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)
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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.
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WHAT IT IS: Raised in Mississauga, just outside of Toronto, and of Iraqi descent, 22-year-old Ali Gatie is already becoming a singular voice in the culture. In the two years since his first independent release, his cumulative streams have surpassed 1b with tracks like “Say to You,” “It’s You” and “Moonlight,” establishing Gatie as one of the most compelling new artists straddling the pop and R&B space. In 2019, he released his debut EP YOU and went platinum with breakout smash “It’s You,” which spent 13 weeks on the Hot 100 chart, while selling out his first six shows in less than 10 minutes. Cultivating an international following and drawing global media attention, Gatie is hitting 2020 with growing momentum.
SINGLE: “What If I Told You That I Love You”
LIVE: First-ever sold-out headlining tour, Coachella 2020
INTERNET: 1.5b+ global career streams; 12.7m+ monthly Spotify listeners; 1.3m+ Instagram followers; 1.28m+ subscribers on YouTube, 209m+ combined video views
PRESS: Complex, HYPEBEAST, Billboard, Forbes, Genius, Nylon
BOOKING: Ferry Rais-Shaghaghi, Joe Hadley & Darryl Eaton/CAA
PUBLISHING: LISN INC (SOCAN) administered by Warner Chappell, Universal/SAL&CO (SOCAN), Swish You Were Here Music (ASCAP)
MANAGEMENT: Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, Camille Delaney/SAL&CO