BLACKPINK's new album is titled Born Pink. YG Entertainment/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Rina Sawayama
Each track on Rina Sawayama's Hold The Girl is extremely, outlandishly major, proceeding at an exhausting intensity. Thurstan Redding/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Charli XCX and Rina Sawayama in the "Beg for You" video. YouTube hide caption
Betty Who is an Australian-American singer-songwriter. Zak Cassar/NPR hide caption
Superorganism performs a Tiny Desk concert on April 3, 2018 (Jenna Sterner/NPR). Jenna Sterner/NPR hide caption
On her first album, Rina Sawayama blends metal and pop and tackles serious issues."It was such a risk to be a musician that I didn't want to do fluffy pop songs and hope it cut through," she says. Hendrik Schneider/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Rina Sawayama Wants Her Success To Make Space For Asian Women In Pop Music
Clockwise from upper left: Buscabulla, Rina Sawayama, Christian Lee Hutson, Tenci, Jonah Mutono Courtesy of the artists hide caption
On her self-titled debut album, Rina Sawayama borrows from all corners of the pop world to explore depression, her fight to preserve her Japanese heritage and the legacy of family strife. Hendrik Schneider/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Fiona Apple. Her long-awaited — and monumental — new album, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, tops our shortlist of the best releases out on April 17. Courtesy of the artist hide caption