At the very least Radio 1 can still claim to be a 'breaker' for her in the UK as they were supporting her on the playlist right from the very start of 2024 as Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl was a Tune of the Week and then playlisted in January. It feels like because of this she just wasn't properly on their radar (though Mollie was probably playing her on Best New Pop before this) and so they wanted to evidence that they've championed her somewhere and the timeline meant this year was when they were going to do that.

Edited January 11Jan 11 by lewistgreen

'Radio 1; where it begins!' - the slogan from a few years ago!

In multi-platinum selling music we trust :cheeseblock:

I suspect you won't be able to go anywhere this year without hearing her music, so in that sense she will be the sound of 2025.

 

It's just that she was the sound of 2024 too and typically of Radio 1, they're always a few steps behind.

At the very least Radio 1 can still claim to be a 'breaker' for her in the UK as they were supporting her on the playlist right from the very start of 2024 as Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl was a Tune of the Week and then playlisted in January. It feels like because of this she just wasn't properly on their radar (though Mollie was probably playing her on Best New Pop before this) and so they wanted to evidence that they've championed her somewhere and the timeline meant this year was when they were going to do that.

 

I had forgotten about this... they clearly could have actually put her on the 2024 list and been able to legitimately claim they called it then (although I don't think she'd have beaten The Last Dinner Party anyway).

Chappell Roan will be on Jack's show on Monday night

I can’t see a KNEECAP thread, so sorry if this is in the wrong place but I’m not sure we’ll be seeing Radio 1 support them again - they’re currently being ‘assessed’ by counter terrorism Police for remarks they have apparently made at previous shows - it doesn’t look good if this is true:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8kpljj26go.amp

No surprise the establishment are coming for them, pity the government don’t take a look at themselves for funding the Israeli government and their war machine.