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The first lyric is 'I tell a bad bitch do whatever I say'. And she just turned around and said, 'what's that? His anger feeds into the song This Means War, which opens the band's second album, Roaring 20s. He doesn't stop there, addressing the London riots "some of the things that happened in Neasden weren't pleasing, the stabbings and beatings".

I thought it'd be interesting to have a tune that addresses things that are cultural. Something unexpected. Something that has real significance. Harley "Sylvester" Alexander-Sule is the quietly-spoken half of the band - the one who'd like to brew a potion to make him "more confident in certain social situations", and who handles all the singing on their catchy, bouncy pop anthems. He dismisses the idea that Rizzle Kicks have "gone serious" on the new album.

It's a step forward in terms of maturity, but that's just natural because we're growing up. Stephens and Alexander-Sule were childhood friends in North London, but lost touch until their teens - when they met by chance at a football match in Brighton, where their respective families had moved. Their musical career was forged during workshops at the Brighton-based music charity Audioactive, and they polished their act at the Brit School.

The follow-up is called Roaring 20s, partly because the duo both turned 21 this year, but also in reference to the big band samples that pepper the record. I love that, and Mel Torme's Coming Home. Harley's always loved crooners, so it just came naturally. The party vibe extends to their live shows, played with a full live band - an antidote to the standard hip-hop set-up of turntables and "hype men", which Alexander-Sule dismisses as "boring".

And a lot of our music has samples based on live instruments - so it was a natural thing to use a live band. One of those musicians is his father, Herman, who plays bass and even provides vocals on the new album. Their concerts are boisterous, hands-in-the-air affairs. Schedules permitting, their mothers even appear on stage to recreate their dance moves from the Mama Do The Hump video. Called Glue, it is set in the quiet village of Overton in the English countryside.

When a teenage boy is murdered his friends are "forced to open up their world" as the investigation gets underway. It's due to screened later this year, with an exact date yet to be confirmed. Making the switch from music to television is something the pair have been looking to do. Stephens, along with his Rizzle Kicks partner Harley Alexander-Sule, had been working on their own sitcom. So we've had to rethink, like, a lot of things," added Harley.

The pair said they also had a wish list of people they would like to star in their progrramme, but wouldn't reveal any names until the format was complete. It comes after the pair recently expressed their disappointment with the current hip hop scene. Grounded in hip-hop's "golden age" of laid-back grooves and dusty jazz samples, Stephens is decidedly unimpressed by his contemporaries.

The pair have previously toured the United States with Ed Sheeran.