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WHAT IT IS: The 20-year-old pop songstress, who’s based in Bergen —Norway’s second-largest city (and the “arts” city of Norway)—released her debut song, “Don’t Kill My Vibe,” on 2/9. It reached #2 on Spotify’s U.S. Viral chart and #9 on the Global Viral chart. The song has 90+ global Spotify playlist placements, and she has been named an Apple Music “New Artist of the Week”
ALBUM: Don’t Kill My Vibe (EP)
RELEASE DATE: 5/5
SINGLE: “Don’t Kill My Vibe”
LIVE: NYC & San Fran (May/June)
INTERNET: YouTube Artist on the Rise; went #1 on HypeMachine; Vevo dscvr
RADIO: Impacting Hot AC 5/22, impacting Top 40 6/6
PRESS: Included in Idolator’s Best Pop Songs of Q1 and Future Hit list; Guardian Track of the Week (2/24); Pigeons & Planes Best Song of the Week (2/17); features from Earmilk, NME, i-D, Galore, The Line of Best Fit, Pigeons & Planes, Going Solo, Baeble, Impose, Audiofemme, The Interns, Pursuit of Pop, Ja Ja Ja, Discobelle, Love is Pop, Triple; “DKMV” music video pickup from Nylon, Fader, Idolator, Pigeons & Planes, NPR, Out, The 405, Coup de Main, Discobelle, Next2Shine, Front Row Live, “Plot Twist” (new song) pickup from EW, Nylon, Idolator, Hilly Dilly, All Things Go, Pigeons & Planes, MTV U.K., PopJustice, i-D, Vanyaland, DIY; artist included in EW’s Breaking Big, Rolling Stone’s 10 Artists You Need to Know
BOOKING: Steve Goodgold/Paradigm
PUBLISHING: Sony/ATV
MANAGEMENT: Rich Schaefer/LoyalT Mgmt.