The Next Wave Ft. New Artists, New Songs, and New Playlists

🐦✈️ Weekly dose of music discovery from Pigeons & Planes [Pigeons Planes ](#) [Image](#) [Image](#) BBY Kodie - “Korleone” Houston rapper BBY Kodie is rising fast and “Korleone” is one of his best releases to date. The young artist’s charisma and self-confidence shines through over a simple beat that hits hard when it finally drops. Similar to his “I’m Throwed Freestyle,” over Paul Wall’s Houston classic, Kodie cuts through the noise with a youthful energy and simple, memorable lines that you can instantly imagine being yelled back at his turned up live shows, whenever those become part of our life again. BBY Kodie is making moves—pay close attention to him in 2020. [LISTEN NOW](~/AAJOsQA~/RgRgkrOqP0UBM0TPaHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAuaGl2ZS5jby9lbWFpbC9lbHQvP2hfc2lkPTE0ZDU2NTdlZDQtNWE4Zjg0ZmRmYmQ5OWI3MDY0OWQwMTE3Jmhhc2g9NDVhZWZmOWE1MTM3ZjRjJm5leHQ9aHR0cHMlM0EvL3lvdXR1LmJlL2VGVzJ1dVo3bFZnJTNGdXRtX3NvdXJjZSUzRGhpdmUlMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtJTNEZW1haWwlMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ24lM0RoaXZlX2VtYWlsX2lkXzUxNzI4VwNzcGNCCgAbqi6wXsWqYXpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkyQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [Image](#) [Image](#) whiterosemoxie Recommended If You Like: Kevin Abstract, Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi whiterosemoxie just turned 18 years old and lives in Detroit. He grew up in Detroit's public school system, but excelled academically and was accepted to a private school. Suddenly, he was surrounded by a whole new group of people, and he had to adapt and find new ways to connect. One of those ways was through music. His interests branched out beyond rap to include rock acts like Tame Impala and Paramore and electronic music like Skrillex. "With the transition between crowds and places in my life, I feel like I expanded my music taste," moxie says. "It made it have no walls. I always grew up understanding some people liked different things than me, but somebody else liked it so it didn’t mean it was bad. Just different. I definitely think my city and experiences living here have influenced me and my music heavily. When it comes to the range on the project, it really just comes down to raw emotion. Some days I was feeling good, some days I needed to get some shit off my chest. The energy of the day plays a huge role in the final product." whiterosemoxie's project white ceilings mirrors his personal taste, from high-voltage rap like "trix," "newty," and "applause" to left-of-center, pop-leaning tracks like "date night" and "indigo." Stylistically, moxie switches it up frequently, but keeps things unpredictable with dynamic production and interesting combinations. What's most surprising and rewarding are moxie's most vulnerable moments: "west side boys" and "go." While almost all of the project was freestyled, these are two songs that moxie planned out and wrote himself, and they give a glimpse into how deep this young artist's talent goes. [LISTEN TO: “west side boys”](~/AAJOsQA~/RgRgkrOqP0UBNkTPaHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAuaGl2ZS5jby9lbWFpbC9lbHQvP2hfc2lkPTE0ZDU2NTdlZDQtNWE4Zjg0ZmRmYmQ5OWI3MDY0OWQwMTE3Jmhhc2g9NDVhZWZmOWE1MTM3ZjRjJm5leHQ9aHR0cHMlM0EvL3lvdXR1LmJlL1g0RmVzOU5sREpBJTNGdXRtX3NvdXJjZSUzRGhpdmUlMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtJTNEZW1haWwlMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ24lM0RoaXZlX2VtYWlsX2lkXzUxNzI4VwNzcGNCCgAbqi6wXsWqYXpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkyQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [Image](#) Raissa Recommended If You Like: Lorde, BENEE, Charli XCX Raissa was born in Spain to Spanish and French parents, and grew up between Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, and Sydney. Now based in London and studying at Central Saint Martins, she's also finding time to sing, record, produce, and make her own videos for her first three singles. Originally inspired to start writing songs to Leonard Cohen at 11 years old, she's now making impressively polished modern pop songs with an edge. Raissa's writing immediately stands out, as she paints vivid, specific scenes while touching on universal themes across each of her three releases so far. “This is me being fully honest and vulnerable about the cost of being a girl who isn’t going to make herself small, or big or anything really, for anyone,” Raissa says of "Bullying Boys," her debut single. “To be valid as I am.” She's just getting started, but the potential is already clear, and Raissa seems poised to do something special. Riassa's debut EP is planned for the summer—we've heard some of the songs, and it's sounding great. [LISTEN TO: "Bullying Boys"](~/AAJOsQA~/RgRgkrOqP0UBOETPaHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAuaGl2ZS5jby9lbWFpbC9lbHQvP2hfc2lkPTE0ZDU2NTdlZDQtNWE4Zjg0ZmRmYmQ5OWI3MDY0OWQwMTE3Jmhhc2g9NDVhZWZmOWE1MTM3ZjRjJm5leHQ9aHR0cHMlM0EvL3lvdXR1LmJlL0V5OThfeUZFd1BrJTNGdXRtX3NvdXJjZSUzRGhpdmUlMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtJTNEZW1haWwlMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ24lM0RoaXZlX2VtYWlsX2lkXzUxNzI4VwNzcGNCCgAbqi6wXsWqYXpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkyQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [Image](#) Somni Recommended If You Like: Four Tet, Flying Lotus, Sufjan Stevens Somni just released his second record Home through LA-based label Friends of Friends (Shlohmo, Daedelus, Baths, Perera Elsewhere) after years of making instrumental tracks. For the first time, he's incorporating his own vocals into his music, and even though the vocals are mostly pitched and manipulated, that human element breathes new life into his music. It also reflects his range of influences both in the instrumental and songwriting worlds: Flying Lotus, Shlohmo, Burial, Portishead, Elliott Smith, Cat Power, and Sufjan Stevens. Title track "Home" is a good place to start. It's one of those songs with a bittersweet calmness to it. As an instrumental, it would still be a go-to background beat for mood-setting, but the vocals give it a gentle intimacy and meaning hard to achieve with just a beat. "I was working on Home over the course of about a year and a half during a big transitional phase in my life," Somni says. "I left a city I’d grown to love but couldn’t see a future in (San Francisco), moved back to the city I grew up in (LA), back in with my parents, and essentially back to square one. The stress of making decisions and choosing certain paths in life can be overwhelming, and I think a lot of the creation of this record was a release of that energy for me. I’m hoping now that this album can grow past my own personal reasons for making it. Especially with all this craziness going on, I think people need art and music more than ever." [LISTEN TO: "Home"](~/AAJOsQA~/RgRgkrOqP0UCMTBEz2h0dHBzOi8vYXBwLmhpdmUuY28vZW1haWwvZWx0Lz9oX3NpZD0xNGQ1NjU3ZWQ0LTVhOGY4NGZkZmJkOTliNzA2NDlkMDExNyZoYXNoPTQ1YWVmZjlhNTEzN2Y0YyZuZXh0PWh0dHBzJTNBLy95b3V0dS5iZS9oTzBvRjdQbkNPQSUzRnV0bV9zb3VyY2UlM0RoaXZlJTI2dXRtX21lZGl1bSUzRGVtYWlsJTI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduJTNEaGl2ZV9lbWFpbF9pZF81MTcyOFcDc3BjQgoAG6ousF7FqmF6Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [Image](#) [Image](#) The P&P playlist is updated with songs from Drake, Young Thug, and Future, Yung Lean, and Fiona Apple, as well as rising favorites like Yellow Days, Christian Alexander, and Tommy Newport. The Pigeons & Planes playlist is updated constantly, with an emphasis on music discovery and human curation, not algorithms. 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