Karen Gwee
Karen Gwee is the Managing Editor – Music of NME Networks. She has been writing for NME since 2019 and was formerly the publication's Regional Editor (APAC). Her byline has appeared on NPR Music, Consequence, W Mag, Bandcamp Daily and Time Out.
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Listen to Peach PRC’s poppy playlist to accompany The Cover
The Australian star is listening to pop music both nostalgic and modern, from hits by The Veronicas to Paris Hilton to Carly Rae Jepsen
Watch the trailer for Netflix’s steamy anthology film ‘Lust Stories 2’
“How do you see that it’s not too edgy, but not too pure either? I think that’s been the fun,” co-producer Ronnie Screwvala says of the Emmy-nominated title, which makes its anticipated return this month
Taylor Swift announces five Australia concerts for The Eras Tour in 2024 – here’s how to get tickets
Swift will play five shows in Melbourne and Sydney, supported by Sabrina Carpenter
Solange, Sampa the Great and more announced for Volume, new arts festival by Art Gallery of NSW
Also playing Volume in the spring are Mount Eerie, Sonya Holowell, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Jeff Parker and more
A summer of Singapore hardcore: Sial, Fuse and Doldrey hit the road
This June and July, three Singaporean hardcore punk bands will independently embark on tours of the UK and Europe. NME meets Sial, Fuse and Doldrey for a window into Singaporean heavy underground and to talk about touring, artistic goals and more
Angie McMahon returns with first new single in three years, ‘Saturn Returning’
The singer-songwriter has called the song “a conversation with myself through a time of significant endings and beginnings”
Daniel Caesar announces Asia leg of Superpowers world tour, including headline shows in Singapore, Manila and Hong Kong
He’ll also play several festival dates in the region
Josh Cullen on his dramatic solo debut and the “mature” new era of SB19: “I want to maximise my time in this league”
The Filipino rapper and singer talks to NME about his debut solo single ‘Wild Tonight’, hustling to realise his artistic vision, and why A’TINs should “expect higher heights for SB19” as the P-pop group return with their first single of 2023
Eurovision 2023: Voyager finish ninth place in the last year Australia is guaranteed a competition spot
The Perth prog metal band called their top 10 finish “absolutely surreal”
Watch Netflix’s hair-raising trailer for ‘Run Rabbit Run’ starring Sarah Snook
The ‘Succession’ actress brings an “exciting unpredictability” to the Australian horror movie hitting Netflix in June after an outing at Sydney Film Festival
Elephant Kind share new ‘Superblue’ EP documentary and talk moving from Indonesia to London
Watch the indie pop trio’s new documentary ‘From Indo to England’ exclusively on NME and read our chat with them on starting over in a new city
Portraits of Archie Roach and Daniel Johns among 2023 Archibald Prize finalists
The 57 finalists also include paintings of Electric Fields’ Zaachariaha Fielding and Cold Chisel’s Don Walker