Music
Genius Innovator aku Goes Beyond Genres With Animated Video For The New Single “Skeleton Queen”
Not your usual artist, Long Island, NY-based genius innovator and urban artist aku is dropping his freshest and finest joint to date, “Skeleton Queen,” alongside a gaming-inspired animated video by rags.
A model, actor and recording artist, aku shines in whatever field or project he undertakes, has had appearances in Vogue, and has had a prolific 2021 year with several singles dropped on the airwaves.
For his new single “Skeleton Queen,” aku worked with producer butterwrld, and the pair seem to have gone through an intense chemistry that birthed this unreal track. Visually, the animation created by rags fit perfectly with the avant garde and surreal energy emanating from the music.
Aku’s popularity skyrocketed after the release of his hit track “rose gold in paris town,” with visuals viewed well-over 100K times on YouTube alone and playlisted by many prestigious curators.
His introspective track “I Don’t Have A Gun” also helped aku strengthen his presence and speed up his rise in urban culture, a concoction of spectacular poetry and rich sonics.
Most often, aku is driven to help his audience conquer sorrow and pain through art, an alchemy he first tests on his own life before sharing it with the masses. He is a firm believer of his inner capacity to shift paradigms through art, using satire, humor, genre-fusions, and meticulously curated rhyme schemes to fulfill his aims, surpassing all expectations with each new drop.
If you are looking to discover an artist who will turn your world upside down and acts as a catalyst to healing, then aku is by far the most interesting artist to listen to this year.
Artist Spotlight
Lisa Boostani creates a mesmerizing tidal realm in “Ocean”
Lisa Boostani’s “Ocean” takes you deep into a sensory world where body, spirit, and myth come together, beyond the surface of genre. Boostani makes a soundscape that is both ethereal and deeply human by combining the broad essence of psychedelic pop with the strong appeal of alternative rock.
Her voice rises as if it is coming from deep within her, shaped by emotion rather than action. She intentionally channels the intangible, turning weakness into strength rather than a source of pain, and “Ocean” tells people to get involved in this inner world, not just watch it. This release is an integral part of her first EP, “One,” which will come out in March 2026 and is based on love, sensuality, and unity.
If “Ocean” is any indication, the EP will show sensuality not as something pretty, but as a kind of spiritual intelligence, a way to know yourself by connecting with others. The song’s textures and structure have an aquatic quality, moving between clarity and delirium, rhythm and freedom. Its emotional focus is on immersion instead of resolution.
The striking quality of “Ocean” is the blend of the mystical worlds. Boostani understands that strength often shows up as gentleness and that deep feelings are better expressed through frequencies than words. She wants people to see consciousness as immediacy, sensation as truth, and openness as an undeniable strength.
Artist Spotlight
NOAH. captures the unspoken signals in enchanting R&B track “That’s Bless”
“That’s Bless” captures the unspoken late-night message, the smile that was exchanged from afar, and the feeling you sense but are afraid to say. NOAH. offers a song with a smoky R&B feel and lyrics that capture unspoken tension, firmly in the realm of emotional ambiguity, where connection is clear but not defined.
This piece concerns the subtle discomfort of mixed signals and quiet longings, when looks say more than words ever could. NOAH. handles the theme with restraint, letting the chemistry simmer rather than explode. NOAH.’s delivery shows a confident gentleness, recognizing that some feelings don’t need strict definitions to be real.
In “That’s Bless,” he captures the essence of connection and the compelling allure that endures, even when both parties pretend it is not there. The composition is based on real-life events, and it acknowledges that specific attachments endure in the heart long after one has persuaded oneself of having progressed.
“That’s Bless” is at the crossroads of closeness and distance, clarity and confusion. The song doesn’t resolve the tension it talks about, and that’s what makes it so powerful. It sums up the connection we say we don’t want but keep coming back to in memory, rhythm, and pulse.
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