Amy Shark - Love Monster (2018)

“For so long, I didn’t have to talk about my music because I didn’t have anyone listening,” Amy Shark tells Apple Music, “so I was just using it for therapy.” The runaway success of her triple-platinum, ARIA-nominated 2016 single “Adore” changed all that, paving the way for a debut album featuring collaborations with Jack Antonoff and one of her heroes, blink-182’s Mark Hoppus. But working with such big names only made her feel more comfortable with herself and with presenting soul-baring material. “The biggest lesson was to just be confident and voice your opinion,” she says of co-writing the blissful “All Loved Up” with Antonoff. With that confidence came honesty, openness and a sound—and story—that is definitively her own, but relatable to anyone. “I think that’s why people like it,” she says. “They need it.”