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Dhruva Balram, Nelta Kasparian
The Croydon-born rapper set records with his first two singles. Now, with the help of new friends like AJ Tracey, he’s learning how to adjust to the big leagues.
Leah Mandel
New York DIY fixtures Al Nardo and Bailey Wollowitz are making whimsical, thrilling, referentially dense guitar music as Fantasy of a Broken Heart. It’s like Dickens in Bushwick (complimentary).
Sophie Kemp, Tom Fletcher
Frontman of The Strokes? Mastermind of The Voidz? They’re just shift jobs for the NYC rock legend. He wants to talk about the big stuff: election rigging, Russell Brand and – of course – ancient Sumerian culture.
Kieran Press-Reynolds, Morgan Maher
The Richmond, VA rapper blew onto the scene fully formed, the unholy lovechild of Bladee, Playboi Carti and Justin Bieber. He’s loved and hated in equal measure, and he’s only 17. Everything is riding on his debut album.
Cairo Starr
Inside the sleek, discombobulating world of experimental music’s biggest trickster since Aphex Twin.
Shaad D’Souza
Chappell Roan, Mitski, Doja Cat and Taylor Swift have all taken shots at their own fanbases for overstepping – to the point that fighting with your fans has become the defining narrative of 2020s pop. What’s a girl to do?
Eli Russell Linnetz, Molly Lambert
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan crank things up til they’re loud, hard and wet. Can you feel the heat?
Music, Now + Next
Carolina Abbott Galvão
The Brazilian DJ’s rowdy fusion of techno, bass, dancehall and baile funk made a splash in Londrina. And then in São Paulo. He wants it to get even bigger.
Natasha Mulenga
This year HYBE built an international girl group, idols started suing their agencies and BLACKPINK received MBEs.
Douglas Greenwood
It’s been over two years since ‘Happier Than Ever’. A follow-up, Billie has confirmed, is on the way. But when?
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