ on May 9 via Beeline Records, rising R&B artist Jacqui...
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![The High Points Talk About Sculpting Their Sound, a Pineapple in the Studio, and More [Interview]](https://theplayground.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-High-Points_See-Me-Lovin-You_@Olly-Hill_1500x1000.png)
Fresh off the release of their irresistibly groovy new single ‘See Me Lovin’ You’, UK funk-pop outfit The High Points...
![Thaylo on Emotive Sound Design, Improvisation, and Discovering his Voice [Interview]](https://theplayground.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Thaylo_Let-Me-Be_@blvck-visuals-prod_1500x1500-e1747062535680.jpg)
Hot off the heels of his May 9th release ‘Let Me Be’ on PLAYY. Records, we caught up with rising...
Röyksopp, Norway’s long-reigning electro-romantics Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland, return with True Electric, an expansive, reanimated sweep through their own...
![Kezano on ‘There For You’, Storytelling, and Building a Creative Collective [Interview]](https://theplayground.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1000005977.png)
Kezano, the dynamic producer, singer, and artist from Landskrona, Sweden, is carving out a unique space in the music scene...
![HEDEGAARD on his OneHundred Label, New Projects, and Car Music [Interview]](https://theplayground.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2023-Presse-1-1-1-e1746541786641.png)
With his gritty, bass-driven take on electronic music, HEDEGAARD has become a defining voice in the Nordic music scene and...
![Getting to Know Marten Lou: His Sound, His Kitchen, and What Inspires Him [Interview]](https://theplayground.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/9-Marten-Lou-1.png)
DJ, producer, and songwriter Marten Lou is quickly emerging as one of the most compelling voices in the global deep...
![Q052 on his Heritage, Hip-Hop as a Weapon of Resistance, and More [Interview]](https://theplayground.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Q052_Space-Invaders_@Maude-Bond_1200x800.jpeg)
Mi’gmaq rapper and activist Q052 (aka Quentin Condo) has returned with ‘Space Invaders’, a hard-hitting new single out May 6...
The UK’s multifaceted Heron – singer, songwriter, producer, and visual artist – has dropped his vibrant new single ‘Read My...
![Out Run Delivers Soul-Stirring Synth-Pop with ‘Dying to Know’ [Premiere]](https://theplayground.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/OUT-RUN-1-resized-2.jpg)
Italian synth pop trio Out Run, are gearing up for the release of their latest single, ‘Dying to Know’, which...
![Kidnap on Romanticising Music-Making and More [Interview]](https://theplayground.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMGP2431.png)
Kidnap is the alias of Matt Relton, a London-based producer, label head, and sonic storyteller known for crafting emotionally rich,...
Yetsuby’s 4EVA, which hit the scene on March 26, 2025, through Pink Oyster Records, is a fearless leap into the...
