Koffee
Koffee connected with the audience with not just her music, but her indelible charm.
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Coco Jones
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Singer-actress Coco Jones backstage at ACL Live.
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Chloƫ
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Chloë Bailey brought her solo hits to the final night of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at ACL Live.
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Coco & Clair Clair
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston TikTok stars Coco & Clair Clair look effortlessly cool backstage.
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Coco Jones
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Coco Jones won over the crowd with her R&B jams and lovely stage presence. “We gonna turn up!” she announced, wearing gorgeous sheer black tights and heels. “You gotta be singing, though. ‘Cause I see everybody’s face.”
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Chloƫ Gets Low
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston “I have an album coming,” Chloë said, beaming. “It’s my first solo album, and it’s called In Pieces. There hasn’t been a day where I’m not filled with such gratitude.
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Genrus
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Genrus warmed up the stage before Koffee closed out the showcase.
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Chloƫ
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Chloë strikes a pose backstage after her set.
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koffee
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston “Are there any lovers in the house tonight? Anyone on a date time with their partner?” Koffee asked the crowd.
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Remi Wolf Turns Up
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone “South by fuckin’ Southwest!” Remi Wolf exclaimed before launching into her set. “Are you ready to have fun?!”
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Remi Wolf
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Remi Wolf’s wild set included everything from cartwheels to a cover of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy.”
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Blondshell Rages On
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Sabrina Teitelbaum, who performs as Blondshell, tearing through songs off her upcoming self-titled debut.
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Blondshell’s Ragged Glory
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Blondshell wearing a Neil Young and Crazy Horse ‘Ragged Glory’-era shirt. “My whole life, I felt like I couldn’t talk about any feeling that was over a certain amount of intensity,” she told us.
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Mariah the Scientist Weathers the Storm
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Atlanta singer-songwriter Mariah the Scientist promising “a couple of sad songs and then we’re gonna turn it up,” despite the thunderstorm.
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Mariah the Scientist’s Observation
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Mariah the Scientist backstage. Her set included songs off her recent LP Ry Ry World and last year’s Intermission EP.
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Mariah the Scientist
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Backstage, Mariah the Scientist cuddles and soothes a friend with her R&B jams.
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Otoboke Beaver Take Austin
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Accorinrin of Otoboke Beaver takes a rare moment of stillness from their raucous set.
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Smile for Otoboke Beaver
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone The Osaka, Japan quartet poses with the crowd.
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Otoboke Beaver Floors It
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone The band for one last moment of silliness in the backstage elevator.
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Sudan Archives and Valerie June
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Sudan Archives with Tennessee songwriter Valerie June backstage.
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Sudan Archives Gets Lit
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone “Y’all ready to get lit?” Sudan Archives’ Brittney Parks asked the crowd. “I just fucking flew here, so get lit.”
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Dawer x Damper
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Colombian duo Dawer x Damper took advantage of every second they had on stage for the Future of Music showcase’s second night, setting the tone for the evening with an electrifying set that quickly won over the crowd.
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iLe
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston The crowd fell silent on night two as Puerto Rican singer iLe’s voice swallowed the space.
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Villano Antillano
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Villano Antillano’s performance was the undeniable highlight of the second night of our showcase.
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Cuco
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston A portrait of Cuco, whose performance on the second night of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music Showcase at SXSW was engaging and fun.
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Dawer x Damper
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Dawer x Damper kept the vibes high on night two.
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iLe
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Backstage with iLe, who first became known performing with her brothers in the acclaimed Puerto Rican group Calle 13 and has made waves on her own more recently.
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Cuco
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Cuco teased new music for the audience, playing a couple of soon-to-be-released guitar-driven tracks, luxuriating in a few guitar solos that got the crowd cheering.
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Jay Wheeler
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Reggaeton star Jay Wheeler repeatedly shouted out fans in the audience when he headlined night two of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase, thanking them for supporting the romantic music he puts out.
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Dawer x Damper
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Dawer x Damper were the essence of cool backstage on night two.
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Villano Antillano x iLe
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Villano Antillano invited iLe back on stage during her set on night two, then turned back to the crowd with a warning: “That was the most serious part of my set, so now we’re gonna get into the fuckery.”
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Jay Wheeler
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston It’s all about love for Jay Wheeler, shown backstage on night two of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase.
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Cuco
Image Credit: Samantha Tellez for Rolling Ston Cuco and his band slid into a groove early on night two and rode the wave throughout the set.
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J.I.D
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone J.I.D headlined Night One of the Future of Music showcase, putting on a lyrical clinic with songs from 2022’s The Forever Story.
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Spill Tab
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Spill Tab — a.k.a. Claire Chicha — made a lot of noise with a stripped-down lineup.
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Baby Rose
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Baby Rose’s set blended jazz and neo-soul to excellent effect.
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Saba
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Saba has grown into himself as one of rap’s best live performers, as he showed in a laidback but powerful set.
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Midwxst
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone “My name is Edgar, I’m 19 years old, and this is my first SXSW!” midwxst crowed.
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Yeah!
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone The crowd gets lit for midwxst’s set.
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Baby Rose
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Backstage with Baby Rose.
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Saba
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone The Chicago MC’s set drew on his full catalog, from 2016’s Bucket List Project to 2018’s Care for Me to last year’s brilliant Few Good Things.
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J.I.D
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Backstage, J.I.D showed off an expensive smile.
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Spill Tab
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Claire Chich led Spill Tab through half an hour of charismatic, punkish pop, strutting around the stage with a level of confidence that suggested bigger things to come.
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Midwxst
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Midwxst debuted new material, including a song dedicated to his late aunt that will appear on his upcoming full-length debut.
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J.I.D
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Could the headliner live up to the energy that built all night? Yes, J.I.D could.
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Saba
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Saba has much to smile about.
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Midwxst
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone “My name is Edgar, I’m 19 years old, and this is my first SXSW!” Midwxst told the crowd.
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Sabamaniacs
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Fans of Saba soak in the Chicago rapper’s set.
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Baby Rose
Image Credit: Salihah Saadiq for Rolling Stone Baby Rose during a quiet moment, before making the theater feel like an R&B showcase in 1997 or a jazz club in 1957.