Naïka, the latest star of The Cover, has curated a ‘Soft & Dangerous’ playlist for the occasion – check it out below.
This week (March 16), the French-Haitian pop artist graces The Cover, NME’s spotlight on the best and brightest emerging artists around the world. The artist was profiled by Erica Campbell and photographed in London by Tom J. Johnson exclusively for NME – read the story and see the photos here.
To accompany her appearance on The Cover, Naïka has shared with NME an exclusive playlist titled ‘Soft & Dangerous’, featuring songs by Chronixx, D’Angelo, JayO, Knucks, Lojay and more. Stream it on Apple Music here and on Spotify below.
In her Cover story, Naïka speaks about her globe-trotting upbringing, her multicultural ethos and newly released debut album ‘Eclesia’. She also discusses her sound, which she calls ‘world pop’ – “in quotations”, she adds. “There’s such a thing as world music and I don’t love the term, because I feel like it’s so general and like a catch-all for everything that’s not in the Western world. But I feel ‘world pop’ makes sense to describe what I’m doing.”
“I feel like I’ve never belonged to one community,” she tells NME of her fanbase and listenership. “To see the audience and to see people from all different walks of life, all different religions, different genders… When I see this diversity, it really makes me feel at home.”
Naïka joins the likes of Lola Young, Chappell Roan, Kwn, Oklou, BOYNEXTDOOR, Mon Rovîa, Say Now, Maruja and many more on The Cover. Explore The Cover here.
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