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HITS LIST GETS LIT UP
Whoa, this year's going too fast. (11/19a)
ON THE COVER: WICKED
They're not in Kansas anymore. (11/19a)
GRAMMY CHEW: RUMINATING ON THE BIG 4 NOMS
80% is a lot better than usual. (11/15a)
NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
THE B-SIDE
Ryn Weaver (Mad Love/Interscope)
3/13/15

WHAT IT IS: Ryn’s music sounds like butterflies in your brain,” Benny Blanco says, “like if you took dope beats, mixed them with Joni Mitchell and Kate Bush and then attached it all to a bungee cord.” In Ryn’s songs you can hear the euphoric pulse and summer breeze of Blanco, and the giddy rush and dust-devil synth swirls of Angelakos. Drums pound like fists against the door in her single, “OctaHate,” a slow jam swing turned earthquake. When you listen, bear in mind you’re hearing her first take in a studio, ever. Listen more closely and you can hear what sound like drops of water in a tub. “‘OctaHate’ equals hate times eight,” the alternative electro-pop songstress says. Her birthday is the 222nd day of the year. Two times two times two is eight. Her debut EP was released on 8/8. Starting to see a pattern here?
ALBUM: Promises EP; debut full-length, The Fool, due 6/16
RELEASE DATE: 8/8/14
SINGLE: “OctaHate”
TV: Letterman 1/15/15
LIVE: Confirmed for SXSW, Coachella, Bonnaroo and other major summer fests; U.S. headline tour slated for summer, tickets on sale starting 3/20
INTERNET: 6m+ Spotify streams on single
RADIO: Bubbling just under the chart at Top 40; adds this week include WIOQ, KDWB, WHQC, WNOH
PRESS: MTV Artist to Watch 2015; named Best of 2014/Artist to Watch in 2015 by Time, HuffPost, Fader, Spotify, BuzzFeed, Stereogum, Forbes, Blackbook, Yahoo Music, more
BOOKING: Rachel Adler & Jeffrey Azoff/CAA
PUBLISHING: Call Me Bambee/Backhair Publishing
MANAGEMENT: Troy Carter/Atom Factory; Eric Kellogg/Lola Grand

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