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<p>A SZA album isn’t really a genre piece: it’s a bird floating on a heat column, it’s a writhing existential question mark, it’s the afterglow of a really good kiss</p>

Don’t know Glastonbury headliner SZA? Here’s why you should

The Grammy and Brit winner has earned widespread acclaim for her two studio albums ‘CTRL’ and ‘SOS’ – yet, based on the confusion sparked when she was announced as a Glastonbury headliner this year, many still don’t know her name. Here’s why you should absolutely dive into her work, writes Kate Solomon

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<p>Lenny Kravitz releases his 12th studio album ‘Blue Electric Light’ on 24 May </p>

Lenny Kravitz hides behind platitudes and cowbells on his new album

About to enter another decade at the mic, the musician still knows how to strut his rock stuff – but his latest outing lacks heart

<p>At 22 years old, nine-time Grammy winner Billie Eilish releases her third album on 17 May</p>

Billie Eilish whispers her way to big emotions on Hit Me Hard and Soft

Are we finally seeing the artist behind the baggy-goth avatar? Interrogating her public image and fan culture, Eilish delivers a restless album that is equal parts sighing and squalling

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<p>A delicate dance between Mitski the artist and Mitski the idol: the singer-songwriter performs at London’s Eventim Apollo</p>

Cult musician Mitski is a cross between Beyoncé and Marcel Marceau

Beloved by screaming teenagers, the musician is lyrically open-hearted but a guarded, withholding performer – it is a spectacular magic trick

Roger Daltrey bows out from Teenage Cancer Trust with a worthy goodbye

Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, Paul Weller and more accompany Daltrey as he takes his final bow as curator of the annual charity shows

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