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Reneé Rapp: “My music is about the shitty things that have happened to me”

'The Sex Lives Of College Girls' star has a new "stripped-back pop" project

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Inhaler: “We’re not here to be a mid-bill festival band – you have to keep pushing to the very top”

Feargus Urquhart is doing what he does best

Ice Spice: meet the internet’s hottest new rapper

Meet Me @ The Altar: “We’ve always wanted to be the biggest band in the world”

‘Cat Person’ review: Nicholas Braun is the boyfriend from hell in a toxic dating takedown

LATEST NEWS

A priest claims to have visited hell where he saw demons singing Rihanna

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Fatboy Slim on why he regrets meeting David Bowie

‘Velma’ becomes worst rated animated show on IMDb ever

‘Goldeneye 007’ gets release date for Nintendo Switch and Xbox Game Pass

BLACKPINK’s Lisa certified as most-followed K-pop artist on Instagram by Guinness World Records

ALBUM REVIEWS

Samia – ‘Honey’ review: astute reflections on mid-20s malaise

Ava Max – ‘Diamonds & Dancefloors’ review: unashamedly derivative sad-pop bangers

Popcaan – ‘Great Is He’ review: dancehall star subtly pushes the envelope

Ice Spice – ‘Like…?’ review: meme-worthy, hater-baiting New York rap

FEATURES

Inside the fight to save the local BBC Introducing shows: “It’s so much bigger than just radio play”

Sped up songs: why are music fans becoming captivated by quick TikTok hits?

BLACKPINK will lead the K-pop charge at Coachella, but are UK festivals falling behind?

The NME 100: essential emerging artists for 2023

The best UK streaming platforms – ranked!

Making ‘M3GAN’: inside the creation of horror’s viral new villain

GIG REVIEWS

Drake live in Harlem: A star-studded evening of gratitude at an iconic New York venue

Jackson Wang live in London: Magic Man casts a spell with artful, outsized performance

Lewis Capaldi live in Leeds: pop’s jester pulls no punchlines at triumphant opening night

Foals live in New York City: check out exclusive photos from their electric set

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

The Reytons on their bid for Number One: “We came here as massive underdogs”

Reneé Rapp: “My music is about the shitty things that have happened to me”

Ruel: “I don’t set myself goals ever. I just do everything when it comes and feels right”

Mount Westmore: “It’s hard for us to make a bad song together”

Dylan on her huge plans for 2023: “This year is set to be a big one”

The Lottery Winners talk new album ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’ with Shaun Ryder, Boy George and Frank Turner

THE BIG READ

Ruel: “I don’t set myself goals ever. I just do everything when it comes and feels right”

Inhaler: “We’re not here to be a mid-bill festival band – you have to keep pushing to the very top”

Shame: “When we started out as a band, we went about it in a pretty teenage way…”

FLO: “We hope anybody who hears our music – especially young Black girls – gets our message”

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FILM & TV NEWS

‘Till’ director criticises Oscars “misogyny towards Black women” after snub

Daisy Ridley is “open” to a return to Star Wars

Sharon Stone says Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci were rare co-stars who weren’t “misogynistic”

When is ‘The Wandering Earth II’ out in the UK?

These are the most-streamed TV shows of 2022

‘Succession’ season four trailer confirms March release date

David Baddiel says Kanye West’s antisemitism is “actively dangerous”

Tom Hanks reveals acting advice he received for the first time while filming ‘A Man Called Otto’

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘Shrinking’ review: this sickly sweet psych-sitcom will give you a headache

‘Plane’ review: a big, dumb Gerard Butler movie your dad will love

‘Infinity Pool’ review: dive into this sordid world of death and debauchery

‘The Last Of Us’ review: an apocalyptically good video game port

GAMING NEWS

‘Forza Motorsport’ will introduce “car building-focused single-player career mode”

London Mayor Sadiq Khan joins ‘Minecraft’ and asks players to redesign Croydon

Naughty Dog might never make ‘The Last Of Us Part 3’

‘Disney Dreamlight Valley’ will introduce Frozen’s Olaf, multiplayer and more in 2023

‘Evil Within’ studio releases rhythm-action game ‘Hi-Fi Rush’

‘Redfall’ confirmed for May release

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Activision Blizzard studio scraps union plans after “confrontational tactics” of CEO