Our Music Designer’s inboxes are filled to the brim with emails introducing new artists and promoting upcoming releases from labels Mood works closely with. Emails are also coming in from independent artists that submit their music in hopes of being included on our programming (which reaches 150 million people around the world every day!). Needless to say, our team is constantly being exposed to new music. As they search for fresh tunes to populate our brand playlists, they’re also coming across artists perfect for their personal playlists. We surveyed our Music Design team to see which artists they were excited to discover in 2018.
One artist was mentioned by multiple Music Designers. Philadelphia’s Tierra Whack is a rap artist who released her debut album, Whack World, this year to critical acclaim and is nominated for a Grammy in 2019.
Check out a sampling of our Music Designer’s favorite discoveries:
The Beths
Roza Terenzi
Your Smith
Shame
Snail Mail
Tirzah
Kokoroko
Wild Pink
Sons Of Kemet
Ezra Collective
Rosalia
CVIRO & GXNXVS
Billie Eilish
SHAED
Parcels
Billy Raffoul
Kenny Beats
Juice WRLD
LOVA
Trevor Daniel
PNTHN
Jenn Champion
Cornelia Murr
Ella Mai
Khruangbin
Babeheaven
Tom Misch
Amber Mark
Say Sue Me
Hayley Kiyoko
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Borzoi
San Carol
Jade Bird
Thanks for following along with our Best of 2018 series! In case you missed it, we shared the team’s favorite songs and albums of the year.
Onward to 2019. There’s a lot more music to discover!
– Submitted by Music Design