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![Dae Zhen Rejects Music Industry Toxicity in "Leave Me Be" [PREMIERE]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/dae-zhen-ones-to-watch_1572279102.jpeg)
Dae Zhen Rejects Music Industry Toxicity in "Leave Me Be" [PREMIERE]
October 28, 2019
"This song is a reminder to myself of who I do this for: myself."
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Rex Orange County, King Princess, Easy Life, and More Artists You Should Listen to Now | #NowWatching Playlist
October 27, 2019
This week surely did not disappoint.
![Future Generations on Childhood Nostalgia, Self-Doubt, and "Just Pretend" [Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/Future-Generations-ones-to-watch_1572024899.jpg)
Future Generations on Childhood Nostalgia, Self-Doubt, and "Just Pretend" [Q&A]
October 25, 2019
"Those moments of doubt for us can really only be quelled by doing what we love."
![Spencer Barnett's "Waste My Time" Is for Anyone Tired of Mind Games [PREMIERE + Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/spencer-barnett-ones-to-watch_1572543616.jpg)
Spencer Barnett's "Waste My Time" Is for Anyone Tired of Mind Games [PREMIERE + Q&A]
October 25, 2019
"They generally are the worst and a huge waste of time." Agreed.
Gracie Abrams' "Mean It" Is a Heartbreaking Debut
October 24, 2019
It's pure, sentimental, and undeniably beautiful.
Fiji Blue Is Destined to Get You Up and Groove
October 24, 2019
If there is one constant to Fiji Blue's music, it is that it is guaranteed to make you dance.
White Reaper Is the World's Best American Band | Quick 6
October 24, 2019
White Reaper is fun as hell.
Yes, That Is the Tony Hawk in Deaton Chris Anthony's "Tony Hawk"
October 24, 2019
Do a kickflip!
![Rainsford Is Unafraid to Pour Her Heart Out [Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/RAINSFORD-ones-to-watch_1571920020.jpg)
Rainsford Is Unafraid to Pour Her Heart Out [Q&A]
October 24, 2019
For Rainsford, writing music is simply part of the human experience.
Slow Hollows' 'Actors' Is an Album Free of Genre and Fear of Failure
October 24, 2019
Slow Hollows is sonic proof we are living in a post-genre world.
![Genevieve Stokes Hits the Nail on the Head With "Lonely and Bored" [Premiere + Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/genevieve stokes ones to watch smaller_1590076388.jpg)
Genevieve Stokes Hits the Nail on the Head With "Lonely and Bored" [Premiere + Q&A]
May 21, 2020
"Lonely and Bored" feels warm though its concept is chilling, especially now in isolation. Stokes uses swirling echoes and a gentle melody to provide a backdrop to her overly honest words.
Kota the Friend Shares a Piece of Himself on "Dear Fear"
January 10, 2022
Kota flawlessly spits timeless advice and hard-hitting, life-learned lessons.
![Relive So What!? With 3OH3!, Simple Plan, Maggie Lindemann, and More [Q&A] | The Noise](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/so-what-music-festival-2022-1654716012.png)
Relive So What!? With 3OH3!, Simple Plan, Maggie Lindemann, and More [Q&A] | The Noise
June 8, 2022
Revisit the insanity of So What!? Music Festival with us and some of our favorite artists.
SG Lewis' "One More" ft. Nile Rodgers is a Future Disco Banger
February 6, 2021
Death, taxes, and SG Lewis making future disco bangers; three things in this world that are inevitable.
![The Buttertones Come of Age in "Fade Away Gently" [Premiere]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/the-buttertones-fade-away-gently_1584021299.jpg)
The Buttertones Come of Age in "Fade Away Gently" [Premiere]
March 12, 2020
The Buttertones make the rare sort of music that simply does not go out of style.
The Dismissal of Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" as Country Speaks to a Larger Issue in Music
March 30, 2019
This is bigger than a country music problem; this is a music problem.
ella jane Continues Her Momentum with "nothing else i could do"
July 17, 2020
ella jane continues her momentum with her brand new single "nothing else i could do".
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Phoneboy Explore Pitfalls Of Fame On New Single “Ferrari”
January 19, 2023
New Jersey indie rock band Phoneboy are kicking off their new album cycle in style and with a dash of existential dread with the release of their latest single, "Ferrari."
Emotional Oranges Plays With a Sensual Double Entendre in "Just Like You"
August 27, 2019
"We started off writing about the double standard around women being open about masturbating... But it's really just a love song about passion and longing for your partner when they're not around."
YUNGBLUD Enlists Justin Bieber for a Bar Fight and Might Run for Prime Minister | Quick 6
July 9, 2019
In anticipation of this year's rapidly approaching Lollapalooza, we have opened up the Ones To Watch vault to uncover footage from 2018′s festival.