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Wonderland FAUX REAL Faux Real, aka cropped-top brothers Elliott and Virgile Arndt, question exactly what it says on the tin: Is this for real? The Franco-American are gearing up for the release of their sophomore album Poison Time arriving this September. But in the meantime, the two continue to treat life as they see fit:…
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Wonderland TOWA BIRD Singer-songwriter, suit lover, and guitarist Towa Bird has amassed 1.3 million TikTok followers and the credentials of a generational rockstar. On her sophomore album, Gentleman, chivalry becomes a state-of-mind. 27-year-old rockstar Towa Bird is really cool. The androgynous artist possesses an ease that can’t be copied or manufactured: tousled curls falling perfectly…
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Wonderland STARCRAWLER Aesthetically speaking, Starcrawler looks as if they were like they were plucked from a faded ’70s Polaroid. Once infamous for spitting fake blood into the audience, their upcoming music is influenced by a self-styled vision of epic Hollywood Babylon – while still writing “mean songs about shitty people.” Raven-haired front woman Arrow de…
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Wonderland AUGUST PONTHIER Across a trilogy of EPs and their recent debut album, the “non-binary cowboy” August Ponthier has been on a steady crusade of musical self-interrogation. Their artistry, meanwhile, remains pointed at the same people it always has: anyone who’s ever felt slightly out of place. August Ponthier knows who the fuck they are.…
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Wonderland CORTISA STAR In just three years, Cortisa Star’s gone from internet curiosity to viral rap phenomenon, picking up co-signs from Charli xcx and Doechii, even making her runway debut at Miu Miu. So, where do you go after an accidental rise to fame? In just three years, Cortisa Star’s gone from internet curiosity to…
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Wonderland SOPHIA STEL What does it mean to be a pop star? For Canadian dreamer Sophia Stel, it means anything she wants it to. As she signs to A24 Music and finishes work on her debut album, the 27-year-old remains – above all – defiantly herself. In barely the time that it takes for the…
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Wonderland LYKKE LI Lykke Li calls herself the master of a French exit, so the announcement that her sixth album, The Afterparty, was to be her last felt out of character. As it happens, the alt-pop icon isn’t one to be bound by conclusions. It can be a drawn-out swan song or nothing more than…
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Wonderland SKY FERREIRA Despite releasing just one album more than a decade ago, Sky Ferreira has achieved something increasingly rare: remaining culturally ever-present while being largely absent. Few artists of her generation have inspired quite so much conversation, speculation and mythology. So who is pop’s greatest enigma, really? The stories you’ve heard about California-born Sky…
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Wonderland 070 SHAKE 070 Shake’s exploratory spirit has made her one of contemporary music’s most compelling shape-shifters. But she’s far more interested in making things than explaining them. “I didn’t know that song won a Brit Award. That’s pretty dope.” Danielle Balbuena, better known as 070 Shake, and I are talking about “Escapism”. The Raye…
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Wonderland KELELA Kelela is many things. Perhaps most importantly, the Afrofuturist artist is a justice seeker. With her latest album, new avatar, she takes another sonic swing at dismantling the rigidity of genre by tackling them all. Ever since her 2013 debut mixtape, “CUT 4 ME”, both critics and fans have struggled to determine where…