On the Rise

MusicTems is leading Nigerian alté into a new era

MusicPriya Ragu is fusing Tamil musical traditions with mass-appeal pop

MusicBackroad Gee is shaking up UK drill with infectious energy

MusicJohn FM wants to make protest music for the masses

MusicPOiSON ANNA’s unsettling, fractured pop wants to wake you up

MusicHasani is making music for queer kids of colour to thrive and survive

MusicPinkPantheress is the ‘new nostalgic’ vocalist blowing up TikTok

MusicMeet Maeve, the DIY artist inspired by Cindy Sherman and Funkadelic

MusicTAAHLIAH is the Glasgow artist making club-fillers for empty dancefloors

FashionPALMWINE IceCREAM is the gender-skewing Ghanaian label dripping in gold

MusicTrip out to Kidä’s stylish pop music, inspired by 70s Italian film scores

MusicGet to know KAM-BU, the rebel rapper championing migrant stories

MusicNULA’s slinky R&B soundtracks future worlds where we can touch again

MusicLoshh’s music reminds marginalised people of the power of joy and spirit

MusicIssey Cross makes tantalising, technicolour pop music that has your back

MusicTeezo Touchdown: the Texan rapper scoring big with pop punk and trap sounds

FashionThe DIY couturier crafting candy-coloured corsets with washboard abs

MusicBlackhaine is the primal dancer making drill in Manchester

MusicMeet HIRA, the Paul Institute artist making future-nostalgic pop

MusicDewey makes dream-pop on the cusp of fantasy and reality

MusicMaster Peace is not following the crowd

MusicChristian Alexander is a tender bedroom songwriter who’s slowly growing up

MusicThe majesty and tragedy of Lous and The Yakuza’s music

MusicKEYAH/BLU makes raw and real rap music with an unmistakable voice