
Features
BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL
Ruel lost touch with real life – until the pandemic let him become a kid again. NME goes on set with the 20-year-old popstar for his debut album ‘4th Wall’
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THE NME 100
Speed, 1300, Babyface Mal, Surusinghe and more rising Aussie stars you need to know

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THE MAKING OF M3GAN
We meet the team behind the killer kids’ toy that tore up TikTok and sashayed into cinemas
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BUMPY
The Squid Nebula vocalist and neo-soul storyteller makes her personal, powerful solo debut


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THE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE
Xalavier Nelson Jr, one of gaming’s most prolific narrative designers and writers, on the industry’s “two realities”
Also In This Issue:
- Måneskin’s rock’n’roll circus rumbles on
- A faithful, thrilling Final Fantasy VII remaster
- The Last of Us: an excellent video game adaptation
This issue will begin shipping the week of 6 February 2023.