The Blonde List: Emerging artists we are loving right now, and you should too!
- blondevibrations
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A new season calls for new sounds. This March, we are spotlighting the emerging artists currently on our frequency. Consider this your guide to the spring chickens who are about to blossom!
Nieve Ella
Nieve Ella turns the gears on her new era with the latest drop ‘Drive’, and the shift feels immediate. She enters the track within the shadows, carrying a self-possessed, magnetic aura that nods to rockstars of the past. There is a deliberate new confidence here that feels fully aware of when and where to unleash her power. The track is a vampy evolution of her sound, seductive in its selective restraint and intensity. Her voice feels hungrier, the lyrics more defiant as she steers the song’s narrative with its ever-darkening and expanding atmosphere. With this release, Nieve Ella positions herself on the brink of a new world, one that could pull in a fresh wave of listeners drawn to the allure of her edgier sound. It is such a pleasure to have watched an artist grow over the years, and this cycle feels like Nieve’s most powerful and authentic yet.
Nat Slater
Nat Slater’s ‘Glitter In My Tears’ glows with contradiction, its gorgeous, freeing sound wrapped around lyrics that cut deeper when you sit with them a moment longer. She sets the scene of a night out that promises escape, yet ultimately leaves you needing three days to recover emotionally. The atmosphere feels painfully familiar, telling your friends you hope they will not be there, only to scan every silhouette, lingering on anyone who slightly resembles them, quietly wishing it is them. It captures that restless energy of a night spent chasing distraction, not for joy alone, but to soften the ache of wanting someone who lingers in every thought. The euphoria feels real, but it becomes shaped by something unresolved. There is a softness to her delivery that amplifies the longing. The track feels expansive, like standing in a crowded room yet still feeling the pull of a single person at the centre of it all. Sonically, it is euphoric and electric, but the fragility and intimacy in the story she creates give it a depth that invites you back.
Fleur Rouge
For every heartbreak track you reach for this week, counterbalance it with ‘Everything I’m Not’ by FLEUR ROUGE, a release that feels as powerful as it is unfiltered. Fleur offers no moment of preparation before throwing you headfirst into her world unapologetically. The track arrives with chaos, but the vindicating kind, rebellious in the way it flips expectations and refuses to tidy itself up for comfort. She opens in disarray, in bed with a stranger, messy and slightly out of place, yet somehow completely at ease within it. The scene blurs uncertainty and ultimate belonging, making you question whether losing the plot might actually mean landing exactly where you are meant to be. In a curated world built on comparison and conformity, Fleur finds power in refusing to perform. She turns what could be framed as shame into something self-assured, reclaiming imperfection. There is a playful sharpness running through the track that makes it instantly catchy but also cleverly subversive. It feels effortless, like she’s letting you in on the world’s best-kept secret that not having it all together can be its own kind of confidence. ‘Everything I’m Not’ stands as proof that authenticity, especially when it is a little chaotic, can be the coolest statement of all.
Arima Ederra
Discovering an artist right as they release a record feels like instant gratification, and Arima Ederra delivers something that invites you to linger and return to it for months to come. Her album 'A Rush To Nowhere' moves at its own pace, gently insisting you slow down and sit inside each moment. In a landscape built for short attention spans and constant scrolling, there is something so radical about how the record holds your focus without demanding it. The opening tracks, ‘In The Business of Feeling’ and ‘In This Life,’ feel almost weightless, a perfect entry point that draws you into a suspended stillness, both lyrically and sonically. It sets the tone for an album that unfolds intentionally. Arima’s voice is deeply present, gliding through each track to create a spiritual, immersive experience. Taken in full, the album becomes a soothing sensory drift, as though she is completely in tune with every moment of feeling. Another personal highlight, ‘Gemini Eyes,’ feels understated and luminous, reinforcing the sense that ‘A Rush To Nowhere’ is not trying to chase attention, it simply exists beautifully enough to hold it.
Charlotte Sands
Charlotte Sands captures attention in an instant, and ‘Satellite,’ the titular track of her latest record, is proof of just how effortlessly she commands the space. Gritty and electric, it is a bold opening that channels her energy perfectly, giving her powerful, elusive voice room to soar with immediacy. Later in the album, Sands loses none of that fuel with ‘None of My Business,’ a guitar-driven standout track that leans fully into her punchy alt-rock instincts. She balances biting lyricism with a polished, explosive sound, and when she delivers lines like ‘I see you sitting in the corner / Why you looking so upset / Don’t be such a fucking baby / Come on say it with your chest,’ it lands with unapologetic force. She drips confidence across the record, embodying the kind of artist who refuses to be steered in any direction that does not feel truly authentic. Every high-energy moment feels distinctly Charlotte, grounded in her musical instinct. That commitment to her core sound does not just make the album powerful but also gives it longevity, this sound is truly something she can continue to build on.
Jessy Lipton
Jessy Lipton possesses precision when it comes to exploring heartache, especially the kind shaped by knowing distance does not always equal detachment. On ‘Autopilot,’ she leans into that contradiction of feeling with softness, letting the emotion unfold, knowing that it may not lead to resolution. Lyrics like ‘You did some things you wish you didn’t do / But all your regret doesn’t make it less true / And still here I am driving right back to you’ stand out as an admission with weight. She captures the way a relationship does not end cleanly, how it dissolves into something more ambiguous. Feelings linger in a liminal space alongside shared routines, half-faded memories and flashbacks, making it difficult to separate past from present. Regret might have been expressed, but patterns have a gravity of their own, subtly distorting your sense of direction when this behaviour evidently did not change. The pull back towards someone can feel automatic, shaped by habit as much as emotion, and Jessy leans on this autopilot motion beautifully. Sometimes it is not retracing a familiar route without consciously deciding to turn. Her voice allows this ache to breach, and there is comfort there, but acknowledging it is not an escape. The track is simply a place to land, both for herself and anyone who recognises and relates to this path between ache and healing in the aftermath of mishandled love.
Baby Storme
‘NOT SPECIAL’ by Baby Storme is a rich, resonant track that captures that defining moment in adulthood when you confront a crossroads, when the pressure of potential collides with the realisation that the path ahead is neither as clear nor as magnetic as you once imagined. The song navigates the ache of burnout, the corrosion of past expectations, and the fading sense of who you thought you were. Sorrow is laced into her vocals, a reflective melancholy that feeds into the feeling of disillusionment. Yet within that perceived lack of direction lies something unexpected, a delicate and deeply intrinsic piece of art. Baby Storme translates ephemeral emotions into sound with nuance, and the result is ultimately beautiful. The track paints a visceral portrait of failure and uncertainty, but it does so with elegance and poetry, transforming what could feel like aimlessness into something relatable and profound. She expresses being stuck in the tension between expectation and reality, and there is a triumph here in expressing it so authentically.
EMMMA
EMMMA builds up her tracks with meticulous tension, inching the listener toward the energy line by line. On ‘Honey’, the chorus erupts with explosive force which provides an inevitable, yet thrilling release. There is a subversive edge here that she delivers with a playfulness that is as unsettling as it is magic. Across the genre-fluid track, EMMMA manipulates dynamics with precision, contrasting grand, theatrical moments against intimate, sultry confessions where her voice slinks through the shadows. Every pause, every shift in the beat feels purposeful, a deliberate move in the narrative she’s crafting. The accompanying visuals deepen this immersive world, showcasing how fully EMMMA has curated a three-dimensional artistic universe. She blurs the boundaries between desire and danger with effortless allure, and Honey leaves you eager for what comes next, ready to revel in the rest of this release cycle as it unfolds.
Tender Misfit
Oh, this is an artist coming to take it all! With that instrumental introduction stretching into ‘An Act Of God’ for almost a minute, Tender Misfit subverts every expectation of what you think you are walking into. From the moment her vocals hit, the track bursts with campy, extravagantly theatrical energy. Her sound is deliciously over-the-top, exaggerated in all the right ways, cannonballing you straight into an escapist fantasy. The distortion on her voice only amplifies the otherworldly effect, creating a perfect alt-pop track that leaves you craving more, effortlessly blending retro ’80s flair with a futuristic edge. It pretty much demands you to listen on repeat and we are certainly not complaining, in fact we are dancing. A month out from the release of her second EP, ‘Stargirl’, we at Blonde Vibrations HQ are counting down the days to blast this on full volume in the office.
Sade Olutola
‘Arrow Heart’ is the blueprint of a flawless EP, and Sade Olutola delivers it with precision and flair in her craft. From the opening of ‘2099’, she stakes her claim as a master storyteller, each track unfolding like a cinematic revenge arc, this one a ghostly return to haunt those who wronged her. Lines like ‘rise from the ashes with revenge tattooed on my mind / for you, my love there’ll be no preservation’ has humour yet haunting depth, and the ability to balance both becomes a signature within Sade’s sharp lyricism. Picking a standout track felt impossible during the first listen. Initially, it was ‘Ready 4 It’, then ‘Game For Two’ arrived to claim the spotlight, her incisive words and magnetic vocals setting the bar impossibly high each time. Each song is a testament to her vision, a reminder that she is an artist criminally underrated, sitting just shy of 75,000 monthly Spotify listeners, but deserving of every ounce of limelight. Come June, we will be front and center at her headline show at The Grace. If you are serious about witnessing an all-rounder ascending to the top of her game, you will be there too.
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