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Atlantic
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Atlantic
The New Old Sound of Adult Anxiety
The often-cited statistic that 50 percent of American marriages end in divorce has long been overstated: The divorce rate started sliding from its historical peak way back in 1980. But the myth of the modern marriage being doomed to fail endures because it was seared into the cultural consciousness—like so much else—by Baby Boomers. After the sexual revolution of the '60s and the legalization of no-fault divorce, they availed themselves of the freedom to leave their spouse—and then parlayed that experience into now-classic movies, books, and rock about going your own way. Boomers' children aren't getting hitched as easily, and those who do are less likely to split up. That's probably a result of living in an ever more individualized, ever less traditional, and ever more expensive society—and of having studied the cautionary tales of their elders. But Millennials do have their version of divorce rock: the softly grooving Los Angeles band Haim. The group's three members have never been married, but their new album, I Quit, cleverly remixes the breakup-music canon for a generation that's wary of tying the knot. Since their 2013 debut, the Haim sisters—Este (39), Danielle (36), and Alana (33)—have gained fame as pop celebrities who are fluent in TikTok and friends with Taylor Swift. Yet, as a rare band in an era of solo stars, they're also a throwback. Haim's songs blend the rollicking chemistry of Fleetwood Mac, the muscular femininity of Heart, and the mystic cheesiness of Phil Collins (with a smattering of new-jack-swing sparkle). But the sisters swap the earnest grandiosity of their influences for cheeky nonchalance, hinting that nothing they sing about is all that serious. In videos, they strut down streets like Tina Turner, except with all of Turner's outsize emoting replaced by smirks. The band's great 2013 single, 'The Wire,' is about ditching a perfectly nice partner, counseling, 'I just know, I know, I know, I know that you're gonna be okay anyway.' Though the band's lyrics have long been preoccupied with breakups, I Quit is the moment these Stevie Nicks disciples attempt their Rumours: a kaleidoscopic and questing pop epic about unraveling commitments (though made in circumstances of sibling solidarity rather than burning tension between bandmates). The three sisters were each single while recording the album, and have marketed that fact by sharing dating horror stories online. The most consequential breakup here is that of the lead singer, Danielle. In 2022, she exited a relationship of nine years with the producer Ariel Rechtshaid, who'd worked on all of the band's previous albums. The split apparently represented both a personal and an artistic unchaining. Danielle told ID magazine that Rechtshaid took a 'searching, labored' approach to recording, whereas I Quit 's lead producer, Rostam Batmanglij, is 'quick' and 'kinetic.' The album's title is meant to convey liberation: 'The exit is also the entrance,' Este said to GQ. The music does feel quite unshackled. Haim's previous and best album, 2020's Women in Music Pt. III, was a delicate jewelbox of sound, but I Quit is all surge and excess. Its songs go on longer, say more, and do more than is expected or, sometimes, advisable. The opening track's grating sample of George Michael 's 'Freedom! '90' feels like the result of a dare; a number of genre digressions—into drum and bass, industrial rock, and shoegaze—are amusing but inessential. The highlights, though, are Haim-ian in the best way: instinctual and playful. Incongruous musical styles join up through ingenious, gliding transitions. The arrangements sizzle and fizzle like Pop Rocks thanks to creative instrumentation and digital editing. The lead single, 'Relationships,' is the album's manifesto: 'I think I'm in love but I can't stand fucking relationships,' Danielle sings. Bickering and restlessness has her running a cost-benefit analysis on her beloved, and the music sounds as confused as she is, rotating from goofy hip-hop to plangent quiet storm to handclap-driven hoedown. Boomers loom in the background: 'Oh this can't just be the way it is / Or is it just the shit our parents did?' Really, it's not the shit her parents did—they're long married with three daughters. The narrator of this song, by contrast, sounds barely tethered, like a Mylar balloon on a fraying string. Which isn't to say she finds a serious relationship painless to sever. The album serves up the expected outpourings of post-breakup grief ('Cry,' whose elegant melody evokes Annie Lennox), anger ('Now It's Time,' which interpolates a pounding riff from U2's Zooropa), and horniness (the country romp 'All Over Me'). But its centerpiece tracks march from ambivalence to … a different kind of ambivalence. The excellent 'Down to Be Wrong' is the confession of someone defiantly leaving the life they've built, all the while maintaining a pit-in-the-stomach terror about the unknown. As the song builds from iciness to fieriness, Danielle conveys a belief in following your own desires—even if you don't fully understand what those desires are, much less where they'll take you. In moments like that, Haim's music attains a newfound sense of drama: the drama of experiencing life as a purely internal, self-directed struggle. The narrators of these songs don't worry about betraying an oath or straying from a traditional role; friends and family figure in only as concerned characters wondering whether their newly single buddy is okay. Everyone seems to agree that happiness, or at least liberation, is the noblest goal. But that prerogative to chase self-actualization at all costs brings with it the dread of failure, as heavy as the booming drums that ground the album's otherwise spry arrangements. At one point, Danielle quotes Bob Dylan in 1965: 'How does it feel to be on your own?' She's repeating a question asked at the dawn of a social revolution whose effects, sonic and spiritual, ripple ever onward.
Metro
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Huge US band heavily hint they will perform in secret Glastonbury set
US band Haim, formed of three sisters Este, Danielle, and Alana Haim, have hinted they could be performing at Glastonbury Festival in a secret set. When the Worthy Farm festival dropped its full line-up last week, the presence of some 'TBA' slots and a mysterious made-up band called Patchwork caused rumours to fly. While Pulp, Lewis Capaldi and even Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan have all been rumoured to be the acts behind these line-up gaps, Haim have just heavily suggested they will be at the festival filling one of them. The trio are scheduled to perform a one-off show at Dreamland Margate on Friday, June 26, meaning they are within touching distance from Glastonbury for the Saturday and Sunday evenings of the festival. While fans suspected the UK was quite far to travel for a single show in Margate, the band has now spoken out about their rumoured Glastonbury secret set. When asked by Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2 whether they were free on the Glastonbury weekend, the Falling hitmakers said: 'Well we are playing Margate a couple of days before, so we will be in the area..' Their coy answer was followed by the sisters raving about the festival, which kicks off in a fortnight, while talking about their favourite stage. 'We love the Park Stage. We played there the first time we came to Glastonbury, it felt like a movie. We were like, how did we get here?' they said. 'You'll never forget the first time you step onto the farm. It's the most insane feeling we will ever have.' This fits with one of the secret set gaps, as The Park stage at 7.30 on the Saturday is currently a mysterious TBA. Haim also suggested that they would love to see Doechii during her West Holts Stage performance on Saturday evening at 10.15pm. Glastonbury's timing also aligns with the release of their new album, called I Quit, which is dropping on June 20. The sisters revealed in their BBC chat I Quit was written when all three of them were single, which was the first time this had happened since high school. This comes after Glastonbury tipster X account SecretGlasto appeared to 'confirm' Pulp will be playing in the primetime Pyramid Stage slot currently mysteriously billed as Patchwork. SecretGlasto shared a video of a patchwork quilt and someone using a sewing machine before cutting to clips of Jarvis Cocker and Pulp. Pulp's Candida Doyle has also recently hinted at the Patchwork clue in a recent interview, also with Jo Whiley. The 61-year-old musician shared: 'I used to do patchwork when I was on tour and I made a really nice bit of patchwork, that's all I can think of right now.' This comes after reports of overcrowding in the festival grounds last year, with huge numbers flocking to see Kasabian's secret set, and the Sugababes, as well as Avril Lavigne. Fears are growing that Brat queen Charli XCX is going to cause chaos, as she is billed to perform on The Other Stage, rather than the main Pyramid Stage, where Neil Young will be instead. Emily Eavis revealed on a recent episode of Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw's Sidetracked podcast that they had sold a few thousand less tickets this year to reduce crowds. However, Emily – daughter of Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis – also said she called a meeting with 250 staff members and asked if anyone felt it was overcrowded last year, but apparently nobody put their hand up. 'I was like, [that's] interesting because there's a lot of talk, some people think that it was,' she said. Emily's comments come after an insider told Mail on Sunday: 'How has it [Glastonbury] survived this long without a major disaster? 'It's got to be a mixture of luck and a mixture of good will, the jewel in the UK's crown is actually something of a ticking time bomb.' More Trending In response, Glastonbury told Metro: 'As always, Glastonbury 2025 will have a robust, dynamic crowd management plan in place, with crowd safety paramount at the Festival. 'Our team works year-round on crowd management, which is at the forefront of all decisions and planning for the site and artist bookings. Our proactive crowd management team monitors data (including from the official Glastonbury app line-up planner) for information on potential act popularity for weeks in advance of the Festival and develops a comprehensive crowd management plan accordingly. 'At the Festival, our dedicated, 500-strong crowd management team is overseen by a team of world-leading experts and works closely with all relevant agencies and authorities, establishing plans and procedures against all possible outcomes, with detailed plans developed for certain areas and scenarios, even if the likelihood of them being used is very low.' They added that their team 'utilises state-of-the-art crowd monitoring systems to ensure that at all times of day and night crowd safety is at the forefront of everyone's minds, with a far greater capacity to respond to issues than might be found in the rest of the sector.' Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: How to find Glastonbury's secret spots according to people who've been before MORE: Glastonbury welcomes back legendary pop star for 'secret set' two years after breakdown MORE: Sir Rod Stewart all smiles in first outing after cancelling 6 shows weeks before Glastonbury
Scotsman
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
HAIM respond to Glastonbury Festival 2025 rumours:
The group will be in the United Kingdom for the Dreamland Summer Series in Margate on June 27. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... HAIM have addressed the rumours that they 'could' perform at Glastonbury Festival 2025. The discussion arose during an interview on BBC Radio 2 overnight with Jo Whiley. The band, however, merely stated that they would be 'in the area' around the time of the festival. One of the more persistent rumours alongside Pulp performing a secret set at Glastonbury Festival later this month is that of the potential that HAIM 'could' fill one of the secret slots. Whether it be the sisters performing under the pseudonym Patchwork, or perform one of the litany of TBA slots revealed since the launch of the official timetable, many believe that the group - who last performed at Glastonbury in 2022 - are going to make an appearance. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad To finish off the UK leg of their 'I quit' tour, American rock band Haim will play the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on Friday, October 31. | Getty Images for Prime Video So when the band appeared on Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 2 show earlier this week (June 10 2025), the question was brought up by the host, with HAIM responding in cryptic fashion. 'Well, we're playing Margate,' Este explained, before the sisters would suggest that they 'shall be in the area.' When asked what their favourite stage at Glastonbury is to play on, Alana responded 'We love the Park Stage. The Park Stage is our favourite (because) that was like the first time we came to Glastonbury (...) it felt like a movie.' She continued: 'It was like 'What is going on? How did we get here, and also just like - you never forget the first time you step onto the farm. It's the most insane feeling, I think, that you'll ever have.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The 'best festival in the world,' according to the sisters, does have a rather large TBA sized gap on the Park Stage scheduled between 19:30 and 20:30 on the Saturday night. Do you have an event you'd like to share with us? You can now promote your What's On stories to us online via YourWorld at It's free to use and, once checked, your story will appear on our website and, space allowing, in our newspapers.
Scotsman
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
HAIM respond to Glastonbury Festival 2025 rumours:
The group will be in the United Kingdom for the Dreamland Summer Series in Margate on June 27. Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... HAIM have addressed the rumours that they 'could' perform at Glastonbury Festival 2025. The discussion arose during an interview on BBC Radio 2 overnight with Jo Whiley. The band, however, merely stated that they would be 'in the area' around the time of the festival. One of the more persistent rumours alongside Pulp performing a secret set at Glastonbury Festival later this month is that of the potential that HAIM 'could' fill one of the secret slots. Whether it be the sisters performing under the pseudonym Patchwork, or perform one of the litany of TBA slots revealed since the launch of the official timetable, many believe that the group - who last performed at Glastonbury in 2022 - are going to make an appearance. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad To finish off the UK leg of their 'I quit' tour, American rock band Haim will play the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on Friday, October 31. | Getty Images for Prime Video So when the band appeared on Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 2 show earlier this week (June 10 2025), the question was brought up by the host, with HAIM responding in cryptic fashion. 'Well, we're playing Margate,' Este explained, before the sisters would suggest that they 'shall be in the area.' When asked what their favourite stage at Glastonbury is to play on, Alana responded 'We love the Park Stage. The Park Stage is our favourite (because) that was like the first time we came to Glastonbury (...) it felt like a movie.' She continued: 'It was like 'What is going on? How did we get here, and also just like - you never forget the first time you step onto the farm. It's the most insane feeling, I think, that you'll ever have.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The 'best festival in the world,' according to the sisters, does have a rather large TBA sized gap on the Park Stage scheduled between 19:30 and 20:30 on the Saturday night.
Metro
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Este Haim reveals ex-boyfriend brutally dumped her over her diabetes
Haim are finally back with new music and for this era, they've put their relationships under the microscope, revealing some brutal breakups. The sister trio — Este, Alana, and Danielle — have mainly kept their romantic lives private, but bad exes are always great material for songs. While chatting to British GQ about their upcoming album, I Quit, Este revealed that one of her boyfriends shockingly broke up with her over her Type 1 diabetes. 'I had a guy break up with me because I said that there was a possibility that our kid would have diabetes,' the 39-year-old musician shared. To Este's surprise, he gave her a brutal response and said: 'Then why are we here?' to which she replied 'What?!' Este has regularly shared her diabetes journey with fans, and while at Glastonbury in 2022, revealed she had once passed out on the side of the stage. She is now engaged to tech entrepreneur Jonathan Levin, posting a snap of the engagement ring in February with a t-shirt which read 'I'm taken'. Her younger sister, Alana, 33, also shared a more recent dating disaster as a man tried to stand in the way of her career. 'I had a boyfriend that gave me an ultimatum between doing Licorice Pizza and staying with him,' she revealed. 'I obviously made the right choice…' The Wire hitmaker was nominated for best actress at the Golden Globes for her role in the film — definitely the right choice. Meanwhile, Danielle, 36, is 'happier than ever' while single and declared she's 'okay alone'. 'Not only okay, but so happy,' she continued. 'Sorry to be that b***h but I'm like, really having a great time being by myself. And now, unless someone's gonna make me so much more happy, I'm good.' Alana said her sister's 'sparkle' had returned as they prepare to release I Quit later this month. More Trending Haim explained the title is not meant to be a negative, instead, it's about quitting the things that no longer serve you. The trio have already dropped three singles from the new album and are heading on a UK tour later this year. They're also heavily rumoured to fill one of Glastonbury's surprise set slots, possibly the set listed as 'Patchwork', which is the name of a novel by a woman named Sylvia Haim. You can read Haim's full interview at GQ's website and on newsstands now Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Talking Heads fans feel 'gaslit' after rumoured 50th anniversary announcement is finally revealed MORE: Miley Cyrus reveals deep regret about Sinead O'Connor spat MORE: Ross Lynch confesses he gets 'territorial' when hardcore fans misinterpret his songs
