2023 Around the World   country sampler   genre sampler  
The new or newly released music that defined, united and distinguished fan communities of place and interest around the world in 2023.
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modern indie folk
pov: indie
indietronica
new romantic
new wave
indie rock
bedroom pop
indie pop
metropopolis
pop punk
indie soul
indie folk
chamber pop
folk-pop
neo-synthpop
neon pop punk
melancholia
britpop
indie anthem-folk
otacore
alternative dance
modern indie pop
lo-fi beats
pixel
indonesian indie
shimmer pop
la indie
indian indie
hindi indie
french indie pop
modern indie folk
pop emo
neo-psychedelic
chill r&b
noise pop
indie garage rock
shoegaze
pixie
spanish new wave
australian indie
rome indie
mexican indie
milan indie
j-pixie
italian indie pop
weirdcore
power pop
lo-fi indie
chillwave
countrygaze
argentine indie
aussietronica
spanish indie pop
small room
dreamo
canadian indie
german indie
bubblegrunge
indie surf
alternative emo
christian indie
turkish alternative
vapor soul
indie viet
thai indie rock
indie electropop
brooklyn indie
lo-fi
english indie rock
hopebeat
nu gaze
taiwan indie
indiecoustica
modern dream pop
anthem emo
dutch indie
k-indie
pinoy indie
australian indie folk
american shoegaze
hypnagogic pop
noise rock
chilean indie
seattle indie
slowcore
polish indie
chill dream pop
british indie rock
philly indie
gauze pop
swedish alternative rock
thai indie
latintronica
chinese indie
australian indie rock
indie quebecois
grave wave
dark post-punk
belgian indie
indie catala
pakistani indie
swedish indie pop
swedish indie rock
diy emo
alternative roots rock
indie rock mexicano
norwegian indie
ukrainian indie
chicago indie
new jersey indie
ambient folk
chamber psych
arab alternative
5th wave emo
swiss indie
malaysian indie
british alternative rock
guadalajara indie
math rock
australian post-hardcore
austindie
garage pop
bay area indie
korean indie rock
hong kong indie
brisbane indie
scottish indie
dark synthpop
lo-fi emo
russian indie
jangle pop
murcia indie
colombian indie
swedish synthpop
brighton indie
vapor pop
greek indie
tape club
j-indie
persian alternative
gbvfi
indie rockism
drone folk
finnish indie
japanese shoegaze
sheffield indie
bangladeshi indie
spanish noise pop
austrian indie
concepcion indie
surf punk
russian alternative rock
ghanaian alternative
new england emo
gothenburg indie
oakland indie
dreamgaze
israeli indie
ecuadorian indie
venezuelan indie
portuguese indie
c86
baltimore indie
psych gaze
manso indie
perth indie
french indie folk
indonesian indie pop
alternative pop
oxford indie
icelandic indie
modern goth
liverpool indie
manchester indie
granada indie
japanese indie pop
chinese indie rock
peruvian indie
vienna indie
indie shoegaze
boston indie
danish indie
quebec indie
twee pop
russian indie rock
nashville indie
toronto indie
scottish indie rock
japanese indie rock
euskal indie
danish indie pop
indie rock peruano
indie cordoba
socal indie
progressive alternative
indie extremena
melbourne indie
lithuanian indie
cape town indie
monterrey indie
belo horizonte indie
alternative pop rock
garage punk blues
industrial pop
shiver pop
sacramento indie
hamburg indie
experimental indie
indie rock italiano
belarusian indie
rock independant francais
nantes indie
modern darkwave
furry
montreal indie
queercore
latvian indie
eau claire indie
romanian indie
indie valenciana
garage psych
nz indie
underground power pop
indie platense
bergen indie
uruguayan indie
belgian indie rock
german indie rock
freak folk
elephant 6
dutch indie rock
south carolina indie
dunedin sound
czech indie
cdmx indie
estonian indie
indie napoletano
turin indie
southern china indie
epunk
brazilian indie rock
san diego indie
south african alternative
math pop
argentine indie rock
auckland indie
cologne indie
indie siciliano
grebo
chinese indie pop
irish indie rock
bali indie
dunedin indie
veracruz indie
asheville indie
serbian indie
northeast indian indie
scottish hush
indie rock colombiano
indie folk italiano
slovak indie
new delhi indie
norrbotten indie
lebanese indie
cdo indie
ontario indie
welsh indie
ghent indie
portuguese indie rock
malang indie
dominican indie
polish indie rock
adelaide indie
bristol indie
christchurch indie
canadian indie folk
sydney indie
london indie
athens indie
glasgow indie
collage pop
rennes indie
manitoba indie
bisaya indie
indie tico
spanish indie rock
medway sound
hungarian indie
deep gothic post-punk
modern jangle pop
guam indie
gothic post-punk
panamanian indie
stockholm indie
newfoundland indie
dalarna indie
caracas indie
kingston on indie
indie salvadoreno
c64
prague indie
mumbai indie
halifax indie
gothic alternative
paisley underground
paraguayan indie
indie boliviano
singaporean indie
nagaland indie
rosario indie
irish indie
birmingham indie
stuttgart indie
louisville underground
macedonian indie
oc indie
northwest china indie
uk noise rock
oslo indie
newcastle nsw indie
kentucky indie
greek indie rock
bulgarian indie
wellington indie
swiss indie folk
leeds indie
sevilla indie
chennai indie
bosnian indie
bangalore indie
pei indie
kelowna bc indie
alaska indie
galician indie
rio grande do sul indie
northern irish indie
idaho indie
indie catracho
deep neo-synthpop
cardiff indie
fremantle indie
guatemalan indie
aarhus indie
dublin indie
oulu indie
canadian shoegaze
malmo indie
luxembourgian indie
slc indie
poznan indie
pittsburgh indie rock
sulawesi indie
wisconsin indie
swansea indie
2023 in Modern Indie Folk   playlist
#trackscore
1Harrison Storm "Warm A Cold Heart"531
2Hazlett "Part Time Lovers"495
3Paper Planes "Forever"465
4Ed Patrick "Leaf"463
5Jolé "Let Go"455
6sød ven "restored"439
7Riley Pearce "Habit"424
8Ryan Harris "Alone"414
9Salt Tree "Coming Home to You"403
10Lowswimmer "Can't Be By Myself"383
11Twin Tacoma "Tightropes"363
12Hayden Calnin "I Believe in Something More"349
13Freyr "Wilderness"341
14Luca Fogale "Worthy of Love"340
15Jordy Maxwell "Recording 58"332
16The Paper Kites "Till the Flame Turns Blue"330
17Aoife O'Donovan "IOWA"329
18The Hollow Men "Said"316
19PJ Harding "It Wasn't Enough"314
20Old Sea Brigade "Stayed Up Late - Sunrise Version"312
21Roo Panes "Our Time"302
22Garrett Kato "Slow Motion"299
23Hollow Coves "Coastline - Vancouver Sleep Clinic Remix"297
24Lawson Hull "Time Zones"290
25Tommy Ashby "Floorboards"290
26Portair "Afterglow"290
27Swimmingly "My Heart Can't Take A Hint"279
28Ed Prosek "Hallelujah"278
29Gregory Alan Isakov "The Fall"268
30Nanuk "Hygge"259
31Kate McGill "Roadkill"247
32Wild Rivers "Don't"236
33Craig Stickland "Colorblind"232
34SYML "Believer"232
35Northwest Stories "Greener"230
36The Neighborly "Falling Star"230
37Phillip LaRue "Never Break"226
38Bre Kennedy "North"226
39Brook St "Steady Steady"224
40Matt Holubowski "My Burrow"220
41Oliver Hazard "Saratoga"220
42Chance Peña "Highs & Lows"217
43Ocie Elliott "Free"217
44Jessie Reid "A Little Closer"215
45Jem Cassar-Daley "King of Disappointment"215
46Neptune "cold coffee"207
47Justin Lee "Wildfire Love"204
48Dave Thomas Junior "Still in Love"202
49Ruston Kelly "Mending Song"202
50Liam Bauman "I've Been Hiding"201
51William Prince "When You Miss Someone"201
52Sons Of The East "Hard To Tell"199
53Wilder Woods "Be Yourself"199
54Laura Alden "Canada"197
55Billie Marten "This Is How We Move"195
56Angelo De Augustine "The Ballad of Betty and Barney Hill"194
57Sophia James "Clockwork"192
58Tom Rosenthal "Buried The day"191
59Pop Goes Ambient "Riptide"189
60Wylder "Marigold"188
61Hot Left Pole "The Worst In Me"188
62Blanco White "Who's Gonna Love You Now?"187
63Frances Luke Accord "All the Things"187
64Eloise "Drunk On A Flight"187
65Laura Lucas "Light in Me"186
66Marc Scibilia "In Love a Little While"185
67By The Coast "Sway"185
68John Vincent III "That’s Just The Way It Is, Babe"182
69Zoe Konez "Easy To Learn"182
70Andrew Belle "Let Down"177
71Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners "Thunderhead"176
72Jon Bryant "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)"176
73Feist "Hiding Out In The Open"176
74Tyler Edwards "Between Your Arms"175
75Julia Pratt "A Little Love"172
76Dustin Tebbutt "The Breach - Vast Decade ReWork"171
77Zach Seabaugh "Not How I Want To"170
78Matt Hartke "Summer Of Love"170
79Steinza "The Former"168
80Amistat "keep your head up"168
81Tow'rs "Uncertainty"167
82Tommy Lefroy "The Mess"166
83Mon RovÎa "Big Love Ahead"166
84Alivan Blu "Solace"165
85RIVVRS "Brand New Light"165
86Arny Margret "i went outside"164
87Fruit Bats "We Used to Live Here"164
88M. Ward "too young to die"163
89CHPTRS "Just Remember"163
90Layup "Way out Beyond"163
91Sumbuck "Hey Honey"162
92Jess Williamson "Chasing Spirits"162
93Stu Larsen "You're My Winter"160
94Paris Paloma "yeti"160
95Aisha Badru "Lazy River"160
96Noah Kahan "If We Were Vampires (feat. Wesley Schultz) - Spotify Singles"160
97Joy Oladokun "Changes"159
98Sam Fender "Little Bull Of Blithe"159
99Jonah Kagen "The Roads"156
100Vincent Lima "Orpheus"155



















 
 
alchemy by glenn mcdonald / @everynoise for Spotify, listening by the world
 
These lists compile the collective 2023 new-music listening of music fans in every country where people use Spotify, and in the fan communities for 6000+ genres and other genre-shaped distinctions. The songs in each list are scored and ranked by a combined weighting of a) their absolute popularity with those fans and b) the share of the song's global listening that those fans account for. (And then filtered to one song per artist.) This means, for example, that The Sound of Ukraine 2023 is the music that defines, unites and distinguishes Ukrainian fans, whether that music comes from Ukraine or not. Likewise, 2023 in Drift Phonk is the music that fans of Drift Phonk loved, whether it's Drift or Phonk or not. To be eligible, a song must have been released on or after 2022-12-01, as best our data can tell, so that's why no "Cruel Summer".
 
In addition to exploring by country or metagenre, you can click any artist to see all the lists on which they appear.
 
You are allowed to fall in love with things you did not know even existed until now. It is not too late.
 
It is never too late.
 
 
(PS: It's not even too late for 2022, 2021, 2020 or 2019.)