Music Interviews

Eric Nam on his reinvention: “It’s an approach to music that I’ve wanted to take for a long time”

With personal new single ‘I Don’t Know You Anymore’ and an album in the pipeline, the global K-pop superstar is ready to unleash a “better or cooler version” of himself

Soundtrack Of My Life: James Blunt

Chart-busting singer-songwriter, Twitter legend

Johnny Marr on what to expect from his “expansive” new album and his hopes to rejoin Modest Mouse

The Smiths icon tells NME about his “human and personal” double album ‘Fever Dreams Pts 1-4’, and not just “coasting along with earnest rock music”

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – The Specials

The Specials’ guitarist Lynval Golding takes the test

Alissic tells us about emotional new single ‘Piano’ and working with Oli Sykes

Watch the artist explain how self-harm inspired her new track, and her unique "Britney Spears meets Tim Burton" world

Sunflower Bean tell us about their celebratory new single ‘Baby Don’t Cry’ and 2022 UK tour

The New York band told NME about the inspiration behind their first new material of the year and how being off the road helped them develop as artists

Dijon: the experimental star making a bid for pop’s top table

The LA-based artist and producer reveals how embracing collaboration was vital for his “utterly bonkers” debut album

AB6IX on how “love stories” from American high school dramas inspired new single ‘Cherry’

The up-and-coming K-pop quartet talk their ambitious second full-length album ‘Mo’ Complete’, and how the record reflects their creative colours

The Zutons’ Dave McCabe on working with Nile Rodgers on the band’s first album in 13 years

The returning Liverpool band’s frontman spoke to NME about getting back in the studio and Paul Weller’s verdict on their new songs

Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Kid Bookie

Next month, South East Londoner Kid Bookie will release his cathartic debut album ‘Cheaper Than Therapy’. The genre-spanning record offers rage-fuelled, screamo-trap-metal anthems that...