After years of crafting soulful electronic pop in her Brisbane bedroom, the Australian musician has jumped onto the international stage after opening for Demi Lovato on tour last year.

After graduating from high school last year, the musician is hitting career milestones like releasing her début EP—produced by The Internet’s Steve Lacy—and opening for Jorja Smith with her exploratory, adventurous songs that aim to push her listeners outside their comfort zones.

After teaching himself to create music from tutorials online, the club-influenced producer is fresh off a packed tour of the United States and the release of Dark, the second part of a trilogy meant to serve as the soundtrack for a night out.

On her début album Both, the musician and actor Kaya Wilkins explores identity and duality while combining forthright, honest lyrics with dance-ready synths and campy grooves.

The upstart label and international media collective is carving out a place for Asians in the increasingly diverse world of hip-hop, tackling questions of cultural appropriation and ownership head on.

At just sixteen and with six million Instagram followers and counting, the dark pop prodigy is maturing as we watch into a star for our times with her confrontational, subversive songs and badass, confident attitude.

After getting his start playing with GarageBand on his iPad at the age of twelve, Ethan Snoreck has found fame through SoundCloud; collaborated with Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, and Oh Wonder; and made a viral sensation at Coachella all before his twentieth birthday.

After ten years of only models on our covers, our new issue has four covers featuring actors Olivia Cooke and Ashton Sanders and musician Billie Eilish alongside model Adut Akech.

The BBC Sound of 2018 finalist crafts tuneful songs that speak to social anxieties and political issues from existentialism and government surveillance to misogyny and generational divides.