The NME 100 – our round-up of the essential artists to look out for in 2021.Premiering on Matt Wilkinson’s Apple Music 1 show today (January 27), new single ‘FYO’ deals with MICHELLE’s experiences of growing up with mixed-race identities.“‘FYO’ is about belonging to different worlds but feeling rejected by both,” explained the band’s Jamee Lockard. “Growing up as a mixed-race minority in the US, my self concept was warped by other people telling me what I am and am not, pushing and pulling me between identities.”She continued: “Although my feelings of cultural dissonance still ebb and flow, now I have the vocabulary, support system, and perspective to unpack that inner conflict on my own terms.“We should never give others the authority to.
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