Kyann-Sian Williams
A chronically online junior staff writer serving up the freshest features, news, and reviews from a Gen-Z perspective
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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
Rico Nasty is ready to inject some hell into the rap world again
Finally having “trimmed the fat” and built herself up from the inside out, Rico Nasty returns with 'Lethal' – a sharpened, genre-defying statement of self, fuelled by every version of her past and a bold new future in acting
Sailorr – ‘From Florida’s Finest’ review: a pop-ified debut that overshares with style
Jacksonville’s rising star proves she’s more than viral gold with a playful, heartfelt and sharply written debut
PinkPantheress – ‘Fancy That’ review: gearing up for her boldest chapter yet
The once-elusive bedroom producer returns with hyperactive beats, messy romance and zero fear
Wretch 32 – ‘Home?’ review: delicious “soul food” for the displaced
Caught between Blackness and Britishness, the Tottenham rapper seeks to define where home really is on his most philosophical release yet
JD Cliffe – ‘Misfit’ review: an unflinching middle finger to conformity
The north-west Londoner – part grime MC, part indie frontman – throws fists at convention and burns the UK rap rulebook on his debut EP