Mae Muller talks Club NME and being “at peace” with Eurovision

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Mae Muller has spoken to NME about leaving her record label to become an independent artist, feeling “at peace” with Eurovision and headlining this week’s Club NME event.The 26-year-old singer-songwriter will take to the stage at London’s Scala on Friday (April 12) for a live headline set.

She’ll be joined on the night by Self Esteem and special guest Raven Mandella – both of whom will be hitting the decks to DJ into the early hours.The legendary Club NME series returned last September with Courteeners playing in London before Blossoms delivered a special show in Manchester earlier this year.

Ahead of Club NME’s latest edition on Friday, Muller revealed that her set will include songs from her debut album, 2023’s ‘Sorry I’m Late‘, that she’s never performed live before.Muller also said she’s feeling “really excited” to sing her hit Eurovision bop ‘I Wrote A Song’ with a live band. “I actually way prefer performing it with a band because it just opens everything up,” she said.Muller promised to cherry-pick “anything kind of upbeat” from her discography to match the floor-filling energy of Self Esteem and Raven Mandella’s DJ sets. “I know Raven knows how to get the party started so the audience is going to be super-warmed up when I come on,” she said. “And that definitely gives me big shoes to fill.”Of appearing on the Club NME bill alongside Self Esteem, whose 2021 album ‘Prioritise Pleasure‘ was nominated for the Mercury Prize, Muller said: “She’s so cool and such an inspiration – I love women that are amazing storytellers.

So I’m really looking forward to seeing her again.”Muller represented the UK at last May’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, where she finished 25th in the grand final.