Take heed to Jordan Adetunji’s unique playlist for The Cowl

NME’s newest star of The Cowl, Jordan Adetunji, has compiled an unique playlist to accompany the story’s launch – test it out under.

The artist from Belfast is on this week’s (October 21) version of The Cowl, a renewal of NME’s dedication to supporting rising expertise throughout the globe on a weekly foundation. Each week, a rising artist will function on The Cowl – you may learn the profile of Jordan Adetunji right here, written by Fred Garratt-Stanley and that includes images by Chris Buck.

The Cowl is accompanied by an unique playlist compiled by Adetunji, that includes songs he thinks “you need to love”. The playlist consists of tracks by the likes of The Weeknd, WILLOW, Searows, Brandy, a few of his personal hits, and extra. Take heed to the complete playlist on Spotify under and on Apple Music.

In The Cowl, Adetunji displays on the success of his single, ‘Kehlani’, which he launched earlier this yr. “It’s loopy listening to it within the membership nonetheless,” he smiles. “Seeing Jaden Smith vibing to it, seeing Travis Scott going loopy to it on his Story… it’s created a tradition, which I really like.”

The musician additionally shared how he received the tune’s namesake – US R&B star Kehlani – to function on it, saying he at all times needed her to visitor on the observe, however was too shy to ask her himself. “She hit me up and mentioned, ‘So am I gonna get the open verse?’ and I used to be like, ‘That’s loopy!’” he explains. “She was within the studio, and I wanted to ship her the file, so I used to be in the midst of the membership attempting to seek for the fitting file; I’d named it one thing so dumb! I managed to get it to her, and she or he locked in on that one. The remix got here out fireplace.”

Discover out extra about Jordan Adetunji within the full Cowl story right here and see who else has been on The Cowl right here.