Artists To Watch 2026

Alika

Location: London, United Kingdom
Genre: Pop / Dance-Pop / Hyper-R&B

Artist Bio

Artist-Producer, Alika is the high fashion, pop visionary making high-octane, rhythm-driven synthpop where emotion meets ego. Think Azealia Banks meets Kesha, or Madonna with Kaytranada drums, flamboyant, bold, and unashamedly fun. Her self-coined sound, Hyper-R&B, fuses sleek pop songwriting with thumping, club-ready production, turning vulnerability into something you can dance to.

Shaped by cultures and sounds that span continents, Alika feels both of this world and slightly beyond it, a global artist with unmistakably UK edge. Supported by BBC Introducing, Reprezent Radio and Round 11 of Youth Music’s NextGen Fund, she builds worlds that are as stylish as they are sincere: part fashion show, part therapy session, all attitude. Or, as she puts it, “existential ache in a pretty dress.”

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