# @nmemagazine on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXoK8zbjDvy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64746123-nmemagazine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-27T08:02:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NME (@nmemagazine) — https://gondola.cc/nmemagazine

## Caption

Yves is pop’s ascendant experimental cool girl with a rebellious streak. You wouldn’t know it immediately – when NME meets her at her label’s office in Seoul in early April, she’s soft-spoken, almost shy; “I’m nervous,” she shares through a smile early on in our two hours together. But if you look closer at her and her work, you’ll find plenty of subtle defiance and a willingness to, as she puts it, “break the mould”.⁣
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Right now, the 29-year-old is in the early years of her second artistic life – one that’s driven by her desire to do exactly what she wants. Previously a member of K-pop girl group LOONA, she’s now going it alone and not taking the path expected of her. “I wanted to make the music that I want and be able to share that with the rest of the world,” she tells NME. “I feel like I owe that to myself – to be able to keep trying what I want to do and keep discovering that.”⁣
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yvesntual is on The Cover. Read the full story at NME.com/the-cover or at the link in bio⁣
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#Yves #NMETheCover⁣
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Words: Rhian Daly / rhian__⁣
Photography: Wonyoung Ki / wonyoung_ki⁣
Styling: Team IBAEKILHO / ibaekilho.official, Kim Jieun / leia.noir⁣
Styling assistance: Kim Junha / junya__h, Kim Jaesoon / tnssoon⁣
Hair: Yoonji Son / yoonjiison⁣
Makeup: Oh Seongseok / ohseongseok⁣
Label: Paix Per Mil / paixpermil

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