The Kid Laroi is Australia’s biggest rap export, and he’s only 17. His real name is Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard and he is a self prescribed rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He loves Tupac, Erykah Badu, The Fugees, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West.

It all began when Laroi placed third in the 2018 edition of “Unearthed High,” a competition for high school artists sponsored by Australia radio station Triple J. He signed with imprint Grade A Records, alongside his mentor Juice WRLD. He supported Juice WORLD on multiple Australian tours during expanding his audience.
With the help of Spotify, Laroi garnered millions of streams via Spotify’s most popular playlists, including RapCaviar, Pop Rising, Most Necessary, Internet People, Tear Drop, and Hot Rhythmic.
It was his collaboration with Juice — “Go” that took him to the next level where he saw overseas chart success.

Now his first full length F*CK LOVE is topping the charts. You’ll love Laroi if you’re a fan of melodic emo-rap.
Anybody wherever I’ve ever been in my life, one thing they can always say good or bad, I was always doing music and I always wanted to be a rapper,” he said.

Alice Pisano drops a new upbeat track Crush which found itself on Spotify’s Music Friday Global. You’ll like if you’re fan of straight up electro pop.

Alice says, “It’s about having one of those strong crushes on someone that knocks you off your feet, but in an unhealthy way. You’re both in so deep that you live with the fear that the other person’s feelings might not be as strong as yours. You start overthinking, becoming jealous and possessive… It almost becomes like a battle.”
The London-based, Italian born artist who grew up listening to Coldplay, Lana del Rey, London Grammar, and Gavin Jame has garnered support from BBC Radio London, BBC Introducing, National Dutch Radio NPO Radio 2 and Spotify. Check it out on KOAR’s Indie Invaders Playlist.

Fresh on the scene Amanda Frances joins the lonely club and shares her latest single lalalonely. Amanada fits nicely between Benee and Taylor Swift.

Having spent time in Nashville, her lyrical storytelling can be heard in her songs. She’s been nominated multiple times by the International Songwriting Competition.
Amanda tells Canadian Beats: “Lyrics are definitely at the core of my writing. From a super young age, I was obsessed with words and was constantly writing my own poems, lyrics, and songs, and that’s definitely shaped how I write today. My songs almost always start with a lyric. If I’m writing by myself, I’ll often sit down for half an hour or something at a time and just kind of free-flow write what I’m feeling or thinking – it almost feels like a journal entry at the time. Chunks of that usually end up being sections of the song without me even realizing at the time that I was writing the lyrics. ” Give it a stream on KOAR’s Indie Invaders Playlist.

JULIANA. released her first track of the year titled Love Preview. It’s a nice blend of electro-pop and dreamy electro pop. Think Julia Michaels, Zara Larsson and Hailee Steinfeld. The Los Angeles based artist also released the official video for the song that was directed by Alec Griffen and produced by Christina Jobe.
“I couldn’t be more excited to start off 2021 with my new single and video ‘Love Preview’,” shares JULIANA. “It’s a song that’s meant to be lighthearted and positive considering we could all use that extra glimpse of hope in a new year. I have always been someone who writes songs based on my personal experiences, and this one is no different”
Since her debut in September she’s garnered features from Culture Collide, LA Weekly, Celeb Secrets, GroundSounds, Stage Right Secrets, and Sound Vapors.

Oslo’s indie pop artist CELIIN displays her vocal prowess in the new released track Marylin (Undressed). The first version of the song was woven with cinematic samples and loops whereas the new version has a vocal and piano. This is her third and final track from her love letter trilogy. You can check out the video here where she channels Marylin Monroe. Blending alternative with dark pop, CELIIN draws inspiration from BANKS to Lana Del Rey to Nothing But Thieves. Give it a stream.