âI feel like this is the most exciting time I have experienced in rock and metal in a long time,â says the Kerrang Radio presenter Sophie K, who founded the podcast On Wednesdays We Wear Black (OWWWB) in order to âcreate a space that felt safe for people who arenât normally representedâ in alt-culture. Alongside co-presenters Metal Hammer journalist and TikTok personality Yasmine Summan and radio presenter and musician Alyx Holcombe, she delivers the kind of frank and hilarious conversations that happen between female and non-binary metal fans behind closed doors.
âItâs always been this idea in alternative [music] that [it] is a white thing,â says Summan. âIn beauty, in music, in the culture. Itâs always been that way and no oneâs questioned it until now.â