Music News by Miles Brohier
View(s):- Guy Chambers on boy bands and mental health
Guy Chambers who helped write several of Robbie Williams hit songs since he went solo, has called for the end of teenage boy bands, following the tragic death of the former One Direction member Liam Payne on October 16, at the age of 31. Chambers’ made the comment to a leading UK Sunday newspaper saying youngsters lacked proper protection. He added under 18s should be prevented from joining boy bands to protect their mental health. His comments echoed Sharon Osbourne who was a judge on X Factor, when she said that Payne had been let down by the music industry. Much has been spoken and written about Liam Payne’s meteoric rise to stardom. Days before his death, Liam Payne was dropped by his record label Universal Music, to which he was signed to since 2016. Chambers’ had worked with Williams since he quit Take That, at the age of 20, back in 1995. Young artists have found it difficult to juggle with the demands of work, remaining with the same people day in and day out for the sake of fame and industry demands. It has culminated with been horrific consequences of alcohol and substance abuse. Many lives have been lost as a result, owing to pressure and a toll on mental health.
- Gracie Abram’s single enters the charts
Four songs entered the UK top 10 singles chart this week, with the highest entry from Gracie Abram’s ‘I Love You, I’m Sorry’ at No.4. The track is the breakout hit for the 25 year old singer and songwriter from the US, who started off as a support act for Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour Tour in 2021. The indie pop song has been on the UK chart for 16 weeks starting its journey at the very bottom of the chart at 100 moving upwards with a gradual ascend, ’I Love You, I’m Sorry’ is the third track to be taken off her album ‘The Secret Of Us’.
- Sabrina Carpenter’s single debuts in the charts
Sabrina Carpenter’s new song ’Bed Chem’ was the only song among five new entries to debut inside the UK top 10 singles chart this week. The track made a grand entry at No. 9. The new song is penned by the singer and is the fourth release from her recent chart topping album ‘Short N Sweet’. This week Carpenter is celebrating another milestone, as the second artist to register a presence at the No.1 position on the UK singles chart with 20 weeks in the 71 year history, in a calendar year. The total is made up through ’Taste’ currently reigning with eight weeks, and her previous chart toppers ‘Espresso’ with seven weeks and ’Please Please Please’ with five weeks. The only artist to previously hit 20 weeks and a longer period of 28 weeks was Frankie Laine in 1953.
- End of live shows for ELO
Jeff Lynne’s ELO is calling the curtain down on live shows when the band will perform for the last time on 13th July 2025, at BTS Hyde Park, London. The band was formed in 1970 and went on to score a string of hit songs among them ’Last Train To London’, ’Mr. Blue Sky’, ‘Hold On Tight’ and ’Rock n Roll Is King’. ELO was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. Lynne was appointed an OBE in 2020.
UK SINGLES CHART
TW LW
1 1 Taste – Sabrina Carpenter
2 3 Die With A Smile – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
3 6 Sailor Song – Gigi Perez
4 11 I Love I’m Sorry – Gracie Abrams
5 8 Somedays – Sonny Fodera/Jazzy/D.O.D
6 10 Hot To Go – Chappell Roan
7 RE Sympathy Is A Knife – Charli XCX ft: Ariana Grande
8 14 Thick Of It – KSI ft: Tripple Redd
9 - Bed Chem – Sabrina Carpenter
10 22 Move – Adam Port/Stryn/Keinemusik
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