Abbey Road Studios was buzzing with activity last fall. Longtime record executive Rich Clarke remembers the scene in the London studio’s cafeteria in late November 2025: “You look up and you’ve got [Fontaines D.C.’s] Grian Chatten having a talk with [ the Libertines’ ] Carl Barât by the door,” he says. “You’ve got Damon Albarn sat with Jonathan Glazer on one table. And then suddenly all of Pulp walk in and they’re in a queue to get their lasagna.” Those luminaries were all there to work on HELP(