Alec Orachi: “You can be arrogant, you can be angry, but you also need to focus on what really matters”
The Thai artist pivots from alt-pop to jazzy hip-hop and gets frank about overhauling his life and music in debut LP ‘FREE 2 GO’
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NIKI – ‘Nicole’ review: 88rising star revisits her teen years in Jakarta with folk-pop confessionals
In her second LP, Nicole Zefanya updates old songs and sometimes schmaltzy tales using her keen eye for lyrical detail
ena mori: “I was always taught big emotions are overwhelming but having none sucks – we’re here to feel”
The Filipino-Japanese artist and NME 100 alumnus champions underdogs and big feelings in her debut LP ‘Don’t Blame The Wild One!’
Ruru – ‘Glorious Miscellanea’ review: aching indie-pop musings spiked with fizzy funk-jazz
Now based in Canada, Filipino singer-songwriter Denice Quimbo embraces change on her gorgeous third project and full-length debut
JRLDM – ‘Mood Swing’ review: masterfully ordered chaos from Filipino hip-hop’s distinctive new voice
Raw, nimble, and exciting, Jerald Mallari’s nearly flawless debut leaves you hanging on for more
Jikamarie: Filipino R&B singer following her musical intuition to viral fame
Eight months on from her breakout track ‘Lutang’, the singer talks similarities to Billie Eilish, her love for K-pop and tender new single ‘Aking Buwan’
Manic Mundane – ‘Narrative Three’ EP review: brooding electro-pop portraits of loneliness and loss
Filipino artist Kath Dizon basks in melancholy in this moody, occasionally plodding debut
H 3 F: “We’re serious about music, but not to the point that we’re not having fun”
The Thai indie quartet who titled their debut project ‘Cheesy Lyrics, Sloppy Groove’ process angst and anxiety on their new pandemic album, ‘Unemployment’
‘Whether The Weather Is Fine’ review: a heart-rending disaster drama with a surreal bent
Director Carlo Manatad meditates on a ravaged Tacloban post-Typhoon Haiyan – and makes room for levity and absurdity
Parokya ni Edgar – ‘Borbolen’ review: pop-rock kings of mischief serve nostalgia and heart
Five years on from their last album, the irreverent OPM veterans return with a classic bag of tricks
JRLDM: Filipino rapper who went from Bataan’s factories to making stark songs about love, vice and inner darkness
Jerald Mallari tells NME how a frank and forthright song about self-harm transported him to recording with “rap heroes” like Gloc-9 on his debut album ‘Mood Swing’
Su Lee: ‘I’ll Just Dance’ singer makes music “that conveys as many human emotions as possible”
The South Korean singer-songwriter, who went viral on Reddit with a music video subtitled ‘what my mental breakdown sounds like’, talks new EP ‘Box Room Dreams’