Many stars attended an after party, which was hosted by Universal Music, at 108 The Strand In Convent Garden, on Saturday evening. Aitch, Lewis Capaldi, Mabel, Shania Twain, Mnek, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Ardee, Sigrid and Talia storm were all among musical talent who attended the after party event. Lewis Capaldi was seen turning up to the event, following on from Mo Gilligan introducing him to the Brits audience as ‘Sam Capaldi,’ to which he then performed his single, ‘‘Forget Me.” He was seen turning up in a cheerful and ecstatic mood.

Designed by Matt Dosa, the event hosted a range of DJ’s throughout the evening. Universal Music Group and Universal Music UK, posted a video to their Instagram’s, providing an exclusive insight into the after party event. During the video, posted to the Universal Music Group’s Instagram, Lewis Capaldi is seen posing in front of the camera and sprawling himself on the floor. He also posed for snaps with fellow Chart topper, Mabel.

The caption to their post stated,

‘’A huge thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday for the Universal Music BRITs party 2023 – our first party in three years and certainly one to remember!

Special shout out to our incredible @umusicar team and the brilliant @matt.dosa for bringing his art to the room.
#UmusicBRITs ‘’

Coca Cola hosted a private after party in support of their new Movement drink, on a boat in the River Thames. Maya Jama, AJ Odudu, Chunkz and Snoochie Shy were among the attendees. DJ’s Continental GT, Tiffany Calver and DJ Corey provided music for the guests.

Harry styles celebrated his big four Brit award wins at the Sony Music afterparty at Londons Nobu hotel. Roman Kemp, Tom Grennan, Ellie Goulding, Mimi Webb and Cat Burns were among stars who also attended the Sony Music after party. Sony Music UK posted a series of snaps of the stars at the Brits after party with the caption,

‘’step right this way for the sony music brits afterparty  #brits”

DJ Jodie Harsh, Sugababes, Mike Skinner and Eliza Rose all provided entertainment at the Ciroc x Warner Music, Brits after party, which was held at the NoMad hotel in London’s Convent Garden. Charli XCX, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Sam Ryder, Mahalia and Sugababes, all attended the after party. Charli XCX poked fun at her loss to Harry Styles in the Pop/R&B category, as she was pictured wearing a t-shirt which had written on it ‘Real Winner.’

Warner Music UK posted a video to their Instagram, which provided an insight into the event.

The caption to their post said,

‘’ The Warner Music UK x Ciroc #brits (capitals) afterparty was NEXT LEVEL

Shout out to our partners Ciroc and our incredible global events team! ”

There was sure to be a few sore heads following the 2023 Brits after parties, as artists who attended the event all celebrated the biggest night of the year for British music.

They expressed concern at the so called ‘safe harbour,’ defence which has been plaguing the music streaming debate for a while now which involves services finding ways to avoid paying royalties to artists despite hosting their music. Leathem in particular expressed a strong willingness to work with the government in enforcing new regulations on the industry which may require streaming services or social media platforms to pay more royalties to musicians. However, while both Leathem and Martin did show a willingness to work with the government if new legislation was to be brought into place, there were some areas which both parties were keen to state that these were issues which ought to be raised with record labels, such as the controversial breakages clauses included in record deals where the majority of revenue is generated through streaming.

Artists have argued that clauses which stipulate a deduction of often as much as 10% be taken from their royalties to cover the cost of broken vinyl or CDs, are unfair when physical copies are not making up a significant amount of that revenue, with some even going so far as to claim that the labels are seeking to their own loss of revenue due to streaming at the artist’s expense.

Tune in to our third #MusicStreamingInquiry session with CMOs & music company CEOs:

– Andrea Martin, @PRSforMusic & Peter Leathem, @PPLUK
– David Joseph, @UMusicUK, Jason Iley, @SonyMusicUK & Tony Harlow, @WarnerMusicUK

More info: https://t.co/SheCv5v3Rk https://t.co/3H91Qmq9RY

— Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (@CommonsDCMS) January 19, 2021

In the second portion of the inquiry held yesterday, which is the third instalment in a series of hearings which have been running periodically since October last year with a variety of witnesses being called, consisted of a tense series of questions being posed to record label bosses which was characterised by serial evasiveness by the bosses and increasing frustration for the MPs.

The most difficult question for the bosses to handle was in reference to Spotify claiming that certain labels had in 2017 agreed to allow them to reduce royalties in return for meeting certain economic targets. The MPs pressured the label bosses to state whether or not artists had suffered a reduction in royalties as a result of this deal but none of the executives were able to give a convincing answer, despite claiming that the amount of money they paid to artists has increased.

The video takes a unique approach by featuring only the singer himself in various outfits and scenarios rather than incorporating a whole cast of actors or dancers to feature alongside him. This makes the video seem very introspective and reflects the current atmosphere in the UK very well, especially in northern areas like Greater Manchester, where Harry Styles is from, where many people are living with very strict lockdown rules which prevent social interactions. In some way, Harry Styles here seems to be showing some solidarity with the North.

According to Official Charts, ‘Fine Line reached Number 1 on the UK’s Official Vinyl Albums Chart,’ when it was released in December 2019 and since its release a number of tracks from the album have been made into single releases, including the release of music videos for the tracks online. ‘Lights Up, Adore You, Watermelon Sugar and Falling,’ all received single releases and have performed well in the UK singles chart. It is highly likely that ‘Golden,’ will perform similarly well, with the video already causing a stir online.

The news of the video’s release was announced by Harry Styles’ record label Sony Music UK on their instagram page following an earlier post which gave fans a two hour warning before the video released, giving fans a chance to get ready stream the video as soon as it premiered. The skilful releasing of music videos on Youtube is a clever strategy which Styles and his label have developed as a way to tide fans over until they can see him on tour in the new year.

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Harry Styles has not disappointed fans throughout the lockdown period with content regularly appearing on his Youtube channel including music videos for the ‘Adore You,’  ‘Falling,’ and ‘Watermelon Sugar,’ plus live footage from his 2019 performances in the US and in London for the 2020 BRIT awards. On top of all that, he also released behind the scenes footage, a special Lost Tour psychedelic visual for ‘Watermelon Sugar,’ as well as a short teaser before his most recent video for ‘Golden.’

Despite ongoing restrictions in the UK, Harry Styles is still due to perform at a number of venues across the country as part of his 2021 tour and full dates are as follows:

11/03/2021 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham
13/03 – AO Arena – Manchester
16/03 – The SSE Hydro – Glasgow
17/03 – FlyDSA Arena – Sheffield
23/03 – The O2 – London
24/03 – The O2 – London