Intl Music Edits (2025)

28/12/2024

From Sunday, Dec 29, 2024, several changes will be made to the playlists on our Spotify profile:

1️⃣ Selected music collaborations involving Featured Artists, including tracks from collaborative projects like "brent", will be gradually added to our casual listening playlists (i.e. Indie Artists, Mainstream Artists). This ensures greater accessibility to these tracks, which allows us to stream these songs more intently into 2025.

2️⃣ Existing playlists for the remixed / acoustic versions of original songs by Featured Artists will be discontinued to reduce the administrative complexity in maintaining playlists of songs from Featured Artists.

28/12/2024

From Sunday, Dec 29, 2024, existing guidelines on the management of instrumental edits for non-Featured Artists will be removed. As such, instrumental edits for non-Featured Artists will no longer be required to obtain at least 50 views in 2 weeks, in order to be retained on our YouTube channel ().

In addition, the removal of these guidelines will also allow for the curation of more music edits for original songs by additional non-Featured Artists, which can be expected in 2025.

21/12/2024

While our increasing burnout over deep diving for more prospective Featured Artists has limited the number of artists we discovered in 2024, we believe that they should still be acknowledged as part of our year in review.

One of several artists we discovered in 2024 itself is Florrie, who was first discovered and evaluated under the Featured Artists framework between Mar 31, 2024 & Jun 22, 2024.

As the evaluation for her debut album "The Lost Ones" closes, we decided to continue our support for her on a long-term basis from Jun 23, 2024. Based on our assessment criteria for Featured Artists, her debut album strikes a good balance between the incorporation of upbeat synth pop production, coupled with introspective lyricism, which effectively showcases her ability to resonate with multiple demographics, from casual music listeners to niche deep divers.

To this end, we look forward to hearing more from her subsequent music releases in 2025.

21/12/2024

In place of the typical generated at the end of each year, we decide to dig deeper into our music streaming statistics for 2024, by going through the rankings of artists based on their number of scrobbles on Last.fm in 2024* instead.

Refer to the infographics for more details on how the EPs/albums from Featured Artists, as well as EPs/albums from selected non-Featured Artists rank on our Last.fm scrobble rankings by EPs/albums. The EPs/albums from non-Featured indie artists included in the infographics are non-exhaustive, and also exclude EPs/albums from mainstream^ artists.

*Only scrobbles recorded for EPs/albums released from Jan 1, 2024 to Nov 30, 2024 are included, following the data recording period for

^A mainstream artist refers to any artist with millions of listeners on music platforms. While there are currently no standardised metrics to classify an artist as mainstream, we generally use the benchmark of over 30 million Spotify monthly listeners as the benchmark to classify mainstream artists.

21/12/2024

In place of the typical generated at the end of each year, we decide to dig deeper into our music streaming statistics for 2024, by going through the rankings of artists based on their number of scrobbles on Last.fm in 2024* instead.

Refer to the infographics for more details on how Featured Artists, as well as selected non-Featured Artists rank on our Last.fmLast.fm scrobble rankings by artists. The non-Featured indie artists included in the infographics are non-exhaustive, and also exclude mainstream^ artists.

*Only scrobbles recorded from Jan 1, 2024 to Nov 30, 2024 are included, following the data recording period for

^A mainstream artist refers to any artist with millions of listeners on music platforms. While there are currently no standardised metrics to classify an artist as mainstream, we generally use the benchmark of over 30 million Spotify monthly listeners as the benchmark to classify mainstream artists.

21/12/2024

For the year in review, we have streamed and curated music edits for numerous other EPs / albums by various non-Featured Artists in 2024:

1️⃣ Jan 26: Ashley Kutcher (House On The Water LP)
2️⃣ Feb 23: Devon Gabriella (From The Next Room EP)
3️⃣ May 3: ber (Room For You EP)
4️⃣ May 10: Alec Benjamin (12 Notes LP), Alexander Stewart (bleeding heart LP)
6️⃣ May 17: Sadie Jean (Simple Like 17 EP - Deluxe)
7️⃣ Aug 30: Isabel Pless (Workhorse Pt. 1 EP)
8️⃣ Sep 19: Taylor Bickett (This Isn't Me Missing You EP)
9️⃣ Oct 18: Ashley Kutcher (Play Responsibly EP), Annika Bennett (Live From Mother Earth LP)
1️⃣1️⃣ Dec 6: Rachel Grae (Journal No.1 LP)

Refer to the infographics for more details on these EPs / albums from non-Featured indie artists. Note that the list of EPs / albums are non-exhaustive, and exclude EPs / albums that were streamed only as part of our deep diving processes, as well as EPs / albums released by mainstream* artists.

*A mainstream artist refers to any artist with millions of listeners on music platforms. While there are currently no standardised metrics to classify an artist as mainstream, we generally use the benchmark of over 30 million Spotify monthly listeners as the benchmark to classify mainstream artists.

21/12/2024

For the year in review, 18 out of 25 existing Featured Artists released a total of 18 EPs / albums in 2024, with 3 other Featured Artists releasing singles for their upcoming projects in 2025:

1️⃣ Feb 9: Katelyn Tarver (Quitter LP)
2️⃣ Mar 1: Abby Sage (The Rot LP), Brynn Cartelli (OUT OF THE BLUE LP)
4️⃣ Mar 15: Holly Humberstone (work in progress EP)
5️⃣ Mar 29: Lindsey Lomis (Handle With Care EP)
6️⃣ Apr 5: Alfie Jukes (Sitting Pretty EP)
7️⃣ May 17: Sasha Alex Sloan (Me Again LP), Beren Olivia (if we're being honest EP), ren (clean hands dirty water EP)
🔟 Jun 14: Florrie (The Lost Ones LP)
1️⃣1️⃣ Jun 19: Lexie Carroll (you look lovely when you're living EP)
1️⃣2️⃣ Jul 26: Sophie May (Deep Sea Creatures EP)
1️⃣3️⃣ Aug 16: Yours Truly (TOXIC LP)
1️⃣4️⃣ Sep 13: Angie McMahon (Light Sides EP)
1️⃣5️⃣ Oct 9: Chrissy Costanza (VII EP)
1️⃣6️⃣ Oct 25: Delaney Bailey (Chiaroscuro EP)
1️⃣7️⃣ Nov 1: Chelsea Cutler (brent iii LP*) - with Jeremy Zucker
1️⃣8️⃣ Nov 22: Sydney Rose Music (Voice Notes EP)

On the other hand, 2 other Featured Artists have also released singles in 2024, without announcing a project, as of the time of publication of this post.

Refer to the infographics for more details on the new music releases from Featured Artists in 2024.

21/12/2024

From Nov 4, 2024, we will be progressively uploading the instrumental edits of EPs / albums published by Featured Artists before 2020 on our YouTube channel ().

To ensure that there is sufficient time to complete each project, only 3 projects will be uploaded per week, until Dec 23, 2024.

For the 8th week (Dec 23), we will be uploading the instrumental edits for 1 EP released in 2019:
1️⃣ Dec 23 - Chapter I EP, Lindsey Lomis

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14/12/2024

As we approach the end of the year, we would like to celebrate some of the new songs that we have played from various non-Featured Artists that we have engaged with throughout 2024.

Thus, on Dec 15, 2024 at 8pm GMT(+8), we will be uploading the instrumental edits for 4 singles released by Sabrina Sterling on our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/.

14/12/2024

From Nov 4, 2024, we will be progressively uploading the instrumental edits of EPs / albums published by Featured Artists before 2020 on our YouTube channel ().

To ensure that there is sufficient time to complete each project, only 3 projects will be uploaded per week, until Dec 23, 2024.

For the 7th week (Dec 16-20), we will be uploading the instrumental edits for 3 EPs released in 2018:
1️⃣ Dec 16 - Yours Truly, Too Late for Apologies EP
2️⃣ Dec 18 - Yours Truly, Afterglow EP
3️⃣ Dec 20 - Sara Kays, A House Too Big EP

07/12/2024

As Gracie Abrams has exceeded 30 million Spotify monthly listeners in Nov 2024, we have decided to publicly discontinue the provision of her music edits on our YouTube channel (), as per our current guidelines for music edits for non-Featured Artists. This will be effective from Sunday, Dec 8, 2024.

However, viewers who wish to access these music edits may continue to do so through the specific unlisted web links indicated in the infographics below.

07/12/2024

From Sunday, Dec 8, 2024, up to 25 additional artists outside the existing Featured Artists framework will continue to be reviewed under 2 new Spotify playlists:

1️⃣ Artists under Evaluation playlist: This playlist currently facilitates the reviews of up to 10 artists with ongoing music releases to assess their viability for eventual reinstatement under the Featured Artists framework. We have decided to make this playlist public to showcase our efforts to engage with additional artists outside the Featured Artists framework.

2️⃣ "Back Bar" playlist: This playlist will facilitate the long-term reviews of up to 15 artists that were previously evaluated under the Featured Artists framework, but are currently determined to be unviable as Featured Artists. Artists in this playlist include those who have already released a project in 2024, as well as artists with lower metrics on music platforms, but have continuously shown potential in their music releases.

While we strive to support/promote as many artists as realistically possible under the existing Featured Artists framework, we realise that it is not sustainable beyond a certain threshold quantity of artists (i.e. between 20 & 25 artists). Thus, we hope these new playlists will allow us to continue maintaining deeper engagement with a larger pool of artists, without overstretching our limited time and resources to engage with both artists within and outside the Featured Artists framework.

To this end, we have made a conscious decision to refrain from listing the artists that are added to these new playlists here. This refined approach will allow us to make changes to the artists in the playlists where necessary, without the added pressure of announcing such changes publicly, which aims to facilitate a more relaxed process of reviewing these artists from time to time.

However, listeners can still access these playlists through the links below to see which artists are currently included:

🟢 Artists under playlist (up to 10 artists) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2JtS0Kxq6cB1ncJpQfastx

🟢 "Back Bar" playlist (up to 15 artists) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sxIIJ0uJKz5b6syiTKb1E

07/12/2024

From Sunday, Dec 8, 2024, Alfie Jukes will be reinstated as an artist under the Featured Artists framework, with a further review of his 3rd EP "All Dressed Up For Nothing" to be concluded by Saturday, Mar 15, 2025.

His reinstatement as a Featured Artist comes after the strong showing of the 2nd single of his 3rd EP, released on Nov 1, 2024.

On the same day, Alix Page will be discontinued as an artist under the Featured Artists framework. While her singles so far have shown potential, we have decided to continue our further review of her upcoming new music under the Artists under Evaluation playlist, as we await a confirmed project from her.

07/12/2024

On Dec at 8pm GMT(+8), we will be uploading the instrumentals of 22* songs from Rachel Grae's debut album, "Journal No. 1", on our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/.

*Instrumentals for 6 songs released in 2023 were first uploaded on Feb 18, 2024

07/12/2024

From Nov 4, 2024, we will be progressively uploading the instrumental edits of EPs / albums published by Featured Artists before 2020 on our YouTube channel ().

To ensure that there is sufficient time to complete each project, only 3 projects will be uploaded per week, until Dec 23, 2024.

For the 6th week (Dec 9-15), we will be uploading the instrumental edits for 3 EPs released between 2011 and 2017:
1️⃣ Dec 9 - Chelsea Cutler, Sleeping With Roses EP
2️⃣ Dec 11 - Chelsea Cutler, Sleeping With Roses II EP
3️⃣ Dec 13 - Jeremy Zucker, Chelsea Cutler - brent EP

30/11/2024

In Sep 2024, as part of our efforts to keep track of more indie artists, we increased the total number of Featured Artists to 28.

However, over the past month, it became clear that the amount of time and resources needed to follow the careers of a substantial quantity of artists has reached an unsustainable level, where a slight cutback in Featured Artists is necessary.

Thus, 1 existing Featured Artist will be discontinued from Sunday, Dec 1, 2024:

1️⃣ Clara Mae: The discontinuation of Clara Mae was considered based on the general reception towards her comeback single "The Player" in Aug 2024. While Clara Mae's comeback is well-received, the metrics on "The Player" remains persistently lower than similar indie artists under the Featured Artists framework. Nonetheless, we also remain committed to continue monitoring the career trajectory for Clara, albeit less intensively, outside of the Featured Artists framework, until the release of her sophomore album.

30/11/2024

As we approach the end of the year, we would like to celebrate some of the new songs that we have played from various non-Featured Artists that we have engaged with throughout 2024.

Thus, on Dec 1, 2024 at 8pm GMT(+8), we will be uploading the instrumental edits for 10 singles released by Caroline Dare on our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/.

30/11/2024

From Nov 4, 2024, we will be progressively uploading the instrumental edits of EPs / albums published by Featured Artists before 2020 on our YouTube channel ().

To ensure that there is sufficient time to complete each project, only 3 projects will be uploaded per week, until Dec 23, 2024.

For the 5th week (Dec 2-6), we will be uploading the instrumental edits for 3 EPs released between 2016 and 2017:
1️⃣ Dec 2 - Swim Against the Tide EP, The Japanese House
2️⃣ Dec 4 - Saw You in a Dream EP, The Japanese House
3️⃣ Dec 6 - Snow In October EP, Chelsea Cutler

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