NME is a renown indie/alternative rock magazine but in this issue they took a risk and featured other well known artists from other genres such as Adele (a Soul/ R&B artist), Kanye West and Tyler, the Creator (who are Hip Hop artists). Having said this, the main body genre of this magazine issue still revolves around Indie Rock.
The NME with Tyler, The Creator on the front features a gold border with the words ‘God save us from Wills and Kate’ at the top - a satirical recreation of 'God save the Queen'. The gold colour along with the red are colours associated with royalty. Seeing as this issue was published at the time of the Royal Wedding, the selection of costume and props such as the crowns, peals and bouquet were used in response to the extensive press coverage of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Again we see that this was after the time of Murison’s editing takeover, with the more streamlined logo, mature fonts and calmer/fresher colour scheme used. There is an advertisement for a festival guide inside, this created a selling point for the issue, and an anti-establishment theme seen in the quote from the cover star: “I don’t give a sh*t about the Royal Wedding”. The use of taboo language, combined with a feature on bands that “take on the establishment”, creates an atmosphere of rebelliousness that would appeal more to the magazine’s younger readers.
