Glass Animals - honest songwriting, conjuring thunder & fear of cows

Tom Walker - overnight success, falling back in love with music & service stations

Pale Waves - queer celebration, maturing musically & a broken back

Nina Nesbitt - being a label boss, manifesting & bad karaoke

Shygirl - collaborating with friends, Club Shy and sword swallowing

Sam Tompkins - vulnerability, busking a capella & breakfast with Bieber

Orla Gartland - going HD, collaborating with Declan McKenna & the band FIZZ

Blossoms - Stockport, awkward showbiz parties and longevity

Hak Baker - channeling emotion, misfits & hero Pete Doherty

Remi Wolf - creating instinctively, throwing parties & bonding with Paramore

Bradley Simpson - getting personal, chicken wings & Paul McCartney's guitar

Hard Life - making music without expectation, getting sued & jacket potatoes

Lauren Mayberry (CHVRCHES) - going solo, kitchen tattoos & emails with Robert Smith

Caity Baser - writing honestly, outfit disasters & growing in confidence

AURORA - music after death, big nights out and Mother Earth