For veterans of the internet, Tessa Violet is a well-known name - rising to fame in the late 2000s as an YouTube star, Violet has made numerous career endeavours including vlogging, acting, and singing. 

Violet’s music career began under the name ‘meekakitty’, and although she does already have an album out - this has since been removed from Spotify as she wanted to start over with her real name - growth and self-reflection are in fact some of the themes of her upcoming album, which will be split into three parts.

Accompanying the arrival of Billie Eilish's highly anticipated debut album, 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?', comes a music video for the record's opening-track, 'bad guy'.

Watch the 'bad guy' music video below...

Stevie Nicks tonight made history as the first ever woman to be twice inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (following 22 men who have been double-inducted), with Harry Styles presenting the award to her, as well as performing a duet of 'Stop Draggin' My Heart Around' together live.

Watch clips from the induction below...

The 1975's Matty Healy has taken to Twitter to take a stand against musicians who charge their fans for meet and greets. The concept has become popularised and normalised over recent years, where musicians - small and large alike - will only meet certain fans who pay extra money for a quick photo and a hug. Healy berated musicians and their labels, shouting: ‘DON’T ONLY MEET THEM IF YOU’RE GETTING PAYED HONESTLY WHAT ARE YOU DOING’. 

As the only female member of up-and-coming New Zealand band Daffodils, Jade Bryham is helping to further the conversation around women in music, just by existing as a young women in the industry. The band are in the middle of ticking off a number of firsts - from signing a global release deal with Kartel Music Group, opening for Pale Waves in New Zealand last year, and playing St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival last month in Auckland.

Ahead of her performance at Coachella next month, Spanish artist Rosalía has released a brand new collaborative song and music video with J Balvin, ‘Con Altura’ - which also features her frequent producer and collaborator El Guincho.

In support of the release of their excellent debut album 'Nothing Happens' (out now!), Wallows returned to The Late Late Show with James Corden tonight, this time to perform 'Are You Bored Yet?' live with some help from Reggie Watts.

Watch the performance below...

Next month on Saturday April 13 in Auckland and Wednesday April 17 in Christchurch, the New Zealand music industry will come together to present two concert events, YOU ARE US/AROHA NUI, to raise funds and donate all proceeds from ticket sales to the Our People, Our City fund which was set up by the Christchurch Foundation to help those affected by the Christchurch terror attacks.

Australian band Pond have followed up their 2017 album ‘The Weather’ with ‘Tasmania’, a progressive meditation on the state of the world we live in today - particularly touching on issues around the environment and climate change, with frontman Nick Allbrook questioning in ‘Sixteen Days’, “While the whole world melts, am I just meant to watch?”

Sky Ferreira has officially returned to music with her brand new single, ‘Downhill Lullaby’ - a six minute, string-filled song which gives the first taste of her upcoming sophomore album, ‘Masochism’.

Listen to ‘Downhill Lullaby’ below…