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: Since kicking off his career in 2016, Puerto Rican singer/songwriter Alex Rose has earned three multi-platinum, four platinum and two gold singles—including the international hits “Jangueo,” “Toda” and “Me Fije”—while also racking up 2b+ YouTube video views. His debut album, El Nuevo Rockstar, set for release in Q2, will showcase a musically evolved, genre-bending artist fluent in reggaeton trap, R&B and rock. Lead single “Melodrama,” which arrived on 1/27 with a music video, provides a scintillating introduction to Rose’s latest chapter.
ALBUM: El Nuevo Rockstar
RELEASE DATE: Q2 2022
SINGLE: “Melodrama”
LIVE: Tour dates TBA for Q3/Q4
INTERNET: 4b+ global career streams; 8m+ monthly Spotify listeners; 2.6b+ combined YouTube views; three multi-platinum, four platinum and two gold singles; 7m+ followers across socials
PRESS: Rolling Stone, Forbes, FLAUNT, RESPECT. (“Rose has been credited for crafting his songs into a compilation of sentiment and romanticism, as well as merging the classic sounds of R&B with the variations and freshness of urban music”), Billboard (“22 Latin Artists to Watch in 2021”), Despierta America Telemundo, CNN, more
BOOKING: WK NXT
MANAGEMENT: Chris Duque & Nelson “JX” Santos/WK NXT