The moment she stopped trying to go mainstream, the mainstream came to her.

In this episode of Middle Row with Coco Mocoe, Slayyyter gets honest about the moment she decided to stop chasing commercial success and just make something she'd be proud of. They talk about the Saturn Return that stripped everything back, the Bunny Man lurking in her visuals, and how "Daddy AF" quietly became a good luck charm for indie cinema; such as, showing up in both Anora and Bodies Bodies Bodies before soundtracks.

Plus: writing "Crank" in 30 minutes, the social climbing culture that inspired Starfucker, and why she'd rather drink at an old man biker bar than anywhere near Silver Lake.

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If this episode made you feel something, the best thing you can do is leave a review on Apple or Spotify — it takes 30 seconds and it genuinely helps Middle Row reach more people. And if you have a friend who's obsessed with finding artists before they blow up, send this one their way.

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Executive Producers: Coco Mocoe & Trinna Tracy

Videographer: Operation Podcast

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Filming Location: Spotify Theater, Los Angeles

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Haiden Henderson went from studying aerospace engineering at USC to becoming one of gen-Z's top rising rock stars with over 100-million streams on Spotify. He is friends with KATSEYE and Tarayummy, is the muse of celebrity photographer Maxamillion Polo and just got back from his tour for his recent EP, "tension", and will be opening for 5 Seconds of Summer on their UK leg of tour in 2026.

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Executive Producers: Coco Mocoe & Trinna Tracy

Videographer: Operation Podcast

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Filming Location: Spotify LA

Comment below what music artist you think is next to take off!

She's opened for Role Model and Beaches — and she's just getting started. In this episode, I sit down with Debbii Dawson for a candid conversation about her path as a music artist, how her Indian heritage has influenced her sound and identity, the experiences that shaped her, life on the road, and the moments that made her believe she was meant for this. If you're into indie music, emerging artists, and real talk about the creative process, this one's for you.

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Filming Location: Spotify LA

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Happy Middle Row Monday! New episodes of "The Middle Row w Coco Mocoe", out every other Monday 🍿 ✨

In the first episode of season 3 of "The Middle Row", we are sitting down with Charli XCX (I can't believe I am typing this) as we break down her music video for "House" ft. John Cale from the Wuthering Heights soundtrack. We talk about how she found out about the project from Emerald Fennell, about how the exhaustion of the "brat" tour led to the gritty texture of the soundtrack and how she isn't actually an astrology girl herself.

If you want to know the nitty-gritty details about how I booked this interview, you can read more on my Substack:

Let me know what up-and-coming artist I should feature on the show in the reviews on Apple Podcasts & Spotify ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

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In this interview at the Spotify Theater, we sit down with LA rock band Beauty School Dropout—featuring vocalist Cole "Colie" Hutzler, bassist Brent "Beepus" Burdett, guitarist/producer Bardo Novotny, and drummer Colton Flurry—for a conversation about their path in the music industry.

The band formed in Los Angeles and faced homelessness in San Diego during their early days Lippmanent, before being discovered by Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz who signed them to the Verswire label. They've since opened for Blink-182 and will be opening for Machine Gun Kelly in 2026. The band has also performed at Warped Tour and festivals including Lollapalooza and Download Festival.

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Hi coconuts! Today’s episode of “Middle Row w Coco Mocoe” features an artist that I believe should be on your radar.

We can learn a lot from his story; such as the power of patience when creating.

Not everything needs to be fast. There is power in waiting for the right moment to strike.

Corbyn Besson was formerly known for being a child star in the boyband “Why Don’t We” with hit songs like “8 letters”. Now, he is breaking solo. Ahead of his first EP, “Head First”, he released a song called “Blink” featuring Tzuyu from the K-Pop girl group TWICE.

He sat on this song for 8 months, waiting for the right moment and collaborator. And thank goodness he did because now the song has 13,000,000+ views on YouTube and 15,000,000+ listens on Spotify.

We talk more about his solo career after the dissolution of "Why Don't We" following a lengthy legal battle, how he met Tzuyu at Lollapalooza ahead of their collaboration together + what to expect from his upcoming EP, "Head First".

📍 Filmed in the Spotify movie theater

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We talk about the rise of artists in 2025, such as; Sombr, Olivia Dean, Alex Warren and Addison Rae. We also talk about what she expects to see trend on the platform in 2026 based on the internal data at Spotify.

If you are a music artist, marketer or love to predict the trends before they happen -- this episode is for you! 🍿

"Middle Row w Coco Mocoe" is a show dedicated to profiling the artists, actors and culture movers that are on the brink of breaking mainstream next. In each episode, trend forecaster and marketer, Coco Mocoe, sits down in a movie theater with the person she thinks is going to break big next as they watch their work on the big screen and break it down scene-by-scene.

This show is a love letter to LA and the people that move here to make it big and have fun along the way, so stay to the end of every episode to hear what each guests favorite places to go out in LA are.

📺 Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CocoMocoe 📺

Listen to the official "Middle Row w Coco Mocoe" playlist on Spotify for updates every Friday of artists and songs that Coco thinks are at a tipping point of moving the needle of culture and trends there way and becoming a household name overnight ⬇️

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⭐️ LEAVE THE NAME OF AN ARTIST YOU THINK I SHOULD HAVE ON THE SHOW IN THE REVIEWS ON APPLE AND SPOTIFY ⭐️

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