Florence Welch’s anxiety has been spiking, and the proof is right on her cell phone. Before our phone call, she got a notification that her screen time was up 16 percent over the past week. “I was ...

Florence Welch feels things intensely. From early hits “Dog Days Are Over,” “Shake It Out” and “Spectrum (Say My Name)” to the evocative emotional tsunamis on fifth album “Dance Fever,” Welch’s music ...

When Florence + the Machine made their debut a little more than a decade ago, the U.K. music scene was awash in the retro-soul typified by Amy Winehouse and Adele. Florence Welch looked backward, too.

Florence Welch’s pandemic album turns her intensity inward, interrogating her relationship to performance and public image. These are her most personal lyrics, and among her most poignant. From those ...