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TiGER’s new single True Blue, featuring Auckland-based pop artist AKIYA, is a bold exploration of transformation after trauma. A blend of Pop, House, EDM, and Dream Pop, the track moves through atmospheric beats and soaring synths, capturing strength, rebirth, and finding beauty in chaos. The collaboration with AKIYA adds
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Maddy Low has always worn her heart on her sleeve, and I Feel Pretty (Sometimes) marks a shift in her sound. The track turns inward doubt into outward energy, combining intimate lyrics with guitar-driven indie textures that feel raw and immediate. The song swells into layered guitar riffs and rhythmic
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There’s a reason Amelia McNabb’s music resonates. On the surface, her songs glimmer with the sheen of dark, addictive pop - stacked vocals, moody synths, and an elegance that feels intimate. But underneath, she’s holding up a mirror to the messier, more uncomfortable realities of love. Her
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At 20 years old, Aotearoa’s Jed Skuse is a seasoned live performer, a songwriter with wit to spare, and a guitarist with an arsenal of tricks. His latest release, You Only Call Me on the Weekend, is the kind of track that feels stripped-back yet anthemic. A striking balance
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There is something about a song that defies genre norms. It arrives heavier, stranger, and more urgent, like a flare in the night sky. For Ōtautahi songwriter Lewis Parke, that flare is her cigarette. A track that twists pop, hip hop, and R&B into a restless reminder that
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We're all guilty of it. That over emphasis in the early days of a romance. The one where you laugh a little too breezily, pretend you are fine with whatever, and quietly bury the avalanche of overthinking that is threatening to spill over. In her new single Chill
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Grief has a way of reshaping time. One moment stretches endlessly, the next slips through your fingers before you know it is gone. For Ōtautahi artist Amber Carly Williams, her new single 'To Be Like You' was born in that suspended space, written in the wake of her
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Aotearoa’s own Te KuraHuia is stepping into Mahuru Māori with a single that feels bigger than music. Toitū te Tiriti is pitched as a hīkoi anthem, a track that moves with the heartbeat of the people, created to bring communities together under the protection of aroha. Raised by her
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For many artists, love songs lean on fantasy - the spark of attraction, the heat of desire, or the heartbreak of falling apart. But for Pōneke’s Casual Healing (Nikau Te Huki), the magic lies in what comes after. His new single Moving Together is an unfiltered celebration of long-term
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Abby Christo is back with a track that flips the script. Her latest single Boy Bye transforms the sting of heartbreak into an anthem of self-worth and strength. With sharp wordplay, soaring hooks, and a confidence that demands to be heard, the single cements Christo’s place as one of
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Whanganui’s own BB & The Bullets are gearing up for a milestone moment this spring. The hard-hitting three-piece blues rock outfit will release their debut album High Tide on September 12, alongside a 12-date North Island tour that showcases their raw, electrifying live energy. Having built a reputation across
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Few artists in Aotearoa carry a backstory as dramatic and resilient as Merv Pinny. Once a dairy farmer from the King Country and Waikato, now a globally recognised rock, blues, and roots artist with over 30 million streams and a following of more than 340,000, Pinny has built a
