Artist Highlight!

The year 2025 is almost over and the music industry had some pretty big movements. There has been new artists, artists on the rise and much more flowers to give to the elders of the industry! Let’s give our praises to the women of the UK music industry! They are killing it and raising a sisterhood for female artists to come!

In due of Black History Month, this post is a highlight and sign of encouragement to all the artists out there who are black and POC to keep pushing and the world will notice and appreciate you.

PinkPantheress took the UK electronic scene and ran with it! As she has huge collaboration with various artists, in the UK and overseas. Loved for her soft voice, addictive rhymes and melodies and her overall touch in the music scene, her hit sensation, ‘Boy’s A Liar Pt.2’ featuring Ice Spice, won the Song Of The Year Award at the Rolling Stone UK Award in 2023 and peaked number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and on the Billboard Global 200! Pink is on a climbing momentum, currently touring North America WITHOUT her handbag! She has grown to be a master of her stage, stunning us with her stage-presence, choreographies made by Luam Ky. Not to mention she has a great sense of humour! Check out her Instagram for unique, quirky and beautiful teasers for her album ‘Fancy Some More?’, a re-imagined version of her previous mixtape called ‘Fancy That’.

Natanya is coming up hot this year! Building a strong fanbase called ‘Felines’ (I believe), she is the most captivating on stage, inspired by Greats Of All Times such as Michael Jackson, D’Angelo and more. You can hear those influences with her alt-pop, RnB flow with a honeyed, velvety voice and her irresistible dance moves! Natanya’s music videos are captivating as she takes the listeners on a whirl inside of that song. She is fully present within her craft, you can hear it and see it! She has been on tour with girl group FLO, PinkPantheress, Mereba and soon with Ravyn Lenae, leaving a mark in the audience’s mind, craving for her climb from opener to headliner. She knows who she is and what she came to serve. Watch out for her and join into her world, she has 3 projects released: 'Sorrow At Sunrise’, and two-part ‘Feline’s Return’.

Krystal Lotus is an upcoming artist who is smooth in the genres of soul, ballad, RnB, a very dynamic and versatile singer/songwriter. She has unique tone and melisma, in her 2025 single, ‘Toxic Masculinity’ she has beautiful layers that are angelic and soft and often would have a slight slide crescendo whilst singing lyrics that are contradictory to how she sounds! Krystal’s texture in this songs resembles Solange’s vocal textures, in my opinion. Soft and sharp in a beautiful, admirable way. Krystal Lotus pans to Jazz seamlessly in her song ‘Push Over’ with a band with a more firm chest voice, in a staccato melody, showing off her riffs, runs and scale climbs and simply just how great she is! She slides up into a higher register after her chorus where her elegant melismas flows through, taking the listener on a journey. Listen to this song with your eyes closed and feel the journey she takes you on. I specifically love when she allows the band’ s mystic and enchanting instrumental to take over, adding hints of bongos throughout those bars, giving that Caribbean element. Speaking of Caribbean, Krystal Lotus is a Jamaican woman! (periodt) she showcases that side of her on songs like ‘Don’t Criticize it’, a head-bopping reggae self-liberating song filled with Krystal’s voice in a radio-esc, hypnotising chest and head voice. She is awesome! Take some time to put on some Krystal Lotus, she will cater to you!

FLO! The most popping girl group out right now! Flo is going world wide with their incredible music and stage performances! They are the essence of RnB, from the music production, to their vocals, to their style, to their lyrics, to their public appearances, they are always on brand! They are currently on their ‘Access All Areas’ tour that they started earlier this year in April, where they toured the US and now Europe. Access All Areas is a storyline that is in the perspective of a musician who is on a journey of love with someone from beginning to its unfortunate end. Each song has a fresh vibe and feeling, showcasing all of the member’s vocal acrobatic layers and runs. Each song from this album has a very full round sound where you leave astonished each time. From Renee’s beautiful lower-chest voice and textured head/mix voice with her sleek dance moves to Stella’s flowy, sensual, strong vocals and her feminine and sharp moves and ending at Jorja, a powerhouse with her grand and graceful vocals! She has an excellent range and belts with ease. All of the ladies are phenomenal and gorgeous and I cannot wait to hear more of them! Their voices are ear-candy and irresistible to praise. I would like to see a different side to them, maybe alternative themes that may be more personal.

9Days is making her way up through (but not limited to) the Neo-soul music scene. She is magical with her music with graceful tones and complex, groovy layers, sending the listeners through a medley of sonic thoughts as she faces the variety of life. 9Days recently opened up to us about her experiences in living within the world’s standards and perceptions on African women and POC women. Her debut album, ‘African Girls Do Cry’ explores the themes of healing, defiance, femininity, honesty and liberation. She has unique melismas that you’ll catch yourself humming, she incorporates her soft, rhythmic, twangy, smooth chest and mixed vocals into the instrumental, taking control of the melody, enhancing the listening experience. 9Days is a joy to watch when she performs. She always share sweet, personal stories that are behind her well-known songs and she is always laughing and telling jokes!

Raye is finally reaping her flowers after 11 years in the industry! She has fully settled into her niche which resembles the essence of Amy Winehouse with flares of Ella Fitzgerald. Raye’s success and creativity blossomed after she became independent, following her debut album ‘My 21st Century Blues’ which gained viral success after the world fell in love with her hit song ‘Escapism’. This song became her first UK no.1 single and she then entered on the U.S Billboard Hot 100. In March 2024, Raye made history at the BRIT Awards, winning six awards including album of the year, songwriter of the year and best song for ‘Escapism’. Raye is simply FANTASTIC! She has an extensive vocal range and has a unique twang that perfectly suits for Jazz and she always adds a lil more of her modern touch of RnB to her songs, catering to a wide audience who enjoys both genres. Her newly popular single, ‘Where is My Husband!’ has been released a month ago, capturing everyone’s attention to her catchy dance, her tongue-twister lyrics and to the amazing, intricate production of her vocal acrobatics. I am excited to see her go further, I am also interested to see her scat on her songs!

Immerse in the world of BINA. who opens up about her raw, truthful, painful, beautiful, soothing, navigations through life as a black woman. She mixes Neo-soul, Alt RnB, Jazz to create a wonderful, layered fusion. Starting out in 2019 with her debut EP, ‘Humble Abode’, BINA. has a beautiful and detailed way of portraying the sub-layers of her songs through visuals and music videos. She has a buttery, smooth, deep, sultry voice that reveals gorgeous harmonies and relatable lyrics for like-minded people who are upon the same journey. Her songs are a virtual hug. Her latest EP, ‘Chaos Is Her Name’ is a year old but forever fresh and palatable. BINA. explores themes of self-discovery, self-validating, self-medication through her own music. She presents herself back to her past self or inner self with pride, to prove how much she has survived and how much she has achieved! BINA.’s discography is very real and vulnerable. Every project is another layer of her ingenious, creative mind. Did I mention that she is currently on tour with Little Simz?! It is an experience, a journey, a world. Keep your eyes on her, she is here to stay!

KWN. Incapable of making a bad song. She has flooded the UK RnB scene with her sensual, vivid, bedtime jams, rising towards fame with her (one of many) hit song, ‘Worst Behaviour’. Kwn is a super talented producer, singer and songwriter who pours her heart out on every track. She has a smooth and articulate voice and has beautiful range on her riffs and runs. Kwn possesses the ability to make us sit at the edge of the seat, eager to hear next snippet of a new release or for more teasers like the flirtatious music video performed with Kehlani for ‘Worst Behaviour’ ft Kehlani, leading up to their steamy kiss! Kwn has been on tour with Kehlani which then struck off her own tour later down this year! Kwn shares the same classic RnB essence that Tory Lanes, Kehlani, Leon Thomas III has, making listeners fall in love with her unique and satisfying melismas and ad-libs. She is also super cool, her style is streetwear, a little 90’s coded and that London flare. Kwn dabbled into moody soul with her single ‘Lord I’ve Tried’, opening up a different, personal side to her. The song is about struggles she may have had with glimmers of hope in carrying on. Kwn is fantastic and will continue to shine within the music industry !

QUILLA. is a force to not be underestimated! Starting her music career in 2023 with her RnB single, ‘Alone’, a moody head-bopping self-declaration, that is the catalyst of her career. Since ‘Alone’, QUILLA. changed directions with the genre and themes she wanted to pursue. From sad RnB and melodic rap to high-vibrational Neo-soul and Psychedelic Jazz, she aims to use music as an outlet to express her wants, manifest, to self-praise and show-off her confidence to herself as a way of healing. Her debut EP, ‘ReBirth’ explores themes of love, in different ways, ranging from self-love to romantic love to love of nature and the world we all live in. QUILLA. has a soft yet powerful voice that resonates within her chest-voice, often teasing her wispy falsettos. With every release, she presents her world of theatre. She creatively pairs the vibe of her debut EP with historic time periods, relating to the women who shares the same emotional feelings. “For ReBirth, I was inspired by the roaring 20’s where women fought back after complying with the standards that society forced upon them for an unacceptable amount of time. Such as racism for being a black woman, control over our bodies in which I felt compromised and used with mine, undermined to be default and a lot more. I adored how they rebelled, smoked, drank, dressed as they liked and had the most beautiful aura from it. They broke what seemed impossible for women today and I’m here to break those even further. I discovered that music is the most valuable connection to myself, my full self where I am able to hug and soothe and critique myself and my life whilst healing my inner-child. I make songs that I know I can rely on when times are rough or don’t seem possible. My songs are letters to my past self and an echo to my future self.” QUILLA.’s path shines in a different light to a conventional musician. She extends her message from more than music and into entrepreneurship, creating a music blog website called InbetweenTheirLines! (here!) She created this business to shed light onto other upcoming independent musicians as the music industry faces rapid changes with additions of modern technology. She welcomed music lovers and musicians to this music haven to ‘yap’ about music, authentically, no drama (unless it’s in the music). She is really cool and innovative, keep your eye on her!