# @nmemagazine on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcsnA-oDYjG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69897509-nmemagazine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-31T08:01:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NME (@nmemagazine) — https://gondola.cc/nmemagazine

## Caption

When NME first profiled Daine, the emergent Filipino-Australian artist straddled the worlds of hardcore and hyperpop, their fantastical, futuristic art direction separating them from a pack of budding popstars. They seemed to be on the up – but Daine now remembers this time as a difficult period of creative indecision.⁣
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Five years later, their highly anticipated debut album ‘In Endless Awe & Agony’ finds them in a different, exciting place. Its captivating fusion of stripped-back emo confessionals and life-affirming electronic pop positions Daine as Australia’s next proper breakout star. And they’re ready to step up to the plate: “To yearn, to suffer, be a freak, lose your mind and do it publicly… what a thrill.”⁣
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d4ine is on The Cover. Read the full story at the link in bio or at nme.com/the-cover⁣
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#daine #NMETheCover⁣
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Words: Alex Rigotti / alex_rigotti⁣
Photography: Dean Podmore / dpodmore⁣
Styling: Cecile Huynh / cecile2k⁣
Styling Assistance: Maggie Luu / maggieqluu⁣
Hair: Xeneb Allen / curlysiouxsie using Kevin Murphy⁣
Makeup: Sarah Fritz / sarahfritzmua⁣
Label: Pack. Records / pack.recs

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