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Wasia Project: jazz-pop ballads to make your heart skip a beat

The sibling duo – featuring Heartstopper's Will Gao – and their beautiful, exploratory songs reflect a shared desire to "to keep running away from being put in a box"

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Jordan Adetunji builds a whole new world on ‘Rock ‘N’ Rave’

Red Velvet – ‘Chill Kill’ review: deliciously dark, delightfully macabre

‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ review: sings a pleasingly familiar tune

Emerald Fennell is well aware of her own privilege: “Class is such a fixation in this country”

‘Super Mario RPG’ review: a fantastic remake of Mario’s ‘Final Fantasy’-style adventure

TRENDING NEWS

Banksy reveals real name in unearthed 2003 interview with BBC

Joaquin Phoenix reportedly walks out of ‘Napoleon’ premiere screening

Steam Next Fest winner ‘Enshrouded’ announces early access date

Blondie’s Chris Stein says it’s “doubtful” he will play live with the band again

BTS’ Jungkook announces first solo concert, ‘Golden Live On Stage’

‘Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ reveals three brand new maps for Season 1

ALBUM REVIEWS

The Kid Laroi – ‘The First Time’ review: rapper reflects on his rapid rise

PinkPantheress – ‘Heaven Knows’ review: the blueprint for the future of British pop

Baby Queen – ‘Quarter Life Crisis’ review: caught between the past and the future

Kevin Abstract – ‘Blanket’ review: Brockhampton member goes for grunge

FEATURES

Kitty Green makes films that fight back: “Being abducted was terrifying, but it didn’t stop me”

Johnny Marr: “Bangers? They’re not to be sniffed at”

How concert films became big business (again)

How Bryan Intihar made a video game masterpiece in ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’

The wisdom of Martin Scorsese: “I had to go through everything in order to learn”

The Beatles: every song ranked in order of greatness

GIG REVIEWS

Jessie Ware live in London: a ray of light in an increasingly gloomy world

Lip Critic live in London: furious intensity from a remarkable new band

Queens of the Stone Age live in London: Josh Homme turns on the charm

50 Cent live in Manchester: Fiddy toasts ‘Get Rich…’s 20th anniversary with a blockbuster spectacle

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

G Flip on their new album ‘Drummer’, their six ARIA nominations and becoming the queer non-binary rolemodel they always wanted

Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij: “We don’t think ‘The OA’ is dead”

The Lightning Seeds talks new greatest hits album and tour: “It’s a year of celebrating”

Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett talks NME through his ‘Firsts’

Soundtrack Of My Life: Ronnie O’Sullivan

Gossip tell us about their Rick Rubin-assisted return and comeback single ‘Crazy Again’

THE COVER

Wasia Project: jazz-pop ballads to make your heart skip a beat

Luh Tyler wants to raise the bar for Florida’s rap scene

Towa Bird is writing a queer love story for the ages

MORE NEWS

Robbie Williams fan dies after fall during Sydney concert

Here’s when ‘Welcome to Samdal-ri’ starring Shin Hye-sun and Ji Chang-wook premieres

Eric Clapton’s “The Fool” guitar becomes one of the most expensive ever at auction

Portuguese Eurovision star Sara Tavares dies, aged 45

‘Ms. Marvel’ star responds to ‘The Marvels’ box office flop

Daft Punk release ‘Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition)’

Wallace & Gromit creators deny they are running out of their unique clay

UK government calling for evidence from women asked to sign NDAs to silence sexual assault accusations in music industry

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

Surusinghe – ‘Brake Fluid’ EP review: every second hits as hard as a hurricane

Brigitte Calls Me Baby: Chicago romantics deliver the thrills of a bygone era

Fat Dog live in Manchester: the coronation of 2023’s wildest live band

University: an explosion of energy unlike anything you’ve heard this year

FILM & TV NEWS

Nicholas Hoult reportedly cast as Lex Luthor in ‘Superman: Legacy’

Here’s when ‘Welcome to Samdal-ri’ starring Shin Hye-sun and Ji Chang-wook premieres

‘Ms. Marvel’ star responds to ‘The Marvels’ box office flop

Wallace & Gromit creators deny they are running out of their unique clay

‘The Bear’s real-life inspiration now sells over 800 sandwiches a day

Ridley Scott on French critics of ‘Napoleon’: “The French don’t even like themselves”

Olivia Colman reveals which Bond character she wants to play

Fan petition to save ‘Shadow And Bone’ reaches over 120,000 signatures

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’ review: anime adaptation can’t meet sky-high expectations

‘The Marvels’ review: a quirky cosmic caper that lacks punch

‘Robbie Williams’ review: Netflix doc makes clear the perils of pop stardom

‘How To Have Sex’ review: a post-GCSEs blowout gone bad

GAMING NEWS

The Rolling Stones confirm ‘EA Sports FC 24’ collaboration

President of South Korea congratulates SKT T1 on ‘League Of Legends’ Worlds victory

Pictures of Timothée Chalamet with Hideo Kojima sparks collaboration rumours

‘Old School RuneScape’ devs talk record-breaking League launch and embracing “Sq’irkin”

OpenAI’s new boss claims “majority” of CEO tasks can be automated

New ‘The Walking Dead’ game goes viral for the wrong reasons

‘Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ reveals three brand new maps for Season 1

‘Wonder Woman’ isn’t being designed as a live service title, according to studio

GAME REVIEWS

‘Super Mario RPG’ review: a fantastic remake of Mario’s ‘Final Fantasy’-style adventure

‘Persona 5 Tactica’ review: a cutesy strategy with surprising emotional depth

‘Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Realms Of Ruin’ review: the setting’s first must-play game

‘Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ review: sublime multiplayer saves a dull shooter