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Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes won’t stop evolving

From being the ‘most hated band in England’ to global stardom and TikTok virality, we catch up with the emo frontman to talk the scene, new projects and why emo isn’t dead

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TikTok creators have started imagining eerie alternate realities

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Jun 02, 2023

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