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Dua Saleh, RMR, Kiana Ledé, and More Artists You Should Listen to Now | #NowWatching
June 12, 2020
This Friday features a #NowWatching playlist filled with amazing voices from the BIPOC community and beyond. From Dua Saleh's powerful ROSETTA, to Kiana Ledé's open letter to the president, to a new jazzy tune from Jorja Smith, this week's playlist is a perfect soundtrack for your weekend.
Author:
Malc.
boyband Releases "get home safely," With All Proceeds Going to NAACP Legal Defense Fund and RAINN
June 12, 2020
"get home safely" is as much a response to recent events as it is a response to a deep-seated anxiety for far too many Americans.
Author:
Ruby Scott
Kiana Ledé Searches For the Heart in a Heartless Administration
June 12, 2020
Ledé reimagines P!nk's "Dear Mr. President," and the sentiment originally aimed at George W. Bush feels all the more relevant today.
Author:
Ruby Scott
StaySolidRocky Is Jumping From TikTok's Trending Pages to the Billboard Hot 100 [Q&A]
June 11, 2020
We catch up with the Virginia artist who, thanks to TikTok, finds himself with a self-funded Billboard Top 30 hit.
Author:
Ruby Scott
Derek Simpson's "Hide + Seek" Inescapably Captivates You
June 10, 2020
For the entirety of the six-minute song, you are put in a trance. A delectable guitar establishes the feel-good, alternative R&B vibe and drives the alluring beat throughout.
Author:
Alexis Vaganos
Slide's New Video Has Us "Waiting" For Better Days
June 10, 2020
Slide's video for their latest single, "Waiting", was shot at a time when its beautiful visuals, representing the desert environments east of LA, represent a contrasting narrative of both love and fear, life and death, and the inner monologue common to us all.
Author:
DJ Connor
Black Artists You Should Listen to Now | #NowWatching
June 5, 2020
This week's #NowWatching playlist is dedicated to the sounds and voices of a small fraction of innovative black artists.
Author:
Ruby Scott
Music Taught Me to Love My Blackness | A Letter From The Editor
June 4, 2020
As protesters take to the streets across the world, I want to take this moment as a black man and editor of this site to share my perspective.
Author:
Maxamillion Polo
Milq's "Summer Again" Transports You Directly to the 80′s [Premiere]
June 1, 2020
"Summer Again" is a song straight out of an 80's summer romance film.
Author:
Joey Legittino
BINNY Tries to Resist the Lure in Hypnotic New Single "Retrograde"
June 1, 2020
With inspiration hailing from Mariah Carey, to Drake, and everything in between, BINNY incorporates elements from his favorite R&B artists and love for strong female singers to formulate a potent sound, oozing with charisma and sass.
Author:
Chloe Robinson
Internet Girl Have No Problem Breaking the Rules in the Riotous 'ROLE MODEL'
June 12, 2024
Internet Girl is nothing short of electrifying in their latest debaucherous EP.
Author:
Alessandra Rincon
9 LGBTQIA+ Artists to Listen to This Pride Month and Every Day
June 20, 2024
Celebrate Pride as we highlight a small handful of our favorite LGBTQIA+ artists.
LASTMONDAY Turned Chaos Into Pandemic Productivity in Wild "Audemars" Video
April 15, 2020
Dominican artist LASTMONDAY is breathing fresh life into the reggaeton.
Author:
Malc
Experience Speelburg's 'Cosmic Longing' On New Single "When You Want Me" [Premiere]
July 1, 2020
Hoping to turn things around as we say goodbye to the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad first half of the year is emerging singer/songwriter/producer Speelburg.
Author:
Jimmy Smith
Joe Avio Gives Summer a Proper Send Off With "Waste"
September 9, 2020
lMulti-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Joe Avio returns with the experimental pop track "Waste."
Author:
Tyler Borland
Gianni Lee Brings the Philly Bounce to Evocative Club Banger "Switch" [Premiere]
January 27, 2022
"I want people to move, even when they are standing still."
Author:
Arielle Lana LeJarde
Omar Apollo Sheds His Skin in the Crystalline ‘Live For Me’
October 9, 2023
'Live For Me' has officially landed and as expected, it’s better than we expected.
Author:
Jazmin Kylene
ericdoa Got Us Crying on the Dancefloor in "dancinwithsomebawdy"
November 3, 2023
"dancinwithsomebawdy" is a glorious return to experimental form.
Author:
Alessandra Rincon
Isaac Dunbar Isn’t Willing to Settle For Second Best in “Backseat Girl”
March 4, 2024
Dunbar possesses a rare quality found in stars of the past.
Author:
Giselle Libby
Addison Rae Sets the Stage For Pop Stardom in "High Fashion"
February 17, 2025
“High Fashion” is dynamic in every sense of the word.
Author:
Giselle Libby