With just breathy vocals and humble acoustic guitar strums, Sydney Rose began to make waves from her Georgia bedroom. Inspired by YouTube music sensations like Dodie, Cavetown and Conan Gray, the 20-year-old artist started releasing covers and original music on TikTok, quickly amassing a large following and over 7 million likes on the platform. Rose began releasing music on Spotify in 2020, with her cover of Sleeping At Last’s “Turning Page” accumulating over 30 million streams and drawing attention from labels and industry tastemakers. For Rose, music is her therapy. Though she often feels alienated by her surroundings, music has always been there to provide catharsis. From a young age, she learned to play ukulele, guitar and piano, and she also sang in her church worship band. After realizing her vocals were not best suited for Broadway stardom, she became more comfortable with the folky airiness of her natural voice, which is now a staple of her sound. It also suits her love of indie-folk mainstays like Phoebe Bridgers, Daughter and Bon Iver, who she frequently covers on TikTok alongside some of today’s biggest pop artists.