Kings favorite Merchant drops the new track Empty that features John John Taylor from Duran Duran. The mid tempo track is sadder than the previous release but still uplifting to find a home on Spotify’s Indie Pop Playlist.

“I close the blinds and go back to sleep” is probably how a lot of us have felt these past few weeks with the resurgence a new Covid variant, but Merchant says there’s hope.

The Los Angeles based artist has received support from Ones To Watch, WFNM, KCRW, Lyndsey Havens of Billboard, and Lori Majewski & Simon Le Bon on Sirius XM. The tracks landed on Spotify’s “Fresh Finds” and “Fresh Finds Pop”.

Look out for Natalie Gish and the track The End Of Something Good.

Natalie says, “I wrote The End Of Something Good at that time in my life when there was a lot of things that were coming to an end. Even though this person or this thing has been the best thing that has ever happened to you, sometimes you have to close the chapter for you to be able to grow”

The Nashville based artist just released her debut EP filled with heartfelt tracks. She cites Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, and Billie Eilish as influences. The EP which comes over just 13 minutes comprises of Say Goodbye, Just Strangers, The End of Something Good, and Where I Was Before.

Following the release of her debut EP, Natalie quickly garnered support from Pop Wrapped, CelebMix, Music-News, and Skope Mag.

Look out for Ea Othilde and the track Back To You. You’ll love if you like lo-fi, folk, indie rock. Think Clairo meets Lana Del Rey.

The rising artist from Norway has been writing songs since she was 11 years old, and she started working on her debut-EP when she was 15 with producer Hans Olav Settem.

“The song is about putting yourself first and cutting toxic people out of your life” says Othilde.

Ea Othilde takes cues from Elliott Smith, PJ Harvey and early Bon Iver. The lyrics revolve around dysfunctional relationships and ‘the fear of missing out’ in her adolescent years.

Insiders are claiming Adele pulled the plug over production disagreements. Performing at Casinos is very alien to the UK singer and Las Vegas is lights and glitz, not the perfect setting for a melancholic newly mum that is focused on hitting the right notes. She isn’t use to performing shows like Bruce Springsteen or Bon Jovi, she was nearly home for 5 years before writing her new album Adele 30. The singer has made no secret of her crippling stage fright, or indeed the fact she hates touring.

She has vomited before going on stage and said she would turn jobs down in case she had an ‘anxiety attack’ and couldn’t go on.

Talking to Q magazine she said: “I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me. I don’t think the music would work either. It’s all too slow.

“I’d hate to book a festival and have a f***ing anxiety attack and then not go on stage, do you know what I mean?”

She added: “I’d rather do 12 years at the Barfly than one night at the O2.”

Look out for the track You Don’t Want Me Anymore by Rachel White. The track can easily hang out with anything Olivia Rodrigo or Julia Michaels.

The Scottish singer songwriter studied at MGA Academy of Performing Arts in Edinburgh before releasing the debut single ‘Royalty’ in 2020.

“I’ve had my heart broken before many times but never really had to be the one to do the heart breaking so this song came about when I didn’t know how to let someone down. This song is also indicative of the fresh ‘Rachel White’ sound I’m developing this year which is raw and personal and explores my feelings as an artist”

She will drop EP this year followed by live gigs including a stop at the Breakout Festival in Kirkcaldy in May.