Alex Ramos
Alex Ramos is an artist, writer and editor who specializes in media journalism and music criticism. They're a recent graduate of California College of the Arts, where they were trained in filmmaking and animation. Outside of their work at NPR, Ramos is editor-in-chief at Sunstroke Magazine, an independent publication that centers Generation Z, culture and activism.
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"Valentine," the title track from Snail Mail's forthcoming sophomore album, finds a pair of lovers at circumstantial odds.
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The titular single from the K-Pop girl group's first EP is about inhabiting youth and confidence, but also the vulnerabilities underneath.
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The rapper's ad-libs add an edge to BTS' high-energy dance pop, but in no way is she out of place. What better group to rally behind the hot girl than ARMY?
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On their full-length debut, Death of a Cheerleader, Mia Berrin and her band queer the American adolescent experience with camp style, girl-group nostalgia and a dose of the uncanny. -
Clairo returns to nimble, self-recorded acoustics on her latest single, "Blouse."
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The New Zealand singer and songwriter, who hasn't released new music since her 2017 album Melodrama, said the song is the first sample of a forthcoming album, also called Solar Power.
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The Japanese British pop star performs three tracks from her 2020 debut album, SAWAYAMA.
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The artist, who is also a mental health ambassador for the British charity CALM, examines mental health and friendship on her new record, Collapsed in Sunbeams.
