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Things Dominic Harrison (YUNGBLUD) and Van McCann (Catfish and the Bottlemen) have in common:

- contradict themselves in interviews but somehow still make sense

- care more about live shows than anything else

- practices for interviews and lives shows in their bedroom mirror/in the shower

- constantly reference their fathers telling them to work hard

- favourite part of touring is meeting new people

- have 1,000,000,000 songs “ready to go” for the next record at any given time

- across interviews, tend to repeat wording in answers

- not good at reading books

- almost cry when people sing their lyrics back to them at shows

- puppy dog levels excitement

- so, so grateful for the success they have

- don’t believe in luck - it’s about hard work

- cute as buttons

- make music that they feel the world is lacking

- super obsessed with Oasis and Arctic Monkeys

- not embarrassed about any music they listen to, don’t have ‘guilty pleasure’ type songs

- listen to old school music before live shows (Dom - Frank Sinatra, Van - Dean Martin)

- heart eyes for Yorkshire puddings

- “you know what I mean?” at the end of every sentence

- started in the music industry very young

- not ashamed of how much they love their friends, don’t do the horrible ‘no homo’ thing

- likes football

- just want people to be happy

- love their parents a lot (a lot!)

- will strike up a conversation with anyone, anytime

- little bit of dope here and there

- in interviews, will ask the interviewer questions too

- intelligence is underestimated because they speak with so much slang

- I love them

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loucashaj’s story - 11/8

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Grounds For Resentment - Kele Okereke ft. Olly Alexander

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ollyyears: about a year and a half ago I got asked if I would be interested in making a documentary, Its not something I ever thought I would do but I’m so grateful and happy that I did. It’s been life changing. This entire process I’ve felt supported and encouraged to explore an area I feel extremely passionate about, mental health, and what it’s like to grow up gay. I felt very nervous along the way, conscious that I couldn’t represent the incredibly diverse LGBT+ community and that I couldn’t do justice to the many different experiences, but ultimately I did not want to let fear stop me from trying to make a difference. I am very lucky I have this platform and I’m trying my best to acknowledge my privilege and do some good with it. If this film can help one person, then I will be happy. It’s really just the tip of the iceberg, one film is not enough!, we need to carry on this conversation and get each others voices heard, we can do it !! Thank you to all the wonderful people I met during filming, my life has been truly enriched by meeting all of you and getting to know you, you’ve inspired me so much! Thank you to production company Antidote for getting this made and for making sure we had a badass queer team, our glorious director @cooper_vicki and kindest man on Earth @petegrant , thankyou to the whole team behind the camera and to @martha_kinn for always making it work. And thank you @bbcthree for putting it out !!! finally thank you to all of YOU guys, I never dreamed I would be in this position, that I could be this outspoken person, and that is all down to the support I’ve been given from all of you and I will forever be humbled and grateful !!!FOREVER !love to you all xxx be safe be kind aaaaand yeah 😘😊 ❤️ x

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Olly Alexander: Growing Up Gay will be available on BBC iPlayer from 10am on Tuesday 18 July

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“I don’t know if you guys know, but I’m actually a homosexual. It’s true. I love dick. It’s amazing”

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When I met him, I was really wasted and I fell off a bin and had to go A&E because I sprained my wrist, so I put in the line, ‘Broke my bones playing games with you’. And then I got this rash, but it wasn’t a sexual rash - honestly! – I had really bad eczema. That’s where the line, ‘I itch all night, I itch for you’ comes from.

Olly Alexander in NME talking about the subject of “REAL” (via yearsblog)

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@BBCR1: The BEST advice from Olly @yearsandyears: “Shove a rainbow in fear’s face” 🌈 #Pride2016 #Glastonbury2016

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@BBCR1: The BEST advice from Olly @yearsandyears: “Shove a rainbow in fear’s face” 🌈 #Pride2016 #Glastonbury2016

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Exit Kid is the project of Years & Years keyboardist Emre Türkmen, who decided to switch synths for guitar after wrapping up a tour. With drummer Dylan Bell he's created something entirely different from the pop band, with a heavy grunge sound that I love. We're premiering a great live session of their track 'Who You Fooling' despite Emre's attempts to cover it up - check it out below.

Exit Kid is the project of Years & Years keyboardist Emre Türkmen, who decided to switch synths for guitar after wrapping up a tour.

With drummer Dylan Bell he’s created something entirely different from the pop band, with a heavy grunge sound that I love.

We’re premiering a great live session of their track ‘Who You Fooling’ despite Emre’s attempts to cover it up - check it out below.

Q&A with Exit Kid

How did Exit Kid begin?

Exit Kid began in Albuquerque a year ago. I was on a gruelling US tour and it was very monotonous and uninspiring.

There’s a line in a Verve song that always stuck with me: “the airwaves are clean and there’s nobody singing to me now” and that’s how I felt. Plus, I had a lot of shit to deal with so I bought a cheap guitar and decided to get my hands dirty. I don’t think the guitar-bass-drums combo has ever been bettered.

What are you listening to at the moment?

At this specific moment, I’m listening to Mary J Blige because my lovely Uber driver, Shaunette, has it blasting on her car stereo full volume. Otherwise, the last 18 months has seen a constant rotation of Smashing Pumpkins, QOTSA and Coldplay. Two of those are true.

What are your plans for summer?

Make an album with my other, less famous band. Eat my greens. Try not to lose faith in humanity.

What was the first gig you ever played and what’s been the best so far?

The first Exit Kid gig was at the Sebright Arms pub a few weeks ago and, like all good things, it was short and sweaty. We will probably never top it.