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Rema is an Afropop superstar with a distinctive sound mixing pop and trap, a Barack Obama endorsement and a prominent magazine cover — and he still hasn't yet released his full-length debut album.

The four women in Pillow Queens write queer punk and pop songs with sharp, anxious edges — imagine a gnarlier Cranberries, maybe? — and endearingly thick Irish accents.

The coronavirus pandemic shut down SXSW this year, so we're bringing SXSW to you. Meet 100 of the bands and artists we intended to see at the 2020 music festival.

At the helm of Why Bonnie, Blair Howerton writes glossy, synth- and string-inflected guitar-pop songs that fit a mighty, beating heart underneath all the gleaming hooks.

Led by singer-guitarist Dimitri Giannopoulos, the band's songs sound hypnotically beautiful, with arrangements that magnify small narrative details into big, booming moments of catharsis.

Aymen Saleh makes sweetly jangling, goodnatured Britpop. Dispensed with abundant charm and grace, his songs feel warm and lived-in.

The London jazz band wanders and glides with hypnotic thoughtfulness, fueled by Oscar Jerome's conversational guitar solos and soft sweeps of brass.

Nigerian singer-songwriter Yemi Alade has become a major Afropop star in recent years. She recently appeared on Beyoncé's The Lion King: The Gift.

The Canadian rapper proves equally adept at breezy confidence, rapid-fire spitting, sneering menace and laconic cool.

Audrey Nuna's a fast-rising rapper whose flow captures a bleary-eyed swirl of aspiration, hedonism and deeply complicated romance.