NME’s latest stars of The Cover, XG, have compiled an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.
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The girl group are on this week’s (January 27) edition of The Cover, a weekly manifestation 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 XG here, written by Crystal Bell and featuring photography by Marisa Bazan.
To accompany The Cover, XG have curated an exclusive playlist for NME featuring some of their’s favourite tracks. Titled ‘Songs That Make Our Heart Jump Up And Down’, the collection includes classics by the likes of Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill and The White Stripes, alongside newer releases by Kali Uchis, Bruno Mars and more. Listen to the full playlist on Spotify below and on Apple Music.
In this week’s The Cover, XG reflect on the long road to discovering their own identity in the competitive idol music scene, while aiming to bring their cultural roots to the rest of the world. “We have a lot of pride in our Japanese heritage and culture,” says group leader Jurin, “so we’re trying to figure out how to integrate that and incorporate it into the larger XG brand.”
The girl group also touch on their upcoming Coachella debut in April, where they’ll be carrying the torch for their home country as the only Japanese act on the line-up this year. “We were like deer in headlights,” Jurin adds of the moment they found out about the booking. “But then we saw Coachella’s official lineup image with ‘XG’ on it, and that’s when it really hit us. We couldn’t stop sharing it with each other, saying, ‘Oh my God, look, guys, we’re on the list.’”
Find out more about XG in the full Cover story here and see who else has been on The Cover here.
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