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The Best of 2019 and Beyond | Staff Picks
December 28, 2019
We look back at the best music, memes, and moments of 2019.
Lil Halima Is Norway's Alternative R&B Icon on the Rise
December 26, 2019
Lil Halima is taking the world by storm one year at a time. 2019 was merely the beginning.
Clinton Kane Isn't Afraid of Feeling Something
December 26, 2019
This is what owning your fears and discovering ways to cope feels and sounds like.
daydream Masi's Music Will Illuminate Your Sleepless Mind
December 23, 2019
The youthful artist is creating music that exists in a realistic, dreamlike state.
Kota the Friend, keshi, DaniLeigh, and More Artists You Should Listen to Now | #NowWatching Playlist
December 20, 2019
Consider this week's new music roundup a gift from us to you.
![ZOLA Does Not Want to Be Put In a Box [Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/zola-ones-to-watch_1576864228.jpeg)
ZOLA Does Not Want to Be Put In a Box [Q&A]
December 20, 2019
We sit down with the rising bilingual indie artist ahead of her upcoming debut album.
Aaron Taos Warns of the Danger of Social Media Envy in "Saboteur"
December 20, 2019
As Theodore Roosevelt once said, "Comparison is the thief of joy."
![Ben Kessler's "Even When You're Home" Is All About Acceptance [Premiere + Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/BEN KESSLER ones to watch smaller_1576782730.jpeg)
Ben Kessler's "Even When You're Home" Is All About Acceptance [Premiere + Q&A]
December 19, 2019
Home isn't always where the heart is.
From SoundCloud to Rolling Loud, $NOT is Solidifying His Place in Hip-Hop's Next Wave
December 18, 2019
Hello, world. Meet $NOT, Gen Z's hip-hop star.
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JP Saxe on "If The World Was Ending" and Writing With Honesty [Q&A]
December 18, 2019
In our latest interview with JP Saxe, we learn he is a big fan of his grandma and Lebron James.
![Winona Oak Proves She's Not One to Sleep on with Solo Debut, "He Don't Love Me" [NEW ARTIST DISCOVERY]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/winona-oak-ones-to-watch.jpg)
Winona Oak Proves She's Not One to Sleep on with Solo Debut, "He Don't Love Me" [NEW ARTIST DISCOVERY]
April 30, 2019
Introducing the ethereal songstress with a flair for the melancholic.
![Raffaella Embraces Her Inner Child in ‘LIVE, RAFF, LOVE (ACT I)’ [Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/raffaela-interview-ones-to-watch-3-1660666342.jpeg)
Raffaella Embraces Her Inner Child in ‘LIVE, RAFF, LOVE (ACT I)’ [Q&A]
August 16, 2022
Raffaella opens up on her vulnerable new project.
Amelia Moore's "Sweet & Sour" Is Your Spooky Girl Fall Anthem
October 29, 2021
Hello, world. Meet the one and only Amelia Moore.
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zack villere Is Creating a World All His Own [Q&A]
March 5, 2020
villere on chapped lips, nostalgic childhood cartoons, and transcending genre classifications.
No Rome Is a The 1975-Cosigned R&B Star to Look Out For
December 2, 2019
No Rome is a much-needed R&B outlier.
![Have Mercy Return With The Release Of Long-Awaited Self-Titled EP [Track by Track] | The Noise](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/my_project-1-1661536536.jpg)
Have Mercy Return With The Release Of Long-Awaited Self-Titled EP [Track by Track] | The Noise
August 26, 2022
When the world shut down in March 2020, it took Have Mercy's victory lap with it. Then, everything changed.
Steve Lacy Breaks His Silence with the Waviest of R&B Jams, "N Side"
April 8, 2019
Two long years since his last solo release, The Internet's Steve Lacy proves that he still has the magic touch.
![Betcha Pairs Their Alternative Rock Banger With Vintage Vibes in "Lucy Lucy" Video [PREMIERE]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/betcha-ones-to-watch.jpg)
Betcha Pairs Their Alternative Rock Banger With Vintage Vibes in "Lucy Lucy" Video [PREMIERE]
May 8, 2019
"A primary focus for making this video was to simply have a great time filming and to showcase a side of the band that people haven't seen before."
$NOT Drops Hypnotic Visual For "PRESSURE"
May 7, 2020
"PRESSURE," video and all, is a promising illustration of hip-hop's woozy, limitless future.
Jean Dawson Ponders Life and Death in "CLEAR BONES"
June 25, 2020
If we've said it once, we've said it a million times: Jean Dawson is the future.