Dounia

Able to switch on a whim between deeply personal reflections and offhanded boasts, Dounia is a singer, songwriter, and model who has come into her own since building a social media following as a teenager. She made her EP debut with Intro To (2017) and has continued to refine her understated yet assured mix of R&B and hip-hop across additional EPs, the full-length album The Scandal (2019), and dozens of stray singles, from "East Coast Hiding," her first recording, to the recent "Lavender" and "Smoke & Slow Dance" (2021).