- ABBA
- Adele
- Akapellah
- Al Green
- Alejandro Sanz
- Alicia Keys
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Ariana Grande
- Autotelic
- Axwell /\ Ingrosso
- Aytekin Ataş
- Bad Bunny
- Bee Gees
- Bernie Taupin
- Billie Eilish
- Billy Joel
- Bob Dylan
- Brandi Carlile
- Burna Boy
- Calcutta
- Carly Simon
- Ceza
- Coldplay
- DAVID x ELI
- Demi Lovato
- Don McLean
- Drake
- Elton John
- Elvis Presley
- Eminem
- Espinoza Paz
- Fatboy Slim
- Florence + The Machine
- Franz Ferdinand
- Fred again..
- Gabby Alipe
- George Fenton
- George Gaudy
- Gloria Estefan
- Harry Styles
- Holly Humberstone
- Iad Aslan
- Idris Elba
- Ilse DeLange
- Imagine Dragons
- INXS
- Irving Berlin
- J Balvin
- Jack White
- Jacob Olofsson
- James Newton Howard
- John Lennon
- Jonas Blue
- Joy Division
- Juan Gabriel
- Juan Karlos
- Justin Bieber
- Justin Timberlake
- Keith Urban
- Kendrick Lamar
- Leiva
- Leonel García
- Lionel Richie
- Little Simz
- MAGI
- MagnusTheMagnus
- Mahmood
- Manuel Carrasco
- Maren Morris
- Mariah Carey
- Mark Knopfler
- Maroon 5
- Martin Garrix
- Megan Thee Stallion
- MFÖ
- Miguel
- Mon Laferte
- Morat
- Mumford & Sons
- Natalia Lafourcade
- Neil Diamond
- New Order
- Nicki Minaj
- Nikos Zoudiaris
- November Ultra
- Olga Kouklaki
- Oliver Heldens
- Otis Redding
- Pantelis Pantelidis
- Pascal Reinhardt
- Pearl Jam
- Peggy Lee
- Petros Klampanis
- Post Malone
- Prince
- R.E.M.
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Rex Orange County
- Robyn
- Romeo Santos
- Rosalía
- Roxette
- Rozalén
- Ruel
- Rvssian
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Sam Hunt
- Seinabo Sey
- Selda Bagcan
- Shawn Mendes
- Sıla
- SNIK
- Stavento
- Steve Lacy
- Steve Mac
- Sting
- Swedish House Mafia
- SZA
- Taylor Swift
- The Clash
- The Go-Go's
- The Killers
- The Really Useful Group
- The Smiths
- The Weeknd
- The xx
- Thief
- Thompson Twins
- Tom Walker
- U2
- Vargas & Lagola
- Vera Blue
- Within Temptation
- Yahritza
- Yusuf / Cat Stevens
The xx
The xx’s third album ‘I See You’ is the spoils of four hard years’ labour, a vertiginous new height scaled for the pop group. It is a record that sees them performing with optimum new nerve, transparency and clarity. Because it is made by The xx, its implicit boldness is sculpted from a tough and tender space, one which stretched its limits for expansion against the core musical aesthetic Romy and Oliver first found as 16-year-olds playing on a stage together.
I See You is marked by a tonal shift to something close to pure, crisp pop structure, adorned by unusual crescendos that echo a dextrous DJ inching their dancer toward climax without ever quite lifting the house lights. Its lyric sheet moves from the danger and hopelessness of love to its deliciousness and rapture; a move into a more outward looking proposition. ‘I See You’ is recognisably still The xx but now powered by voluble ambition, of the three perfect counterweights to one another starting to not just realise but harness their full potential.
The xx have sold 2.7million records the world over. They have platinum and gold discs amassed from across Europe, the Americas, Australia. They’re one of only three British bands – the others being One Direction and Mumford & Sons – to have a gold certified debut album in the USA in the last decade. Their multimillion streaming and social media stats are dizzying. If this wasn’t supposed to happen, I See You sounds like the concession not just that it did, but furthermore that it was meant to.