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Year In Review
12 21 2021
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A year filled with milestones

As we continue to persevere and adapt in this ever transforming world, we want to encourage you to celebrate all that has brought you here today. 

 

Whether it was your first live show back, graduating (or dropping out of) school, releasing your debut EP, or getting a shoutout by a tastemaker — every step, achievement, and milestone counts. 

 

Find our end of 2021 playlist — a compilation of Level’s rising talents, catalysts, and creators + a roundup of artists sharing their personal achievements and hopes for what’s next ↴

✰ Streams: 750K

✰ Notable Playlists: Fresh Finds: Indie (cover), Lorem, New Music Friday Canada

✰ Press Mentions: The Line of Best Fit, Exclaim!, Earmilk, Under the Radar

✰ Personal Achievement: Stacy learning to love her voice finally; tbh that’s a really big deal


✰ Favorite venue: Velvet Underground
✰ Favorite artist of the moment: Boyish
✰ Favorite Level artist of the moment: Titus Bank

 

✰ Highlight of 2021: Our debut EP and how we got to work with some of the absolute best people 

✰ Hope for 2022: TOURING!!!! We’ve put off touring for our first EP because we don’t want to do it until we can do it right, post-pandemic

✰ Streams: 340K

✰ Notable Playlists: Fresh Finds, New in Pop, Zane Lowe Show

✰ Press Mentions: Early Rising, Lyrical Lemonade, A1234

✰ Personal Achievement: When Zane Lowe played my song: a huge accomplishment for myself and my producer especially with no management


✰ Favorite venue: Hollywood Bowl
✰ Favorite artist of the moment: Remi Wolf
✰ Favorite Level artist of the moment: Dora Jar

 

✰ Highlight of 2021: Sharing my vape with Steve Lacy at a party

✰ Hope for 2022: Start touring and collaborating with new producers

✰ Streams: 500K

✰ Notable Playlists: Fresh Finds, SALT, Varsity Bars

✰ Press Mentions: Ones To Watch, Earmilk

✰ Personal Achievement: Learning to adapt and persevere through difficult times; this was a year of unforgettable lessons and experiences


✰ Favorite venue: Chain Reaction
✰ Favorite artist of the moment: Halsey
✰ Favorite Level artist of the moment: Jordyn Simone

 

✰ Highlight of 2021: My first time headlining a show

✰ Hope for 2022: A debut album! Also performing more regularly 

✰ Streams: 2M

✰ Notable Playlists: Fresh Finds: Pop, Soda

✰ Press Mentions: Ones To Watch

✰ Personal Achievement: Finishing an album during a pandemic remotely


✰ Favorite venue: The Greek
✰ Favorite artist of the moment: Porches
✰ Favorite Level artist of the moment: Alix Page

 

✰ Highlight of 2021: Sync in Netflix’s “To All the Boys: Always and Forever

✰ Hope for 2022: Tour more!

✰ Streams: 1M

✰ Notable Playlists: Fresh Finds: Pop (cover), young & free, Next Gen Singer-Songwriters

✰ Press Mentions: Lyrical Lemonade, Mundane Magazine

✰ Personal Achievement: Graduating college! And releasing music I’m genuinely very proud of

 

✰ Favorite venue: Basements of college dorms
✰ Favorite artist of the moment: Lilyisthatyou
✰ Favorite Level artist of the moment: G Luné

 

✰ Highlight of 2021: Playing super sick sweaty fun packed basement shows

✰ Hope for 2022: Open for someone on tour and continue releasing music with different collaborators 

✰ Streams: 2M

✰ Notable Playlists: .ORG, Jasmine, Lorem

✰ Press Mentions: Bandwagon, Lyrical Lemonade, Fashionably Early

✰ Personal Achievement: Releasing my debut EP

 

✰ Favorite venue: The Westcott Theater
✰ Favorite artist of the moment: Mk.gee
✰ Favorite Level artist of the moment: Nana Lourdes

 

✰ Highlight of 2021: Moving to the U.S. and starting college

✰ Hope for 2022: Grow my music career and go on tour across the U.S. and South East Asia

✰ Streams: 1M

✰ Notable Playlists: Fresh Finds: Pop (cover), New in Pop, Next Gen Singer-Songwriters

✰ Press Mentions: Ones To Watch, Earmilk, A1234, Rolling Stone India

✰ Personal Achievement: Building up the courage to release my first song for my own project

 

✰ Favorite venue: Hotel Cafe
✰ Favorite artist of the moment: Lucy Blue
✰ Favorite Level artist of the moment: G Luné

 

✰ Highlight of 2021: Releasing my first batch of music and connecting with so many people over it

✰ Hope for 2022: Write and release more and travel abroad

✰ Streams: 4M

✰ Notable Playlists: Fresh Finds, indie pop & chill, Outliers

✰ Personal Achievement: Finally leaving Toronto and connecting with so many incredible musicians across the U.S.

 

✰ Favorite venue: Danforth Music Hall
✰ Favorite artist of the moment: Disclosure
✰ Favorite Level artist of the moment: Eva Rose

 

✰ Highlight of 2021: Releasing my first mixtape/playlist

✰ Hope for 2022: Finally playing my headline shows…been working on it now for two years. Buy your tickets now; can’t wait to meet everyone.