Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Nene Royal turns southern textile heritage into rock style
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Nene Royal’s latest America’s Got Talent appearance has drawn attention not only for her performance, but also for a striking stage look that brought southern textile heritage into the spotlight.
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The 16-year-old Phuket singer paired her rock outfit with a gold-and-brown textile wrapped diagonally around her waist in the traditional samping style — a way of wearing cloth that is shared across southern Thailand and the wider Malay world.
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The contemporary styling gave regional craftsmanship a youthful rock reinterpretation, while Nene’s performance of Soundgarden’s Black Hole Sun earned Mel B’s Live Golden Buzzer and sent her directly into the AGT final.
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