Pop - Music
I’m not sure if you can always feel so much and so intensely that you could constantly make music about it. Whether the emotion is amplified or toned down in a song, what matters to me in the end is being able to say, "This is me." APSILON for TITLE Dec24 Cover
The music industry is experiencing a powerful shift as Sapphic pop and rock dominate charts and festival lineups, bringing LGBTQ+ voices into the mainstream. With artists like girl in red, MUNA, and Billie Eilish leading the charge, songs that openly celebrate women-loving-women (WLW) experiences are resonating with wider audiences. This new era of queer visibility is finally giving fans the representation they've been searching for, proving there's a thriving market for music that speaks authentically to LGBTQ+ lives and stories.
London-based DJ ICYKOF drops "SHE KNOWS," blending Detroit techno and Chicago house. The track marks his new sound, exploring love and loneliness, while merging his music and streetwear influence.
There’s no doubt that artists who carve out a space that resonates with their audiences through honest and relatable explorations of love and life transcend borders. And @xeniamanasseh, a rising star in the R&B and neo-soul scene, is definitely one of those artists. Read her out tête-à-tête for more about Xenia’s introspective journey that feels both personal and universal.
Kübra Uzun is an Istanbul-based singer, songwriter, DJ, and LGBTI+ activist, whose song ‘ALAN2020’ became an anthem during Istanbul Pride in 2020.
Cacien AKA Garlica Princess is a musician who lives between China and US. and delivers pop music, tuned to hip-hop, RnB, and jazz.
BiQo is a singer from Ghana whose sound is influenced by the Afro Soul rhythms of his home country, coupled with an eclectic array of blues, folk, and reggae melodies.
The British rock band The Last Dinner Party has taken the music world by storm with their lush, cinematic debut album, ‘Prelude to Ecstasy’, and even before that with their debut single, the breakout hit, ‘Nothing Matters’. The Last Dinner Party’s meteoric rise to the status of one of the U.K.’s hottest rock bands has […]
Berlin showroom Adddress has been around since 2003, but something new is coming up: a concept store for fashion, vinyls, a live DJ, and an in-house espresso brand—André Galluzzi tells us more about it.
We all love a good niche genre. In music in particular, these specific genres are often characterised by a relatively small but dedicated fan base and a unique sound aesthetic, themes or production methods. And suddenly the sound of the underground arrives in the guise of pop, of all things. The songs are short and […]
