... and the best of the rest

The Spice Girls take to Wembley this June and with rumours of new music ( Emma Bunton says they could head into the studio during their reunion tour), let’s celebrate spring with some major girl power. The British Lana Del Rey Marina is back with her first studio album without The Diamonds. I feel it girl, Brexit’s affecting us all. Love + Fear offers sublime vocals, bouncy Eighties’ riffs and artistic electro energy. Enjoy Your Life gives a unique insight into our 2019 problems, and if you’re experiencing an extended low, you’ll take respite in Marina’s journey: “Never think we’ll get out of this black hole, but you’re not living in this world alone… sit back and enjoy your problems, you

Marina don’t always have to solve them.” Tell that to Theresa May. Meanwhile, Hand

made Heaven celebrates power within loneliness, and True feels like finding yourself. This is a mood album and I love it.

Tulisa is back with the most relatable bop of the year. “I wanna call you daddy, call you daddy, call you daddy” — the song- writing is truly

Ivor Novello worthy. Daddy features low- fi beats, sublime synth and doubles up as my new Grindr bio.

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Nimmo return this month, too. Everything I Wanted is the girls’ deepest cut yet and changes up vocals and production so sublimely that it spans a vast five- minute sound scape without my millennial burnout kicking in.

Ciara is also back in our ears with a new album that celebrates her obstacles. The 1, 2 Step singer is promoting body positivity and says that the scars we bare are actually our beauty marks. The first single Thinkin Bout You is a perfect fresh disco sound.

Finally, it’s been more three years since Anti, but Rihanna is about to drop an album packed with reggae inspo. Rumours are that it will feature Cardi B and H. E. R.