Clash Issue 130 – Mabel

Mabel is the second face of CLASH 130.

Marking close to a decade of pop hitmaking, Mabels televised ascendency was one for the books. In the span of a few years, she garnered multiple top ten hits, platinum records and a prestigious BRIT award. Yet, behind closed doors, the singer was unsettled. Jaded by the pressures of an unforgiving industry, stifled by a media machine muzzling her creativity, Mabel stepped away to seek respite.

After a self-imposed reprieve, Mabel is braced for a re-introduction. Her new chapter is a point of transition; the last few years has seen the singer hone her songwriting, better able to distinguish between her unfiltered voice and the imprint of others. Now, closing the chapter on her twenties, Mabel isnt chasing an ideal or a trend, shes surrendering to her own off-centre impulses.

In this candid cover conversation, the London songbird excavates her peripatetic upbringing, reflecting on her familys enduring influence and the relationships shes cultivating on her own terms.

Mabel details the wins, the hardships and the creative awakening shes undergoing in this story of overcoming. I think for me, it was about resetting the canvas, she tells CLASH. Its letting people know that I’m in control, that I’m in charge.

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Words: Ana Lamond

Photography: Carlos Duro Yage

Fashion: Simone Beyene

Makeup:Hila Karmand at Arch Agency

Hair:Shamara Roper at Arch Agency

Creative Direction: Rob Meyers