As the new year makes its entrance, new artists and tours are starting to make waves. Whether it’s rap, punk rock or international groups, here’s a list of artists to keep an eye out for in 2025.
Meet Me at the Altar. A three-person, all woman pop-punk band that formed on the internet in 2015. The band had its first tour in 2018 and was eventually signed to Fueled By Ramen in 2020. Their musical style has been compared to Paramore. The members consist of Edith Victoria (lead vocals), Téa Campbell (guitar/bass), and Ada Juarez (drums). Meet Me at the Alter currently has two studio albums, one live album and around 10 EPs.
Magnolia Park. An American pop-punk band that hails from Orlando, Florida. The band consists of five members and was formed in 2018. They are signed to Epitaph Records and currently have released three studio albums and five EP’s. Magnolia Park will be having their first headline tour in the spring of 2025 titled the Vamp Tour.
De’Wayne. An alternative rock singer from Houston, Texas, De’Wayne has been in the music scene for at least a decade and doesn’t have any intention of slowing down. His “music combines elements of rock, punk, and pop with a mission to show people we shouldn’t live in boxes, and neither should our music,” Fearless Records quotes.
Bryce Vine is an American rapper and singer. Vine started his music journey when he auditioned for the Glee Project in 2011. He is the son of soap opera actress Linda Tracey Ross. He describes his music as an “east-meets-west coast sound.” Vine has released one studio album and six EPs, with his songs “Drew Barrymore” and “La La Land” charting on the Billboard Hot 100. His upcoming tour kicked off in Spokane on Feb. 1.
Sleep Theory is an American rock band that comes from Memphis, Tennessee. They are a four-member band that formed in 2020 and are signed to Epitaph Records. They’ve released one EP with a sound that blends the styles of R&B and metal.
Fatou from Blackswan. Blackswan is a multinational four-member Korean pop girl group that was formed by DR Music. Blackswan debuted originally as Rania in 2011 and went through a couple of rebrandings before finally becoming Blackswan in 2020. Fatou is the leader of Blackswan and is of Senegales-Belgian nationality. Before being a K-pop trainee, she modeled under Cineline Entertainment. Fatou can also speak five different languages.
Jimmy from Psychic Fever. Psychic Fever is a Japanese boyband that formed in 2019. They are the seventh group to form from Japan’s artist collective within Exile Tribe and have released one studio album and two EPs. Jimmy is half Nigerian and half Japanese. You can see him and the rest of Psychic Fever during their first-ever U.S. tour starting in February.
Manon from Katseye. Katseye is a Korean pop girl group based in Los Angeles, California. The group consists of six members and was formed in 2023 via the reality show, “Dream Academy.” They debuted in June 2024 and are currently releasing one EP. Manon is half Swiss-Italian and half Ghanian, speaks five languages, placed sixth in “Dream Academy,” and is a photography model.
Mo from Alamat. Alamat is a six-member boy group that resides in the Philippines. They formed in 2020 and have released one studio album and one EP. One of the members, Mo, is from Castillejos, Zambales, and is half Filipino and half Black American.
To wrap it all up, Kendrick Lamar and SZA have recently announced they are doing a combined tour across nineteen stadiums across the United States starting on April 19 and ending on June 18. We can expect a compilation of songs from Kendrick’s latest album, GNX and SZA’s latest album: “SOS Deluxe: LANA.” All these artists, and many more, look to have a bright 2025. Listen to their music and keep track of the tours via their social media accounts.