In the past year, the artist has achieved many things including reaching close-to 62 million Spotify streams, ranking top 10 at Urban AC, performing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” hitting No. 1 on Sirius XM’s “The Heat” twice, and being featured on VEVO’s DSCVR campaign. To add on, he was highlighted by Deezer Next Artist, was the cover of Spotify’s Alt R&B playlist, was deemed Google Play’s Artist to Watch for 2018 and and captured the attention of NPR, New York Times, Rolling Stone, Time, Vibe, Paste, Sunday Times, TheIndependent, Wonderland, The Tennessean, Clash and Nashville Scene, just to name but a few.

Chloe Lilac is the next artist to possibly dominate the Left-of-Center Crowd we have all in some way become in love with. From Billie Eilish to Elohim to VÉRITÉ to Lorde and more, they have all stolen the sad girls club show and brought to us a new side of pop. Lilac fits this mold and has put out a few solid tracks to demonstrate her addition to the emerging genre.

Pretty Vicious’ forthcoming debut album is a project to capture the emotions of the rebellious youth! Full of energy and attitude, this Welsh valley-boys stole the music souls of many and captured the London streets with their sound. They recently released their single “Move” and more recently just came out with an amazing new music video to accompany the track giving the fan a visual to enjoy.

The band had stolen the entire Royale room’s hearts with the music and the simple, sweet vibes they offered on the stage. Honne sang so many of their new songs as well as so many of their old ones from the previous album, and Boston was singing along without any direction. After I left the photo pit to stand in the crowd, I noticed how immensely packed it was–I had known it was a sold out show, but didn’t realize how massive the room was until I saw all of the crowded bodies and smiling faces. Hands were up in the air and heads were back with eyes closed as people absorbed the music into their bones and swayed to the beats of each track.

One of the kindest souls I have ever had the honor of speaking to, Tove Styrke is on an amazing rocket ride that’s headed straight for the stars. Her music has always been so good, and I find myself saving the tracks every time she releases something new. As over-exaggerated as that sounds, it’s only the truth. Styrke has had a great story leading her through her musical career, and it only continues.

I had the chance to interview the talented left-of-center/pop queen and singer/songwriter VÉRITÉ at the Billboard Hot 100 Festival this summer, and my heart was full. In real life, meet Kelsey Regina Byrne. From Brooklyn, New York City,VÉRITÉ has made quite the upward trajectory in her career, with her first single “Strange Enough” releasing back in 2014 that reached number one on Hype Machine, to then become #1 Most Viral Twitter Artist, to now be an artist with an incredible track record of projects, touring, performances, and collaborations. She released her EP Echo in 2014 and her second EP Sentiment in 2015.

Made up of Jersey boys: Nathan Esquite (Guitar), David Labuguen (Keys), and Zachary Charles (Vocals), A R I Z O N A has made waves in the music domain in an era that just began to accept the kind of producer-like music that dominates the airwaves today. 2018 in itself has been one of the greatest years for the band to date (and it’s only halfway through!). They just released 2 new hit singles titled “Summer Days” and “Freaking Out”,have made numerous placements on New Music Friday playlists, have had countless amazing collaborations, and have embarked on Panic! At The Disco’s “Pray For the Wicked” North American arena tour (which includes Hayley Kiyoko in the lineup as well)!

Last night, at one of Boston’s hippest urban streetwear retail stores, AWOL, one of L.A.’s rising stars held an album listening party for the city of Boston in promotion of his recent project Return of the Cool, which dropped just a few days ago on January 13th. Now Grant steps out of the studio and into the worlds of his fans as he comes to meet students from the area in this shop to explain in depth the meaning of each track off the compilation.

Aaradhna Patel, the Wellington, New Zealander queen of old soul Rhythm & Blues, is not just any individual, but a stunningly powerful and well-cultured artist. I had the incredible opportunity to interview this rising star to get a better look at the actual Brown Girl’s story behind the album and the music.