2023 PAYR best new artist África De Porras is a 17-year old Spanish singer, songwriter, and producer. After going viral on TikTok for her first single, butterflies, África kept making lighthearted, catchy pop songs, like mono obsessed, feliz final, and Everyone. Strong, powerful, female artists like Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears and Rihanna have had a big impact on her style and music. Just like them, África conveys a sense of girl power, self-love and simply having fun and not taking things too seriously through her music. She feels a deep devotion for the decade she was born in, the 2000s, taking a digital camera everywhere she goes and growing her CD collection. All she wants is to bring back this decade's music, fashion, and technology.