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Ukrainian artist Vi Talli continues to shape a deeply personal narrative with her latest single, Running, a release that transforms upheaval and displacement into forward momentum. Arriving as the next chapter in the rollout of her forthcoming debut album, No Time For Perfection, the track builds on the emotional openness introduced in You Don't Know Me, but shifts the focus from uncertainty toward action and self-determination. Where her earlier material leaned into vulnerab

There’s something beautifully unforced about the arrival of i didnt ask to be a bird , the debut from j dylan paul. j dylan paul Turns Vulnerability Into Resistance on Debut Album i didn’t ask to be a bird j dylan paul’s debut album i didn’t ask to be a bird feels necessary in our day and age. An intimate, unflinching body of work that understands vulnerability not as aesthetic, but as survival. Across its runtime, Paul navigates desperation, addiction, yearning and aimless

Jennifer Ness’s “Over Proud” arrives with the kind of energy that immediately demands attention. Synth-heavy, 80s-tinged, and polished with modern electronic production, the track is a dance-pop statement built on empowerment. Ness’s vocals glide over the instrumental, radiating confidence and warmth in equal measure. The song thrives on its themes of unapologetic self-acceptance. Lines celebrating individuality and body positivity feel timely yet timeless, aligning Ness with

Get Ready finds Katie Dauson at a moment of clarity. Known for her genre-fluid songwriting and instinctive musicianship, the Toronto-based artist uses this single to reaffirm her connection to the roots of rock and roll while pushing her sound forward with renewed conviction. It’s a track that feels less like a reinvention and more like a tightening of focus. From the opening bars, the song establishes a sense of urgency. The rhythm guitar locks into a driving groove, played

MirrorMouth returns with ‘Honest Emancipation’ , a single that doesn’t shout to be heard — it steadies itself, looks you in the eye, and asks you to think. Calm in delivery yet intense in purpose, the Swiss songwriter’s latest offering moves through pop and alternative pop terrain with deliberate restraint. It’s not built for instant reaction; it’s built for reflection. There’s a distinct intellectual backbone to MirrorMouth’s work. A former Swiss private banker, he draws fro

Rocky Michaels has built his reputation on the strength of subtlety. With ‘Going Going Gone’ , the independent Americana songwriter refines that approach into something quietly commanding — a meditation on release that resists melodrama in favour of grounded reflection. The track unfolds over warm acoustic guitar and a steady rhythmic pulse, creating a sense of forward motion that mirrors its lyrical core. Michaels draws from the well-worn iconography of American highways — o

Isolation has long been heavy music’s most fertile ground. On A Place For Those Who Suffer, Alone , Survivalist turn that isolation inward, weaponising it across 42 tightly coiled minutes. The Belfast quartet’s second full-length arrives with the weight of expectation following 2021’s critically lauded VII —and it responds not with reinvention, but refinement. Survivalist’s calling card, “Groovecore,” thrives on tension: groove-driven riffs that feel almost danceable if they

Finesse Cobain’s latest single, Chosen , is an ambitious melding of emotional hip-hop, underground rap, and cinematic storytelling. From the outset, the song’s brooding production draws listeners into Cobain’s world, where vulnerability and defiance coexist. His lyrical delivery is direct, confessional, and imbued with the kind of raw honesty that commands attention. The track’s origins are as intense as its sound. Cobain survived a near-fatal shooting in 2019 and later endur

Drexler explores the quiet reversal of care on ‘Prague’, the final single before Olympia-5 Australian/Hong Kong composer and multi-instrumentalist Drexler (Adrian Leung), has released ‘Prague’, the final single ahead of his forthcoming record, Olympia-5 . The album promises Drexler’s most intimate work yet: a collection of improvised solo piano pieces interwoven with ambient electronics, capturing moments of reflection, grief, and connection with a delicate, almost cinematic

After lighting up the Eurovision stage in 2025, Slovenian artist Klemen returns to the deeply personal terrain of his debut album, Golden Hour , ahead of its physical release in early 2026 and a London headline show at Notting Hill Arts Club on February 17. Known across Europe for his razor-sharp musical comedy and viral impersonations of world leaders and pop icons, Klemen has spent years performing as everyone but himself. Now, Golden Hour asks the question: what happens w

Honor’s return with Lovesick Shadow feels like the beginning of something quietly monumental. Emerging in 2026 with a sound that leans deeper into atmospheric synth-pop, the track showcases an artist who has grown comfortable inhabiting emotional complexity. Dreamlike electronics ripple beneath her voice, creating a sonic landscape that feels intimate yet vast, as if suspended between vulnerability and resolve. The release arrives after Honor’s initial rise to global attenti