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MTV VMAs 2025: Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga among winners

Lady Gaga walked away with Artist of the Year, while Ariana Grande took home the most coveted award of the night

The Independent UK

This year’s song of the summer is a ballad, not a banger. Here's what that says about us

Every summer, one song emerges as the inescapable summer anthem

The Independent UK

How To Watch The 2025 VMAs In Australia So You Don’t Miss A Beat On Music’s Biggest Night

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Alex Warren’s hit song Ordinary named the UK’s Official Song of the Summer 2025

The 2025 Song Of the Summer chart also features hit songs by Ravyn Lenae, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan.

Evening Standard

Everything to Know About the 2025 MTV VMAs, From How to Watch to the Performers

Will this be the year of "Die With a Smile," "Manchild," or [insert viral moment here]?

Marie Claire

There hasn’t been a Song of the Summer for 2025 – does that matter?

IN FOCUS: This year – for the first time in a while – a ubiquitous Summer Banger has failed to materialise. Ellie Muir looks into why there’s no defining sound for our dog days in 2025, and whether it says anything about the cultural mood right now

The Independent UK

Alex Warren reveals Ordinary lyric even his wife thinks is 'sexual'

Alex Warren insists everyone is hearing a "sexual" Ordinary lyric all wrong - it's not what you think!

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How the charts found God: the creeping dominance of faith-pop

IN FOCUS: God is trending. A new generation of male pop stars are on their knees – literally – begging for redemption. How did we get here, asks Hannah Ewens

The Independent UK

From I Know What You Did Last Summer to Washington Black: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

The 90s slasher franchise is back from the dead and looking for revenge, and Sterling K Brown shines in a new historical epic

The Guardian - UK

The song of the summer is … nothing? Why 2025’s charts are so stale

Experts say this year has produced the fewest new hit songs in US history – and it might signal the end of a singular seasonal smash

The Guardian - US

What to Stream: Dragons, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Roddy Ricch and 'The Summer I Turned Pretty'

The live-action remake of the animated film “How to Train Your Dragon” and a two-part, five-hour documentary on Billy Joel are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you

The Independent UK

Alex Warren finds it's 'weird' getting to duet with idols like Ed Sheeran and Lana Del Rey

Alex Warren has admitted he finds it "weird" that Ed Sheeran and Lana Del Rey know who he is, let alone getting to perform with them.

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Alex Warren taps BLACKPINK star ROSÉ for On My Mind

Alex Warren and ROSÉ have released a stunning love song.

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‘I don’t think I’ve been the best husband’: Alex Warren gets brutally honest about marriage with Kouvr Annon

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The Independent UK

Who will have the 2025 song of the summer? We offer some predictions

What makes a great song of the summer

Evening Standard

Pulp score first UK number one album in 27 years with More

Over in the singles chart Alex Warren’s Ordinary has been knocked from the top spot by Sabrina Carpenter’s Manchild.

Evening Standard

Alex Warren claims longest-running number one by US male solo artist in 70 years

Ordinary has logged nine consecutive weeks at the top of the UK singles chart, the Official Charts Company said.

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift returns to the top of the UK albums chart

In the singles chart Alex Warren’s Ordinary extended its run at the number one to six weeks.

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Why The Ice Bucket Challenge Has Been Popping Up All Over Your Feed Again

While a lot of people are jumping on board the latest trend, it's also ruffling plenty of feathers.

The Guardian - UK

‘I did things I cringe at’: Alex Warren, rough-sleeper, viral prankster and now No 1 pop sensation

He slept in cars, found notoriety on social media and could be pop’s next superstar. The singer of Ordinary, the longest-running No 1 of the year, talks about his journey to breakout success

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How To Find Your Spotify Wrapped 2024 Videos So You Can Cosplay FaceTiming Your Fave Artists

These videos got me kicking my feet and giggling.

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The Hype House NDAs Are Up & TikToker Alex Warren Is Finally Calling Everyone Out In A New Song

“I wrote this song about that content house…”

WhatToWatch

Dope Girls: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interview and everything you need to know

Dope Girls is a Peaky Blinders-style drama on BBC1 following the female gangs who ran London's Soho in the 1920s.

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: 'Lame ducks' and the Cotswolds

Resignations made PLUS the all-female team in Salford AND Tory fallouts

Manchester Evening News

"Do the right thing": Mayor calls on Salford Lib Dem who won second seat more than 100 MILES AWAY to resign

"He was clearly always more than a paper candidate"

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