Australian model-turned-actress Alyssa Sutherland has clear artistic goals: “I want to make people laugh, I want to make people cry, I want to provoke people, I want to make them think about something in a different way...” The Vogue cover girl started modeling at the age of 15, and had a massively successful international career,…
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Australian DJ, singer, and stunner Havana Brown knew from an early age that the traditional life just wasn’t for her. “I’ve always been interested in music, but I didn’t really take it seriously until after I finished school, because I realized that was my opportunity to pursue what I actually loved doing.” That’s precisely what…
“I’m a strong believer in staying in my lane and not being focused on what other people are doing. Just staying focused on what I do... Everything is in time. I believe in focusing on the next step and by that step-by-step, I’ll get there.” From having it all to losing it in the blink of…
“My world was just all about how to make music.” For Gavin Rossdale, the frontman of iconic rock band Bush, music has been his most definitive driving force. Since picking up rhythmic guitar at seventeen, he has become the face of one of the foremost well-known rock bands of our time. Still, he never forgets…
"When child actors and young adults in the business don't have a strong support system and a strong foundation in their family, they lose their way most of the time." Sasha Pieterse, the recently-turned eighteen-year-old, has wisdom well beyond her years thanks in part to the fact that she has been in show business since…
“My songwriting is inspired by things that happen. Whether they happen to me, people around me, or even things that happen around the world.” Despite only being 21, Gabrielle Aplin has had a lot of things happen for her. After gaining a substantial following on YouTube thanks to a series of unconventional acoustic covers, Aplin…
Los Angeles-born performer LIZ was signed to Diplo’s Mad Decent label in 2012, after only a few years of experimenting with electronic music. Since then, the 26-year-old has been positioned as the ideal link between early-millennium R&B/pop and contemporary dance music. LIZ toured on the Mad Decent Block Party tour this summer/fall and has new album…
“There’s no one representing young, intellectual, ethnic people, you know? There’s no one bringing out that cultural point within dance music, so we were kind of like, ‘Lets make a label that’s about us and how we grew up.'" At 30, Seth Troxler has managed to craft an authentic entry point into the dance music…
“Write bad songs. Write lots of bad songs. Because to get to the good songs, you need to write the bad ones first.” - Deep Cotton Chuck Lightning and Nate “Rocket” Wonder comprise the American neo-funk duo Deep Cotton. As it turns out, they have written a plethora of really good songs. In addition to…
“Don't give up on your stupid, stupid dreams.” - Masha That’s the motto of Latvian-born vocal powerhouse Masha who chose those same words for the title of her 2013 EP Stupid, Stupid Dreams. The daughter of a skilled guitar player, she has been harnessing her powerful voice since she was 11. A music fan at…
“No one is ever out to repeat something that has been done before. You want to create anew and hope the audience is open to reception.” - Jessica Stroup Actress Jessica Stroup has been working in the industry since 2005 and has graced both television and film screens with her feisty presence. Many recognize the…
“If you build it, they will come.” Ariana DiLorenzo, better known by her stage name Ariana & the Rose, uses this as her own personal motto. Judging by the people she’s had orbit her, it looks to be a motto worth holding on to. “I still can’t believe it happened,” she says of her collaboration…
Sasha Lazard has, in her career, honed her very own style of genre-defying music. Despite her captivating vocal talent, the singer wasn't always so keen on being in the spotlight, admitting to joining her grammar school choir solely to bake for her peers. Thanks largely in part to her enthusiastic mentor, Sasha found her voice and embraced…
Tiesto: Photography by Daniela Federici for The Untitled Magazine “You need to be yourself. And, of course, very talented.” Grammy Award-winning DJ, Tiësto, has been at the forefront of electronic music since before it became a radio mainstay. Now, it’s hard listen to a single top 40 song without hint or traces of the sound…
“When I was eighteen, my sister saved me from doing a beauty course in Southampton and insisted I come up to London, stay on her sofa and go to music school,” says London-based singer/songwriter Louisa Rose Allen. “After a year of living out of a suitcase, I ended up dropping out of music school, as it…
Femme: Photography by Indira Cesarine “As a female producer in a male-dominated field, I wanted to take the masculinity of the big hip-hop beats and mix it with a flirty, sassy, 60s girl group vibe.” Femme, born Laura Bettinson, goes by a stage name that preaches her love of sisterhood. But the Conventry-born London resident…
“You have to just be honest with your music and what you’re talking about—that’s really most important to me.” Seventeen-year-old Pia Mia has been singing since the age of eight, starting with school theater and musicals until eventually performing at weddings and events back in her home country of Guam. “My parents let me come…
Tinashe: Photography by Jeff Forney for The Untitled Magazine Tinashe began her journey into the world of music at the young age of fourteen in the all-girl group The Stunners. The singer spent four years touring with the group until ultimately deciding to venture out as a solo act. “Honestly I’ve known that I wanted…
The 1975: Photography by Sylvain Deleu for The Untitled Magazine The 1975 sat down with The Untitled Magazine for an exclusive interview for The Music Issue 6. If you're unfamiliar with the band, know that their sound is a mash-up of anything from alt rock to '90s R&B, and their lyrics integrate their fascination with sex, love,…
“I started DJing in my bedroom from the age of ten and just stayed in all the time mixing on turntables.” Out of the mouth of anyone else, this statement would perhaps require the suspension of disbelief. What ten-year-old arrives at the idea to begin DJing? However, once you get John Newman chatting about the…