H1-KEY get rebellious in new music video for ‘Let It Burn’

Cowboy Carter‘, a number of country musicians have teamed up to reinvent some of Beyoncé’s older classics.In a series of covers for Apple Music Nashville Sessions, six Black country artists have taken on Beyoncé songs and made them their own. Tiera Kennedy, who appeared on ‘Cowboy Carter’s ‘BLACKBIIRD’ and has covered ‘1+1’ for Apple Music, said of the covers: “Beyonce has opened a door that’s going to be really hard to close.”Meanwhile, Brittney Spencer and Tanner Adell (who also appeared with Kennedy on ‘BLACKBIIRD’ will also score covers of their own, with the two singing ‘Irreplaceable’ and ‘Drunk In Love’ respectively.

Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris are the epitome of couple goals while attending the American Ballet Theatre’s premiere of Woolf Works on Tuesday night (June 25) at The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center Gala in New York City.

As always the Love Island villa is shaping up to be the best on-screen runway this summer. From crochet to crystals, the Islanders are giving us all inspiration for a hot girl summer - and one recurring look in particular is hitting the swimwear sweet-spot.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh's popularity has skyrocketed in recent years, and quite rightly so. Sophie Rhys-Jones and Prince Edward initially crossed paths at a charity function at the Queen's Tennis Club in London back in 1993, and by January 6, 1999, they were announcing their engagement to the world.

NewJeans have dropped a music video for their new Japanese single, ‘Supernatural’.The video for ‘Supernatural’ plays out like an episode of a ’90s TV series, featuring opening credits and a teaser for an upcoming episode at the end. Additionally, member Hyein, who previously sustained a foot injury, is substituted with a masked dancer during most choreography scenes.“I don’t know what we’ve done / I don’t want to go back / I already know / Don’t know what we’ve been sold / I’ll find out / So it’s sure,” the girl group sing on ‘Supernatural’.

With the drama and romance in Love Island heating up by the minute, two new bombshells have entered the iconic ITV2 villa in a bid to find ‘the one’. On Wednesday, 19 June’s episode, viewers at home watched as Matilda June-Draper and Konnor Ewudzi made their way into the villa where they immediately stirred things up. But while new girl Matilda’s connection to fellow Islander Ronnie Vint has already been known, Ronnie isn’t the only familiar face that the 24 year old has a link to.

aespa have dropped a new music video for ‘Live My Life’, a cut from their new album ‘Armageddon’.‘Live My Life’ originally appeared on aespa’s first-ever studio album, ‘Armageddon’, which was released late last month. The record was led by the single of the same name, and also includes the smash hit ‘Supernova’.“I live my life / Break out from the box that defined me / Your obvious way of thinking / I live my life / Now it truly begins, this life I’ve chosen / And I, as a main character,” the quartet sing on the pop-rock track.

BLACKPINK singer Rosé has teased that she has new music coming in the “not-too-distant future”, following the announcement of her new record deal.BLACKPINK’s Rosé recently addressed her new record deal with South Korean label The Black Label in an Instagram post, where she apologised to fans for “the long wait” on news about her solo career. “I know some of you have been very eager to hear from me for a while.”With her new deal with The Black Label, Rosé became the final member of BLACKPINK to set a path for her solo career after the girl group decided not to renew their individual contracts with YG Entertainment.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Chinese industry executives will get a first taste of “Coolie,” a big-budget historical miniseries that focuses on the enslaved Chinese workers in Cuba in the 1860s. MM2 Entertainment is handling China rights to the production on behalf of I.E. Entertainment.

Stray Kids have announced their long-awaited comeback with a new mini-album, ‘ATE’, due out next month.JYP Entertainment revealed today (June 19) that Stray Kids will be releasing ‘ATE’ on July 19 at 1pm KST or midnight EST. Alongside the announcement was a brief trailer, where the eight-piece parody a commercial for a fortune cookie named after the mini-album, said to bring good fortune.When the trailer switches to reality where the Stray Kids members gather to open their fortune cookies, they discover that the cookies come with a twist if you end up with a slip that says ‘Your luck will no longer last from now on’.

Kwon Eun-bi has officially dropped her second single album ‘Sabotage’, alongside a music video for its title track.The former IZ*ONE singer released both the single and accompanying visual on June 18. In the music video for ‘Sabotage’, Kwon Eun-bi is cast under a love spell by a stranger and sings of the inescapable impulse of falling hard and fast.“Boy, that is sabotage / Baby, you really know, really know, know what’s the deal / Oh, that is sabotage / This feel awakening in my deepening heart / ‘Cause when you look at me, look at me, can’t tell what’s real,” she croons on the chorus.Aside from its title track, the ‘Sabotage’ single album includes two other B-side tracks: ‘Unnatural’ and ‘Bad Blood’.

Tomorrow X Together (TXT) have announced their first-ever virtual reality concert, dubbed ‘Hyperfocus’, which will be screened from next month onwards.The band’s forthcoming VR concert is set to take place across five different cities in the US over the following months. The ‘Hyperfocus’ concert promises to “deliver an unforgettable performance that allows fans to get up close and personal” with the boyband, per Billboard.“We have been thinking about how to get closer to our fans, and this VR concert is an opportunity for us to do so,” TXT said of the forthcoming VR concert in a press statement.

(G)I-DLE is taking off on their ‘i-DOL World Tour’ that will send them to Seoul, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Taipei, Melbourne and the United States.While in North America, the popular K-Pop girl group has six arena concerts planned including one at Belmont Park, NY’s UBS Arena on Wednesday, Sept. 18.This tour comes on the heels of (G)I-DLE’s recently released second studio album, aptly titled “2.” NME claimed the “record pulls its weight as an impressive, diverse show of just what they are capable of, both as performers and producers.”And if you want to hear the quintet bust out their hits like “Queencard” and “TOMBOY” along with cuts from “2,” tickets are available for all six U.S.

Jwan Yosef. The Syrian artist had a wonderful time with his father and had fun with his children Lucía and Renn, whom he shares with his ex-husband Ricky Martin. The parents continue to be on sweet terms as the painter shared a sweet message for the Puerto Rican singer on social media.

After the success of Squid Game, it wasn’t long before Netflix was pitched on bringing the series into the unscripted space. EP Nicola Brown says she is sure they must have been pitched many iterations of how to best bring the drama series to life, but it was production companies The Garden and Studio Lambert that were chosen to produce the series, in what she describes as a “great creative marriage.”

H1-KEY, this week’s star of The Cover on NME, have shared an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch.This week (June 17), the South Korean quartet become the first-ever K-pop girl group to grace The Cover, a renewal of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read the profile of H1-KEY here, written by Gladys Yeo and featuring photography by Sewon Jun.To accompany The Cover, H1-KEY have curated an exclusive playlist for NME, knowingly titled ‘Low-key Bops, High-key on Repeat’.

Maya Jama has made waves in the presenting industry since taking to the helm of Love Island in 2023, and now, the host has reportedly bagged her first primetime TV gig with a seat on the judging panel of The Masked Singer. The 29-year-old presenter is said to be taking Rita Ora's slot on the panel - which also usually consists of Jonathan Ross, Mo Gilligan and Davina McCall - as the singer is said to be focusing on an acting role and is starring on the US version of the show.

SHINee singer Key has dropped the first teaser image for his next solo single ‘Tongue Tied’, out later this month.The new retro-inspired teaser images feature cryptic, low-quality photos of a houseplant, a nineties Macintosh model PC and one of Key’s dogs, Comme Des. Titled ‘Tongue Tied’, his new single arrives on June 16 at Midnight KST.‘Tongue Tied’ will be Key’s first solo release in ten months, after his September 2023 mini-album ‘Good & Great’.

Sophie Wessex, known by her formal royal title the Duchess of Edinburgh, is said to have a close bond with senior royals Kate Middleton and her husband Prince William, the Princess and Prince of Wales.

Jin is done with his military service!