EARMILK · 2025-06-20 · Angela Cook · Written
KWN’s EP ‘with all due respect’ is a sultry R&B standout
EARMILK reviews kwn’s nine-track EP, released June 20, 2025, highlighting its classic R&B influences and songs including “worst behaviour,” “do what i say,” and “war to be over.” Source: EARMILK, June 20, 2025. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-203.
Curated by Carolyn Satchell
NME · 2025-05-26 · Written
R&B’s sultry new star Kwn just wants to feel good
NME profiles kwn ahead of her EP with all due respect, discussing bedroom recording, musical influences and her rise in R&B. Source: NME, May 26, 2025. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-204. Author not yet verified.
Curated by Carolyn Satchell
Dazed · Isobel Van Dyke · Written
Rising R&B star kwn on her new EP and that viral kiss with Kehlani
Dazed interviews kwn in Walthamstow about her EP, music videos and writing songs centering queer women’s relationships. Source: Dazed, Isobel Van Dyke. Original publication date not yet verified. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-205.
Curated by Carolyn Satchell
Urban Magazine · 2026-09-21 · Written
Black Women Are Not Punchlines: The Problem with KWN Using Keke Palmer as a “Joke”
Opinion essay on KWN explaining that naming Keke Palmer as her celebrity crush was “kind of a joke,” asking who the jest is really for when the same group of people is constantly made the laughingstock.
Curated by Carolyn Satchell
That Grape Juice · 2026-09-21 · Written
kwn Addresses Backlash Over Keke Palmer “Celebrity Crush” Comments
Report on kwn clearing the air after backlash over her Complex News comments that naming Keke Palmer as her celebrity crush in a previous Angie Martinez interview was “kind of a joke.”
Curated by Carolyn Satchell
The Shade Room · 2026-09-22 · Written
KWN Apologizes Over Comment About Keke Palmer
Report on KWN’s social media apology over the Keke Palmer celebrity crush backlash; she said the word “joke” was the wrong choice of words, took full accountability, and reached out to Palmer privately.
Curated by Carolyn Satchell
ee72 · 2026-05-26 · Hattie Collins · Written
Everybody should be in therapy! kwn gets existential on her forthcoming EP, and all pride aside
ee72 interviews kwn about her forthcoming EP and all pride aside, framing the two EPs as A side and B side and talking therapy, heartbreak, and grief. Source: ee72, May 26, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-213.
Curated by Carolyn Satchell
Filed 2026-10-22 by Juniper; source read in full. Pre-release interview; the EP was forthcoming at publication.
The FADER · 2026-06-25 · Written
kwn is in love with R&B’s intentionality
The FADER interviews kwn ahead of her eleven-track EP and all pride aside, released June 26, 2026, talking Kehlani, R&B’s intentionality, and flipping ‘Hot In Herre’ for ‘risk it all.’ Source: The FADER, June 25, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-212.
Curated by Carolyn Satchell
Filed 2026-10-22 by Juniper; source read in full. No byline stated on the page as read.
Rated R&B · 2026-06-27 · Written
Kwn Is Unapologetically Herself on ‘And All Pride Aside’ EP
Rated R&B reviews kwn’s eleven-track EP and all pride aside, released June 26, 2026, as the B-side to With All Due Respect, with more vulnerability and experimentation. Source: Rated R&B, June 27, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-214.
Curated by Carolyn Satchell
Filed 2026-10-22 by Juniper; source read in full. No byline stated on the page as read.
Clash · 2026-06-29 · Written
kwn Unleashes new EP ‘and all pride aside’
Clash reports kwn’s eleven-track EP and all pride aside, released June 26, 2026, with Destin Conrad on the opener and Ty Dolla on ‘Til The Room Stinks.’ Source: Clash, June 29, 2026. Coverage ID ART-PILOT-215.
Curated by Carolyn Satchell
Filed 2026-10-22 by Juniper; source read in full. No byline stated on the page as read.