“The music industry is 80 percent, 90 percent kids who are privately educated,” he says (via NME ). “A kid from where I’m from [North Shields] can’t afford to tour, so there are probably thousands writing songs that are ten times better than mine, poignant lyrics about the country, but they will not be seen because it’s rigged.”

The young British rocker Sam Fender has a lot going for him. At home in the UK, Fender’s heavy-hearted, Springsteenian slice-of-life music has tapped into the cultural zeitgeist. His first two albums were both platinum chart-toppers.

Meghan Markle’s road to a strong lifestyle brand has been rocky, to put it lightly. The brand, which started out as American Riviera Orchard, was fraught with paperwork and trademark issues that seemingly led to a rebrand: to her new brand, now called As Ever. However, As Ever just hit a major bump in the …