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• Tyla's A*POP Declares African Music's Place at the Centre of Global Pop | newwavemagazine | July 23, 2026, 11 p.m.
Global pop star Tyla's forthcoming album 'A*POP' is quintessentially her. A bold evolution from her debut album, the 14-track album combines Tyla's sultry vocals with R&B, pop and amapiano.

• Kelela transcends through an emotional minefield on New Avatar | newwavemagazine | July 14, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
On new avatar, Kelela strips away the armour and releases her most heartfelt record to date. The genre-defying alt-R&B vocalist who's spent over a decade blurring the lines between electronic music, club culture, intimate songwriting, from her break into the music industry with mixtape Cut 4 Me to critically acclaimed albums Take Me Apart followed by Raven after a five year hiatus is back with New Avatar, her third studio album, reaching back into her Washington, D.C. indie rock roots to fuse sh