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'''Rachel Alexandra Hastings''' (born 9 December 1997), known professionally as '''Milkie Way''', is a Northern Irish musician. Born in [[County Antrim]], she moved to London to study at the [[London College of Fashion]] and spent time as a model and a concert photographer. She and Sam Matlock formed [[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]] in August 2019, and their mixtape and album ''Explicit: The Mixxxtape'' and [[Venom (Wargasm album)|''Venom'']] respectively charted number 19 on the [[UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart]] in 2022 and number 88 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] in 2023.
'''Rachel Alexandra Hastings''' (born 9 December 1997), known professionally as '''Milkie Way''', is a Northern Irish musician. Born in [[County Antrim]], she moved to London to study at the [[London College of Fashion]] and spent time as a model and a concert photographer. She and Sam Matlock formed [[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]] in August 2019, and their mixtape and album ''Explicit: The Mixxxtape'' (2022) and ''[[Venom (Wargasm album)|Venom]]'' (2023) peaked at number 19 on the [[UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart]] and number 88 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] respectively.


Hastings also played [[bass guitar]] as a session musician for [[Barns Courtney]] after meeting him through her Girl in the Pit photography project and for [[Yungblud]] during 2021. She also featured on [[Trash Boat]]'s 2021 single "Bad Entertainment" and [[Gunship (band)|Gunship]]'s 2023 single "Monster in Paradise". Her performance of "Bad Entertainment" at the 2021 [[Heavy Music Awards]] shut the ceremony's [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] stream down, prompting defiant social media posts from the ceremony, Hastings, and Trash Boat's Tobi Duncan.
Hastings also played [[bass guitar]] as a session musician for [[Barns Courtney]] after meeting him through her Girl in the Pit photography project and for [[Yungblud]] during 2021. She also featured on [[Trash Boat]]'s 2021 single "Bad Entertainment" and [[Gunship (band)|Gunship]]'s 2023 single "Monster in Paradise". Her performance of "Bad Entertainment" at the 2021 [[Heavy Music Awards]] shut the ceremony's [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] stream down, prompting defiant social media posts from the ceremony, Hastings, and Trash Boat's Tobi Duncan.

Revision as of 14:05, 10 August 2024

Not to be confused with Mikey Way.
Milkie Way
Hastings performing in 2023
Background information
Birth nameRachel Alexandra Hastings
Also known as
  • Milkie Way
  • Girl in the Pit
Born (1997-12-09) 9 December 1997 (age 26)
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
OccupationMusician
Member of

Rachel Alexandra Hastings (born 9 December 1997), known professionally as Milkie Way, is a Northern Irish musician. Born in County Antrim, she moved to London to study at the London College of Fashion and spent time as a model and a concert photographer. She and Sam Matlock formed Wargasm in August 2019, and their mixtape and album Explicit: The Mixxxtape (2022) and Venom (2023) peaked at number 19 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart and number 88 on the UK Albums Chart respectively.

Hastings also played bass guitar as a session musician for Barns Courtney after meeting him through her Girl in the Pit photography project and for Yungblud during 2021. She also featured on Trash Boat's 2021 single "Bad Entertainment" and Gunship's 2023 single "Monster in Paradise". Her performance of "Bad Entertainment" at the 2021 Heavy Music Awards shut the ceremony's Twitch stream down, prompting defiant social media posts from the ceremony, Hastings, and Trash Boat's Tobi Duncan.

Life and career

Early life and modelling

Milkie Way was born Rachel Alexandra Hastings in County Antrim on 9 December 1997.[a] She was raised on Motown, soul music, and pop music such as David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, and the Temptations, got into guitar music via the Smashing Pumpkins and Bikini Kill,[5] and got into nu metal via Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.[6] Aged 14 or 15, she taught herself bass guitar to spite an ex-boyfriend who had derided her musical ambitions.[7] She moved to London to study at London College of Fashion, but dropped out due to her inability to cope with being told what to do.[8] She spent a period modelling in Tokyo[9] immediately after dropping out.[8] She also modelled alongside Cara Delevingne[7] and for Toni & Guy and Valentino campaigns.[10]

Girl in the Pit and Wargasm

While at university, she would make friends by attending concerts with mosh pits, which she would photograph using disposable cameras.[11] After accruing a collection of images, she launched the "Girl in the Pit" photography project, named after a sobriquet she had earned from her ubiquity at gigs.[11] As part of the project, she photographed Dead!,[7] a band who charted at number 11 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2018 with The Golden Age of Not Even Trying.[12] She also met Barns Courtney after being given a press pass to Reading & Leeds Festivals,[11] who would take her on tour as his bass player.[13]

In 2018, after Dead! broke up, the band's Sam Matlock direct messaged Hastings asking if she played an instrument,[7] as he was looking to set up a band with female vocals and a Riot grrrl attitude.[13] They began producing pop punk,[1] but pivoted to producing nu metal after an incident in which Matlock rejuvenated a failing party with Limp Bizkit.[14] The pair launched Wargasm in August 2019,[15] and played Reading and Leeds Festivals' Apex Stage in 2022, on which she was the only woman to perform that year.[16] Wargasm also released the mixtape Explicit: The Mixxxtape (2022) and the album Venom (2023),[17] which respectively charted at number 19 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart and number 88 on the UK Albums Chart.[18]

Solo music career

"People are haters. I’ve had people at gigs and on live streams shouting/commenting for me to get my tits out and then this it’s like… what the fuck do you all want from me?!"

Hastings talking to Loudwire in October 2021[19]

In July 2021, Hastings featured on Trash Boat's "Bad Entertainment", a track about media bias[20] from their August 2021 album Don't You Feel Amazing,[21] which charted at number 9 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart and number 70 on the Scottish Albums Chart.[22] Trash Boat and Hastings performed the track at that year's Heavy Music Awards,[23] for which she wore a custom designed crucifix vest created by Anine Irdem,[19] a Norwegian designer.[24] The ceremony's Twitch stream was banned for three days[25] after trolls reported her for exposing her nipples,[19] prompting Hastings to sarcastically tweet that she could not believe how powerful her nipples were.[25] She also received tweets of support from Trash Boat's Tobi Duncan, who observed how hypocritical the ban was given that his nipples were also visible through his fishnet shirt, and from the award ceremony itself.[25] Matlock later attributed the ban to multiple fans of another artist filing reports,[4] and Hastings would later wear the outfit on the artwork for Explicit: The Mixxxtape.[24]

By the time of "Bad Entertainment"'s release, Hastings had toured with Yungblud.[26] She asserted in a September 2021 interview with the Heavy Music Awards that he had previously declined a request for her to be his session bassist as she was just about to announce Wargasm and that she had stepped in for some of his shows at the start of that year.[27] In July 2023, she provided vocals for Gunship's "Monster in Paradise", which also featured Dave Lombardo, Tyler Bates, and Tim Cappello;[28] later that year, the track appeared on their album Unicorn,[29] which charted at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart.[30]

Artistry

Hastings performing in London as part of Wargasm, 2023

In a January 2020 interview with Crowdsurf & Turf, Hastings cited vocal inspiration from Romily Alice of Japanese Voyeurs, on the grounds that her voice was the "perfect combination of sexy and aggressive".[31] When asked in an early 2021 interview with Fred Perry what subcultures inspired her, Hastings cited disco music, on the grounds that the genre was "as much about sex and drugs as rock and roll was, only everyone just looked much more grandiose".[32] When asked who her style icons were by Rokit Vintage Clothing in March 2021, she cited Prince, Wendy O. Williams, Paris Hilton, Sora Choi, Tank Girl, 1980s cock rock, Dennis Rodman, Joan Jett, Debbie Harry, Brody Dalle, and Lady Gaga.[15]

Discography

Main article: Wargasm (band) § Discography
Year Title Album Ref.
2021 "Bad Entertainment"
(Trash Boat featuring Milkie Way) 		Don't You Feel Amazing[21] [20]
2023 "Monster in Paradise"
(Gunship featuring Milkie Way, Dave Lombardo, Tyler Bates, and Tim Cappello) 		Unicorn[29] [28]

Notes

  1. ^
    • For her first and last name, see [1].
    • For her middle name, see [2].
    • For her birthday, see [3].
    • For her birthplace and year, see [4].

References

  1. ^ a b "WARGASM on creating their spiky brand of electro-rock in AltPress issue #402 cover story". Alternative Press. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  2. ^ "HASTINGS RACHEL ALEXANDRA". ASCAP. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  3. ^ @milkieway_ (November 23, 2011). "oop. kinda forgot it's my birthday in 16 days" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b "Meet the rising NI heavy metal star who caused 'topless' stir at awards ceremony". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2022-07-24. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  5. ^ Shutler, Ali (2023-10-27). "Wargasm: Thank you for the Venom". Dork. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  6. ^ "Nu-metal is cool now". The Face. 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  7. ^ a b c d "Wargasm: Nu-Metal-Loving, Riot-Grrrl-Spirited U.K. Duo Are "Fire and Fire"". Revolver. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  8. ^ a b "The Downbeat Podcast w/ Milkie Way (Wargasm)". YouTube. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  9. ^ "WARGASM | LUX" (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  10. ^ Summan, Yasmine (2020-03-13). "Female musicians breaking through the industry that you NEED to check out". Distorted Sound Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  11. ^ a b c "WARGASM's Milkie Way: "If the choice isn't presented to you, do whatever you can to make one. Be a rebel and be an ally"". Kerrang!. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  12. ^ "DEAD". Official Charts. 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  13. ^ a b "WARGASM: "We stand for chaos"". Kerrang!. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  14. ^ ""Someone said that they were in a Portaloo while we were on stage, and the bass rumbled some excrement out of them." Getting to know Wargasm, the genre-splicing, Fred Durst-approved duo making major waves in modern metal". LouderSound. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Ten Minutes With Milkie Way". Rokit Vintage Clothing. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  16. ^ Shutler, Ali (2023-06-27). "Why it's never been a better time to be a UK metalhead: "There's a sense of togetherness"". NME. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  17. ^ Shutler, Ali (2023-10-27). "Wargasm: Thank you for the Venom". Dork. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  18. ^ "Wargasm". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  19. ^ a b c Summan, Yasmine (2021-10-21). "What Can We Learn About the Double Standard Toward Women in Rock?". Loudwire. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
  20. ^ a b "Trash Boat team up with Wargasm's Milkie Way on new single Bad Entertainment". Kerrang!. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  21. ^ a b "Album review: Trash Boat – Don't You Feel Amazing?". Kerrang!. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  22. ^ "Trash Boat". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Trash Boat - Don't You Feel Amazing? (album review )". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  24. ^ a b "WARGASM show off their favorite s**t: PRINCE jackets, MAIDEN merch, bullet belts and more". Revolver. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  25. ^ a b c Childers, Chad (2021-09-03). "Twitch Shut Down Heavy Music Awards Stream Over Nipple Incident". Loudwire. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  26. ^ Vandenbogaerde, Matthijs (2021-07-07). "Nieuwe single Trash Boat - "Bad Entertainment" (feat. Milkie Way)". Dansende Beren (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  27. ^ Heavy Music Awards (2022-09-04). Heavy Music Awards 2021 - Milkie Way (Wargasm) - Best UK Breakthrough Artist. Retrieved 2024-07-30 – via YouTube.
  28. ^ a b "Hear Milkie Way, Dave Lombardo and more on Gunship's new single Monster In Paradise". Kerrang!. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  29. ^ a b Marshall, Will (2023-09-29). "Gunship - Unicorn | Album Review". Noizze UK | Live Music | Reviews | Interviews | Podcasts. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  30. ^ "UNICORN". Official Charts. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  31. ^ "Crowdsurf & Turf Meets: Wargasm". crowdsurf & turf. 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  32. ^ "WARGASM Musicians — London". Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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