Bellah has compiled an unique playlist to accompany this week’s NME cowl story.
The Enfield-raised artist options on The Cowl this week (July 24) as we proceed our dedication to supporting rising expertise throughout the globe on a weekly foundation. Each week, a rising artist will characteristic on The Cowl, and the total interview with Bellah may be learn right here.
To have a good time, Bellah – born Isobel Akpobire – has curated a playlist titled ‘Intro to UK R&B’ that includes songs from fellow NME 100 alumni together with FLO, No Guidnce, Nippa and extra.
Take heed to the total playlist beneath on Spotify, and right here on Apple Music.
In March, the 26-year-old appeared at Austin’s SXSW, a efficiency NME described as “a defining second in Bellah’s enormous breakout yr.” In latest months, she has gone on to play at The Nice Escape and Glastonbury, and is presently engaged on the follow-up to her final EP ‘Adultsville’, which was launched in September 2022.
On this week’s The Cowl interview, Bellah discusses her imaginative and prescient for the way forward for British R&B music – and offers a shout out to a wealth of her friends and collaborators, together with Jvck James, Mnelia and Shaé Universe. “We’re youngsters which have totally different cultures infused in us, so Afro-R&B is a factor, R&B and drill [crossover] exists,” she tells NME. “I believe it’s time to widen the lens on the tales that may be informed beneath the umbrella of R&B.”
Learn the quilt story with Bellah in full right here.
