Spirallogram: THE HUB
Collections of everything and anything I think you'll find some enjoyment exploring. Mainly playlist but maybe there could be something else I'd like to do in the future.
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Aussie duo Troth continue to mine the frayed edges of downcast x downbeat pop musics, augmenting their filigree folk echoes with dubwise and Fourth World mantras that places them somewhere in the vicinity of Lolina, Leslie Winer, Brenda Ray...
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Wait, before I fall asleep, I have this idea.... Do U have recommendations for addition?
I'm also thinking Snuggle, haloplus+, Racecourse, Mila Culpa, Moon Diving; hope U get the vibe!
Tinashe's eighth album is her best and bravest yet: more ambitious, more focused, and effortlessly in touch with the zeitgeist. It’s the best pop album of the year
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I'm still thinking about how a lot of r&b audience don't want their favorite artists boxed but also treat #rnb as a rigid box in and of itself.
"She isn't r&b, she's pop", well why can't r&b also be pop? Read more in the picture. I don't have premium
I wrote this on Microsoft Word and I still don't know how I want to add my watermark so sorry if it looks like shit lol. I'm still 19 so don't bully too hard plz.
“Sometimes i rush” by Fine, with video directed by Betty Krag & starring Fie Martens Ljungmann.
Short n sweet tunes that feels reminiscent of her Chinah project. Also, is Fie Ljungmann her girlfriend or something?
One thing I'll applaud about Pitchfork, they're not afraid to platform alt. r&b even when the conversation is how "there's no way to add something new to r&b anymore".
The alt. r&b albums they gave 9.0 to shows us the genre still move forward even if the world fail to catch up.
“Dreams” by Smerz; with music video directed by Lengua, edited by Kersti Jan Werdal & Brennan Barsell.
Not “You got time and I got money”, this is the true best Smerz song — and yes, it was also the best song of 2025. Love how evocative this video is too!
Music that sounds like they're transmissioned right from the cloud. Ambient dream folktronica.... pop? Inspired by the many many times I've been replaying Maria BC's “Good Before” last night.
#SPIRALINGCHART
Biggest debuts on the Global Spotify chart in 2026 so far:
#1. SWIM — 14.64M
#2. Patient Zero — 13.7M
#3. Make Them Cry — 13.21M
#4. Aperture — 12.47M
#5. Body to Body — 11.18M
#6. Dust — 10.92M
#7. Ran To Atlanta — 10.89M
#8. Whisper My Name — 10.72M
#9. drop dead — 10.7M
#10. stupid song — 10.1M
#11. Cleveland! — 9.62M
#12. Janice STFU — 9.58M
#13. National Treasure — 9.34M
#14. hate that i made you love me — 8.788M
#15. Pink Clouding — 8.785M