DPS - Interview Writing and Stand First

 I wanted to research different interviews for music magazine in order to help me learn how to write a good magazine interview. What I did was went online and read a lot of articles that featured the interviews that are placed on the double spread page. The first one I found was from Billboard featuring The Weeknd. When reading it I was inspired by the structure of it all. It had questions that flowed perfectly and felt like a real conversation, creating a sense of authenticity and makes the audience realise how human the artist is. I intend to create a similar feel with my magazine.

The next interview I looked at was by Interview magazine, the feature of Beyoncé interviewing sister Solange. It was important for me to have Beyoncé's words as my artist is very inspired by her and her sister. In this interview, they discussed a lot about her life and different aspects of it as well as her music. By having a variation in conversation will keep it interesting to read.

After looking at the magazine interviews, I wanted to focus on what made a good introducing paragraph. Here are some example that I found online.

"New Jersey is hot again. Not just because it’s June, but Paterson’s own native son, Fetty Wap, currently has multiple singles blasting through speakers in every corner of the map. “Trap Queen,” his street hustler’s ode to ladies with the magic touch, has become this summer’s hip-hop anthem. But even with his rapid-fire success, it’s still family first for the 24-year-old rap singer." - Vibe

"The rise of Kehlani hasn’t been an easy one; at every stage in her career she has been given a new cross to bear or obstacle to climb but despite all her hardships, she has always emerged triumphant. Releasing her critically acclaimed debut album ‘SweetSexySavage’ in January 2017 and currently on her highly rated world tour, while it’s been a long time coming, it would seem that Kehlani is finally seeing the fruits of her many years of hard labour. Speaking with a delicate manner but a hardened confidence far beyond her 21 years of age, we sat down to find out more about one of R&B’s most exciting artists." - Fault

I like both stand first paragraphs. They make the stories appear interesting and exciting for the reader and introduce the artists in a good way.