How do you follow up the biggest, most-talked about TV show in years? Well, if you're Richard Gadd and the show was
#BabyReindeer, you tap once again into your dark dramatic powers and serve up another gripping and gritty exploration of trauma, sexuality and toxic masculinity. Gadd is a writer and actor of extraordinary talent.
When NME meets him in a private room at a Soho hotel, though, he's less keen to chat about new series
#HalfMan and more interested in talking music.
“I need to show you something,” he says. Gadd has been scouring eBay for vintage covers of NME released around the time of huge events in musical history; there’s the deaths of John Lennon and Kurt Cobain sat next to the famous Blur vs Oasis cover of August 1995. Each one is framed and lines the wall of his London flat, meaning visitors move through time as they get closer to the door.
You can see an exclusive video of the covers in the post above. Hit the link in bio to read the full interview with Gadd on NME...