ADRIAN THRILLS: My shooting music stars of 2025 - and they're all Brits
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Tiktok sensations, Lorde’s favourite singer and an English Rose — just some of the homegrown talents I’m tipping for success this year... Alessi Rose. A pop queen who deals in piercing but confessional songs about her exes, Alessi Rose is the newcomer best placed to put a British spin on the emotionally messy storytelling of Olivia Rodrigo, Gracie Abrams and Chappell Roan.
![[Myles Smith performing at the 2024 Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tennessee last September]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/02/21/93690061-14245329-image-a-39_1735854624729.jpg)
‘If people don’t want me to write songs about them, they shouldn’t do bad things,’ says the unapologetic 22-year-old from Derby, and she’s as good as her word on tracks including debut single Say Ur Mine and recent release Pretty World, an intimate pop ballad.
![[Fabiana Palladino's self-titled LP attracted admiring glances from New Zealand singer Lorde last year]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/02/21/93690071-14245329-image-a-40_1735854634388.jpg)
Despite playing her first gig only a year ago, she’s already making waves on the live circuit too, having starred at the Latitude, Reading and Leeds festivals while building a dedicated army of fans (the ‘Delulu Girls’) attracted by the honesty of her lyrics.
![[Oli Fox and Scott Verrill have prospered as a duo since pooling their resources in November 2023 as Good Neighbours]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/02/21/93690169-14245329-image-a-41_1735854847697.jpg)
She starts a UK tour at SWG3, Glasgow, on April 2 (alessirosemusic.com). Alessi Rose is the newcomer best placed to put a British spin on the emotionally messy storytelling of Olivia Rodrigo , Gracie Abrams and Chappell Roan. Myles Smith. Following in the footsteps of Adele, Sam Fender and 2024 winners The Last Dinner Party, singer-songwriter Myles Smith is the latest recipient of the BRITs Rising Star award — an accolade which suggests the 26-year-old from Luton is on the way to being the breakthrough male pop star of 2025.
![[Brooke Combe is an elegant soul girl with a powerful, smoky voice — and invaluable indie-rock connections]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/02/21/93690219-14245329-image-m-44_1735854896708.jpg)
