‘Cursive singing’ is inescapable – but is it any goyidd?
The technique, embraced by singers from Shawn Mendes to Tate McRae, has its detractors. But creativity is built on trends
November 2022
Favourite lyrics reveal your attachment style – psychologists would have a field day with mine
Lauren O'Neill
Are you secure, anxious, or avoidant: songs we play repeatedly can be revealing. So what is it with me and Pulp’s Babies, asks Lauren O’Neill, a culture writer for Vice UK
August 2022
Chrissy Teigen announces pregnancy: ‘I’m feeling hopeful and amazing’
Teigen and her husband John Legend are expecting a baby nearly two years after a stillbirth they documented in heart-wrenching detail
July 2022
John Legend review – soulful grooves, limber moves and slick showmanship
As he enters the Vegas-residency portion of his career, the star undoes some shirt buttons, leans into his sex symbol status and gives the crowd exactly what they came to hear
May 2022
‘America could be truly free’: John Legend on his fight to overhaul the criminal justice system
The G2 interview
‘We have to fight – and I’ll do my part’: John Legend on Roe v Wade, Kanye West and his mother’s addiction
April 2022
The 64th annual Grammy awards – in pictures
The teenage pop star Olivia Rodrigo and the R&B duo Silk Sonic dominated the major categories at this year’s awards, while Jon Batiste won album of the year
August 2021
‘I’m a one in a billion’ – how Diane Warren penned windswept power ballads for Cher, Gaga and Dion
She’s the queen of the power ballad mega hit – and has even written songs for Biden, Harris and Ringo Starr. Now the world’s most successful female songwriter is finally releasing her own album
April 2021
The Mitchells vs the Machines review – frantic and fun Netflix animation
A family fends off a robot apocalypse in a vibrant and genuinely funny adventure that was originally intended to be a theatrical release
November 2020
Biden joined by Lady Gaga as Trump hails crowd at final election rallies – video
At the final rally of the US election 2020 a host of names, including Lady Gaga and John Legend, took to the stage in support of Joe Biden
October 2020
Hadley Freeman's Weekend column
The wall between what’s private and what’s not is dissolving. Which side am I on?
Hadley Freeman
In our performative age, we’re rewarded for sharing every crisis that happens in our bodies, every thought that passes through our heads
September 2020
Pitt! Aniston! Roberts! Freeman! Was this the starriest Zoom ever?
A live-reading of 80s teen comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High brought together an array of big names with a surprising standout
June 2020
John Legend: Bigger Love - synths, snogging and schmaltz
After his sixth album’s foray into the complexity of relationships, the syrupy singer’s seventh reverts to saccharine crooning, in praise of his wife
April 2020
TV review
One World: Together at Home review – locked-down stars lift the spirits
There are stirring performances aplenty in the Lady Gaga-hosted singathon, but it’s the glimpses of celebs’ homes that are the real treat
March 2020
Lockdown culture
The best livestreamed gigs to watch at home during coronavirus
The fight to vote
Bigger than Trump: John Legend's guide to what matters in the US election – video
February 2020
John Legend adds star power to Elizabeth Warren's primary push
The senator has an A-list pitchman but still faces an uphill task with South Carolina’s majority black Democratic voters
December 2019
John Legend: 'The key to happiness is to open your mind to love'
A phenomenally successful singer-songwriter and social justice campaigner, or a preachy virtue-signaller? Ryan Bradley meets John Legend
October 2019
Baby It's Cold Outside rewritten by John Legend to remove 'date-rape' lyric
