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FANCIF
APRIL/MAY 2015
LM A G A Z I N E
HOW MUCH DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT HER?
JESSIE J
//DOUG ARMSTRONG
//TYLER OAKLEY
//DANIEL J
//BLACK SHEEP COMPLEX
//SAMMI MARIA
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Well, hello Spring!
I personally have had the busi-
est two months ever. Had many
great experiences, met awesome
people and got involved in things
I would never had imagined, so it
still great months.
Also, showing all my achieve-
ments on Fanciful magazine,
makes me happy.
Have been joining some new
habits and leaving behind some
others.trying to have healthy life is
extremily hard, you know?
4. Bianca Bars at Jessie J’s
Surprise Bus Party
// 24 March 2015
Marina Roldicienta at Janofest
// 21 March 2015
Darren O’Toole at Of Mice & Men
show at Brixton o2 Academy
// 28th March 2015
5. FANCIFUL’S
MONTH
Ella Eyre’s London Show at
Roundhouse
//11 March 2015
Marina Roldicienta &
Paloma Fenty at “Home”
premiere
// 14 March 2015 Doug Armstrong Shoot
by Ollie Ali
// 23 March 2015
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1. Muse - Psycho
2. Maroon 5 - Maps
3. Coldplay ft Rihanna - Princess of China
4. One Direction - Night changes
5. Mumford & Sons - Believe
6. Auryn - Make my day
7. Panic! At The Disco - This is gospel (original/pi-
ano version)
8. Nate Ruess - Nothing without love
9. Kings of Leon - Use somebody
10. Imagine Dragons - I bet my life
11. Sia - Chandelier
12. Iggy Azalea ft Rita Ora - Black widow
13. Paramore - Now
14. Sam Smith - I’m not the only one
15. Kodaline - Honest
16. Echosmith - Cool kids
17. Thirty Seconds To Mars -Bright lights
18. Zedd ft Selena Gomez - I want you to know
19. Carly Rae Jepsen - I really like you
20. Grimes - Realiti
Getting into summer mode
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WHAT’S NEW
On Monday 6th April, actress Nina Dobrev con-
firmed via Instagram that she will not longer be
part of The Vampire Diaries.
Dobrev is one of the original cast members of
The CW’s series, but a picture with the creator of
the show Julie Plec and caption underneath said
“I celebrate her and prepare to say goodbye to her
-- and to my work family -- as I move on to the
next chapter of my life.”
Plec also had something to say, she shared it with
PEOPLE magazine: “Saying goodbye to Nina
is both bittersweet and beautiful. After six-plus
years together, the entire cast and crew of The
Vampire Diaries has reached a level of closeness
NINA DOBREV LEAVES THE
VAMPIRE DIARIES
Our two treasured, awkward, internet sensations
have recently announced the release of their very
first book. Dan Howell and Phil Lester announced
this by releasing a trailer on Danisnotonfire’s You-
Tube channel on March 26th, 2015. This 2 minute
futuristic trailer featured a mystery box, futuris-
tic walls, and of course our favourite- adorable cat
whiskers! If you are planning on announcing a book
take notes! This has got to be one of the most crea-
tive announcements ever.
The Amazing Book is Not On Fire will be released
on October 8th 2015 worldwide, but is now ready to
pre-order. With months of secret planning and writ-
ing the book will be inviting readers to the world of
Dan and Phil starting all the way back from 2009
when the two youtubers first met. We can not wait
to have a read!
Dan and Phil made a video explaining this unex-
pected announcement as well as another announce-
ment- as if one wasn’t enough for the internet. The
two youtubers will be going on a tour the day their
book will be released. To start off, the tour will be
featured around the UK and eventually outside of
the UK too. Tour tickets for the UK are already avail-
able to buy. Good luck to Dan and Phil and big well
done on their book project
‘THE AMAZING BOOK IS NOT ON
FIRE’ + DAN &PHIL TOUR
that I don’t think any of us
ever expected. Nina is ex-
cited to spread her wings,
get some rest, travel the
world and also take it by
storm, and we support
her a thousand-fold. We
will miss Nina and the 400 characters she played,
but we look forward to the insane and exciting
challenge of continuing to tell stories of our Sal-
vatore Brothers and our much-loved and gifted
ensemble.”
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The trailer for the second John Green novel to become a mov-
ie “Paper Towns” was released this past few days. The trailer
shows a boy named Q played by Nat Wolff growing up and
falling in love for Margo Roth Spiegelman played by Cara De-
levigne, except by the time senior year grew to a close they
were strangers. This suddenly changes as Margo appears at Q’s
window one night with the intention of executing a series of
pranks on her ex boyfriend.
After the night draws to a close, everything changed between
Q and Margo, as Margo leaves a trail of bewildering clues for
Q to unravel with the hope of finding Margo. The trailer leaves
the viewer with the intention of a cute, fantasy, mystery love
movie full of hope and romance.
‘PAPER TOWN’ TRAILER
RELEASED
Of Mice & Men have been known for their incredible live
shows and they proved that last night when they played
their biggest show to date as part of their “Full Circle
Tour” at Brixton’s o2 Academy and smashed it.
The night kicked of with two upcoming bands: “Volumes”
and “The Amity Affliction”. After 13 songs Of Mice & Men
left the stage, but the fans wanted more, and that’s exactly
what the band gave them, two more songs, two songs that
drew the best crowd reaction of the night, “The Depths”
and “You’re Not Alone”.
Of Mice & Men left the fantastic Brixton stage to a pleased
crowd.
OF MICE AND MEN SMASH 02
BRIXTON ACADEMY
YouTube star sensations Zoella (Zoe Sugg) and Point-
lessBlog (Alfie Deyes) are going to be this years new ad-
dition to London’s Madame Tussauds alongside many
other celebrities for example the queen, footballers and
even One Direction in the museum.
Zoe and Alfie’s wax figures will be put and displayed
and set up in a mock bedroom that looks the same as
their spare bedroom.While the figures are sitting on
the bed uploading their videos. Zoe and Alfie both
headed over to twitter to tell their fans the amazing
news.
On Monday 13th August Zoe and Alfie had a meet-
ing to discuss what would happen and they decided
they would donate their own clothes for their wax-
works to wear. With Zoe and Alfie getting the pub-
lics vote to be in the museum it’s no wonder they are
going to be so popular with Zoella having nearly 8
million subscribers and Alfie having 4 million Sub-
scribers.
ZOE SUGG AND
ALFIE DEYES ARE
THIS YEAR’S ADDI-
TIONS TO LONDON
MADAME
TUSSAUDS
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Mediaworks fired Kills and Moon from the X fac-
tor New Zealand less than 24 hours after the on air
bullying of Joe Irvine after his performance of ‘Cry
Me A River’. After the performance Kills said “La-
dies and gentlemen, I’m going to state the obvious,
we have a doppelgänger in our midst. As an art-
ist who respects creative integrity and intellectual
property, I am disgusted at how much you have
copied my husband. From the hair to the suit, do
you not have any value or respect for originality?
You’re a laughing stock, it’s cheesy. It’s disgusting. I
personally found it absolutely artistically atrocious.
I am embarrassed to be sitting here in your pres-
ence having to even dignify you with an answer
of my opinion.” Irvine stayed composed and com-
passionate by responding with “thank you Natalia,
you’re beautiful”
Moon continued the verbal attack with a boo-
ing audience “it just feels a bit cheap and absurd.
I mean, it’s like Norman Bates dressing up in his
mothers clothing. It’s just a little bit creepy and I
feel like you’re going to stitch someone’s skin to
your face and then kill everyone in the audience.”
Kills stepped in again for some final blows stating
“it’s disgusting, you make me sick, it’s absolutely
disgusting, you have no identity, I can’t stand it, I’m
ashamed to be here”.
Irvine still remained composed “I think I look really
good”Kills quickly jumped back with “you look
good ‘cause you’re dressed as my husband!”
Irvine wasn’t alone as judge “Melanie Blatt” jumped
to his defence saying “actually, you dress better than
her husband!. Do you know what? Joe? I don’t think
many people have believed in you in your life, I’ll tell
you right now: I believe in you, you got what it takes.
You have a beautiful tone.” She then told Irvine to
ignore Kills and Moon’s disgraceful comments by
saying “please don’t listen”.
After the episode Twitter exploded, Kills and Moon
received majority negative tweets with Irvine re-
ceiving positive tweets from celebrity’s all over the
world. Ellie Golding, Bastille and X factor all gave
support to Irvine with Lorde sending him Cupcakes
and a handwritten letter.
NATALIA KILLS AND WILLY MOON FIRED FROM
XFACTOR NEW ZELAND
MORE NEWS
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The Band ‘As It Is’ have a new album due to be re-
leased very soon on 20th April 2015.
But what can we expect from this album? The al-
bum has been creatively inspired when in good
olds when days ‘Emo’ wasn’t used a dirty word and
its inspired by the rose-tinted-specs spirit of late,
great John Hughes’ and even celluloids such as The
Breakfast Club, Brighton-via-Minneapolis pop-
punkers. So this album has been inspired by quite
a lot.
During the past two years As It Is have been work-
ing so hard on their new album, creating new
sounds and steadily building a good reputation
as one of the UK’s brightest new names in the
music industry via the independent gigging and
fan-funded breakthrough E.P, ‘This Mind Of Mine.
Biss, who co-founded As It Is with Walters whilst
‘on the same pretentious music course at uni stated
“Unlike our previous release, we ultimately wrote
these songs without an agenda,”
“We used to get overly hung up on ticking boxes -
structure, duration - whereas this time around we
just wrote and went with what happened naturally.
We found this time around that we don’t disagree as
much as we used to. Or at least we deal with things
less like bickering shits.”
Bickering would not be welcomed in such quarters, a
s when Biss and Walters collaborated together on the
band’s dual pronged vocal, and lyrical, output. As Bi-
iss said - ‘When we write a song, the music always
comes first, and from the vibe of the music we pick a
theme that we think will suit the song. We then both
write separately, even if we’re next to each other, and
then piece together the best bits of what we have co-
herently. Sometimes I’ll write a line that Patty loves
and he’ll splice it with a few things he has and vice
versa until we have a song that grasps what we want
to convey. It’s like writing lyrics knowing that it’s al-
ready relatable to two people rather than just one.”
With ‘Never Happy, Ever After’ due to be for released
on April 20th before they have an incredible 8 month
touring schedule which fans will see them perform in
the UK, Europe, North America and at some festivals
(details will be revealed soon!)
AS IT IS RELEASED ALBUM IN
APRIL
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Emily Halle, a 17-year-old West Herts student
from Radlett said: “It’s good, I don’t really watch
YouTube, as it’s not a thing for me.” Charlotte
Brown, 16-years-old from Watford said: “I’m not
really interested in all that YouTubers generation,
actually” but Gaby Darling, 18-years-old student
from Watford had a slightly different opinion
on it: “I think it’s fine because sometimes it can
be educational watching stuff on there, if people
have to work on something or get some home-
work done they can just go there and get things
clear, so it’s useful.”
Some other people I talked to are aware of how
big is YouTube now, or just don’t really have an
The people of North London expressed mixed opinions on YouTube
and how they feel about the platform being used by people to become
famous.
What do you think about YouTube and
people getting famous by using the
platform?
opinion on it. Luke Parkhouse, 30, from Elsberry
says: “I’m not really into YouTube. Seeing all these
people, apparently famous, that’s not my cup of tea
at all.” Instead, Luca McDonagh, a 17-year-old West
Herts Student, from Wembley said: “People, I think
should not be treated like celebrities, that is a bit
too much, but yeah, I guess it’s alright, their fame
doesn’t affect me that much.”
Ali Al-Nabhan, 17-years-old from Harrow said:
“YouTube is now a successful thing. Some people
started it from nothing and they are building up, I
met people, as I work with Youtube networks, that
started from nothing and now they have got a big
fanbase, and they are doing it so well, it is amazing.
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So, I think YouTube is a good platform for people
who have got talent.” And Anneliese Bird, 18-years-
old from NJ, USA added: “I like it, I think is really
cool. I like how the variety of content you can find
there. You have so many people doing so many dif-
ferent things.”
Most of the people agreed on YouTube being a
platform to share talents and information, and that
can be useful. Nedeshi Hephins, a 17-year-old music
student from Borehamwood said: “You know, I think
it depends, some of these Youtubers and video peo-
ple are really useful, they are teaching viewers all this
stuff, sharing information, helps you, it helps me on
my personal training, instead of buying a disc, they
are really expensive sometimes, so you can just like
go on Youtube.
I think it’s great for artists, specially for musicians
like myself, you can just put yourself out there and
people can listen to your music, but some other
people are a bit overrated. Some people should just
come down. That’s how I feel about it. “ and Dodes-
cu Denisa, from Bucharest, Romania added: “I like
YouTube, actually. These people getting famous and
making a lot money from YouTube are really smart,
this is an interesting way to make money and mak-
ing a living.”
“Zoe Sugg and Alfie Deyes are
this year’s new addition to Lon-
don Madame Tussauds.”
The rest of people I asked just don’t care that
much about YouTube or are not interested in it.
Ewa Baranowska, 54-years-old Poland said: “I
think YouTube and all the attention is fantastic,
sometimes if you need to find important stuff,
you have YouTube, people out there teaching or
sharing information.
But only sometimes is useful. I don’t know
much about these other people getting famous
through YouTube though.” And Agi Barnowski,
35-years-old from Poland said: “I’m not that in-
terested in it, I don’t really care about these peo-
ple getting famous actually. If they are famous,
good for them.”
on some recent research, I found the following
posted on one of The Mirror’s articles about
Zoe Sugg: “Well she’s not a pop star, model or
actress. You don’t see her on TV or in the gos-
sip columns. Yet Zoe is a global star. She can’t
go out without being recognised, and she earns
enough from her fame to live in a seafront
Brighton penthouse at the tender age of 24.
She’s a celebrity in a parallel world that passes
under the radar for most of us – the lucrative,
bubblegum-coloured Planet Teenager which
lurks in cyberspace.”
story by Bianca Bars
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19. About the movie
Home is an original story with heart, action and humour with positive messages for younger children about
conquering fears, understanding outsiders, knowing yourself and the importance of keeping the family
together.
Its voice cast features Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Parsons and Rihanna, an ethnically diverse and dis-
tinctive list of performers that enable the film to bring in adults as well as children.
Jim Parsons is Oh, an extraterrestrial of the Boov species. The Boov decided to inhabit Earth and relocate its
humans to Australia. This relocation separates Rihanna’s character, Tip, from her mother, Lucy (Jennifer Lo-
pez). Oh and Tip overcome their differences and join forces to try to reunite mother and daughter and save
the planet from annihilation. Tip can be looked up to for her continued strength and she is a strong female
whose main mission doesn’t involve the love of a man.
Home was the weekend’s top ticket seller, pulling in $54 million, and it’s one of the studio’s best-ever ope-
nings for an original movie and the biggest debut it has had since “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted”
in 2012. Furthermore, Rihanna made history with DreamWorks Animation for playing the voice of the first
black lead of a 3-D animated film.
The premiere experience
by Paloma Fenty
Three of Fanciful’s team member had the pleasure of attending to “Home” premiere, animation by Drea-
mWorks. The premiere took place at VUE Leicester Square on the 14th Marzo in London.
That day, VUE was full of bubbles and kids everywhere, ready to enjoy the Little fun at the foyer previous
to the screening. The whole place was themed with movie and you could see “Oh” and “Tip”, the main
characters, everywhere. Even the main doors of the venue was all themed with “Oh” there to welcome you
to the screening.
Once you are in, you see balloons and pictures of the main characters all around the place. Also, let’s men-
tion all the themed food. Juices, coffees, cookies and so much more. Kids could get their faces painted with
small drawings related to the movie.
Right before getting into the screening room, we got the chance of having a pictures with Oh and Tip,
thanks to a Green screen, which was so much fun and final results, incredible. We then finally got our-
selves into the room and sat down to watch the movie, but before, we had a kind of gigant bubble show,
where kids got into huge bubbles, right there in front of everyone. The movie, the show, the Little party,
were all amazing. It was such a fun day that we could enjoy thanks to DreamWorks and Vue.
by Marina Roldicienta
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do it yourself
Have you got some friends you need to tie down?
Well how about keeping them ‘tied’ with you very own friendship bracelets!
One of the most popular designs is the chevron bracelet.
What you need:
6 strands of embroidery floss or wool (you can
measure the length by wrapping the floss around
your wrist 3-4 times)
Scissors
Beads (if you feel like using them!)
1) Align the strings and
make a forward knot
about 1-2 inches down
the strings.
2) Clip the bracelet to a
clipboard or a toolbox
and plait the shorter end.
3) Flip the bracelet over
and separate the colours
symmetrically.
4) Make 2 forward knots
on the 2 strands on the
left side of the bracelet.
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5) Make 2 backward
knots on the 2 strands of
the right side to complete
the symmetry.
6) Double forward knot
the 2 red strands and you
have completed your first
chevron line!
7) When you get about
half way down the brace-
let, string on a bead to
the inner 2 strings of the
bracelet.
8) Carry on making the
chevron knots around
the bead.
9) Carry on until you are
satisfied with the length
of the bracelet and knot
and plait the end the
bracelet.
10) Enjoy your new
bracelet!
23. This month at Fanciful, we have two new street styles to ins-
pire you when getting to go outside. Not everyone is having
the same weather so we thought we would have a couple of
outfits perfect for windy, cold weather but also wamr, as you
be ready to go with just take the coats off.
Also, let me mention that thanks to two of our lovely team
members, Spanish writers and music expert Marina Roldan
and photographer Dean Lock, we have some new original
styles to share with you. Get inspired by these two and chan-
ge a bit you style to try something new.
Next month, get ready some summer styles, and the first of
the year!
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STYLING Selena Gomezby Cristina Espadas
There is a big difference between the singer’s Street style and the outfits chosen
for events like MTV Awards, KCA or Oscars. She picks looks where confort
goes before design, for more elegant and fashionable events, she trust on top
designers Dolce & Gabanna or Versace. Apart from this, she is always trying
to keep the style of youth, even on her 22s, she won’t forget the huge impact
Disney had on her life.
Last year, at Coachella, she shows up wearing a
white lace dress from Free People, which is mostly
transparent, allowing us to see another outfit un-
derneath. White short jeans, also from Free Peo-
ple and a black crop top. She then completes the
look with black military boots, hat and matching
sunglasses.
Spring Breakers premiere, Selena showed up at
the event wearing a black two-piece suit, with
gold details turning it into a v blazer, all from
Femme Tux. She matches the outfit with the
lovely stiletto.
With a head-to-toe by Louis Vuitton
Selena shows up in this year’s Paris
Fashion Week. Printed dress by Lou-
is Vuitton’s pre-fall collection 2015,
leather jacket and handbag, also by
Louis Vuitton but 2014’s collection.
She completes the look with black
leather uncle boots.
With matching high waist skirt and
crop top, Selena shows some of the
keys of her style. She is not random-
ly wearing these pieces, the singer
knows what goes on well with her
height.
Here we see another example.
This time, long sleeve crop top
with high neck and high waist
skirt, with crops on the sides.
This match comes from Ver-
sace, along with stiletto shoes by
Zanotti in black, with little gold
details.
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Here we have a more formal look
for the Billiboard Music Awards.
This time, she chooses one-piece
dress with heart neck, perfect for
all breasts type. The main detail
is the big crop, leaving half leg
showing, which also helps on her
height, making her slightly taller.
The final touches are a Zanotti
sandals and matching cluch.
This a risky look, chosen for the
VMA where Selena was the main
host of the night. She chose a Atelier
Versace dress in blue klein, match-
ing her emerald earrings. This time
she takes it beyond her style, not to
mention the leg crop but also a cor-
set made out of a transparent cloth.
No bags this time, as the dress is
enough itself to be a complete look.
Back to the premiere of the mov-
ie Rudderless, we have Selena with a
one-piece red dress. Balloon skirt to
point up the hips, and risky neckline.
Although, she did show a sexy and
daring without going too far. She com-
pletes the look with Stiletto, Clutch
handbag and diamond bracelet
Not everything is dress-
es and glamour; Selena
also has street style to
show us. She is a simple
and confortable girl, this
style would include dark
red thin trousers, crop
top saying “YOLO” by
YMCMB and sleeveless
shirt. To finish, black
boots and bag.
Another good example
of simple and comforta-
ble is this one. She wears
a trending clothing
piece, which is a stain
coat, poncho style, and
skinny jeans. Finishing
up the look with black
boots and bag.
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Hi everyone,
I’m Natalie and I’m a makeup artist and beauty ther-
apist with a love for quality products that are kind
to our skin. I’m going to share some of my favourite
products and tips with you in this article, so sit, relax,
and grab a cuppa.
Summer is finally here and the sunshine is starting to
make an appearance at long last. Hooray!
However, the sun can have a negative effect on our
skin during the summer months as it can cause
dryness to our skin, so I’ve compiled a list of my top
10 beauty products to help keep your skin in tip top
condition, even in the strongest of heat waves.
TOP 6 BEAUTY PRODUCTS
for flawless skin
by Natalie McKee
Seasource Detox Spa- Sea
mud face & body mask By
Arbonne £33
This luxurious botanical
mud mask can be used for
both the face and the body.
The detoxifying actions of
sea mud and bentonite clay
absorb excess oil from the
skin, helping to draw out
impurities and leave skin
feeling fresh and looking
radiant.
*Secret tip*
This fantastic mask can be used
in an at home slimming body
wrap to help you loose inches
instantly. Trust me, I’ve tried and
tested this and it works! It helps
to detox the body of chemicals
and toxins which can result in a
visible loss of inches from cer-
tain areas of the body, Amazing!
Simply slather a generous layer
over the area you would like to
detox, wrap in cling film ,then
tinfoil and relax for 45 minutes
before wiping off with damp
towels.
There are other fabulous prod-
ucts which can be used along
with this mask to create the ulti-
mate detoxing body wrap, which
we will chat about in the next
few issues of Fanciful, so be sure
to keep your eyes peeled for it!
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Lush Cosmet-
ics- Bubblegum
Lip Scrub £5.50
Ensure you have
the perfect pout
finished with
your favourite summer lipstick shade with
this natural sugar lip scrub. It helps to ex-
foliate your lips to prepare them for your
lipstick, lip gloss or lip balm for a smooth
and long lasting finish. The delicious can-
dy scent and taste will have you hooked!
This little pot of tastiness is my secret
lippy weapon and the best thing about it
is that you can actually lick the excess off.
YUM!
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Arbonne- perfecting Liquid Foundation Spf15 Sun-
screen £31
As a makeup artist, I have tried and tested countless
foundations and my all time favourite has to be this! I
adore the fact that it is completely chemical and toxin free,
and vegan certified making it suitable for everyone. It’s a
real multi tasker as it protects, moisturizes and gives the
appearance of firming looking skin by lifting the look of
facial contours. It is also extremely long wearing and sweat
proof so you can wear with confidence on your summer
holidays.
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This translucent powder is formulated with 100% pure mineral silica
and is perfect for setting your foundation to a flawless matt finish. It
helps to absorb excess oil form the skin so it’s a must have for those
hot summer days!
*Secret Tip*
Help your lipstick to stay put for longer by splitting a tissue in half,
NYX Cosmetics HD Finishing Powder £10
placing it over your lipstick and dusting a generous coating of NYX HD finishing powder
over the top. This helps to seal the layer of lipstick in to the lips. Apply a second coat of lippy
over the top and your good to go!
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This finishing mist from MAC Cosmetics helps to
lock in moisture after applying your makeup along
with smoothing out the appearance of the skin and
increasing longevity of makeup. It’s also really re-
freshing on your face. Say goodbye to blotchy make-
up. You will have no worries this summer with this
baby in your kit!
Perfect for spring, summer and beyond! This
compact bronzing powder from NYX Cos-
metics is matt and provides a natural looking
contour to the skin while adding depth to the
face. Love, love, LOVE it.
NYX Cosmetics- Matt
Bronzer £8
MAC Cosmetics- Fix +
Setting Spray £15.50
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FACT - FILE
story by aisha janjua
collage by bianca bars
Dan Howell is a 23 year old English YouTuber
formally living in London with his good friend and
fellow YouTuber Phil Lester. Howell is also associated
with BBC Radio 1 and referred to as an internet cult
leader. Born on June 11th 1991 Dan Howell (also
known as Danisnotonfire) currently has over 4.5
million subscribers.
Howell was encouraged by his friends to start off a
YouTube channel in 2009 when he uploaded his first
video titled, ‘HELLO INTERNET’. His channel has
since consisted of creative videos, vlogs, challenges
and of course, it is not Danisnotonfire without any
anecdotes (or Danecdotes). His most popular video
is ‘How to speak internet’ which dwells on some very
unusual internet slang words featuring film maker
twins, Jack and Finn Harries.
Howell and Lester collaborated for ‘My Damn Chan-
nel’ called The Super Amazing Project which was a
series of videos where the two YouTubers investigat-
ed paranormal events from spooky happenings that
viewers sent in, and reported various, unique inter-
net news. On October 1st 2014 both Dan and Phil
announced their departure from The Super Amazing
Project.
Presently, Danisnotonfire accompanied with Phil
Lester have created a gaming channel labelled
‘DanAndPhilGAMES’ in which the two friends take
part in a series of video games. The channel reached
1 million subscribers On March 8th 2015.
With some great accomplishments Dan Howell
has attracted a larger fan base over the years. From
starting off presenting his own radio show for BBC
Radio 1 along with Phil Lester all the way to having
voice cameo appearances in Disney’s movie, Big
Hero 6.
Awards that have been presented to Dan Howell
have included the Sony Golden Headphone Award
in 2013 and the Lovie Internet Video Person of the
Year Award in 2014.
From 2013-15, Howell and Lester have also present-
ed backstage coverage at the Brit Awards. Recently,
the two internet sensations have also announced
the release of their new book and UK tour which
will take place starting from October 2015.
‘In this book is a world. A world created by two
awkward guys who share their lives on the internet!’
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Adventures in Spain
Words+picture by Bianca Bars
We all need breaks sometimes, don’t we? being a student and running a mag-
azine might doesn’t sound like that much work but you have no idea how
stressful can be to get a couple of stories up every week, tweet them or put
some words and pictures together on InDesign. Let me tell you my friend, if
you don’t have this kind of stuff to worry about, you must the happiest kid.
I’m not seeing I don’t like my magazine, Fanciful is one of my biggest achieve-
ments as a journalism student and I love it, I enjoy every single bit of my
stressful days. Oh yes I do. We all just work so hard, trying to balance our daily
lives and studies or work with the magazine, that when you see everything up
and others commenting on it and sharing it, it is all so worth it.
But being the editor of all this mess is getting to me. Luckily I had Easter to go
home and just chill, even if I did some magazine work, it could relax so much
from London-busy-stressful life. I went all the way to Parla, a little city right
outside Madrid, where I lived most of my life with my family.
Is just to go back there, not to mention the amazing warm weather, but it just
feels good to see the family and friends you have grown up with once again.
Not much has changed, I just see all my friends making plans for the future,
and stressing about university, I also see them all so beautiful. Yeah, sounds
weird, I would never have said that, but when you go away and only see these
people three or four times a year, when finally do see them you just want to say
‘you have grown up into a beautiful person’
What about the parties we get? Over the year not that many to be honest, but
summer is always amazing. There not even one single day that won’t spend
drunk. God bless you, summer and Spanish culture.
This one right here is not me, but one of the Fanciful writers Patricia Nevado,
Patt for us. We got together to catch up and have lunch and take silly pictures
that we would later see, regret but still upload to Facebook. I think she looks
lovely though.
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The 26-year-old American vlogger Tyler Oakley had a little chat with us. He told
us about his YouTube life, for example, he shared the best and worst that came
along his YouTube career. “The best part is traveling the world to meet all the peo-
ple who make my life possible. The worst part is not knowing how good the Wi-Fi
will be in all of those countries.”
Oakley also mentions how he feels about his fame “I’ll never get used to strangers
stopping me on the street to say hi. It’s the best feeling in the world, but it will
always take me by surprise.” But mainly, we talked about The Trevor Project.
Tyler has set the goal of raising $500K for The Trevor Project this year on his
birthday, just like he did the last two years. He once again reached the goal. Tyler
has made over one million dollars in donations.
The Trevor Project, it’s a non-profitable organisation based in US set up for help-
ing and saving the lives of LGBTQA+ youth. The project works with suicidal and
depressed young members of the community in order to save lives and prevent
suicide. The project was founded in 1998 and is the leading national organisation
providing help to people ages 13-24. “Knowing that so much of my audience can
utilize its resources definitely makes it an Organization that’s near and dear to my
heart.“ he told us.
They have resources such as:
Trevor chat, a free confidential instant messaging service run by trained volun-
teers.
Trevor text, a free, confidential texting services run by their trained volunteers.
Trevorline, the only national 24/7 crisis lifeline for LGBT+ young people.
In addition to that, they provide education resources to schools across the coun-
try as well as an online community known asTrevorSpace, that’s safe and moni-
tored for kids to connect with each other and feel less along.
Now every year for this amazing project the one and only Tyler Oakley has set up
a birthday fundraiser in order to help raise money for The Trevor Project and the
work they do. Last year Tyler raised a whopping $525,704 when his goal was only
$150,000 and he’s gone and done it again. This year Tyler set out to raise $500,000
for the project and last night whilst live streaming with Korey Kuhl, Tyler hit his
goal! “I’m very lucky and privileged to have such a supportive following. And I
don’t take it lightly.”
The fundraiser has been going for a couple of weeks now and still has just under
a week to go. In the total of just 2 years Tyler has raised over a million dollars for
the cause and for years in a row presented things at the Trevor Live event and
even won an award from them for being a young innovator. In years to come who
knows how much Tyler and his fandom could raise for The Trevor Project.
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RAUL
FERNANDEZ
PICTURES+STORY BY BIANCA BARS
As always, here at Fanciful we try to make sure you are updated
on all interesting people and stories out. This time, we went all the
way down to Madrid, Spain and met the lovely photographer Raul
Fernandez.
Fernandez is a 21-year-old many things, born in Getafe, Madrid.
He is an artist in many different ways. Once he finished secondary
school, he started studying hair and make-up, at the same time he
studied online and got a master in fashion. Once this was done,
he went for a diploma in photography. A really hard-working and
busy human we have here.
Raul is currently working on his final projects for this last men-
tioned course and doing his work experience along an experienced
photographer in Madrid. He is one of those who can never be
doing anything, “I can never stop doing stuff, and I always have to
be busy”. He also mentions his hobbies; for example, how much he
enjoys his boyfriend and family’s company or walks around Ma-
drid. Raul is a movie lover.
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He says he is a big fan of film maker Tim Burton,
“as an student of fashion, make-up and hair I enjoy
analysing his movies, they way he makes them from
a professional and artistic point of view.” But not
only movies, he is a huge fan of music, especially
Lady Gaga. “I love drawing too. I don’t do it as much
as I used to” he shows us a few of his fashion designs
when talking about drawing.
Since Raul was a little kid, he loved everything
related to arts and at a very young age, he started
drawing. Through the years he realised that draw-
ing wasn’t the only way to be artistic. He then saw
himself getting into fashion design, photography,
etc. He learned so much and improved a lot his skills
on many other artistic areas apart from the ones I
mentioned.
Talking about professional experiences, Fernan-
dez was of the contestants for the Spanish National
Make-Up Competition in 2013. He ended up being
the second one with a ‘Flor de Loto’ Geisha make-
up. Not only that, in 2014 he once again entered the
competition, but this time on the ‘Pop Art’ category,
he went for a look inspired on Roy Lichtenstein in
the 60s. He did not get the expected results from the
competition, but he has the experience.
Other important moments for him on his career is
his chance of presenting his work, this exhibition
is called ‘Fashion Art Photography’. But a unique
event on his life was meeting Spanish fashion
designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada and also getting
invited to attend to her 2015-2016 Autumn-Winter
fashion show. “Had a short but lovely chat with her
and showed her a bit of my work, she signed all her
books for me, and invited me to her showroom in
Madrid.”
About his favourite fashion designers, he talks about
Alexander McQueen “He was a real genius”. Raul in-
cludes on favourite’s list Hubert de Givenchy, Agatha
Ruíz de la Prada, Amaya Arzuaga, David Delfín and
Francis Montesinos. In terms of fashion inspirations,
“I like to get inspired by the two fashion icons Lady
Gaga and Aubrey Hepburn. They both are glamor-
ous” but he mainly tries to get inspiration from his
inside, he tries to get creative from his imagination.
“ ‘What can I create that people would like?’ Is
something I ask myself every single day. I can’t stop,
I love creating”. Talking about his photography in-
spirations, he likes Mario Testino, Richard Avedon,
Tim Walker, Irving Penn, Annie Leibovitz and many
others.
Raul shares the goals he has on his career. It’s very
important for him to get as much experience as pos-
sible. “I want to reach the highest level of experience
and be able to create unique pieces and hope people
like it.” He then adds. “Its hours and hours of work,
its dedication and passion. I hope to find a good job
in the future, or who knows, maybe have my own
brand.”
Fernandez is definitely proud of everything he
has done so far, and the work and time he puts
on everything he does. He is completely sure he
wouldn’t change a thing of his life or what he did in
the past; he now only looks forward to grow as an
artist and gain experience. His likes to share all the
work he puts behind a simple picture, and even if it
is exhausting, he really does enjoy it. He also wants
to keep studying and adding more diplomas to his
CV.
To finish this little chat, Raul has a good advice for
those who want to get into this. “The most impor-
tant, you have to be creative and be excited to learn
and grow as an artist. Hard work will take anywhere
you want”.
‘What can I create that
people would like?’
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First of all, thanks for the little interview! As a
first question, please make a short introduction
about yourself. Birthday, where you were born,
hobbies, etc.
Hello and thanks for having me! I’m a British You-
tuber & Presenter. Specialising in lifestyle, food and
travel. I was born on May 22nd in a small town in
Sussex, UK. Aside from being in front of or behind
a camera, I love keeping fit at the gym, making mu-
sic and being a closet geek.
Now tell us about your youtube channel, what
made you start making videos?
I remember playing with a neighbour’s camcorder
when I was 10. I must have loved it and been in-
spired because a year or two later, I had saved up
enough pocket money and was able to buy one of my
own. I would make silly videos about anything, but
just loved it doing it. When I found YouTube in high
school, it was just the logical next step to start make
stuff to share online. I remember discovering and be-
ing inspired by a few of the earliest British vloggers
too.
What else do you do apart from videos?
YouTube is my main full time job. I also do some
presenting here and there and am looking to increase
this over the next year, but of course will never ne-
glect my YouTube channel.
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Who are you top 3 favourite youtubers? Who was
the very first youtuber you watched?
Too tricky & I don’t remember!
If you could collab with anyone (not only you-
tubers) who would it be and why?
Jim Carey for guaranteed hilarity, or the Queen of
England.
What do your family and friends say of you mak-
ing videos?
My family are always supportive, though do still
hint that they’d wish I’d be utilising my masters de-
gree in computer science and be on my way to earn-
ing the big bucks; but I think they’re happy that I’m
getting by doing what I love. My friends basically
just hate me for all the fun things I get to do and
places I get to go!
How long does it take to make a video? From de-
veloping your idea to uploading the video, tell us
the process.
I make a wide variety of content with varying com-
plexity. A simple Q&A or vlog can take two days
from planning through to putting live and pushing
it out on social media. Bigger videos like my Life
Hacks or travel videos can take a week for the same
process.
What plans do you have for 2015?
I want to do even more travelling, widen my pre-
senting experience and meet loads more people
through YouTube.
Is there any video that you regret
making, or you would not make
now?
In a way, all of my earliest vide-
os! They’re just so cringy to watch
back now that I’m 7 years older.
But of course I wouldn’t change
a thing because without them, I
wouldn’t have had anything to
learn from and wouldn’t be where
I am today.
What would it be your greatest
achievement as a YouTuber?
Being invited to Malawi, Africa to
help support Sightsavers charity. It
was such an incredible experience.
Being in the newspapers for it was
quite cool too!
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Have you ever had a bad experience with a fan? Or an
experience you will always remember?
It’s really nice when someone comes up to me at a You-
Tube event whom I recognise because they tweet me a
lot or consistently comment on my videos – it’s always
so satisfying to put a face to the name/avatar and I re-
member a lot of those moments. Also someone sent
me photos of a ‘Doug shrine’ they made once, that was
weird.
Which of the recipes you have made on your channel
is your favourite, if it’s possible to pick just one.
Ahhh such a hard question! I think I would have to go
with Nutella Cheesecake (even though it’s literally 25%
sugar eep).
To finish the interview we have some short questions:
favourite food Cheesecake
favourite colour Lime green
favourite place in the world and why Cabo, Mexico –
had the best spring break holiday there with friends
most played song on your phone right now? Kygo –
Firestone
48. There are a lot of talented people out there yet to be
discovered, one of them is Mark Ferris, and our duty
is to bring all talents to you. We had the chance of
catching up him, so lets have a little introduction.
Mark Ferris is a British youtuber born on the 18th
October “which makes me a Libra (WOO!)”. He is
currently living in South London, where he has lived
all his life. His a hiking and travelling lover, two very
good choices I would say, and apart from this, he also
enjoys making vlogs and short films, mainly horror
films.
When talking about his channel, he describes it as
“light hearted, fun, a bit crazy and very positive.” at
the beginning he started making videos with a friend.
They did challenge videos like “The Tin Can Challen-
ge” or “Kitchen Smoothie Challenge” just for the fun.
This was until he decided to try making a video on his
own “then one day I randomly decided to film a solo
video of myself, like a simple ‘About me’ video.” He
said.
Ferris really wanted to get into YouTube. “I really wan-
ted a channel that people can escape to, 4 or 5 minutes
of fun, to take someone’s mind of something.” Says
Mark on his reasons for joining the YouTube commu-
nity, his main priority is to make people happy and
have a laugh.
For all youtubers, having a channel and putting your-
self out there can have good and bad sides. For him,
one of the best things is definitely the support he gets
from viewers. For youtubers, who put a lot of time and
work very hard on every single one of their videos,
having it praised it like that, is incredibly important.
YouTube has changed him; it made him a much more
confidant person. “It may look easy but it’s taken a
while for me to feel 100% comfortable in front of the
camera”. He now finds it easier to put himself in front
of the camera, and everything comes out naturally.
But also, as I mentioned, there are some bad sides. The
negative that comes along stat making videos could
affect many youtubers at the beginning to the point of
them leaving the platform, but this isn’t a problem for
Mark.
A lot of questions around him and many others
could get to them. “What makes you special,
that you feel the need to film yourself”, “What’s
the point?” or “How’s the money” are frequently
thrown to youtubers. Luckily for mark, this comes
from a very small amount of people.
Youtube is becoming a huge platform but not ever-
yone understands it as well as the people who are
already putting themselves on it.
Mark also takes us through his fangirl moments.
We all have them at some point in life, lets be ho-
nest. His, would include Niki and Sammy and Dan
and Phil. The first time meeting Niki and Sammy
was while filming at the YouTube Space “I felt like
I was really awkward because I love their videos so
much haha, I’ve met them a few times after so that’s
OK. Really nice guys.” And the next two, Dan and
Phil. “I saw Dan and Phil at Summer In The City ‘14
and I wanted to jump on them.”
All youtubers have something they are proud of, for
Mark, is hitting 5000 subscribers on youtuber, and
is now closer to the next level. “now I’m almost at
10,000. I can’t believe it! Hitting 10,000 subscribers
was a dream I NEVER thought I could achieve with
my silly videos.”
49. Is not all about the viewers, once you get into YouTube
the people you are surrounded by might have an opi-
nion on what you do. How do you think yoututber’s
families react to this new platform? Mark’s family are
completely supportive and know how much he enjo-
ys making videos and how passionate he is about his
channel and viewers. “they love seeing me work really
hard on it. They’ve seen some of my videos and love
them.”
And what about his friends? Even if they don’t quite get
what Ferris does, they do support him and are always
there to listen and advise him. There is nothing else to
ask for, is there?
Thinking about how far Mark has come is incredible.
Youtube is changing so many people’s lives. If he had
the chance to go back in time to a younger self, he
knows what he would say “Follow your dreams, don’t
listen to people who will try and put you down, maybe
work a little harder in future lessons, haha.”
Story by Bianca Bars
Photography by Dean Lock
“I can’t believe I actually have
regular
viewers on my videos. It means
so much to me. There’s no better
feeling (for me) than working
really hard on something and
have it
praised by the people that mat-
ter the most.”
53. Coming from Madrid, Spain, José Manuel Peinado,
Ulick Miranda, Sergio Gadella and Diego Garrido,
form Black Sheep Complex, an alternative rock band
with songs in Spanish and versions of songs as mythi-
cal as The nobodies by Marilyn Manson orCaliforni-
cation by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
José and Sergio are cousins, and several years ago,
by common interests and playing one day together,
they thought when would they have a band, so both
would be in it. José and Sergio wrote their first own
song, Sonrisa vertical. Then came Ulick, who José
met at the high school playing theatre performances,
and Ulick’s family gave him a bass and he learnt to
play it. They met a couple of guys that could get in the
band, but it didn’t quite work because of their own
styles.
Being already three people ready to form a band, they
thought they would need a drummer. Sergio’s mother
knew Diego’s mother because they went together in
chorus in their childhood, and one day Diego’s mo-
ther told Sergio’s that her son plays the drums since
he was six years old, just the one they needed in the
band. Furthermore, Diego has been playing in several
bands since he was fourteen years old, but was finally
BSC where he has found his “place”.
José, vocalist and lead guitar, defines the foundation
of the band as “a dream unattainable”, to quench their
artistic and vital thirst concern. Ulick, bass, thinks
that none got into the band by listening to each
other’s music, because they are not so similar, but
they get to an “harmony”, without dispute, like pieces
of a puzzle fit together. They define themselves as out-
siders, and “the benefit / problem we have as a group
is that we have so many different styles that our songs
come out as a result of a mixture of all condensate”,
said José.
Each one of them listen to a type of music different,
from punk rock and rock classic listened by Sergio,
passing through rock, flamenco, rap, music classical,
industrial metal listened by Ulick, with death metal,
music classical, rock Japanese listened by Diego to
rock and indie listened by José. About their initiation
in the world of music, Diego drummer, when he was
five years old he played with his toy cubes turning
and touching them with sticks. At this young age, his
parents decided to enter him in battery and music
theory. Ulick bass, began playing the violin and Ser-
gio, second guitar, began playing the piano. José our
vocalist and lead guitar, not played none when he
was a child, but people have always told him that he
has a good voice for singing.
In relation to continue professionally with this,
giving a long life to the band and not let it simply as
a hobby, José says he has much hope in this and that
would frustrate him if it becomes nothing, because
many people have been already told them they have
something that can go forward, and a big detail is
making music in Spanish because this is not in the
best musical moment in its history. However, Ulick
now think that is still a way to go forward and that it
would not be anything if this is so, as they are every
week to play and unwind. At the time of composing,
they won’t sit and wait for the inspiration to come
and write a song, they all individually might start a
base for a song, and then finish the whole thing once
they get together. They can get inspired by anything
from everyday life to create this base.
Ulick, being honest, clarifies that what defines his
band is indigence and disaffection, as their songs
have a depressive touch, being a little sad but without
losing power, and also the rest are almost demands.
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BLACK SHEEP COMPLEX“Our songs have a depressive touch, being a little sad but without losing power, and also the rest are
almost demands.”
54. All songs composed are in Spanish, and “if any rea-
der of the magazine wants any English version, we
are willing to transcribe it,” says José laughing.
Asking for their own favourite song that have already
been composed (they have already more than a who-
le CD content), Sergio admits he has a special appre-
ciation for Sonrisa vertical (Vertical smile) for being
the first one they composed. Ulick says thatComplejo
de oveja negra (Black Sheep Complex, which gives
its name to the band) is his favourite “because rage,
because it helps me to relieve tension or encourage
me if I have a bad day because it is touching it, and I
stay calm”.
Diego said thatVendaval (Gale) is his favourite be-
cause “it was one of the first that we composed as a
band and it is one of those with more adrenaline, it’s
one that we most enjoy singing, playing, and coming
more into the audience”. José prefers Barro (Mud),
because “I foresee a very big future, it’s very powerful
and we are waiting for the demo version of that song”.
All of them admit that in their first concert they were
super nervous, looking all the time the strings to
avoid mistakes, having much insecurity.
But by the time they played a couple of songs they
realised that tension shouldn’t stop them from simply
enjoying playing to that audience that had never heard
them. An anecdote about their second gig, says José,
is that at the end of this gig, “I dropped the guitar, I
didn’t throw it directly” but everyone there present got
scared and they thought that the guitar was broken,
but “it was alright”, says the vocalist.
One day, Sergio heard on a Rock Station there was
a contest called “Hard Rock Rising”, where several
unknown bands participate to win, to present and
perform at the Hard Rock Festival, in Barcelona, next
to big bands. Then he told the others and José at the
time prepared their page and he signed up them for
the contest. Unfortunately they did not make it to the
semi-finals, but it got many votes and likes from the
beginning.
In relation to next concerts, they will be playing one
on the 21st March, in their home town, and they are
waiting to play more concerts as soon as they can. In
the near future, BSC is playing in medium and large
venues in Madrid, then gathering everything it as-
ked for to play, such as the models and the necessary
paperwork for it.
59. British singer Jessie J got into a plane and came all
the way to London to join a “Surprise Bus Party”
organised by McDonald’s last 24th March, with 15
lucky fans.
Some of you who might watch Joe Sugg (Thatcher-
Joe) on YouTube have already seen his video on his
2nd channel called ‘No Way!!!! Mcdonalds Ad’. He
had a little fun car interview with the singer right be-
fore her Suprise Bus Party
Jessie J (Jessica Ellen Cornish) born in London in
1988 currently 27 years old is a singer/songwriter. As
a child, she attended to Brit School, after she got sig-
ned with Gut Records.
Later she then hit a songwriting deal with Sony/ATV-
music publishing where she wrote songs for artists
such as Miley Cyrus and Chris brown.
Her music consists of an unconventional musical and
performance. She has her soul vocal with pop and r
and b and hip hop beats and even electro pop. She has
had many hit singles from “Price Tag”, “Domino” and
“Do It Like A Dude” and has sold millions of copies of
her albums and singles.
Apart from Joe Sugg and Jessie’s fans, the Bus Party was
joined by youtubers Darcy Cole, Lucy and Lydia.
HEARD ABOUT
?
Read about Jessie J’s Surprise Bus Party in London and also, get to know her a
bit better with a few facts!
Story by Katie Tulip
Photography by Bianca Bars
60. How much do you think you know about the 27-year-old
British singer Jessie J? Have a read a little bit about her!
When Jessie J performs on stage to fans, sometimes she will
get thrown cuddly toys, food, sweets and even t-shirts onto
the stage for her. She admits it’s weird but that she gets used
to it. Sometimes she even kicks it under the stage so she can
have it later.
Jessie likes festivals, it’s one of her favourite times of the
year especially summer shows and being outside. Talking
about summer shows, her favourite show if she had to
choose would be Glastonbury. When she went there ages
ago she set up the tent and bailed it, she just couldn’t hack
it so she went home to her mums house. She tells us that
shows are one thing where everything has to be right and
your doing it and it’s happening and you need to be prepa-
red, for example to her it’s having her eyelash extensions in
etc. One of her other favourite festivals is v-fest because it is
in Essex her hometown.
If Jessie could be better at one thing it would flying as she
says she’s not very good at it and sometimes she wishes
she was better at that as when flying at festivals gigs etc, as
you use your arms it hurts all the time. Jessie is afraid of
heights and that’s why she isn’t very keen on flying. She is
also claustrophobic but sleeping in bags doesn’t bother her,
its when you can’t get out like planes, a lift, places like that
that she doesn’t like.
If she Could always says what’s her mind or never be able
to speak again she would chose always say what’s on her
mind because She kind of does that anyway. If Jessie could
only sing one of her songs for the rest of your life she would
pick “Nobody’s Perfect” because it had different moments in
it, like soft and hard but, high and low bit, so it wouldn’t get
as boring.
Apart from singing, if she could she would love to be a chef
as she likes cooking, but she would also be happy with life
coach and therapist. Another fun fact is that Jessie believes
in ghosts. Well when she sees one then she will know they
exist and watches youtube but not very often.
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Samantha Maria, better know online as beau-
tycrush, is an English o line celebrity. Born in
Harrow, London on the 10th August 1989, the
25-year-old has over 1M subs on her YouTube
channel, where she makes make-up tutorials,
shares opinions and gives advices.
Sammi joined YouTube in July 2009, her very first
video was uploded in September of the same
year, where shw wouls share her diet tips.
This year, in March, and a little over five years,
Sammi has announced the launch of her own
clothing brand, shared with her boyfriend and
also youtuber Jason Davis. “I wanted to release
something that you guys could have a piece of
something I created” she said on a video she
uploaded to her YouTube channel called ‘mas-
sive news’ to talk about the clothing brand.
The brand will be called Novem & Knight, and
she has been working n it for over a year. Over
this time, along Jason, they designed every sin-
gle piece of it, cut and sewn, got some pieces
done, created samples, etc. “I wanted it to be
quite personal” she adds.
All the clothing will be done in the UK. “That
is quite rare these days, so many pieces are
made overseas”. Sammi said she was hoping to
launch the brand by the end of April this year,
but it’s been delayed.
Until then, we have Sammi’s main videos and
vlogs, on TheSammiMariaShow (her second
channel). She will soon be sharing more news
about the brand on her YouTube channel and
social media.
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DANIEL J
INTERVIEW WITH
I imagine most people know who you are but
for the people who don’t, could you tell the
lovely people more about you?
My names Daniel J, I’m 18 years old and I first
started singing and playing guitar when I was 14.
I decided to upload a cover onto YouTube and
to my surprise I had a very good response and it
went from there really.
What does the J stand for in your name?
It stands for John.
So, your new single ‘I wont let you down’ is out,
what is the song about and how did you come
around to making it?
The song was written as a message to my fans.
They have always supported me and I know they
want me to do well in the music industry which
is really hard so that’s it my message to them. “I
wont let them down”.
How did you know you wanted to become an
artist, is that something you always wanted
to be or you had something else in mind as a
child?
No, when I was about 9 years old I started doing
gymnastics and I went on to parkour which I did
right up until I started singing around the age of
14.
You currently have a really big fan base, you
call your fan base ‘Alien Meerkats’ how did you
come up with the name?
I just wanted something different for them, some-
thing that wasn’t boring. I’m a random person
and one day I just thought of Alien Meerkat, and
I thought it sounded cool.
interview by bianca bars
photography by dean lock
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Who would you say is your biggest
musical influences?
I listen to any genre of music and if
I have to pick names it would be Ed
Sheeran, Chris Brown and Eminem.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
I’ll be 23 in 5 years time so I hope I
have developed as an artist enough to
be able to tour the world and meet as
many fans as possible.
How do you get inspiration for writ-
ing your original songs?
It all depends on my mood at the time
and who I’m working with.
What music artist would you say
your style is like?
No-one really, I just want to be me.
So many people compare artists with
other artists and I believe we are all
unique.
When performing live, do you get
nervous before a performance and
how do you deal with the nerves?
Yes I do get a little bit nervous before I
perform but once I’m on stage I’m fine,
I actually really love it. I also find it
helps me if a take a friend with me to a
gig because it feels more like a day out
and I forget about the nerves.
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We know your family are a big part of
your music career. Did they encour-
age you to get into music?
It was my choice to become a singer
and I’ve been lucky that my parents
have always supported me.
Do you have any other hidden tal-
ents? If so, what are they?
Around the age of 10 I started gymnas-
tic and then went onto parkour which I
did right up until I was 14.
If you weren’t singing, what would
you like to be doing?
That’s a hard one. I can’t imagine doing
anything else at the moment. It would
have to be something to do with music
like production.
Now, as a last questions, tell us your
plans for 2015?
I have been in the studio writing and
recording new songs for release this
year. I will be releasing my next song in
the summer and hopefully performing
at some gigs. Hopefully Paris because it
was so good when I was there last year.
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Yeah, just wanna say thanks for being on this journey
with me so far. I’m happy that my music has meant
something to you and maybe even helped some of you
though tough times in your life. I have a lot of exciting
plans and surprises for 2015 for you guys and I can’t
wait to share them with ya! #AlienMeerkats x
