The Filipino-Japanese artist and NME 100 alum made a loud, colourful entrance with her debut ‘Don’t Blame The Wild One!’. Now, she’s finding new ways to pursue her artistic mission: “show up, be vulnerable and be bold”
NME pinpoints the essential songs of Michelle Zauner’s expansive creative journey so far as her beloved band release album four, ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)’
Overcoming exhaustion from touring and career pressure, Nicole Zefanya loosened up and took the reins for album three
The Filipino funk-pop band have finally launched their first album – stuffed with joyful disco, cocksure rap and outright melancholy. The septet talk their origins as a “niche” band, performing ‘Raining In Manila’ with Coldplay’s Chris Martin, and more
The Thai indie-pop duo are breaking up after an eventful three-year journey – the musicians talk to NME about burnout, their sold-out farewell concerts, and what they’ll miss about HYBS
Over two decades, budots went from Davao City’s jeepneys to national ubiquity in the Philippines and TikTok virality. This year, the grassroots Bisayan genre was featured by global dance music tastemakers Boiler Room. Its pioneer DJ Love, documentarian Jay Rosas and Manila Community Radio programmers weigh in on its past, present and future
Eight years after her full-length debut, the Filipino indie artist redefines fragility, embracing sadness and synths on her second LP ‘Befriending My Tears’
The NME 100 band have topped several charts with their 2022 ballad ‘Uhaw’. Armed with an expanded line-up and eclectic debut EP ‘Sansinukob’, they’re looking ahead to the next big thing
The Thai indie-pop darling comes into his own on his second album, spiking his sunny laid-back rhythms with critiques of social propriety
NME meets joan in Manila to discuss their unlikely journey, which has seen them grow to become one of the most popular indie bands in Asia
The famed Filipino four-piece stuff their last reunion show in the Philippines with an 18-piece orchestra, a 31-track setlist and fireworks
The prolific Pinoy artist brings the house down at the launch of his eyeliner-smeared alt-rock solo record ‘Medisina’. Backstage, he tells NME about his community of fans, or paniki, his political anthem ‘Dekada 70’ and being “fearless and unpretentious about love”
