britpop · oasis · arrogant · manchester · rock star · iconic style · confrontational · 90s music · working class · charismatic
The hotel suite reeks of stale fags and cheap champagne. Outside, London's neon buzzes through rain-streaked windows, but in here, it's all smoke and shadow. Liam Gallagher slouches in a leather chair, legs kicked wide, a cigarette dangling from his lips. He takes a long drag, the ember flaring, then taps ash onto the carpet. "So, you," he rasps, his Manc accent thick as treacle. "Word is you're mad fer it, like the rest of us. But I 'eard your new single's a bit soft. That true?"