NIKI, Susannah Joffe

In a method old as TikTok, Austin native Susannah Joffe had commenters begging for the release of June single “You Mother’s Name” off an immediate, darkly emotional sound bite months prior. “Unrequited love is part of being young/ But I’m tired of sleeping by a warm gun.” Now based in NYC, Joffe started releasing upbeat bedroom pop with devastating, foggy-window lyrics during Radio-Television-Film studies at UT-Austin, sometimes co-written with her musician dad. She plays locally for the first time in almost a year opening for Indonesian pop singer NIKI, signed to hitmaking platform 88rising. – Rachel Rascoe