Sampa The Greatest - Purple Sneakers Best New Music

Each week, we receive countless submissions of exciting new music, so we’ll be taking you through a weekly wrap up of all our favourite new tunes every Friday. Follow our Spotify playlist to never miss our updates!

Sampa The Great - Let Me Be Great feat. Angelique Kidji
ARIA-Award Winning Zambian born Botswana raised poet and rapper Sampa The Great has released her long awaited sophomore album As Above, So Below. The record is inspired by a move back to Zambia from Sampa, where she reignited her creativity and her pursuit of self discovery. The album features a range of amazing features and varying sonic textures, with the album’s closer Let Me Be Great standing out as an early highlight on the tracklist.

Kobie Dee - Basics
Kobie Dee has released his latest, storytelling driven single and music video Basics. The track reflects on his growth and his pride in his position today, continuing his presence as a role model for many. After a beat switch in the middle of the track Kobie takes it all the way back, telling tails of his early life and growing up with his mum.

Agung Mango - GUAP POP feat. Genesis Owusu
Agung Mango is building his forthcoming EP, MAN ON THE GO beautifully, releasing another single from the project, GUAP POP alongside six-time ARIA Award winner Genesis Owusu. The track draws heavily on experimental hip hop, alternative R&B and jazz influences, laying the perfect platform for Agung Mango to share the trials and tribulations of chasing your dreams as an artist. 

flowerovlove - I Gotta I Gotta
Rising star out of the UK flowerovlove has released her new single I Gotta I Gotta. The track is a playful and intricate expansion of flowerovlove’s sound, glowing with attractive bliss. Driven by a four to the floor rhythm, her vocal takes centre stage as she brightly flows over a gorgeous, minimal arrangement. 

Rina Sawayama - Hurricanes
Genre-defying British-Japanese pop icon Rina Sawayama has released her highly anticipated new album Hold The Girl. The album’s tracklist is a smorgasbord of pop monster hits waiting to explode. While the pop tones are gorgeously executed, so are Sawayama’s deeply personal, reflective and liberating vocal performances as she comes to terms with her past and jubilation of looking forwards into the future. 

Arno Faraji - Black Sunday
Arno Faraji has today announced the release of his highly anticipated debut mixtape, RETURN TO RAJI which is set for release on the 18th of November. Alongside the good news he released his introspective new single Black Sunday. The track is his most personal and revealing track yet, giving thanks to his family for the opportunities they have provided to him presented via a piano led beat amongst a shiny brass section. 

Shanae - Illusions
Shanae (fka MADAM3EMPRESS) is beginning a new chapter in her musical legacy, releasing blissful new single Illusions. The Sydney-born, South African artist utilises Illusions to showcase vulnerability, as she ponders over the feeling of truly being in love and whether infatuation can hinder people’s ability to see whether that love is true. 

Young Franco - Get Your Money feat. Theophilus London
Young Franco’s discography is already filled with collaborative genius but today he takes it to a whole new level, tapping Trinidad and Tobago-born, American based rapper and singer Theophilus London for new single Get Your Money. After delving deeply into hip hop across his previous few singles, Get Your Money channels textures that Franco became established for, funk worthy disco.