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BTS – ‘Arirang’ review: Korea’s pop kings make a grand return

After nearly four years, the world-conquering boyband are back, bringing with them new reflections on life and shining light on more facets of their cultural heritage

The NME Magazine March/April 2026 issue is coming – here’s how to get your copy

Snail Mail: “A lot of the new album is trying actively to keep myself human and unjaded”

Samara Cyn: in pursuit of freedom and growth in a grim world

Lily Allen live in London: a powerful retelling of one of pop’s most gut-wrenching albums

Kevin Woo on why Korean culture must “stay true to its roots” after ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

TRENDING NEWS

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Thom Yorke has a new solo album coming soon, Radiohead bandmate Ed O’Brien confirms

Love Music Hate Racism share statement after former Zutons guitarist Boyan Chowdhury “attacked by a gang of lads” in Liverpool

Watch Elbow kick off Robert Smith’s Teenage Cancer Trust gig series at Royal Albert Hall as Guy Garvey reveals The Cure frontman once “gave...

‘The Last Of Us’ team criticised for casting cis actor to play trans character Lev in season three

ALBUM REVIEWS

BTS – ‘Arirang’ review: Korea’s pop kings make a grand return

CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso – ‘Free Spirits’ review: a restless ride through fame and fatigue

Underscores – ‘U’ review: zeitgeisty hyperpop for an overstimulated, isolated generation

Jack Harlow – ‘Monica’ review: pivot into jazzy R&B struggles to leave a lasting impact

FEATURES

Elsas makes choral, Spanish alt-pop for lover girls: “Getting my heart broken is a great muse”

Underscores: “I’m trying to restore my relationship with making music”

Christian Bale’s Frankenstein was inspired by Sid Vicious and Richey Edwards: “I’m a massive Manics fan”

Inside the ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ soundtrack: “All the artists are dirty, gritty and dangerous”

Soundtrack Of My Life: Elijah Wood

The NME 100: essential emerging artists for 2026

GIG REVIEWS

Lily Allen live in London: a powerful retelling of one of pop’s most gut-wrenching albums

Dijon live in London: celebration and reinvention from one of 2025’s breakout stars

Cameron Winter live in London: Geese star soars with the voice of a future great

Radiohead live in London: a generous and visceral hit parade (of sorts)

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Snail Mail: “A lot of the new album is trying actively to keep myself human and unjaded”

Soundtrack Of My Life: Elijah Wood

Ryan Gosling tells the spooky story of his gothic noughties folk duo Dead Man’s Bones

Elsas makes choral, Spanish alt-pop for lover girls: “Getting my heart broken is a great muse”

Kevin Woo on why Korean culture must “stay true to its roots” after ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

RZA on Wu-Tang Clan’s final tour and staying relevant for 100 years: “A lot of heroes go unsung, I refuse for that to happen”

THE COVER

Samara Cyn: in pursuit of freedom and growth in a grim world

In Naïka’s sensuous ‘world pop’, “people from everywhere find home in each other”

Mandy, Indiana’s speaker-blowing noise-punk is here to galvanise

MORE NEWS

Enter Shikari to play tiny 20th anniversary show in Manchester

Ariana Grande fans are convinced that she’s been cast in ‘A Minecraft Movie’ sequel

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie teams up with Yttling Jazz on “magical” new single ‘Strange’

‘Life Is Strange’ boss “blown away” with Idles on ‘Reunion’ soundtrack

Mel B on future Spice Girls reunion: “In a perfect world, we’d already be on tour”

The NME Magazine March/April 2026 issue is coming – here’s how to get your copy

‘Superman’ actress Valerie Perrine dies, aged 82

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea shows off head injury from “bizarre peeing accident”

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

The Sophs’ impulsive alt-rock is messy by design: “A pretty distinctive theme throughout is lack of identity”

KiiiKiii want you to lock in on being delulu: “It is a really optimistic driving force”

Microtonal pop innovator Maddie Ashman wants to mess with your brain

Ceebo: the Lambeth rapper giving a voice to his generation’s struggles

FILM & TV NEWS

Every song in the ‘Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special’

Russell T. Davies says world is “sliding back” on Queer rights: “Terrifying”

Ariana Grande fans are convinced that she’s been cast in ‘A Minecraft Movie’ sequel

‘Superman’ actress Valerie Perrine dies, aged 82

‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ will answer 19-year-old Nintendo mystery

‘Trainspotting’ musical with songs co-written by Irvine Welsh opening in London this summer

Ted Nichols, who composed ‘The Flintstones’ and ‘Scooby-Doo’ music, dies aged 97

Tributes paid after ‘Father Ted’s Ben Keaton dies, aged 69

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’ review: elaborate prank show sequel ups the ante

‘Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come’ review: devilish horror comedy sequel is a rehash of the original

‘Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere’ review: one of the greatest documentaries of his career

‘Vladimir’ review: Rachel Weisz is mad about the boy in this steamy midlife crisis comedy

GAMING NEWS

Ariana Grande fans are convinced that she’s been cast in ‘A Minecraft Movie’ sequel

‘Life Is Strange’ boss “blown away” with Idles on ‘Reunion’ soundtrack

‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ will answer 19-year-old Nintendo mystery

‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ developer spent three years making broken glass look more realistic

‘The Sims’ soundtrack gets Lofi Girl remix album

‘Crimson Desert’ apologises for using AI: “Not in line with our internal standards”

‘The Last Of Us’ team criticised for casting cis actor to play trans character Lev in season three

‘Minecraft’ spin-off ‘Dungeons’ is getting a 2026 sequel

GAME REVIEWS

‘Resident Evil Requiem’ review: an inventive and unnerving survival horror sequel

‘Reanimal’ review: this horror adventure is scary enough to give you little nightmares

‘I Hate This Place’ review: can you survive this monster-infested cesspool?

‘MIO: Memories In Orbit’ review: ‘Hollow Knight’ meets ‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’