{"id":1872123,"date":"2026-04-08T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1872123"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:00:24","slug":"speed-dating-with-nylons-favorite-rising-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1872123","title":{"rendered":"Speed Dating With NYLON\u2019s Favorite Rising Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photos: Callum Walker Hutchinson; Maddie Rottman; Sophie Ming; Courtesy of Artists<\/span><\/div>\n

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Speed Dating With NYLON\u2019s Favorite Rising Artists<\/h1>\n
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Fall in love with pop\u2019s next generation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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by Jillian Giandurco<\/a><\/address>\n
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The Music Issue 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No one has their ear to the ground more than a NYLON editor. As anyone who reads our weekly track roundups<\/a> can tell, we listen to more music than our Spotify accounts can handle. And because we\u2019re not in the business of gatekeeping, we\u2019re here to put you onto the up-and-coming artists we’re most excited by, the ones we believe are deserving of a spot in pop\u2019s new class of superstars. From Grace Ives\u2019 DIY bedroom pop and Eli\u2019s life-affirming Y2K anthems to INJI\u2019s new-age club classics and Sunshine Benzi\u2019s braggadocious bangers, we\u2019re all in on these artists \u2014 and you should be, too.<\/p>\n

For a special Music Issue edition of our Speed Dating<\/a> series, we wined and dined these next-gen pop superstars to learn more about their music, influences, and current obsessions. <\/p>\n

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Callum Walker Hutchinson<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

What Do You Do For Work?<\/h3>\n

Grace Ives:<\/strong> I make music.<\/p>\n

Sunshine Benzi:<\/strong> I\u2019m a rapper.<\/p>\n

INJI:<\/strong> I\u2019m an artist.<\/p>\n

Eli:<\/strong> Make beep-boop<\/em> noises on my laptop.<\/p>\n

If You Weren\u2019t A Musician, What Other Career Would You Have?<\/h3>\n

INJI:<\/strong> A belly dancer.<\/p>\n

Eli:<\/strong> An architect or a veterinarian.<\/p>\n

Sunshine Benzi:<\/strong> Art professor.<\/p>\n

Grace Ives:<\/strong> Music teacher.<\/p>\n

Go-To Karaoke Song?<\/h3>\n

Eli:<\/strong> \u201cAdore You\u201d by Miley Cyrus. <\/p>\n

Sunshine Benzi: <\/strong>\u201cB*tches ain\u2019t sh*t and they ain\u2019t sayin\u2019 nothing \/ A hundred motherf*ckers can\u2019t tell me nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Who\u2019s Your Dream Collab?<\/h3>\n

INJI:<\/strong> Daft Punk.<\/p>\n

Grace Ives:<\/strong> Chief Keef.<\/p>\n

Sunshine Benzi:<\/strong> Lexa Gates.<\/p>\n

Eli:<\/strong> Ariana Grande.<\/p>\n

Do You Have A Guilty Pleasure Show?<\/h3>\n

INJI:<\/strong> Desperate Housewives<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Sunshine Benzi:<\/strong> Bridgerton<\/em> is my thing, girl. Brid-ger-ton<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Grace Ives:<\/strong> I just watched all of Breaking Bad<\/em> in two weeks. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s The Biggest Red Flag?<\/h3>\n

Sunshine Benzi:<\/strong> I love Deftones. But if they listen to Deftones, run.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s The Biggest Green Flag?<\/h3>\n

INJI:<\/strong> When a guy DJs. I know, hot take!<\/p>\n

What Is Your<\/em> Biggest Green Flag?<\/h3>\n

INJI:<\/strong> All my exes love me. That is also my biggest red flag.<\/p>\n

Do You Have A Party Trick?<\/h3>\n

Sunshine Benzi:<\/strong> [Sings\u201cTwinkle, Twinkle, Little Star\u201d with mouth closed.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Grace Ives:<\/strong> [Sings \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d with mouth closed.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Eli:<\/strong> [Playing with her thumb<\/em>] That\u2019s not really that good.<\/p>\n

What Is Your Sign?<\/h3>\n

Sunshine Benzi:<\/strong> I\u2019m an Aquarius. Mm<\/em>. <\/p>\n

INJI:<\/strong> I\u2019m a Capricorn.<\/p>\n

Grace Ives:<\/strong> Aries.<\/p>\n

Eli:<\/strong> I\u2019m a Libra.<\/p>\n

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What Is The Greatest Lyric Of All Time?<\/h3>\n

INJI:<\/strong> \u201cUntz, untz, untz, untz, untz,\u201d written by me.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s On Your Mount Rushmore Of Musicians?<\/h3>\n

Grace Ives:<\/strong> Nina Simone, Leonard Cohen, Fleetwood Mac. We could put Lana [Del Rey].<\/p>\n

Eli:<\/strong> Prince, David Bowie, Mariah Carey, Little Richard. Period.<\/p>\n

Sunshine Benzi:<\/strong> Janis Joplin, Stevie Nicks, Nicki Minaj, Foxy Brown. Boom.<\/p>\n

INJI:<\/strong> Amy Winehouse, Dave Brubeck, [Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric] Chopin. Daft Punk.<\/p>\n

How Do You Think This Date Went?<\/h3>\n

Grace Ives:<\/strong> I think I was nervous.<\/p>\n

Sunshine Benzi:<\/strong> This was actually the best date I\u2019ve ever been on. I\u2019m not lying. <\/p>\n

INJI:<\/strong> It was the perfect ratio of me talking to not me talking.<\/p>\n

Would You Go On A Second Date With Us?<\/h3>\n

Grace Ives:<\/strong> Uhh, maybe…<\/p>\n

Eli:<\/strong> I would love to exchange numbers, and maybe like, text back and forth nonstop until we become really codependent on each other. And then we adopt a dog, we name it Scruffy, and then we get married. So, I would love to go on another date with you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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