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The July 2026 issue of Dork is available to order today (Friday 12th June), with Niall Horan, XG and Baby Queen leading three covers – and, as it so happens, marking Dork's 10th birthday while they're at it.
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Caught at soundcheck before the final UK night of their world tour, Dorian Electra gives 'Fake Denim' an airing while the room's still empty.
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Dorian Electra breaks in 'Fake Denim' at Electrowerkz for Dork's Before Doors
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Caught at soundcheck before the final UK night of their world tour, Dorian Electra gives 'Fake Denim' an airing while the room's still empty.
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After years of being labelled a pop prodigy, Ruel is rewriting his own narrative. The London-born, Sydney-raised singer first broke through as a teenager, but with 'Kicking My Feet' and the upcoming 'Kicking & Screaming', he's embracing big feelings and unapologetic joy. Growing up might just be his best era yet.
by Ali Shutler
Ruel stops holding back: “Now, who gives a shit?”
Ruel Summer
RUEL SUMMER
After years of being labelled a pop prodigy, Ruel is rewriting his own narrative. The London-born, Sydney-raised singer first broke through as a teenager, but with 'Kicking My Feet' and the upcoming 'Kicking & Screaming', he's embracing big feelings and unapologetic joy. Growing up might just be his best era yet.
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A decade into his solo career, Niall Horan has little left to prove. There was a time when he was focused on the next hit; these days, he's thinking about the next tour, the next album and the fans who keep turning up for both.
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Joe Newman jumped out of the alt-J plane
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Georgian would like to talk to you about nature, Westerns and really good jeans
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Feature
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By Abigail Firth
Feature
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Born in Japan and making English-language music for a global audience, XG have become one of pop's most distinctive international success stories. As the seven-piece prepare to bring their 'THE CORE' world tour to London, they look back on the journey that brought them here.
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Feature
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Feature
Joe Newman jumped out of the alt-J plane
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Georgian would like to talk to you about nature, Westerns and really good jeans
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‘Florescence’ is perhaps the first record where the room truly belongs to Maisie Peters.
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‘Florescence’ is perhaps the first record where the room truly belongs to Maisie Peters.
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The record moves with a restless buzz that’s impossible to resist.
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He seamlessly weaves the best of Copenhagen alt pop cool into his EDM dancefloor vision.
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