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NME Radio Roundup 16 May 2022: Arcade Fire, Kendrick Lamar, Carly Rae Jepsen and more – FashionStyleng

Arcade Fire

‘Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)’

Taken from Arcade Fire’s new record ‘WE’, the six-minute ‘Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)’ is a slow-burning beauty that’ll linger in your head for days. – Sabiq Rafid

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Post Malone

‘Cooped Up’ feat Roddy Rich

Post Malone’s latest single ‘Cooped Up’, a team-up with Roddy Rich, is the second preview of his upcoming album, ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’. “I’ve been out of my bag for a long time, and I’m trying to hop back in t.,” Post said of the track in an interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe, adding: “We knew what we wanted to say, and we knew what we wanted to express, not only in a song but in that particular moment on the album.” – SR

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Kendrick Lamar

‘The Heart Part 5’

The brilliant, Marvin-Gaye sampling ‘The Heart Part 5’ – the first glimpse we got of Lamar’s stellar fifth record ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ before it dropped – is a triumph. Given the five-star treatment . at NME, it sees Lamar: “taking ownership of his elder role in the rap world. He sees his influence and now wants to be a voice of reason and morality, not just a coveted rap star.” – SR

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Carly Rae Jepsen

‘Western Wind’

Carly Rae Jepsen’s latest offering, ‘Western Wind’, is a song made for basking in the warmth on sunny days. Fusing lush synths, an infectious backbeat and a slick guitar solo, it’s a total beauty. – SR

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Willow Kayne

‘Final Notice’

Rising star Willow Kayne’s newest single ‘Final Notice’ is the singer-producer’s first release of the year. The catchy jungle track is also a homage to Kayne’s roots, with the artist calling it “a love letter to the junglist stylings of her hometown of Bristol.” – SR

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Sharon Van Etten

‘Mistakes’

Sharon Van Etten holds no regrets on this killer guitar-laden track from her new album ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’. “When I make a mistake / Turns out it’s great, it’s great, it’s great she asserts on the euphoric track, adding: I’m much better than that / It’s much better than that”. – SR

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Shygirl

‘Starlight’

On new single ‘Firefly’, pop-innovator Shygirl transports us to the dance-floor. Fusing skittering beats with glitchy synths, the earworm is an exciting glimpse of the artist’s upcoming debut album ‘Nymph’, due out later this year. –…

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