Henjila

The young musician, with her ethereal voice and petite frame could probably pass as a fairy, if not the daughter of a Nepalese militarian, growing up near Sandhurst’s army barracks. Her lilac bedroom walls and Hello Kitty guitar decal open a nostalgic gateway into girlhood to Henjila.

Despite her rosy smile and audible softness, the 19-year-old is steely in her stance on social issues; with racism, men’s mental health, and violence against women taking the pole positions of her debut EP Moonshot, a coming-of-age bubblegum-pop project with blisteringly sweet lyrics and an ironic rose-tinted aesthetic, dubbed appropriately by Checkout Magazine as “Forging emotional armour from femininity”, ‘Moonshot’ showcases Henjila’s uniqueness and gives listeners a neatly packaged dose of reality.

She has amassed over 1,000,000 streams and charmed loyal listeners already in such a short amount of time.