Ginger Root’s Life Is a Movie
The SoCal multi-instrumentalist writes love letters to 1980s Japan through his elaborately world-building visuals and city pop-tinged funk-lite jams.
Going Up
Profiles of artists we love who are on the verge of breaking through
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Emory’s Post-TikTok Pop
Here’s an impressive young artist who would much rather spend time building a real-life community around her work than figure out how to promote herself online.
The Luisa Almaguer Experience Awaits
The Mexico City singer-songwriter—who conjures a phantasmagoric mix of psych-rock, folk, and cumbia—is as complex as the capital she calls home.
The Hot-Pink Effervescence of Judith, Chingona Pop Star-in-Waiting
A 27-year-old restaurant server made some of the best pop songs of the year
Blackchai Is Indie Rap’s Next Not-So-Silent Assassin
The New Yorker’s head-spinning verses burst with leftist ideology, anime shout-outs, and nervy introspection.
Charlie Overman Is the Young Kentucky Sweetheart Country Music Needs
On a horse farm with the 22-year-old singer-songwriter, talking about his sludge metal past and his bittersweet odes to his best friends.
Lollise’s Afrofuturistic Pop Utopia
The Botswana-raised, New York-based artist talks about her dazzling pan-African paeans to family, fables, and home.