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Did your favourite make the cut?

From indie-flecked R&B and dance-pop to shiny UK drill and underground rap, we were spoilt for choice this year.

Complex UK takes a look back at some of the best music and culture writing of the year.

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Did your favourite make the cut?

A year full of international hits and underground gems.

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What a year it’s been...

A look back at some of the best music writing of the year.

Having had the weekend to stew on it, some of the Complex UK team—Joseph ‘JP’ Patterson, James Keith and Claudia Valentina Cagna—sat down to share their first thoughts.

Music would be at a loss without them.

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