WHAT IT IS: 26-year-old San Jose native Ashe is making waves with her modern-day pop writing and poignant vocals. Her piano-led, emotionally raw single, “Moral of the Story,” the title track off her EP, Moral of the Story: Chapter 1, spawned a massive sync on Netflix’s To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, prompting adds across the country at Alt stations and rocketing the FINNEAS-produced track into the Top 20. With nearly 200m+ global streams on the track and an equally strong sequel EP, Ashe is set up for continued growth.
ALBUM: Moral of the Story: Chapter 1
RELEASE DATE: 4/5/19
SINGLE: “Moral of the Story”
TV: Netflix’s To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You; synced in Taco Bell advertising LIVE: Upcoming tour with AJR
INTERNET: Approaching 200m+ global streams to date, 2.5m+ TikTok videos created with 2.5b+ views
RADIO: Impacted Alt radio on 3/3, reached Top 20 in eight weeks; airplay at Hits 1, Alt Nation, WNYL, WKQX, KYSR, KROQ, more
PRESS: New York Times, Rolling Stone, OTW, Teen Vogue, Variety, Genius, American Songwriter; upcoming press in Paste, Ladygunn, L’Officiel, more
BOOKING: Jason Kupperman/Paradigm
PUBLISHING: Kobalt
MANAGEMENT: Sean Sheahan/Best Friends Music

WHAT IT IS: Combining frosty electronic textures and emotive vocals, Aurora Aksnes, better known as AURORA, is a mystifying force in the dark-pop realm. Raised among the fjords and mountains of Bergen, Norway, the 22-year old balances her sense of singularity with the deep bond to her devoted horde of fans, stretching from Berlin to Brazil, who have helped her rack up over 1b streams. Between her debut album, My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend, 2018’s Step 1: Infections of a Different Kind and its follow-up, Step 2: A Different Kind of Hyman, AURORA has topped the charts in Norway and reached the Top 30 in the U.K. Set to release new music in May, she recently put her enchanting vocals to use on Frozen 2’s smash “Into the Unknown” and released her own haunting rendition of the track.
SINGLE: New music coming this May
TV: Conan, The Late Show With Steven Colbert, Oscars
LIVE: 2020 Oscar performance of Frozen 2’s “Into the Unknown”
INTERNET: 7.1m+ monthly Spotify listeners; 1.2m+ YouTube subscribers, 270m+ video views; 921k+ followers; 800k+ Instagram followers
RADIO: The Howard Stern Show, Radio Disney, more
PRESS: NME, Dork, Forbes, Idolator, more
BOOKING: Steve Goodgold & Tom Windish/Paradigm
PUBLISHING: Downtown (U.S.)
MANAGEMENT: Made Management

WHAT IT IS: Long before topping the Spotify Viral charts, 19-year-old electronic DJ/producer Powell Aguirre, a.k.a. Surf Mesa, worked on perfecting his niche sound. The talented youngster, who grew among a family of musicians, is a classically trained composer. Surf Mesa’s breezy instincts shine on his Astralwerks debut, “ily (i love you baby)” f/Emilee, which transforms Franki Valli’s classic, “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” into a bouncy summer jam filled with smooth harmonious melodies. The runaway single, which began to resonate at TikTok, has zoomed up the Spotify Global chart and is the perfect introduction to Surf Mesa’s addictive brand of music.
SINGLE: “ily (i love you baby)” f/Emilee
LIVE: Proximity x Trap Nation Digital Mirage at-home concert series; Zach & Sangs Digital Prom; Virgin Radio France Electroshock
INTERNET: 60m+ global streams on single; 42.7m+ Spotify streams, 1.7m per day, 10.6m+ monthly listeners, featured on Pop Rising (cover); 6.3m+ streams on Apple Music, 60m+ YouTube streams; 230k+ TikTok videos made, 80m+ impressions; Snapchat Global Carousel
RADIO: Impacting T40 Radio on 4/28
PRESS: Rolling Stone, Idolator, EARMILK, Voyage L.A., more
BOOKING: Jay Moss/Paradigm (U.S.)
MANAGEMENT: Keel Management