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ON THE RISE
Nate Young, aka Se7enDigits, has spent his whole life surrounded by music, and he draws from experiences with pain and struggle to put his art out for the world to hear.
The Pennsylvania based hip-hop/R&B artist has just released his newest single title “Change Your Mind,” which has a silky smooth beat, and a flow that will entrance the listener as he tells his story. The song is about a girl he was involved with, who was really into him but suddenly started to drift away. He was hoping he could change her mind and figure out how to change things to mend the relationship.
“I feel like my best songs come through pain and heartbreak,” Se7enDigits said. “This is a song about rose colored glasses, and seeing someone how you see them when you’re in love, but not seeing the reality of the situation.”
When writing a song, Se7enDigits is the type who goes straight to the microphone before having a beat. This one came as natural as ever, as the lyrics come straight from his heart.
“I get melodies and flows, and the lyrics will come after that,” he said. “Sometimes when I’m in there freestyling, it will just come to me. This hook came pretty easily. It’s very real to me. It’s from my own experiences, so it’s an authentic track for myself.”
Se7enDigits was born in South Korea, but was adopted at just one-years-old and raised in York, Pennsylvania with his sister. He grew up playing piano at the age of six, and moved onto playing guitar and viola before discovering his love for rap music. In his teenage years knew this was what he wanted to do with his life, and he dabbled in the world of R&B and hip-hop. He grew up watching his sister play in a rock band, and was in awe of how much fun it seemed. While in high school he started rapping with a friend up in his attic, and two years ago while attending college, he said he started to find his actual sound.
“If I had to describe my sound it would be right in between rap and R&B,” he said. “I incorporate runs like R&B, but it is still rap lyrics just with that melody.”
Music is like his personal therapy, and the more he creates the better he feels.
“I can just get whatever I’ve been thinking off my chest,” he said.
Throughout his career, Se7enDigits has not only written and recorded music, but he has also worked as a successful producer and engineer while collaborating with artists like Fetty Wap and PNB Rock. He didn’t make the beat for “Change Your Mind,” but production is something that Se7enDigits is heavily involved with. He likes to support other producers, but many of his tracks before and in the future, he takes charge.
Se7enDigits is inspired by Tory Lanez, J. Cole and PNB Rock, and he has taken their influence and created a brand new style of his own.
He works to create art that resonates with his audience personally, and also offers solace and support to fans in their times of need. The goal is to make music that is both relatable and enjoyable.
Se7enDigits is working on an album with a release date to be announced later, which will include the latest single “Change Your Mind.” He is still working on the rest of the project, but is excited for how it is shaping up. He also has live shows in the works that his label AWGIU is in the process of setting up.
Be sure to check out the new single “Change Your Mind” and follow the musical journey of Se7enDigits.
ON THE RISE
As they prepare to unveil their fourth album, ‘Joy In Short Moments’, The Snuts have spoken with NME about how stepping away from touring gave them the chance to reflect on some of life’s biggest challenges and bring greater attention to mental health.
Their first album since 2024’s upbeat ‘Millenials’ follows a rare break from the road over the past year. During that time, frontman Jack Cochrane also experienced a major change in his personal life as he welcomed his first child.
Along with getting used to fatherhood, the singer began thinking about deeper questions that the demanding touring lifestyle had previously left little room to consider. His reflections on growing up, dealing with loss and understanding what success really means gradually found their way into his writing, eventually shaping the direction of the band's more personal new album.
Fans were first introduced to the album earlier this year through ‘Summer Rain’, an emotional track exploring postnatal depression and the “fear of the future”. They later returned during the summer with the more hopeful ‘Defibrillator’, encouraging listeners to move beyond negative thoughts about themselves and find comfort in connecting with other people.
Speaking to NME about the creative shift behind their fourth record, Cochrane explained: “By taking a conscious break from life on the road and making records, my world opened up to let so much more of the real world in,” he said. “For the first time I was living then writing, not writing while trying to live.”
He also described how the change helped the band approach recording differently, adding: “It unlocked a new process that the band had been crying out for,” he continued. “The studio sessions were set up to allow us to be friends and not colleagues. Distraction and external pressures were completely eradicated from the recording environment, allowing us to trust our gut and have the conversations we needed to as humans.”
In the remainder of the interview, Cochrane also discusses his new role as an ambassador for mental health charity CALM and talks about starting a podcast designed to encourage more artists to speak honestly about their personal struggles.
NME: Hi Jack, congratulations on the new album. You’ve said that this record was about addressing the topics that you previously tried to hide from. What kinds of questions did you find yourself confronting?
Jack Cochrane: “I would say mainly, ‘What do I need to be happy?’… Eeek! It’s a big one I know, but having set out with the title ‘Joy In Short Moments’, I was able to spend my time searching for them and allow joy to do what joy does: compound and relieve the stresses of the modern world.”
That’s not the easiest question to find yourself confronting. Did you manage to find any answers along the way?
“Ultimately yes. With the completion of this record I was able to find a much happier healthier version of myself I had been so long yearning for.”
The album sees you deal with new themes, but musically we also see you return to the guitar-led sound from your early days. Did revisiting those roots make you notice how much has changed since you were starting out?
“For sure. We were able to remove any snobbery from the process. We’re no longer new kids on the block and with that came a new found ability to be really honest about the kind of noises we wanted to make and the type of artists that had originally inspired us.”
This album goes hand in hand with you becoming an ambassador for CALM and launching your own podcast dedicated to checking in with fellow artists. Why was it important for you to get involved in the conversation about mental health?
“I think conversations and role models are absolutely essential for young people. I wanted to have more and do my best to be one. Every song on this record was born out of unfiltered, open and honest conversation.”
From talking to people on your podcast, including Louis Tomlinson, and using your platform to open up this dialogue, is there anything interesting that you’ve noticed?
“I think that more often than not, young men are finding it difficult to combat the struggles they are facing in this modern world. To me it feels like there are less and less spaces and opportunities to have meaningful, healing conversations…”
Having had those conversations yourself and explored them on the album, it must be somewhat daunting to now put it out into the world. Is there something that you hope people take from it?
“I’d like people to feel less alone after hearing the record and the themes intertwined with it. I think music is more than just heartbreak and I hoped in the writing of this record I would be able to highlight some more universally relevant topics.”
You have your headline tour coming up next month. What can we expect from the shows?
“Big smiles and big sound all round! It will be the most self assured Snuts tour to date.”
‘Life In Short Moments’ is out now Happy Artist Records in partnership with Virgin Music Group. Their UK and Ireland tour kicks off next month with an opening night in Dundee. Visit here for tickets and check out a list of tour dates below.
NOVEMBER 2026
19 – Dundee, Livehouse
20 – Aberdeen, Beach Ballroom
21 – Edinburgh, Corn Exchange
23 – Dunfermline, Alhambra Theatre
24 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
26 – Sheffield, Octagon Centre
27 – Nottingham, Rock City
29 – Norwich, UEA
30 – Hull, City Hall
DECEMBER 2026
1 – Bristol, Prospect Hall
3 – Leeds, O2 Academy
4 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
8 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
9 – Portsmouth, Guildhall
10 – London, O2 Academy Brixton
JANUARY 2027
26 – Belfast, Limelight
27 – Galway, Róisín Dubh
28 – Dublin, Academy
