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On the opposite end of the infamous SoundCloud rap landscape, a recent influx of DIY wunderkinds have helped coin a new genre: anti-pop. With a preference for coarse, lo-fi sounds and transparent harmonic progressions, it’s difficult to pigeonhole these artists into any specific genre but their own. They play against the high-fidelity pop music that saturates the airwaves while mastering the latest production software through a myriad of YouTube tutorial videos. Anti-pop is a culture as much as it is a genre. These homemade, internet stars have garnered cult followings with their self-released projects and it’s only a matter of time until they emerge into the mainstream.

We’ve compiled a playlist of 28 songs from some of our favorite anti-pop artists to prepare you for an exciting year ahead. Follow the playlist on Spotify here. 

TRACK LIST:

Rex Orange County – Sunflower

Cuco – Lover Is a Day

Still Woozy – Goodie Bag

Superorganism - Something For Your M.I.N.D.

Clairo – Pretty Girl

Temporex – Nice Boys

HOMESHAKE – Call Me Up

Zack Villere – Next

infinite bisous – Teen Sex

Gus Dapperton – I’m Just Snacking

Inner Wave – American Spirits

boy pablo – Dance, Baby

Sisyfuss – Allergies

Mellow Fellow ft. Clairo – How Was Your Day?

Jon Bap – Don’t Run Into The Dark So Quick

Peach Pit – Seventeen

The Marías – I Don’t Know You

Cosmo Pyke – Social Sites

Matt Burton – 44 Forest

Puma Blue – Want Me

Jakob Ogawa – All Your Love

Steve Lacy – C U Girl

Yellow Days – A Little While

Boys Age – Sour

Banes World – You Say I’m in Love

slenderbodies - anemone

Soccer Mommy – Your Dog

Rihanna made an appearance at the Ivy League school to accept a plaque given to her by Allen Counter, the director of the Harvard Foundation. She was named Humanitarian of the Year by Harvard University. 29-year-old star, who by the way has never graduated high school, was honored thanks for her charitable efforts. She created an oncology center in Barbados to fight breast cancer ans found the non-profit, The Clara Lionel Foundation Global Scholarship Program, to assist in funding Caribbean-born students who attend college in the U.S. Rihanna also backs the Global Partnership for Education and Global Citizen Project, that provides ‘access to education in over 60 developing countries, giving priority to girls, and those affected by lack of access to education in the world today.’