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Have you ever wondered how Victoria’s Secret models get runway ready? Thought about what it’s like to be behind the scenes on a Sean Paul music video? Or wanted to know how Little Mix look so good in every photo? If the answer is yes, Who You Don’t See is the podcast for you. Every week, journalist and presenter, Megan Lawton chats to an industry expert, working behind the stars: from choreographers and hairstylists to personal trainers and makeup artists. The podcast explores what they get ...
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In the final episode of the season, we're joined by Nick Huggett a music manager responsible for signing some of the biggest names in pop; Adele, Dizzee Rascal, MIA and Rizzle Kicks. It's his job to scout and nurture artists to become the megastars they are. In our chat we speak about tough talks with artists, why audition performances can be awkwa…
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We couldn't do a 90's special without talking about the Spice Girls, so it's only right we speak to their musical director Simon Ellis. Simon was the guy responsible for re-writing the music for all their tours and blames having 'too much fun' for his hazy memories of the time. He did the same role with Britney Spears and tells us about working wit…
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This week we're joined by choreographer - Teresa Barcelo - or “Toogie” as she's often known. She's danced with a whole host of stars including Sean Paul, Dua Lipa and Harry Styles, where she quite literally instructed a whole load of dancers to 'shove melon in Harry's mouth'. Toogie started out as a backing dancer working alongside Sean Paul, and S…
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Since picking up a camera 22 years ago, Randall has captured Hollywood’s finest. As an aspiring actor himself, he started doing headshots for fellow up and coming actors that went onto become household names like Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando bloom and Reese Witherspoon. Headshots aside, in recent years he’s become known for his work at 90's house par…
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Think about the stars of the 00's and Amy Winehouse immediately comes to mind. This week, we interview Naomi Parry, Amy's fashion stylist. Naomi was in her late teens when her mate Amy asked if she’d be interested in styling her. That was 2006, the year Amy released Back to Black. The next 6 years were a whirlwind of world tours, festivals and musi…
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This week we’re chatting to Danilo Dixon, a hairdresser to the stars. He’s been in the game for twenty years and in that time worked alongside celebrities like Selena Gomez, Lily James and Katy Perry. His most regular client is the one and only Gwen Stefani, who pays him a visit several times a week. In their twenty years of working together, he’s …
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Ray Winkler is an entertainment architect. Yep, if you're not familiar… he’s the guy who designs stages for huge world tours. He started designing in the 90’s working with bands like the Rolling Stones and U2, since then he’s gone onto conquer the world of pop designing sets for Britney, Beyonce's Coachella stage and most recently for Adele at Hyde…
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Britney's former make up artist Julianne Kaye
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Our guest this week is the incredible Julianne Kaye. Cast your minds back to 1999, when a little known pop star called Britney Spears was starting her career. Behind her was Julianne, 24 at the time and tasked with doing Britney’s hair and make up on a world tour. Spoiler, it went well. Remember that iconic double denim red carpet moment for Britne…
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Hello! Welcome back to Season Three of Who You Don't See. The podcast celebrating the people behind the stars. This time we're zooming back to the 00's and 90's, a time of low rise jeans, frosted lip gloss and Von Dutch Caps. We have a whole range of exciting guests lined up, including Britney Spears' make up artist, Gwen Stefani's hair stylist and…
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Producer and sound technician Callum Lloyd Williams
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I’ll openly admit I had no idea what Callum’s job entailed before chatting to him - but he’s a musical wizard and taught me all about building songs for the stage, in comparison to the studio. Whilst we were all baking banana bread in lockdown, Callum was working on Dua Lipa’s studio 2054 live stream concert. When non-lockdown life allows, he also …
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Our guest this week is the is the man who half of Hollywood seem to have on speed-dial. David Higgins: a personal trainer who works his magic on film sets. It’s not an exaggeration to say David sculpts superheroes. He trained Zoe Kravitz when she played Cat Woman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow. In our chat, we …
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Stormzy's creative directors Amber Rimell & Bronski
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Our guests this week are the insanely talented creative directing duo Amber & Bronski, co-founders of TAWBOX who've made BAFTA nominated content for Stormzy, AJ Tracey, Miley Cyrus, Dave and more. As well as working with Stormzy on THAT Glasto headline slot they’ve worked with Dave too - directing his powerful performance of Black at the 2020 BRIT …
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Our guest this week is the insanely talented singer and songwriter Dan Caplen. In addition to writing his own music, he's written top 10 tracks for Medusa, Rudimental, Macklemore, Stormzy, and Ella Eyre. As you’ll be able to tell from the laughs, I so enjoyed chatting to Dan. We spoke about using baby, love and ooo to fill gaps in songs, Christmas …
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Vocalist and backing singer Naomi Scarlett
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Naomi is a backing vocalist who makes artists like Dua Lipa, Stormzy and Jorja Smith sound as good as they do on stage. She's done world tours, festivals and all the iconic TV performances too; from James Cordon's Late Late Show to Graham Norton. Over Zoom, we spent time talking about the intensity of a world tour, the art of not overpowering an ar…
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Eri is the nail stylist responsible for making J-Lo’s nails look like pieces of art - and I’m not exaggerating. When she's not applying crystals to J-Lo’s tips, she’s likely to be tie-dying, drawing animal print or attaching pom-poms to the nails of Lizzo, Mulatto or Charli XCX. Over Zoom, we spent time talking about the inauguration and what it me…
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Simon recently quit the world of personal protection to chase a career in acting, but during his 17 years in security he worked with some of the worlds most famous names. Despite looking a little intimidating when on duty, I can confirm Simon is a total joy and really very friendly - over Zoom we covered all sorts… from the planning that goes into …
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Dua Lipa, Ellie Goulding, George Ezra and Mabel are just some of the artists she regularly coaches - in her own words, ‘giving them that extra 2%,’ and it works. After two coaching sessions with George Ezra, his song reached the UK top 10 and Dua Lipa now says all she needs is “Honey, Lemons and Lorna”. Quite the endorsement. Over a Zoom call we ch…
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Celebrity stylist Phoebe Lettice Thompson
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Phoebe's styled looks are seen by millions; on red carpets, music videos, festival stages, TV programmes and modelling campaigns too. In our chat we talk about purchasing £10,000 outfits, fretting over Zara Larson exposing her vagina live on X-Factor (yes really) and creating knickers designed to be twerked in. Phoebe is one of my favourite insta a…
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If you want to find out more about Rebecca, head to her website. And to keep up with the latest podcast episodes, I’m over at: @meg_lawton Thank you’s: Podcast artwork: Worth Mentioning Head shot photography: Hannah Domney Music: Jay LewnBy Megan Lawton
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Choreographer and movement coach Suzette Brissett
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Hello, happy New Year and welcome to episode 5 of Who You Don’t See. Our guest this week is celebrity choreographer Suzette Brissett. As well as working on music videos, Suzette choreographs live performances and coaches models, including Cara Delevingne, on how to move in adverts. In our chat we speak about Suzette’s experience of dealing with dra…
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Ho, ho, ho… Merry Christmas! Welcome to episode 4 of Who You Don’t See which happens to be our Christmas special. If you’re newly discovering this podcast, we’re all about celebrating the people working behind the stars. Miles Jeffries has only been a hairstylist for 7 years but in that time he’s styled on several of Mariah’s world tours, a Vegas …
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Celebrity music video director Carly Cussen
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In our chat, we speak about getting into the industry, as well as the dramas of working on a shoot… from dealing with artists who haven’t turned up... to musicians who’ve broken sets and performers who’ve taken 7 hours to do an outfit change! Carly also opens up about the pressures faced by female musicians to look a certain way and how that impact…
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As you’ll be able to tell from my giddiness, I really enjoyed catching up with Callum - hearing tales and tips from the world of photography, including the secret to taking a photo that works for all four members of Little Mix and learning why Sean Paul is the key to making people relax in front of a camera. If you want to take a look at Callum’s b…
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In her 12 year career, Maria’s worked her magic on the Brit Award-winning artist Mabel, Vogue-cover star Jourdan Dunn and pop royalty Justin Bieber… and that’s just some of her well-known clients. I so loved hearing Maria’s tips on how to work your way up in the make-up business and how to keep calm in tricky situations as well as getting the insid…
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Behind every celebrity is a team of people working to make the magic happen and Who You Don’t See exists to give you an insight into their world. From Ellie Goulding's tour manager to Little Mix’s back stage photographer, Sean Paul's music video director or Dua Lipa's choreographer, this podcast hears from individuals who you may not have heard o…
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