Serena Isioma

One Liner: Non-binary bedroom pop, rap, and R&B

Wikipedia Genre: No Wikipedia, but I'd call this bedroom pop, rap, and R&B
Home: Chicago

Poster Position: 17
Weekend Two Only.

Sunday at 1pm on the Honda Stage.

Thoughts:  One massive song, that has a very cool, super weirdo vibe - like a Thundercat tune with a female singer - they raps and sings and generally tells off the world in this track.  "Sensitive" has 44.1 million streams, apparently because it has been included in a bunch of Spotify playlists.

Fun song - I like the sound and it gets me moving.  Although I'm not sure it belongs on a "good vibes" playlist with all of the frustration in the lyrics.  But that's a fun and good tune.

From reading about them, they is (I have no clue how to type this sort of thing) a "non-binary rockstar."  They say they are heavily influenced by Tyler, the Creator.  Apparently, "Sensitive" was a big TikTok hit as well, taking "over the platform at the end of 2020."  They were inspired to make music originally by their older brother, who introduced them to Chicago artists at a young age.  So they started making music with GarageBand when they were 16, and it all kind of blew up from there.

Just one album - a short one at 7 songs and under 20 minutes - 2020's The Leo Sun Sets.  A bunch of her singles have more streams and are more popular.  Her most recent single, "Huh?" sounds like its got some "More Bounce to the Ounce" or P-Funk love all up in there.  166k streams.

Feel that funk?  I dig it.  Time to boogie when that one kicks in.  Her most streamed track from the album is "Stop Calling The Police On Me," a title that seems funny and then super doesn't seem funny anymore.  1.1 million streams.

And its such a pretty little tune, like she's just spreading some love to his friends and yet singing about the cops.

Definitely better than most of the "bedroom" style music I've heard on this lineup so far, but I doubt I'd go see it.