It’s safe to say this year has not been one for the history books. We’re all facing our own challenges and consequently learning how to deal with them. One person whose year has been particularly tumultuous is Blue Hawaii’s Raphaelle, who was misdiagnosed with Bipolar II before pulling herself back by working on the band’s […]

Today I turn forty. A new decade. But 2020’s energy is telling me, in some not-so-subtle terms, that this is not the year to be partying. No, 2020’s energy is distinctly telling me that in fact this is the year to stay at home with a bottle of champagne and the audible of Mariah’s newly-released The […]

Four years ago Loverboy ditched the chaos of London for the sunny shores of Barcelona and we’ve never looked back. But with the arrival of Tom Aspaul‘s glorious new album, Black Country Disco, about his love for his hometown of West Midlands, it’s possible we might just be feeling the onset of nostalgia… We last […]

‘Old women being catty – that’s what we need!’ Durand Bernarr and Loverboy are excitedly discussing Sunday’s VERZUZ with Patti Vs Gladys, but as Durand rightfully points out, ‘I really wish it had been Patti Vs Aretha. That would have made more sense to me….’ Loverboy is talking to the singer/songwriter days before the release […]

When Loverboy thinks back to brighter days of clubbing, aka pre-2020, one of our happiest memories is stumbling across Cormac playing Q Club in Milan last year. Since then we have signed our names up as part of the Cormac Fan Club…officially. He was the soundtrack to our daily Corona workout and our first emotional run outside […]

This week we had the pleasure of speaking with South London-based artist, Shivum Sharma, who recently dropped his dreamy Diamond EP, just in time to soundtrack the last few days of summer. The Indian Irish singer name-checks icons only as his influences, such as Minnie Riperton, and yes, he can nail a falsetto. The Diamond […]

Over this strange summer, Loverboy has been speaking with our Mum on the daily. But every day for six months – that’s a lot of talking…and avoiding questions about exes! So instead we’ve been immersing her into the world of drag via all the queens’ digital shows this summer. The latest we are particularly excited […]

This year has definitely been the year we overthought. With all this time stuck at home…or even just in the country, it’s been hard avoiding thoughts of all things we were beginning to do so well at trying to forget! Fear of never actually adulting? Check. Anxiety as to whether Mariah will ever actually achieve […]

We bought our first plant just before Covid struck – a big, beautiful Bird of Paradise, that has turned out to be a total diva when it comes to sunlight and is refusing to stop growing. It’s taking over the joint! But we haven’t even got to the stage of gendering our plant, let alone […]