Interviews

Interview & Words: Grace Wearn Ahead of their third time incredible set at Victorious Festival we sat down with Thom Rylance and Katie Lloyd of The Lottery Winners, we had a chat about typical British weather, dream duets, how much of an impact fans have to them and more. Read our transcribed interview below; “The Lottery Winners! Thank you so much for your time today, how does it feel to be playing Victorious Festival here on the South Coast?” Kate: It’s our third time here,

Words & Interview: Grace Wearn Photography Credit to Owner. “Pixie Lott, thank you so much for your time today. Here at By The Fans Magazine, we are a female-led platform built by equally industry professionals, but also fans; for fans. That being said, who are some of your biggest female musical influences and how have they shaped your sound?” Hey guys! Thank you so much for talking to me today, you guys are fab! I grew up with all the female diva voices like Mariah, Whitney

AFTERDRIVE Interview - By The Fans Magazine. Words & Interview: Grace Wearn Photography Credit to Owner. “Hi Afterdrive! Thank you so much for your time today. Please can you give a short introduction to who you are, for any of our readers who are not yet aware of yourselves?” We’re AFTERDRIVE, a four-piece pop rock band built around big melodic songwriting and the energy of a live band at full power. We focus on writing songs that are instantly catchy and addictive but still

Words & Interview: Jenna Stoch Photography Credit: Rachel Halaburda “Bloodworm, thank you so much for taking your time to speak to us at By The Fans Magazine. For those who haven’t yet discovered your music, how would you describe the band and the world that you’re trying to create with your music?” We are a band that makes songs for happy people that want to act moody. “How did Bloodworm come about? What made the three of you feel like this was the right project to build and

Photography Credit: Decca Records Ahead of his release of Night Blooms, due to be released 5th June. “After Still Blooming performed so well here (No. 10 in UK Album charts!), are you excited to perform these fan favourites, and more, on your upcoming UK tour – have you noticed any of the songs being preferred by different fans across the globe?” The band and I can’t wait to perform the new arrangements from Night BIooms. It’s fun to do such beloved songs like Over The Rain

Words & Interview: Grace Wearn Photography credit to retrospective owner. “Mae Stephens! Thank you so much for your time today. For any of our readers who might not have discovered you yet, could you please give a quick introduction to who you are?” Heyoo lovely people! My name is Mae, I’m 22 (will be 23 when this goes out!) and I’m an artist from Northamptonshire. I released a song called ‘If We Ever Broke Up’ that went viral on TikTok and it changed my entire life. I went f

Words & Interview: Jenna Stoch, Grace Wearn Photography credit to retrospective owner. “By The Fans Magazine is rooted in real connection — a female-led platform built by fans, for fans. We’re all about honest, unfiltered conversations that go beyond the surface, and we’d love to explore the vital elements from your journey so far, your sound and influences, and the key moments that truly drive your music — the ones your fans feel just as deeply as you do. The Great Emu War C

Words & Interview: Jenna Stoch, Grace Wearn Photography credit to retrospective owner. “John Blaylock, thank you so much for taking your time to speak to us here at By The Fans Magazine. For those who are yet to discover your talent and music, could you please tell our readers a bit about yourself and your artistic identity?” Thanks for having me. I’m a Mancunian singer songwriter with what many have described as a raw and powerful voice that loves finger style acoustic guit

Words & Interview: Jenna Stoch, Grace Wearn Photography credit to retrospective owner. “By The Fans Magazine is rooted in real connection — a female-led platform built by fans, for fans. We’re all about honest, unfiltered conversations that go beyond the surface, and we’d love to explore the vital elements from your journey so far, your sound and influences, and the key moments that truly drive your music — the ones your fans feel just as deeply as you do. Molly Roberts, th

Interview & Words: Grace Wearn Photography Credit: Jamie O’Gorman We sat down with Scouting For Girls ahead of their album release “These Are The Good Days” and spoke about the insight of songwriting, Roger Moore and more! (pardon the pun..) ”Thank you so much for your time today! Fresh off your 2025 festival run — are there any key highlights that really stand out for you as a band? Or even from this tour so far?” Victorious Festival in Pompey was genuinely off the chart. I

Lily Forte - Artist Interview. Words & Interview: Grace Wearn Photography Credit: Julia McKay Lily Forte! Thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us at By The Fans Magazine. Could you please tell our readers who maybe aren’t familiar with yourself, an introduction about you?” Thank you so much for having me! My name is Lily Forte and I make bluesy pop/rock music. I am inspired by the musical era of the 1960’s and 1970’s. My debut album, Don’t Gild The Lily, comes ou

The Hopeless Romantic Tour - Will Linley Interview Interview & Words: Jessica Kamp Photography Credit: Jenna Stoch Will, welcome to Amsterdam! How does it feel to be on your own tour? It is amazing! It’s so much fun, I think for the last in a while I opened for other bands, so it feels good to play my own shows and I feel like to be able to start curating what a Will Linley concert feels like, looks like and sounds like is fun. That’s great! Has the South African audience

Interview & Words: Amber Williams Photography Credit: (all photos in article minus the group photo with Amber) spacejunkroads Cinnabar consists of 4 members : Ben, Toby, Ethan B and Ethan M. How did you guys form/meet? Toby - Me and Ben met during freshers week, we wanted to form a band but we obviously only had two of us, but one day we went into class and we met Ethan B. We did previously have another lead guitarist but due to issues it just didn’t work with them. Ethan

Ahead of their new single - Supermoon, Bailey Tomkinson & The Locals sat down with By The Fans Magazine and spoke to us about their influences, their new single Supermoon, falling in love with music and more. Words & Interview: Grace Taylor Photography Credit to owner. What’s your earliest memory of falling in love with music? I reckon it predates memory! My mum swears my rhythm started in the womb, she’d tap the beat of her favourite pop songs on her bump in the bath and I

Fiaa Hamilton - Artist Interview. Words & Interview: Grace Wearn, Eline Josephine & Grace Taylor Photography Credit: Adam Brazier Photography credit to Adam Brazier. We sat down with Fiaa Hamilton, ahead of the release of her new single - Nobody is perfect and chatted with her about the new single, music and her songwriting process. What’s your earliest memory of falling in love with music? When I was 8 and I wrote songs with my mum and I saw her smile, even though her mental

Courtney Hadwin - Artist Interview. Words & Interview: Grace Wearn & Eline Josephine Photography Credit: Orlando Avalon By The Fans Magazine Interview with Courtney Hadwin, ahead of her single release “D.N.A”. Photography credit to Orlando Avalon. When did you first find out that you had a passion for singing? I’ve always loved singing from a very early age! but I was about 10-11 years old when I knew there was something about music, that just had to be in my life in the futu

"It gave me a glimpse of the vision" - Sergio on supporting Jonah Marais, his Musical Influences and best fan experiences on and off stage - Interview - By The Fans Magazine