Pop singer-songwriter Kiiara quietly burst onto the scene in 2015 with her breakout debut single, “Gold.” The Illinois-born artist had a fresh sound and modern pop foundation with an unorthodox chopped-up vocal production that created an odd but effectively lyrical sound. The song racked up millions of streams, a…

Ellie Goulding digs into her vulnerabilities on her fourth studio album, Brightest Blue. Goulding worked at her own pace creating the double-LP, opting to collaborate with other artists and release exploratory pop tracks as inspiration struck. At the same time, she continued to work away on a collection of darkly personal…