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Florence Welch covers 'New York Times' Magazine
The New York times has featured Florence Welch in their latest (17th October 2024) issue, highlighting ‘The Greats’: influential people in music, fashion and art who have influenced their respective industries.
Interviewed by prolific writer Lauren Groff in Florence’s South London home, the article explores Florence’s past struggles with alcohol, her ‘internal monster’ which is both destructive and creative, and the boundaries and tensions between normal life and performance. This is, possibly, one of Florence’s most intimate and candid interviews to date. As Groff concludes: Oh, you gods who power her, oh, you humans who make her life hum, just let the woman sing.
Gallery below:
Photography by Luis Alberto Rodriguez.
Hair by Anthony Turner at Jolly Collective. Makeup by Thom Walker at Art + Commerce. Set design by Afra Zamara at Second Name. Production: Farago Projects. Lighting technician: Jack Symes. Digital tech: Sam Hearn. Photo assistants: Daiki Tajima, Federico Covarelli. Manicurist: Emily Rose Lansley at The Wall Group. Hairstylist’s assistant: John Allan. Makeup assistant: Samanta Falcone. Set designer’s assistant: Ollie Kariel. Tailor: Pip Long at Karen Avenell. Styling assistants: Andreea Georgiana Rădoi, Sam Wright
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Florence + the Machine stun at the BBC Proms with orchestral 'Symphony of Lungs' [Review and Gallery]
When The BBC announced that Florence + the Machine would be returning to the stage for their one and only live performance in 2024 at the BBC Proms (69), we knew it would be something unmissable. Last night’s spectacle proved us right, and a whole lot more!
Photo: Andy Paradise / BBC
Set at the Royal Albert Hall (a venue Florence + the Machine have played twice before for the Teenage Cancer Trust, last in 2012), the band took the audience - both in-person and on BBC Radio 3’s live stream - on a whirlwind of nostalgia.
Florence herself noted the throwbacks the band had lined up for the gobsmacked audience:
“So many of these songs were written when I was a teenager or in my very early 20s… we threw so many good songs off the album and they became bonus tracks!”
She also stated the incredible range of the album, and we witnessed this first hand through the gentle plucking of an acoustic abridged version of ‘Hurricane Drunk’, to the swelling violin and organ of ‘Blinding’, and power of ‘Howl’.
Photo: Andy Paradise / BBC
At many occasions, the audience just couldn’t stay seated any longer - ‘Rabbit Heart’ saw most of the hall leap to their feet, ready to receive Florence’s offering as she raised it (and the roof) up. ‘Dog Days’ and ‘You’ve Got the Love’ received equally energetic receptions. Even as songs came to their close, there were several standing ovations as tears were brought to the eyes of many of the onlookers; the gentle ebbs and powerful flows of Jules Buckley’s orchestral arrangements heightening an already hard-hitting album.
Not only did Buckley’s orchestra so poignantly and carefully reimagine the entirety of ‘Lungs’ with medieval undertones, they also stepped up to the challenge of some special treats, including ‘Bird Song’, ‘Hardest of Hearts’, ‘Swimming’ and ‘Falling’ - many of which Florence had not played since 2010. A treat to behold.
You can listen to the full performance now on BBC Sounds.
The video version will be available to watch at the conclusion of the Proms on BBC iPlayer and BBC Two, available for 1 year.
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'Drumming Song’
‘My Boy Builds Coffins’
‘You Got the Love’
‘Bird Song Intro’
‘Bird Song’
‘Swimming’
‘I’m Not Calling You a Liar’
‘Kiss With a Fist’
‘Howl’
‘Girl With One Eye’
‘Hardest of Hearts’
‘Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)’
‘Blinding’
‘Hurricane Drunk’
‘Cosmic Love’
‘Between Two Lungs’
‘Dog Days Are Over’
‘Falling’
Florence covers the Observer Magazine
Florence features on the cover of the Observer Magazine
Lillie Eiger photographs Florence Welch for the cover of the Observer Magazine.
You can read the full article here:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/may/15/florence-welch-machine-dance-fever-interview?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Florence features in Rolling Stone Magazine [Gallery]
Florence Welch features in Rolling Stone Magazine, talking all from anxiety to her new album Dance Fever.
Florence Welch bears all for her cover story of the Rolling Stone Magazine. Speaking to Tara Joshi, Florence talks motherhood, her songs being both daemons and children, and gives us some inside knowledge on the process of writing and recording for Dance Fever during the pandemic.
You can read the full interview here, and see the gallery of photos taken by Ruth Ossai below.
Gucci Bloom - The Awakening [Gallery]
Florence Welch features in the new Gucci Bloom 2022 campaign. Gallery.
Photos by Annie Lai
Florence attends the LACMA Gala 2021
Florence Welch attends the 10th LACMA Gala, hosted by Gucci (gallery)
After attending the Gucci Love event at Hollywood Boulevard last week, Florence Welch once again graced the red carpet in another stunning baby blue Gucci number for the LACMA Gala 2021, hosted by Gucci.
See the look below.
Florence Welch covers Elle Magazine Russia
Florence Welch continues her 2020 Magazine cover appearances with Elle Magazine Russia.
She features in Gucci wear throughout the photoshoot.
Full gallery below:
Credits:
Photographer: Ina Lekiewicz
Stylist: Ekaterina Mukhina
Hair: Leigh Keates
Makeup: Sarah Freyton
Florence Welch covers Glamour Magazine Spain
Florence Welch covers Glamour Magazine’s latest issue. Full gallery in the article.
Florence Welch features on Glamour Magazine (Spain) for her first magazine cover of 2020.
Set on a grand location, these dreamy images show off Florence’s magical side, including tarot card reading, crystal ball gazing, and a nod to the heavens.
Photos by Lillie Eiger, who also recently shot Vogue’s cover store with Harry Styles, and was Florence’s personal photographer on the ‘High As Hope’ world tour.
Full gallery below:
Florence Welch x Gucci Bloom / Holiday Spectacular
Florence Welch features in the new Gucci Bloom fragrance campaign (gallery and video).
Florence Welch features in the new Gucci Bloom fragrance campaign.
Images and video below.
Gucci Holiday Spectacular
Sorbet Magazine photoshoot - Full gallery
The full gallery of Florence Welch’s Sorbet Magazine photoshoot, by Rhys Frampton.
Check out the photos below from Florence Welch’s collaboration with photographer Rhys Frampton, for Sorbet Magazine:
