Five synth pop tracks this week from every corner of the genre. From a Sydney-LA electropop artist on situationships to cinematic 80s synths and a 16-year-old Romanian bedroom producer. Let’s go!
Jeffrey Chan – Rebound Boy
Jeffrey Chan’s Rebound Boy is a stunning, sleek electropop cut about being someone’s in-between, where nothing is defined but everything still feels real.
Rebound Boy taps into the cultural conversation around ghosting and situationships with the kind of specificity that makes a song actually land. The production pairs glossy synth pop with a lovely new wave pulse, giving the track a finish that matches the subject matter, while Chan’s vocal carries the emotional weight without tipping into melodrama. It’s a song for anyone who has been stuck in that in-between space and wanted someone to name it out loud for them.
Jeffrey Chan is a Sydney-born, LA-based pop artist with over two million streams behind him and a project built around nightlife, connection, and the messiness of modern relationships. His catalogue leans into pop territory where club-ready production meets diaristic lyricism, and Rebound Boy fits neatly into that world. If you grew up on late-2000s electropop and are looking for a modern update with sharper songwriting, this should click on the first listen and stick around after. It’s a genuine banger.
Hera Anderson – Main Character
Hera Anderson’s Main Character is a pop anthem about the courage to see yourself as the lead in your own story, with a music video out day one.
Main Character landed on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube on the same day, with the video live immediately so fans could experience the release in full rather than staged out over weeks. The song itself centres on empowerment and self-recognition, and Anderson has been vocal that it exists to remind listeners that you get to be the lead in your own story, not a side character in someone else’s. The chorus is definitely anthem-ready, and we love it.
Anderson has shaped the release around that message, and it shows in how the audio and visual lean on each other rather than competing for attention. Vocally she pushes into the big pop belt in exactly the places you would want, and the production gives her the room to do it without crowding the hook. It is the kind of release that rewards repeat plays, with little vocal and production details surfacing every time you come back to it. It’s great.
moonvine – cherry spice
moonvine’s cherry spice is a vibey AF dance-pop debut about the moment you stop overthinking and start feeling genuinely good in your own skin.
cherry spice leans on instinct, rhythm and attitude rather than polish, with a wonderfully conversational vocal that sits low in the mix and lets the groove do the work of selling the hook. The track has already picked up early organic traction on TikTok with creators running with the sound ahead of the official release, which is usually a solid sign that the hook is doing its job on first listen. For a debut, it is remarkably sure of what it wants to be.
moonvine is a Berlin-based sibling duo, and this is their first official release together under the project name. The record came from the two of them meeting in the middle after working on different things separately, and cherry spice reads as the product of that shared shorthand. Expect the next few drops to push further in the same direction, building out a sound that is playful, a little wry, and with everything we need in synth pop for 2026. Essential stuff.
TIANA – good girl, gone bad (supremacy)
TIANA’s good girl, gone bad (supremacy) is a bold pop-trap record about reclaiming your power, with a heavy bounce in the lineage of Rihanna and Billie Eilish.
On good girl, gone bad (supremacy) the intent is explicit, it is an anthem for anyone running their own show and done asking permission for the privilege. The sound sits between modern alternative pop and cinematic indie pop, with a trap bounce that gives the track real physical weight, and the vocal performance switches between whispery menace and full declaration in a way that keeps the energy moving from bar to bar. It sounds fantastic, and definitely built to be played loud.
TIANA is a 16-year-old singer, songwriter and producer from Romania, and she writes, records, mixes and masters her own songs entirely in her home studio. That level of self-sufficiency at her age is genuinely unusual, and the sonic fingerprint here feels entirely her own rather than borrowed wholesale from a production team. If this is the starting line, the ceiling is high, and supremacy is already a strong argument for paying attention to what she does next. Exciting stuff.