1. Arlo Park
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Vibe: Warm, poetic, queer softness you want to wrap around yourself.
A Mercury Prize winner, with lyrics that feel like reading your journal. Arlo Park’s mix of spoken-word and soul music is healing.
🎧 Listen to: “Eugene”
2. Blondshell
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Vibe: 90s alt-rock angst meets Gen Z self-awareness.
Sabrina Teitelbaum’s grunge-infused tracks are loud, raw, and cathartic—like if Hole and Phoebe Bridgers had a kid.
🎧 Listen to: “Sepsis”
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3. Jean Dawson
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Vibe: Genre chaos with a heart of gold.
Dawson blends punk, pop, rap, and indie in a way that makes labels feel irrelevant.
🎧 Listen to: “Three Heads”
4. Ethel Cain
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Vibe: American gothic horror meets Lana Del Rey’s Southern cousin.
Her haunting concept album “Preacher’s Daughter” tells a twisted, beautiful, deeply Southern tale of loss and faith.
🎧 Listen to: “American Teenager”
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Vibe: Hyper-pop princess with a dash of metal and drama.
She can serve 2000s pop realness, tackle identity politics, and scream her head off in the same song. Icon behavior.
🎧 Listen to: “STFU!” or “This Hell”
6. Deb Never
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Vibe: Lo-fi sadness for skaters and softies.
Her grunge-inspired sound hits somewhere between Nirvana and bedroom pop.
🎧 Listen to: “Disassociate”
7. Searows
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Vibe: The musical version of a late-night overthinking session.
With soft folk instrumentals and vulnerable lyrics, Searows is part of the new wave of gentle queer singer-songwriters.
🎧 Listen to: “House Song”
8. Samia
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Vibe: Crying at 3 a.m. but make it cathartic and poetic.
Samia captures millennial angst in sharp lyrics and vocals that shift from whisper to scream.
🎧 Listen to: “Breathing Song”
9. Genesis Owusu
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Vibe: Funk, rap, punk, performance art—all rolled into one.
This Ghanaian-Australian powerhouse is here to break genre—and expectations. He’s also an incredible live performer.
🎧 Listen to: “Don’t Need You”
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10. Glaive
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Vibe: Teenage rage, auto-tuned sadness, and a dash of ADHD.
Part of the hyperpop-adjacent wave, Glaive writes chaotic anthems about growing up online.
🎧 Listen to: “Minnesota Is a Place That Exists”
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