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Raveena 

Honey

Citing Ella Fitgerald, Sade, Prince, and D'Angelo as a few of her musical inspirations, the Indian-American artist delivers social awareness implications in a sultry, cheek-caressing silken R&B package. Themes of intersectional women empowerment and self-love ring through jazzy soul healing melodies, putting her at the forefront of female artists to watch in 2019. Even having self-directed her music videos, she takes notes from filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki and David Lynch, known for creating dreamy otherwordly spaces in their works. 

Robyn

Missing U

After a near decade-long hiatus in terms of solo work, the Swedish electropop singer finally returns after leaving us dancing on our own. In her absence from music, Robyn has battled many inner-demons, and in turn has put out what she calls the most honest album of her career. Honey makes you feel as though she's walked you further through the beaded curtains of the early 1980's, at the cusp of the 70's, but at the same time jerks you into a futuristic setting because it's so far off from the Top 40 of today. This epic reemergence could catapult the pop industry (and possibly fashion) into a refreshed era.

Victoria Monét

New Love

Some people are born to be artists, and Victoria is one of them. She's written for, produced for, and toured with some of the biggest names in American music, (Ariana Grande, Diddy, Janelle Monáe, Kendrick Lamar, and Fifth Harmony to name a few) but just being a strong backbone for everyone else is not where she belongs. The progression of her own music has steadily been coming into its own, delving into genre mixing and 90's beats on her latest EPs. The spotlight is hers for the taking.

The Japanese House 

Follow My Girl

Three years after debuting, Amber Bain is giving us a full album that treads along Imogen Heap/Frou Frou territory even more than ever. Since 2015, she's toured with The 1975, and in working with them has picked up a bit of their 80's new wave synth vibe which greatly caters to her bass heavy vocals. 

Blood Orange

Charcoal Baby

Dev Hynes is a genius. He's been in the industry for 11 years, but he is seriously a reincarnated genius. His solo work is so complex that it deserves its own genre. If it were up to me he would be the sole panelist at the Grammys because it's hard for me to believe anyone is more qualified in terms of deciding what is art at its finest. Hynes grew up in England with metalheads and gays for friends while surrounded by a bunch of wankers who didn't know he was a 20,000 leagues above them. After moving to New York, he began projects under the alias Lightspeed Champion before ultimately becoming Blood Orange. To this day he's written and produced for Mariah Carey, Kylie Minogue, Solange Knowles, Carly Rae Jepsen, Theophilus London, HAIM, FKA Twigs, Florence and the Machine, Tinashe, Sky Ferreira... hell it's a long list.

Yoon Mi Rae

You & Me ft. Junoflo

As a Black Korean woman, she's never had it easy anywhere. In the late 90's, Mi Rae was in the group Uptown and the duo Tashannie after moving to South Korea before officially becoming a soloist in 2001. Discrimination has followed her since childhood, but that's never stopped her from creating a flourishing music career, often writing about and advocating for multicultural families and ending racism. Gemini II is the sequel to her 2002 album and discusses about her growth over the last 16 years, as a mixed woman, as a mother, and her 20-year-relationship with music producer Tiger JK. 

Moodoïd

Langage ft. WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA

French indie pop is quite similar to British indie pop but with a Françoise Hardy charm that lifts you to the next tier. The band's frontman is the son of a famed jazz musician and they have an EP produced by Tame Impala's Kevin Parker if that's anymore incentive to give them a listen. Their most recent album guest starred Japanese singer KOM_I of WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA, in a song about breaking language barriers with the two singing in their respective mother tongues.