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Possessing wisdom beyond her years and prodigious poetic chops, West London’s Arlo Parks floated her way into our hearts and minds this year as Gen Z’s Dear Abby. Inspired by troubled vintage icons like poet Sylvia Plath, Parks’s simple yet stunning ballads calmly stare down the shitstorm of young adulthood while grooving to clean drumbeats and clear basslines.

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