For Bastille’s Ryan Tedder-assisted fourth LP Give Me The Future, a standard album campaign was nowhere near enough for the band or their label. Here, the group’s leader Dan Smith, joined by EMI president Rebecca Allen and their team, meets Music Week to map out the tech-focused next chapter of a million-selling band that is seeking to break new ground, and change the course of pop history...

WORDS: NIALL DOHERTY

Back in August 2019, Bastille frontman Dan Smith and ...