Sydnee Monday
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Monáe's work reminds us that we don't need to be tied to one vision of the future: We can create worlds that help us process current hierarchies and others that try to break out of those structures.
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In the midst of all the world's chaos, Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer — both the album and the "emotion picture" — is a heroine's journey set to a symphony.
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The Australian singer's new single is a quiet revolution. "I think that the most important thing that a woman in a toxic situation can do is to talk about it," Odette says.
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Two of the U.K.'s rising stars collaborate for the first time on an Adele-inspired heartbreak ballad.
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At 22, Brent Faiyaz sang the bouncy hook to GoldLink's summer-defining, Grammy-nominated "Crew." But the tone here is different.
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The singer takes her time building a moment between two people who want the same thing.
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The rising R&B songwriter has worked with Beyoncé and Pharrell, and steps out with her first single, a classic love song for a bad boy.
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The R&B singer knows what she wants and what she doesn't, and isn't afraid to voice it on the slow-rolling "I Won't."
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The Top Dawg singer's new album is as dreamy as we all hoped it would be. Code Switch and NPR Music tapped in a few members of the NPR fam to chat with us about how SZA and Ctrl resonates with them.