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Headliner Radio
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This is a music podcast which explores the creative process. We chat to artists of all levels, from aspiring and emerging talent to international stars, to find more about how they make their music. Check us out on Insta @emergingheadliner, FB and Twitter @headlinerhub and hashtag #headlinerradio
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E459: Dapper: From African music mogul to solo artist
1w ago00:25:40Tap to summarizeNigerian music mogul Dapper has conquered the business side of the music industry as founder and CEO of the Dapper Group, which owns an eight per cent market share of the industry across the entire African continent. Fresh from earning a Guinness World Record with Dapper Live for staging the largest-ever orchestral Afrobeats concert, he is now taking on a new challenge: stepping into the spotlight as a solo artist with the release of his third single, My Type.
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E458: John Newman: Life beyond Love Me Again
2w ago00:49:47Tap to summarizeSinger, songwriter, DJ and producer John Newman began his journey in 2012 when he lent his vocals to Rudimental’s UK Number One hit, Feel the Love. However, the real turning point came with the smash hit, Love Me Again. Debuting at number one on the UK Official Chart, the single soared into the top 10 in over 30 countries and has amassed 1.6 billion streams. Newman reflects on the enduring popularity of the song – which is having a second life on TikTok – and discusses his new remix EP, Love Me Again (Again), new single, Merry Go, and what to expect from his new album.
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Emerging Headliner E51: Girl Group: Little Sticky Pictures
3w ago00:31:57Tap to summarizeAnglo-Nordic band Girl Group introduce ‘brat-punk’to the world – a unique blend of hyperpop, electronic and indie sounds. After their hit performances at Reading and Leeds Festivals and gaining support from Elton John and BBC 6 Music, Girl Group spoke to Headliner about new songs, Rage Song and SuperDrug, from their new EP Little Sticky Pictures, and why only female acts ever get accused of being ‘industry plants.’
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In The Box E30: Jesse Zuretti: Scoring 2XKO
Apr 2100:47:11Tap to summarizeComposer Jesse Zuretti dives into his metal-influenced score for Riot Games’ 2XKO – a fighting game set in the League of Legends Runeterra universe. Zuretti talks all things metal, working with Polyphia on the game’s main theme, continuing the League of Legends legacy, fans’ reactions to his soundtrack, misconceptions about heavy metal, creating the score in Cubase in his studio, and what to expect from him for the next iteration of the game.
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E457: Paul Leonard-Morgan: Scoring Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
Apr 2100:41:36Tap to summarizeBAFTA Award-winning, Emmy and Ivor Novello–nominated composer Paul Leonard-Morgan discusses scoring his most recent projects, Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, and Pretty Lethal, starring Uma Therman.
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E456: Anthony Willis: Scoring Wuthering Heights
Apr 1500:44:27Tap to summarizeAfter the huge success of Promising Young Woman and Saltburn, director Emerald Fennel called upon British-born, L.A.-based composer Anthony Willis to work with her a third time for her adaptation of Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Willis speaks to Headliner about how he worked on the score alongside the Charli XCX album of new songs for the film, how he and Fennel approached this new adaptation, and *that* viral Sophie Ellis-Bextor moment in Saltburn.
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In The Box E29: Hildur Guðnadóttir: Scoring The Bride
Mar 3100:59:14Tap to summarizeIcelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir went from releasing indie-classical solo cello albums, to becoming an awards-magnet film composer, with BAFTAs, GRAMMYs, and an Academy Award for her score to the Joaquin Phoenix-starring Joker to her name. She calls 2026 her ‘monster’ year, which has seen her score 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and the Maggie Gyllenhaal-directed The Bride. She chats to Headliner about working on these idiosyncratic films back to back, her long-awaited upcoming return to the stage this year, and why Cubase is key to her work.
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Emerging Headliner E50: Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys: Pale Bloom
Mar 3000:32:12Tap to summarizeBorn in South Africa, Lucy Kruger relocated to Berlin to pursue her ambitions for her band, The Lost Boys, an indie art-pop outfit that is lavished with guitar feedback, violas, sparse arrangements, and haunting melodies. Releasing music since 2014, she chats to Headliner about new album Pale Bloom.
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E455: Benjamin Wallfisch: Scoring Welcome to Derry
Mar 3000:41:04Tap to summarizeAfter a musical upbringing that was staunchly classical, Benjamin Wallfisch has married his Bach-influenced skillset with a love of music technology to become one of Hollywood’s go-to composers. After a huge breakthrough working on Blade Runner: 2049 alongside a certain Hans Zimmer, huge jobs kept rolling in, including Shazam!, It and It Chapter Two, Twisters, and Alien: Romulus. The composer discusses scoring Welcome to Derry and Predator Badlands, and pivoting from pursuing orchestral conducting to making music for movies.
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Emerging Headliner E49: Moody Joody: Meet the trio behind OOPS!
Mar 1900:33:20Tap to summarizeMoody Joody’s new single, OOPS!, is the perfect soundtrack to your next wild night out – and next morning hangxiety. The Nashville trio discuss writing OOPS!, what to expect from their forthcoming debut album, alternative band names, and why the new record will shock people from their hometown.
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