Francesca Sobande

Be it through punk music, self-publishing, or other types of collective expression that involve embracing bei…

Over the last 20 years, emo has moved from the margins of mainstream music to near its centre. But beyond thi…

"[W]e caved, we're on tiktok, go follow us for a chance to win tickets! all you have to do is follow our acco…

Francesca Sobande delves into the cultural impact of Nu-Metal. Tracing the scene from it's origins to contemp…

How do new genres emerge in the social media age? In this essay Francesca Sobande explores the Black Alt musi…

Emo’s nostalgic status may be an inevitable part of time passing since the genre’s inception. Then again, as …

Although the term "woke" was popularised during the late 2010s, the expression and its political meaning emer…

Social media influencers - people famous primarily for posting content online - are often accused of presenti…

Alternative music has been having a moment - from successful vinyl represses by bands from days gone by, to t…

Beauty brand Dove hit the headlines for rejecting AI in its marketing - but there's more to the claims than m…

The retrospective is a snapshot of the world of emo around 20 years ago, shaped by people's recollections of …

The influencer marketing industry sits at the intersection of the attention economy and the creator economy, …

Warning: the following article contains spoilers for the first half of You series four. Since its release in …

Unlike Logan, the Roy children appear to have a surface level perception of Scotland as Roman scoffs at "Scot…

Life can be loud. Many expressions point to different perceptions of online noise and the sounds of social me…

The ways that Black women are remembered (and forgotten) in society are shaped by the specifics of misogynoir…

To open this reflection with lyrics from indie band Metric’s 2008 song “Help I’m Alive”, it’s “hard to be sof…

Francesca Sobande considers different perceptions of what archives "lack" and the specifics of Black archives.