Is the Justin Bieber renaissance upon us? Eight things you need to know
Coachella 2026 highlights: big stars, boisterous energy and millennial nostalgia power windy year
Justin Bieber at Coachella review – pop’s troubled prince mostly hits right notes in low-energy set
Coachella 2026: Justin Bieber launches a major comeback in the desert
February 2026
How anti-ICE pin badges became the essential red carpet accessory
Anti-ICE protests, brilliance by Bieber and the Dalai Lama’s first win: the 10 biggest moments at the 2026 Grammys
January 2026
Gonna be golden? Who will – and should – win the big awards at the 2026 Grammys
The top categories are stacked with quality, from Bad Bunny to Kendrick Lamar, Chappell Roan and K-pop hits – but here are the artists who most deserve to triumph
November 2025
‘Justin Bieber is an insanely courageous artist’: Tobias Jesso Jr on how he became the songwriter to the stars
Grammy awards 2026: Kendrick Lamar leads nominations with nine nods
September 2025
Pass notes
The swag gap: can love survive when one partner is cooler than the other?
Some people claim to have lost friends and lovers because they are so attractive and fabulous that everyone ends up envying them. But perhaps there is another reason they are driving people away ...
Coachella 2026: Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G set to headline
Other acts for North America’s largest music festival include the Strokes, Young Thug, Addison Rae, the xx, Nine Inch Noize and FKA twigs
Justin Bieber: Swag II review – more filler with an occasional pop killer
Part two of Bieber’s seventh album adds very little: it’s largely bland pop with glimpses of quality thanks to a buzzy supporting cast including Dijon and Bakar
July 2025
Justin Bieber: Swag review – inane lyrics undermine a gorgeously produced R&B passion project
The surprise seventh album from the former tween idol is musically expansive, abetted by a host of star producers. If only he’d thought about the words a bit
September 2024
‘It’s an intensely beautiful moment – then it goes away’: Emma Portner on dance’s raw power
The funniest things on the internet
Lucy Blakiston: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
August 2024
Stop using the term ‘centrist’. It doesn’t mean what you think it does
Arwa Mahdawi
If you simplify your English, you are freed from the worst follies of orthodoxy, wrote Orwell. That applies today more than ever
April 2024
Tantrums of the rich and famous: nine acts that turned on their audience – from Elton to Bieber to Blur
This week, Damon Albarn took umbrage at a Coachella crowd who failed to sing along. But he is far from the worst offender
February 2024
Taylor Swift, Usher, Justin Bieber and Jay-Z: celebrities at the Super Bowl – in pictures
From the stands to the stage, the Las Vegas Super Bowl draws some of America’s biggest names
October 2023
Like Taylor Swift, millions of us dream of packing in the day job. But where do we find our Plan B?
Anita Chaudhuri
Everyone wants to turn their passion into their profession – or at least a profitable side-hustle. I certainly did. But what if AI can do it better or more cheaply?
August 2023
Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato latest to split from manager Scooter Braun
The pop stars follow Colombian reggaeton star J Balvin’s departure in May, while representatives for Justin Bieber have denied rumours that he is also parting ways with SB Projects
