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Times
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
‘Labels should pay for therapy' — the Kooks' frontman on teen fame
Back in the early 2000s, three teenage friends from BIMM music college in Brighton formed a band as an end-of-term project, writing the kind of songs teenage boys will write along the way. A year later, they were famous. That's when the problems started. 'People love Jackie Big Tits,' says Luke Pritchard of the Kooks, defending a notoriously puerile early song that was named after a character in Sexy Beast. Jackie Big Tits is actually about the songwriter, svengali and Wombles creator Mike Batt, whose wife, Julianne White, played Jackie in the British comedy crime classic. When Pritchard was 16 and attending the Brit School in Croydon, Batt discovered Katie Melua, Pritchard's then girlfriend and a fellow pupil. Batt signed her to his Dramatico
New York Times
06-05-2025
- General
- New York Times
‘Modern Love' Podcast: A Mother's Fierce, Extravagant Love (Encore)
In honor of Mother's Day this week, we revisit the story of one mom who went to extraordinary lengths to make sure her daughter always felt her love, even after she was gone. Each time Genevieve Kingston reached a milestone — a birthday, her first period, high school graduation — she'd reach into the box her mom had packed for her and pull out the note and gift that went with that occasion. Her mom had known she was dying of cancer, so during Kingston's childhood, she'd poured an incredible amount of care and creativity into the project. Today we hear Kingston's essay about the discoveries the box held for her, from her first birthday without her mom at age 12, until she turned 30. Now, the box is nearly empty. We also hear a mother's 'Tiny Love Story' (a Modern Love essay in miniature) about trying to connect with her teenage son, and get his surprisingly thoughtful reaction.
