‘What She Needs’ features tracks by Chappell Roan, Gracie Abrams, Rachel Chinouriri and more NME ’s latest star of The Cover , Nieve Ella , has shared an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below. READ MORE: Nieve Ella just wants to have fun The Shropshire indie-pop star is on this week’s (August 26) edition of 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 Nieve Ella here , written by Laura Molloy and featuring photography by Rachel Billings.
Accompanying the story is ‘What She Needs’, an exclusive playlist that the singer-songwriter has compiled, featuring Gracie Abrams , Chappell Roan , Rachel Chinouriri , Lizzy McAlpine , Devon Again, and more. Listen to the full playlist on Spotify below and on Apple Music . Nieve Ella’s upcoming EP ‘Watch It Ache And Bleed’ documents a period of transition in the 21-year-old’s life, which has seen her grapple with the swift acceleration of her career and the dissolution of the love that fuelled the record’s predecessor, ‘Lifetime of Wanting’ .
“A lot of the songs are me realising that my feelings matter and I have a voice,” she told NME of the new EP. “It’s me right now as just Nieve the person, not Nieve Ella the artist. Elsewhere in her Cover story, the singer-songwriter reflects on the misogyny she’s experienced in th.