Five years ago, Spotify launched the Fresh Finds playlist to highlight DIY independent artists who are making impactful work and showing incredible potential as they build their careers. In that time, the discovery-driven playlist has helped catapult artists like Clairo, Pink Sweat$, 100 gecs and Omar Apollo, to grow to the forces they are today …
Marie Ulven is as ambitious as she is talented. Under the moniker, girl in red, the 22-year old singer-songwriter and producer has gone from bedroom pop musician in her native Norway to international indie phenomenon in the five years since the release of her emotive breakout hit “i wanna be your girlfriend,” which boasts over …
As artists, you connect with fans through the music you make, the experiences you create, and the conversations you have with them — whether those interactions happen IRL or virtually. And while posting on social media is a great way to engage fans, you still need a way to talk to them that goes beyond …
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In August last year, Bright Eyes released Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was. It was their tenth album and their first in almost ten years. It should have been a triumphant moment, but along with so much of last year, its release felt muted. Like thousands of other artists, Conor Oberst, Nate …
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There’s no hip-hop culture without the contributions of women. And although women have been historically marginalized, underrepresented, and underestimated in hip-hop, they have still managed to have an outsize impact on all aspects of the culture from styles we rock to the figures of speech we use. In the past, female rappers such as Roxanne …
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Hayley Kiyoko doesn’t shy away from sharing — whether that’s in music or in conversation — so her episode is packed with realness. Hayley has been releasing records for the best part of a decade, really hitting her stride with 2015’s “Girls Like Girls” and solidifying the buzz with her 2018 debut album Expectations. Fast-forward …
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How do you really know that you’re cool? Is it a self-assuredness that comes from within? Is it the validation of your peers? For Keep Cool co-founders Jared Sherman, Tunji Balogun, Courtney Stewart and their team of highly curious and ambitious cohorts, being “cool” is a connection to the love of music, culture, and being …
Only this era could have birthed Ashnikko. From the collision of her musical influences, to her maximalist visuals, to the way her career popped off on social media and she knew just how to ride that wave, Ashton Nicole Casey is 21st Century Pop Incarnate. Fresh off the release of her mixtape Demidevil, she joined …
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This week Brooklyn-born rapper Joey Bada$$ joins the ranks of Best Advice: The Podcast guests alongside Jeezy, Charli XCX, Russ, and The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan. Bada$$ also happens to be one of the series’ most open guests. Having been in the game and garnering acclaim off his albums and mixtapes since he was a …
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