Jennie – ‘Mantra’
“This that pretty girl mantra, she’s that stunna, make you wanna swing both ways,” Jennie declares confidently on ‘Mantra’, her first track to be released since setting up her own label OddAtelier. The BLACKPINK singer and rapper kicks off this new chapter of her career in powerful form, delivering an empowerment anthem that bigs up not just herself but pretty girls everywhere.
Tyla – ‘Push 2 Start’
After the phenomenal success of her self-titled debut album, South African superstar Tyla is back with an extended version of the record. Among the three new tracks is ‘Push 2 Start’, a lowkey cut that winds through a sultry groove, subtly proving the star’s magnetic force.
Freak Slug – ‘Sexy Lemon’
Manchester’s Freak Slug – aka Xenya Genovese – makes woozy indie-pop that buzzes through gossamer layers and creeps into the shadows. ‘Sexy Lemon’, the latest track from her upcoming debut album ‘I Blow Out Big Candles’, is a perfect case in point: a track that’s hard to pin down, but beautiful in the way it follows its own path.
Victoria Canal – ‘15%’
On Victoria Canal’s debut album ‘Slowly, It Dawns’, due in January, the Spanish-American singer-songwriter follows a loose trajectory of a night out and into the hazy morning after. ’15%’, a beautiful piece of indie-folk, is part of the latter period, suitably lethargic and struck by self-doubt. “Goth on the subway is staring at me / Now I can’t stop speculating,” she hushes. “Have I got celery stuck in my teeth? / Or do I look fucking amazing?”
Maggie Rogers – ‘In The Living Room’
“But I will always remember you / When we were dancing in the living room,” Maggie Rogers promises on ‘In The Living Room’, a one-off single that marks her first new music since her third album ‘Don’t Forget Me’. It’s typical Rogers – an effortlessly rousing piece of Americana-flecked pop that interrogates a deeper subject, this time our memories of those who’ve passed through and marked our lives in unescapable ways.
