Kyann-Sian Williams

Tyla confirms “there is some new music coming very soon” at Open’er Festival 2025

The rising pop superstar has only released one single this year so far

Isabella Lovestory – ‘Vanity’ review: neo-perreo’s freakiest sweetheart goes pop princess

The Honduran star dials up the glitz on her second album, flirting with fashion, fantasy and femininity

Bktherula – ‘Lucy’ review: a beam of light splicing through hyperactive synth chaos

Channelling chaos and clarity, the Atlanta alt-rap disruptor aims for transcendence on what feels like her first real album

Slick Rick talks new album ‘VICTORY’: “Different generations, different energies, same respect”

The British-American rap legend tells NME about his first full-length record in 26 years, teaming up with Idris Elba, Giggs, Estelle and Nas, and his advice for rappers new and old to the game

OneFour – ‘Look At Me Now’ review: more than a drill album

The Aussie quartet’s debut is both a celebration and a defiant statement that ensures you can’t write them out of drill’s global story

Little Simz – ‘Lotus’ review: a raw reckoning from rap’s quiet warrior

The rapper strips back the polish for her most vulnerable, soul-searching project yet – one that hits hard, even when it drifts

R&B’s sultry new star Kwn just wants to feel good

She’s setting the world ablaze with her seductive, sapphic songs – and the London singer behind the viral ‘Worst Behaviour’ is ready to go the distance

9lives: the Auckland superproducer behind the chaotic new sound of the internet

From gospel drums to sigilkore mayhem, the 20-year-old pop defier is crafting a sound that feels like a sugar rush in a digital hellscape and is swiftly redefining what a Gen-Z superproducer can be

Tyler, The Creator live in London: theatrical flair from a true rap auteur

Ready to satiate an audience starved of his polished performance, rap’s maverick tears through over a decade of shape-shifting with razor-sharp precision
Advertisement