Quiet Light is this week’s star of The Cover – check out the story and her exclusive accompanying playlist below.
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The American electronic-ambient-folk artist appears on The Cover, our weekly cover franchise dedicated to emerging talent, ahead of her performance at Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields festival this Saturday (August 29).
Quiet Light – aka Riya Mahesh – was profiled for The Cover by Cordelia Lam, and shot by photographer Sophia Liv Maguire for our exclusive photoshoot in Los Angeles. Check it out here.
To accompany The Cover, Quiet Light has curated a playlist titled ‘I’m In Love With You’, featuring tracks by Imogen Heap, Mazzy Star, Shania Twain, The Blue Nile, Lana Del Rey, Lorde and more. Stream it on Apple Music here and on Spotify below.
Quiet Light signed to tastemaking label True Panther earlier this year, releasing the mixtape ‘Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2’. In her Cover story, Mahesh spoke to NME about her longtime passion for music turning into a burgeoning career – and how she’s balancing it with a job in medicine. “I’ve been trying to be as zen as possible about it and take things day by day,” she said. “I’ve made music my whole life, and I’m never going to stop. Whether or not it pays the bills, it’s always going to be the most constant thing in my life.”
Quiet Light also spoke to NME about the artists who’ve inspired her. “People maybe underestimate the impact Clairo has had on self-produced female musicians,” she said. “I remember being 19, listening to ‘Immunity’, and thinking I could probably teach myself to do this too.” She also spoke highly of Rodrigo, whose all-women festival Daisy Chain Fields will fundraise for charities supporting women and girls. “I think she’s an amazing role model for young women,” Quiet Light said. “I feel so happy that this generation of young girls gets to see a pop star be such a champion for women’s reproductive rights. It’s crazy because she’s younger than me, but I look up to her.”
Read Quiet Light’s full Cover story here and find out who else has been on The Cover here.
Every year, NME produces 50 Cover stories, showcasing the future of music via in-depth profiles and exclusive photoshoots. Check out our coffee table book NME The Cover 2024-2025, which features the likes of Scowl, Mary In The Junkyard, XG, Underscores, Fcukers and many more.
Every year, NME produces 50 Cover stories, showcasing the future of music via in-depth profiles and exclusive photoshoots. Check out our coffee table book NME The Cover 2024-2025, which features the likes of Scowl, Mary In The Junkyard, XG, Underscores, Fcukers and many more.
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