Spotify Spotlight: A Celebration Of Local Talent
In honour of National Day weekend, it's fitting that we celebrate by bringing you the very best in local music. Whether you're a fist-pumping rocker or prefer chilling to smooth R&B, we got an artist for every music genre to satisfy your aural senses.
Yao
Genre: Pop
Follow now!: Mix Yao's smooth vocal stylings with laidback earworm tunes and you have the perfect pop formula.
Reminds Us Of: Troye Sivan, Shawn Mendes
Popular Songs: "Scenery", "No Stress", "Love & City Lights"
ABANGSAPAU
Genre: Hip-hop
Follow now!: Sarong-wearing, hard-hitting with bars for days, ABANGSAPAU is the next big thing in the rap game. You'll be seeing him soon on our TV screes as well as he will part of the NDP evening segment this weekend.
Reminds Us Of: Kanye West, Tyler The Creator , Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross
Popular Songs: "BUAT APE?", "Rest Up", "Clingy"
Stopgap
Genre: Rock
Follow now!: No one encapsulates Singapore's sunny, tropical vibes in musical form better than Stopgap.
Reminds Us Of: The Beach Boys, Two Door Cinema Club
Popular Songs: "Nervous", "Bender", "Crossing Swords"
M1LDL1FE
Genre: Indie
Follow now!: If Stopgap reminds us of Singapore in the day, M1LDL1FE's music evokes visions of our cityscapes at night. Filled with electronic flourishes and guitar-driven harmonies, this quartet will get you grooving to your hipster's heart content.
Reminds Us Of: Walk The Moon, Phoenix, The Drums
Popular Songs: "In Your Arms", "Small Lanes", "Distraction"
Villes
Genre: Post-Hardcore
Follow now!: In a world of cookie-cutter pop stars and bands who are more goody-two shoes, this quintet brings the edge.
Reminds Us Of: Bring Me The Horizon, The Used, Hawthorne Heights
Popular Songs: "Don't You Worry", "City of Gold"
Charlie Lim
Acoustic: Acoustic
Follow now!: One of Singapore's most popular singer-songwriters, this bespectacled crooner has an earthly quality to his music that is both introspective and hopeful.
Reminds Us Of: John Mayer, Jack Johnson
Popular Songs: "Room at the Table", "Bitter"
Fingerfunk
Genre: Funk
Follow now!: Blending electronic elements with live instrumentation, the band's soulful sensibilities are powered by the dynamic chemistry of rapper Hisham.tha.mc and lead vocalist Fareez Shah.
Reminds Us Of: Jamiroquai, Anderson Paak
Popular Songs: "Dopamine", "Chamomile"
Hashy
Genre: Urban
Follow now!: Sensous and alluring, Hashy's lush vocals are a total mood. Part of a duo with husband Marc Than, Hashy recently released her debut single that has gotten us low-key dancing in our bedrooms imagining we're at a beach party in the tropics. And no, we don't mean Sentosa.
Reminds Us Of: Jhene Aiko, SZA, Yuna
Popular Songs: "Someone New"
The Steve McQueens
Genre: Jazz
Follow now!: Our most prominent jazz export currently, the mercurial musical talents of this four-piece quartet will leave an indomitable mark on any listener.
Reminds Us Of: Kimbra, Ezperanza Spalding, Norah Jones
Popular Songs: "Catch Me Fallin'", "Firefly"
Zalelo
Genre: R&B
Follow now!: Zalelo's mature songwriting and strong voice belies her young age. She is a throwback to early 2000s R&B when every song had a Ja Rule cameo in it.
Reminds Us Of: Keri Hilson, Beyonce, Ashanti
Popular Songs: "Stay Away", "Better"
Happy National Day!
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