BACKSTAGE INTERVIEW WITH DESIGNER VIVIENNE TAM BY INDIRA CESARINE Vivienne Tam presented her Spring 2015 collection on September 7, 2014 in the Theatre at Lincoln Center. Inspired by the decorative treasures of the Ming and Qing dynasties housed in the Forbidden Palace, such as pictorial porcelains depicting otherworldly landscapes and scenes from nature, the collection…
“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…
“Out on the town, dissatisfied with our situation, karaoke selection, and skirt-chasing success—or lack thereof—we decided in a flash that we had all the makings of a band, and (thank god for Alex's vowel) we had all the letters to make some semblance of a word,” Vocalist Z Berg tells The Untitled Magazine about the…
The Joy Formidable's philosophy toward music is as layered as their distorted string and choral arrangements, stating, “We love how fun and poignancy collide…We love to dance and have a leaning to melancholia.” The band was founded by vocalist Ritzy Bryan and her childhood best friend, bassist Rhydian Dafydd. The two met in their hometown of…
“We're sort of interested in whatever box you think we fit in, but ultimately we see ourselves as pop artists,” says Lizzy, of the elusive duo MS MR, on the many genres that have been used to describe their music – including "glitch pop" and "chill wave." “Those are labels we mockingly created when we…
What does Maya Jane Coles—the UK-born house music producer and artist who is currently considered one of the rising stars of the industry, love most about music? “Everything!” she exclaims. “The fact that the same piece of music can make someone laugh, cry, smile, remember, forget, dance; it’s such a powerful medium and such an…
“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…
Photography by Rachell Smith for The Untitled Magazine London-based band The Night VI, made up of Sophie-Rose Harper, Jack Gourlay, Bogart, Anna, Kristy, and Bo, have been compared to both Fleetwood Mac and London Grammar. To receive such a comparison means only one thing: they're superiorly talented. The half-French, half-English band rose in popularity after receiving…
“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…
Brooke Candy, rising hip-hop star and “racy new muse” of Nicola Formichetti, didn’t always lead the charmed life. She’s faced her fair share of adversity on her way up to the top, including being homeless. While we didn’t get the story behind her myriad tattoos, the two words she has etched in ink on the…
Brooke Shields is well known for a number of high-profile touchstones, including but not limited to playing a child prostitute in 1978’s Pretty Baby; 1980s erotic coming-of-age film The Blue Lagoon; the romantic drama Endless Love; not to mention those Calvin Klein ads and that Vogue cover, which, at fourteen, made her the youngest model…
“If something is complex or challenging, it’s actually extremely valuable.” The effortlessly stunning actress Imogen Poots has, in the infancy of her career, made a point of choosing work that is exactly that: complex and challenging. The result has been a diverse filmography that shows no sign of slowing down—which is exactly how Poots likes…
“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…
