Regardless of the place you stand on the fact of mermaids, ’tis the season to rejoice what the underwater goddesses characterize in fantastical magnificence: at all times exfoliated, ageless pores and skin (thanks, presumably, to the abundance of sand and seaweed at their fingertips); flowing, frizz-free waves; and, in fact, a palette of iridescent accent shades in turquoise and purple and magenta that present up within the type of an ideal manicure or unfurling tail. And whereas many comprise their mermaid targets to the realm of reverie, or their film screens, there are a couple of particular girls—musicians—who stroll amongst us mortals, evoking a magnificence and energy that, due to a shock of coloured hair or stroke of pearlescent eyeliner, can solely be described as otherworldly.
Take the singer and Neon Gold Information cofounder, Lizzy Plapinger, who simply dropped her first solo challenge earlier this yr beneath the title LPX. Whereas the all-hats musician has performed a heavy hand within the success of label artists Charli XCX and Christine and the Queens, to not point out her electro-pop duo MS MR, she’s at all times had a magnificence look that’s been uniquely her personal. She’s continually dyeing her curls—“it’s essentially the most honest extension of my love and dedication to paint,” she says—from her pure brunette lengths to shades of peroxide blonde, bubblegum pink with neon inexperienced fringes, and now (or a minimum of on the time of this text’s publishing) Ariel-worthy crimson.
Then, there may be the 22-year-old Brooklyn-bred rapper and producer Leaf, who first made waves after collaborating with Lil Yachty in 2016. She’s had lengths reaching Nicki Minaj hip-grazing dimensions, although in a shade of red-orange that calls to thoughts Lil’ Kim’s pop of femme pink. To her, mermaid magnificence has belonged to the likes of David Bowie and Sade, and is “all about an inside glow that’s each mesmerizing and femininely divine,” she says. “No matter your angle is that day, mirror it in your nails and hair, and the remainder will observe.” Now, she’s unafraid to twist her golden locks into skinny plaits, sealing them tight with an array of youthful, multicolored floral pins.
The Colombian musician Tei Shi pairs her lo-fi sound, or “mermaid music,” as she calls it, with a shaggy perm, and an typically glittering eyelid and ensemble of lengthy, tight-fitting attire. After which there are rising rockers just like the fiery-maned Lights, who’s about to drop a brand new album, Pores and skin&Earth—together with a self-drawn comedian e-book that has an underwater scene the place “all the principles of physics are out the window, the final word fantasy land,” she says. How’s that for making mermaid magnificence the brand new aboveground punk?
