NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News

Features

The 50 best songs of 2023

As we approach the year's end, here’s a definitive list of the 50 best songs that truly made our 2023 at NME.

NME -

The Last Dinner Party: the newly-coronated monarchs of baroque-pop

Shane MacGowan, 1957-2023: an uncompromising, chaotic one of a kind

Soundtrack Of My Life: Kelsey Grammer

‘Sweet Home’ season two review: monstrous return feels like flimsy filler

‘Stardew Valley’ creator Eric Barone discusses his life in music, concert tour, and ‘Haunted Chocolatier’

Billie Eilish responds to Variety “outing her”: “I like boys and girls, leave me alone about it please”

Lana Del Rey on Glastonbury curfew: “I didn’t know they actually turned the lights off!”

Some critics are calling Netflix’s ‘Obliterated’ the “worst show of the year”

Michael Stipe offers update on his debut solo album: “I have a deadline now”

BTS’ Jungkook enlists Usher for new ‘Standing Next to You’ remix

‘Batman: Arkham Trilogy’ is getting terrible reviews on Nintendo Switch: “Unplayable”

ALBUM REVIEWS

Dolly Parton – ‘Rockstar’ review: Queen of Country throws up the Devil horns

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

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

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

FEATURES

Shane MacGowan, 1957-2023: an uncompromising, chaotic one of a kind

‘Napoleon’ review: swords, sex and musket fire in an unmissable historical epic

Simu Liu: “Opportunities don’t grow on trees for people who look like me”

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

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

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

GIG REVIEWS

21 Savage live in London: a fiery, long-overdue homecoming

Heartworms live in London: British rock’s newest cult heroes go to war

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

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Killer Mike: “‘Michael’ was an opportunity for people to know fully who I am”

Soundtrack Of My Life: Kelsey Grammer

Dongjoo Suh on her ‘The Devil’s Plan’ run: “I wasn’t expecting a lot from myself”

Sophie Wilde on her scary big year: “‘Talk To Me’ was pandemonium”

Simu Liu: “Opportunities don’t grow on trees for people who look like me”

Antony Szmierek: Mancunian’s joyful ‘pop poetry’ cuts through the noise

THE COVER

The Last Dinner Party: the newly-coronated monarchs of baroque-pop

Lola Brooke: the small but mighty MC making big moves

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

MORE NEWS

Billie Eilish responds to Variety “outing her”: “I like boys and girls, leave me alone about it please”

Fans unhappy cancelled ‘Central Park” won’t get “proper ending”

Dolly Parton on why she wrote protest song ‘World On Fire’: “This world is going up in flames”

‘The Marvels’ has made the least money in MCU history

Lana Del Rey on Glastonbury curfew: “I didn’t know they actually turned the lights off!”

Watch NMIXX’s new music video for ‘Soñar (Breaker)’

Here are the nominees for the 38th Golden Disc Awards

Limp Bizkit added to Download 2024 line-up

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

Antony Szmierek: Mancunian’s joyful ‘pop poetry’ cuts through the noise

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

O. – ‘Slice’ EP review: two artists with an undeniable synergy

Lifesize Teddy: the formidable new talent revolutionising the sound of Afrobeats

FILM & TV NEWS

Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ box office falls short of Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ movie

Fans react to ‘Fallout’ trailer: “If they hurt Dogmeat, we riot”

Fans unhappy cancelled ‘Central Park” won’t get “proper ending”

‘The Marvels’ has made the least money in MCU history

Matty Healy’s mum Denise Welch responds to Wikipedia death hoax

Will Smith shares update on ‘I Am Legend’ sequel with Michael B. Jordan

Robert Downey Jr. will not return to the MCU, says Kevin Feige

Watch ‘Home Alone’ stars Macaulay Culkin and Catherine O’Hara reunite

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

Fans react to ‘Fallout’ trailer: “If they hurt Dogmeat, we riot”

Xbox has “no plans” to bring Game Pass to Nintendo or PlayStation

‘Fortnite’ adds 1200 Lego skins and new survival crafting mode

‘Elden Ring’ DLC probably won’t be ready for The Game Awards 2023

‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ trailer coming next week

‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ narrator reveals who she wants to play next

Rare ‘Fortnite’ skin returns to the game

‘Batman: Arkham Trilogy’ is getting terrible reviews on Nintendo Switch: “Unplayable”

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