PREP

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You can’t say fans of Prep aren’t imaginative, passionate, or dedicated. Nor can you deny their commitment – to the tune of 19 million YouTube views, 50 million Spotify streams, and 5.8 billion views alongside 1.6 million TikTok creations for the London four-piece’s cover of As It Was, Harry Styles’ game-changing 2022 single.

But that comes as no surprise. Their sound, refined over two albums, four EPs, and an upcoming new EP, is so unlike any of their UK peers that it has positioned Prep — formed in 2015 when Tom, Llywelyn, Guillaume and Dan connected through friendships across the London music scene — as arena-scale outliers across multiple countries worldwide.

Ten years into their journey, and as showcased on their exquisite albums Prep (2020) and The Programme (2024), what remains undeniable is the band’s intuitive understanding of — and deep love for — the DNA of timeless, boundary-less songwriting. They seamlessly combine the elusive “vibe” of 1970s jazz and West Coast US rock and soul with the precision of 1980s studio techniques, the distinctiveness of Japanese City Pop, and something unmistakably London and contemporary, as heard on their new EP One Day in the Sun.

Nowhere is this more evident than on the title track. With its finger-popping beat and soaring saxophone, it feels at once like a lost gem from peak MTV circa 1985 and a New Music Friday standout for autumn 2025. One Day in the Sun is a Möbius strip of polished, radiant pop.

“That’s really what we’re trying to do with everything,” says Llywelyn.