Jess Glynne looks back: ‘Fame is complex. I love what it’s given me, but I hate it too’
The singer on turning down X Factor, making mistakes and refusing to play by the rules
December 2020
LadBaby reach Christmas No 1 for third year in a row
YouTube stars and campaigners raise funds for food bank charity the Trussell Trust with Don’t Stop Me Eatin’
November 2020
Kylie, Cher, Robbie Williams and more team up for Children in Need single
Cover of Oasis’s Stop Crying Your Heart Out also features Nile Rodgers, Lenny Kravitz and Jess Glynne among 25 star performers
July 2020
Hadley Freeman's Weekend column
I used to think clothes mattered. Now I am part Miss Havisham, part Jess Glynne
Hadley Freeman
Pass notes
No flip-flops, no hoodies: was Jess Glynne wrong to complain about Sexy Fish's dress code?
January 2020
'Do something weird that works on TikTok': how to write a pop smash in 2020
Soaring choruses are out – but cross-genre sounds and lyrics about mental health are in. The brains behind hits for Lewis Capaldi, Camila Cabello and more reveal all
November 2019
The decade in music
Grounded: how Ed Sheeran brought pop back down to earth
Where once the biggest acts were outlandish and explosive, now they trade on their relatability. Is ordinary the new normal?
June 2019
Isle of Wight festival bans Jess Glynne for life after last-minute cancellation
Singer says she pulled her performance because she felt ‘incredibly weak and full of anxiety’
February 2019
Self and wellbeing
Jess Glynne’s no-makeup stunt at the Brits was trite, skin-deep feminism
Arwa Mahdawi
From Pink's medley to Jess Glynne's makeup: every Brits 2019 performance reviewed
Brit awards 2019: the live show and winners – as it happened
Brits 2019: who will – and should – win every award
January 2019
2019 Brit award nominations topped by Anne-Marie and Dua Lipa – again
Dua Lipa is the most nominated artist for a second year in a row, joined by Essex pop star Anne-Marie on four nominations
November 2018
Jess Glynne review – go-for-broke spirit from a talented pop grafter
Established megahits mesh with sombre new material as the endearing superstar wins her battle with a dodgy sound system
October 2018
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Jess Glynne: Always in Between review – earworm everywoman's predictable pop
The follow-up to Glynne’s ubiquitous debut is generic Top 40 and soul-pop finished to a high standard
May 2018
This week's new tracks
Tracks of the week reviewed: Jess Glynne, Plan B and the yodelling kid
A pop star is back with a conga-ready breezer, there’s an epic soul-rave walloper and the meme-able Mason Ramsey makes his terrible, terrible debut
November 2015
Jess Glynne review – power and tenderness as the dance-pop diva returns home
Glynne gives strong performances of classics by CeCe Peniston and Amy Winehouse but it’s her heartfelt anthem that steals the show
August 2015
Jess Glynne: I Cry When I Laugh review – hit-and-miss debut from new pop talent
This week's new tracks
The week’s new tracks: Jess Glynne drops a ‘100% sing-in-the-car banger’
June 2014
Gorgon City, Jess Glynne, Duke Dumont: the British House Mafia
With numerous no 1 hits
between them, this savvy bunch of young singers and producers have
ridden the house revival all the way to the top of the charts
