Julia Kate, a 20-year-old sojourner in the land of melodies (a.k.a. a songwriting student at Berklee), just dropped "fake friends," and my initial reaction was… did a sentient Instagram filter write this? Not in a bad way. More in a "wait, is this the matrix?" way. https://open.spotify.com/album/5x6CaYde9gncmDI5KpIKkQ?si=2gYl_dQ4SFm3vAVffdX5Vg The song’s theme slaps you in the face, gently. It explores how, in our curated, perpetually-online existence, actual connection...

Bechill turns a 3 a.m. thought loop into raw material. “State of Mind”, her 2026 single, faces that feeling without a neat self-help lesson. This single review finds a Sydney artist using alt hip-hop, electronic pop, and alternative R&B to address creative doubt and mental strain. It is tense, direct, and made for listeners who have stared at a notes app longer than they meant to. Bechill...