Dumar 1K’s constant 2025 marketing campaign has planted its flag in the summertime right now with the discharge of the Florida star’s new single, “Actual Sharker.” The observe, produced by Jay Luiz, comes with a fascinating visible depicting, directed by supadope.
Avant-garde pop provocateur Sophie Powers has joined forces with Okay-Pop breakout woman group ILLIT to reimagine their smash hit “jellyous,” initially featured on ILLIT’s mini-album bomb (June 2024). This vibrant new rendition fuses ILLIT’s kinetic power and dance-floor hooks with Sophie’s candid, effortlessly cool vocals.
Since its debut, ILLIT’s “jellyous” has turn into a fan favourite with its irresistible refrain and heartbeat rhythm incomes hundreds of thousands of streams and viral dance-challenge movies throughout TikTok and Instagram. Now, Sophie Powers amplifies the observe along with her signature mix of playful edge and emotional honesty, turning up the depth with each verse.
Sophie and ILLIT’s inventive kinship didn’t begin right here. Sophie first publicly confirmed her admiration by posting a fan dance problem for ILLIT’s “Tick-Tack” and later joined their net sequence to cowl “Magnetic.” In flip, ILLIT rallied behind Sophie’s current single “transfer with me” with their very own viral choreography. Their mutual assist and shared love of genre-defying pop set the stage for this extremely anticipated collaboration that may resonate with followers of each ILLIT and Sophie Powers.
“I’m so excited to share my collaboration with ILLIT,” says Sophie Powers. “I watched the present they got here from on Netflix and have beloved seeing their journey from the very starting. The women are so gifted and provoking, and it’s loopy to suppose I’m the identical age as Yunah, Minju, and Moka. This track is so particular to me, and I hope it reminds folks to chase their goals the way in which ILLIT has. I can’t wait to see what the GLIT’s and Powerpuffs suppose.”
Toronto indie rocker Brodie Christ – whose surname rhymes with wrist – finds himself in a nuanced place as a musician and artist: reckoning with the previous, embracing complexity, and attempting to be a greater particular person, whatever the state of the world.
The writing of Brodie’s newest songs arrived in gentle of a sequence of big life modifications for Brodie Christ: his father handed away, and his daughter was born. Christ developed some persistent well being points, which led to vital life-style modifications, together with giving up some vices, including meditation and distinction remedy, and committing to an train routine and day by day Qigong. A prolific songwriter, Christ was capturing heartfelt track snippets all of the whereas, and he seen his strategy was ripening with age:
“I used to think about the songs as an outlet, a method to share feelings I couldn’t specific in my on a regular basis life. However now, I want to essentially really feel and talk these on a regular basis emotions as they arrive up, irrespective of how troublesome. The songs can deal with larger issues.”
LA-born alt-R&B artist India Shawn has teamed up with Grammy® Award-winning artist Fortunate Daye on the candy and soulful ‘Cotton Sweet Blvd’, out now. India Shawn says, “’Cotton Sweet Blvd.’ is a summer time night time, a gradual drive, and a long-awaited sure. I’ve been ready simply so long as the followers for this dream collab, and it delivers. There’s one thing magical about the way in which Fortunate and I blended on the file. The track is nice, nevertheless it’s bought depth – it’s the stress earlier than the kiss, the invitation and the promise. After I sing ‘I’m greater than prepared to like,’ I imply it.”
India has lengthy been an artist’s artist; in addition to penning hits for others and performing alongside Anderson.Paak & The Free Nationals and Ye’s Sunday Service, India has labored intently with Unknown Mortal Orchestra, 6LACK (who took her on tour final 12 months, with exhibits in Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm & Oslo) Alex Isley, El Debarge, Keri Hilson, Monica & many extra. Her critically acclaimed album Earlier than We Go (Deeper) cemented her as a powerhouse in different R&B, incomes reward from Billboard, NPR, UPROXX, and Noisey.
With simply an acoustic guitar and his voice, IDO returns together with his third single thus far, ‘Caught Me Off Guard’, a young, acoustic providing that lays naked the great thing about vulnerability. Stripped-down and soulful, the observe is a quiet but highly effective exploration of affection, loss, and the surprising moments that stick with us.
‘Caught Me Off Guard’ is offered now in your streaming service of selection by way of APOLLO Distribution.
rising indie-pop singer-songwriter and bed room producer Silya shares her emotive but glistening new single it’s summer time (& I hate you). Bringing again her signature sugar-sweet vocal supply à la Billie Eilish and PinkPantheress, and shimmery nostalgia, Silyla has introduced her personal tackle the proper summer time track. Meant for blasting out your automotive home windows in an ode to letting go and discovering your self once more.
it’s summer time (& I hate you) out there now in your streaming service of selection by way of APOLLO Distribution.
There’s a quiet kind of vulnerability all through these items occur, the upcoming second album from Kalamazoo, MI emo trio saturdays at your house.
Out September 12, the band takes take the whole lot that made their early materials resonate—twinkly guitars, heart-on-sleeve songwriting, a distinctly Midwestern ache—and stretch it into one thing much more resonant.
Their new track, “what am I presupposed to do?” (out August 7) is a mid tempo reflection on individuality and people-pleasing, mixed with the emotional labor of holding your head above water whereas on the street.
“I wanted someplace to rant about my emotions whereas on tour,” vocalist/drummer Gabe Wooden shares. “However by means of ending this track, I’ve realized much more about myself than the rest. I’m nonetheless determining who I’m, however I’ve realized I’ve to respect my very own feelings as a lot as I do everybody else’s.”
This track is a triumphant farewell to darkness and deceit, embracing fact, peace, and the therapeutic energy of kindness. It speaks of a brighter future—a time when the clouds of confusion and contradiction will half, revealing a world the place honesty flows freely and our hearts sing brazenly.
Levi Robin’s journey of exploration and curiosity has taken him down many roads. The soul-baring people artist’s distinctive musical type combines deeply private and transformative lyrics with emotive stirring vocals, making a sound that’s crammed with that means and connection.
Rising up in Orange County, California, as a teen Levi grew to become deeply dissatisfied with what he and plenty of describe as “the conveyor belt trajectory of the college system.” With nothing however a shirt on his again and guitar in hand, he took an opportunity on a special path – a musical one. Levi confides, “From being a runaway to encountering japanese spirituality, from psychedelia to unearthing my very own historic Judaic roots, songwriting has been a uniquely integrating fixed.” Songwriting grew to become a strong method to translate his deepest emotions into melody and verse. Taking inspiration from an eclectic array of artists together with Bach, Stravinski, Mingus, Hendrix, Dylan, Beck, Gaye, D’Angelo and Radiohead, and extra, Levi Robin creates his personal conscious and genre-defying musical releases.
The artist first attracted consideration in 2014, with the discharge of his debut self-titled EP in addition to his subsequent tour with Matisyahu. Since then, he has shared a sequence of singles and albums, racking up over 1,000,000 streams, garnering him a fanbase worldwide. In 2023, Levi skilled a serendipitous second when he met producer Yoel Kreisler, aka ‘FRAYMES’, at one in every of his concert events. Sparking up an immediate and rapid inventive connection and friendship, the duo entered the studio. He shares, “We began buying and selling music and influences, and commenced conceptualizing new methods of approaching recording this new music.” The consequence and first style of this new collaboration is the one “Entire As A Damaged Coronary heart”.
His single “Therapeutic Is Coming”, “is a track of give up and braveness, to face all obstacles, to face the ineffable fact of life, to face the darkness, to carry forth the sunshine of our distinctive souls and look the serpent within the eyes,” shares Levi.
The observe “When the Partitions Fall” options an anthemic hook over mood-drenched sonics. “The one sings of an uproaring from the voice of conscience. When the partitions fall and all appears damaged, it’s an alarm to get up from the deep slumber of the soul,” proclaims Levi.
Levi’s new single “When The Solar Comes Out” “is a triumphant farewell to darkness and deceit, embracing fact, peace, and the therapeutic energy of kindness.” He additional confides, “It speaks of a brighter future—a time when the clouds of confusion and contradiction will half, revealing a world the place honesty flows freely and our hearts sing brazenly.” “When The Solar Comes Out” is a lovely and soul-stirring stripped down indie people embrace.
Synthpop collective Magnetic Skies reignite their electrifying return with newest single ‘Again To Life’ out now.
Constructing on the momentum of their spring launch ‘A Place on Earth’ – the primary observe since 2023’s acclaimed debut album, the band are again to unveil ‘Again To Life’; a strong evolution which blends their signature synths, darkwave textures, and euphoric beats to marry uncooked power with emotional depth. Equal components nostalgic and fashionable, that is synthpop with soul, wrapped in melancholy that resonates deeply as frontman Simon Kent sings “We’re fabricated from stars / we’re meteor showers / dropping all management / empty out the soul.” It is a track that unpacks a world that feels more and more disconnected, and dares to supply a lifeline…
“‘Again To Life’ explores the stress between our deep, common connection and the fragmentation we face within the fashionable world,” Kent explains. “It’s about sensing that chaos, feeling the void, the noise, and nonetheless holding on to the hope that we are able to come again from the sting. It’s a name to reconnect, to carry one thing damaged again into wholeness.”
On their upcoming debut, Parade! Parade!, the San Diego-based trio rework the emo playbook into one thing weirdly joyful and immediately memorable. The act of “parading,” within the band’s context, is the alternative of wallowing; taking your whole previous experiences, good or dangerous, and utilizing them as a method to understand the very fact you made it this far in any respect.
The album’s first single, “Dunce Hat,” is out right now, and it captures the band’s ethos by means of high-energy theatrics to element the burden of feeling left behind and rising above anyway. “All that it took / was all that I had,” vocalist Joshua Talbot sings within the remaining refrain, touchdown extra like a victory cry than hopeless resignation. With relentless spark and loads of introspection to go round, it’s excellent for followers of each breakdowns AND breakthroughs.
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