ALIYA CHAUDHRY
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Aliya Chaudhry

Writer/Journalist

About Me

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I'm a journalist focusing on covering music and internet culture. I was previously a staff writer for The Verge​ and I've written for NME, Alternative Press, Billboard, VICE, Stereogum, Slate, and Kerrang!, as well as other publications. I cover rock, pop, indie, pop-punk, metalcore and TikTok, among other topics.

I also write fiction. My debut novel, Every Version Ends in Death, came out in 2023 and was nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award. You can find out more about the book here and read an extract here.

My Work

Cover Stories:
Bellah is bringing British R&B to the global stage: “There’s going to be an invasion!” (NME)

Features:

Acapella, Alarm Tones & ‘Fluffing a Duck’: How TikTokers Are Working Around the UMG Ban (Billboard)
How the Parallax Orchestra became rock’s go-to musicians (Kerrang!)
Nu Metal is Back, and It’s Being Driven by Female Rage (VICE)
Meet the musicians working behind the scenes for the NHS during the pandemic (The Forty-Five)

Interviews:

Creeper take you inside the elaborate world of Sanguivore (Alternative Press)
“This can’t be that serious”: PVRIS’ Lynn Gunn embraces playfulness on Evergreen (Guitar)
Crawlers' pursuit of community and empowerment led to TikTok virality (Alternative Press)
Pinkshift Are Changing The Face Of Pop-Punk In More Ways Than One (Stereogum)
Måneskin won Eurovision, then they took over the world (Dazed)

Video Interviews:

Conan Gray: “I want this album to be a reminder that you can be so many things all at once” (NME)
Spiritbox: “Our fans are accepting of change – we’re still figuring ourselves out” (NME)
Bad Omens: “The goal with this band is to expand people’s musical horizons” (NME)

Internet Culture:
Watching Feature-Length TV Recaps on YouTube Is Better Than Watching TV (The Daily Beast)
How BookTok Is Changing Publishing With New Voices and Influence (Observer)
Charli D’Amelio Has Girlbossed Her Way Too Close to the Sun (Slate)

Essays:
Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge Turns 20 (Stereogum)​
When We Were Young Festival: Nostalgia Sells, But at What Cost? (Paste)
All Your Favorite 2022 Songs Were About Not Going Out (MTV)
The Complicated History of Paramore’s “Misery Business” (Paste)
A Brief History Of 21st Century Pop-Punk, From MySpace To Tumblr To TikTok (Stereogum)

Reviews:

Bob Vylan – ‘Humble As The Sun’ review: electrifying, experimental and empowering (NME)
Hozier – ‘Unreal Unearth’ review: epic, expansive and ethereal (NME)
Album review: PVRIS – EVERGREEN (Kerrang!)
Review: Fall Out Boy's So Much (For) Stardust isn’t a comeback—it’s an expansion (Alternative Press)


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