a thread of artists i adore that are underrated (based on monthly spotify streamers)

- streams aren’t everything!!!!!
- dont reply, qrt please!

- Bren Joy!
270k monthly streamers!
idk even know how to begin describing his music. its a gospel and r&b and jazz and pop blend that works so perfectly!!
Albums: Twenties
My Favorite Song: Drag Race

- Bodie!
76k monthly streamers!
his music is sort of a combo between talk-rap and pop with coffee house vibes! it’s chill with only a little bit of hype!
2 EPs: love at first fight & me and you
my favorite song: Gemini

- DPR LIVE!
725k monthly streamers!
apparently there are more DPRs? idk that
his music is K-R&B and i’m in love with the “coming to you live!”
2 Albums: Coming To You Live & IS ANYBODY OUT THERE
1 EP: Her
my favorite song: Martini Blue, Action!, or TO WHOEVER

- Evie Irie!
102k monthly listeners!
her music is something of alt-pop that’s really good!! i found her after her song Bitter played as an ad on youtube!
1 EP: 5 Weeks in LA
my favorite song: Bitter or The Optimism

- Hobo Johnson!
1.3Mil monthly listeners!
his music is spoken word/talk rap + punk and folk and he WILL make you cry!!
2 albums: The Rise of Hobo Johnson & The Fall of Hobo Johnson
my favorite song: Sex in the City, The Ending, or DeMarcus Cousins & Ashley

- Kim Petras!
2.5Mil monthly listeners!
she’s a pop artist thru and thru but the songs bop. she opened for Troye Sivan on Bloom
3 albums: TURN OFF THE LIGHT VOL 1, Clarity, & TURN OFF THE LIGHT
my favorite song: I Don’t Want It At All (my theme song) & Meet The Parents

- Ryan Leahan!
152k monthly listeners!
he’s sort of synthy-alt-pop musician! he’s the one who does “it’s like west side story with a north side boy (yuh)” (callee My Little!)
2 albums: Rocketeer & Platinum Green
my favorite song: Heatwave

- Smallpools!
1.3Mil monthly listeners!
the indie band produces mostly electro-pop music that reminds me of early 2000 love.
1 Albums: LOVETAP! (such a good album, one of my favs ever)
my favorite song: American Love, 9 to 5, and Million Bucks

- The Oh Hellos!
i like, okay, so this music is like tavern music. that’s all i can describe it as. it’s folk music but it just radiates tavern vibes. anyways it bops
4 albums: Through The Deep, Dark Valley, Dear Wormwood, Notos, and Eurus
my favorite song: Solider, Poet, King

- Umi!
2.6Mil monthly listeners!
she’s an R&B + neo-soul artist (a fusion she calls Bedroom R&B) that opened for Conan Gray during the Comfort Crowd Tour (how i found her)
2 EPs: Interlude and Love Language
my favorite song: High School and Butterfly

- Wassup Rocker!
282k monthly listeners!
i’d say his music is sorta bedroom rap, and all about the cutest highschool love stories!
1 album: Worms for Brains
my favorite song: She’s Awesome and City Boy Summer (Rich Off TikTok)

- Zotto!
9k monthly listeners!
a bedroom rapper! he was in Rim of the World (on Netflix) and i went he’s cute and then was upset that his music was SO GOOD
5 EPs: feels, YOU, dates & directions, alive and well, & Truth
my favorite song: Love Me Less (Zotto Remix) and 12.09

zotto is mostly a soundcloud rapper! most of his songs are on there!

- Chase Atlantic!
2mil monthly listeners!
the trio mixes trap and contemporary hip-hop to make the amazing music they make! their music is like 12am messing around with your friends aesthetic
2 albums: Chase Atlantic & PHASES
my favorite song: GREENGREENGREEN and LIKE A ROCKSTAR

- New Politics!
641k monthly listeners!
they’re a trio alt band that is know for Harlem (that one haikyuu edit)
5 albums: New Politics, A Bad Girl in Harlem, Vikings, Lost in Translation, & Invitations to an Alternate Reality
my favorite song: Harlem and Pretend We’re in a Movie

also i feel like the numbers are off because they were like really popular but idk tbh

- Ricky Montgomery
401K monthly listeners!
he’s part of the honeysticks, and he makes rock and alt music that kinda reminds me of a chill bar where he’s performing.
1 album: Montgomery Ricky
my favorite song: Mr. Loverman

- ieuan!
113k monthly listeners!
he’s the guy who did the honey lavender edit audio! it’s not very popular but the entire album + his ep are so good. it’s sorta like a digital love album!
1 album: TECHNICOLOUR Vol. 1
my favorite song: KEY YOUR CAR or Ramona