Bose and NME unveil C24 mixtape line-up featuring Teddy Swims and more

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King Princess, Genesis Owusu, 070 Shake and more. To celebrate the release, we threw a huge party at SXSW in Austin, Texas complete with high-octane performances from Jockstrap, Flo Milli, Danielle Ponder and other C23 artists.Earlier this year, Bose and NME confirmed the C-Series would return this summer with a new, star-studded roster of exciting artists.

This time, It’s due for release on July 19 – and will feature exclusive tracks from Laufey, Artemas, Royel Otis, Lola Young, Samara Cyn and Teddy Swims.Alongside them is Tehya, who was hand-picked by the judges of C24’s new artist competition, in association with social music creation platform BandLab, to find an unsigned emerging artist looking for their big break by featuring on the mixtape.The first track to be shared from the ‘Bose x NME: C24’ mixtape is Teddy Swims’ ‘Funeral’ – an exclusive new single that’s available to stream and download across all major platforms tomorrow (July 12) including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and SoundCloud.

It follows on from Swims’ hugely successful debut album ‘I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1)’ and breakout hit ‘Lose Control’.‘Funeral’ was written earlier this year, as Swims navigated the chaos of Grammys week by taking to the studio.“‘Funeral’ is fun, upbeat and it’ll make people want to dance, but there’s a layer of sadness underneath that,” he explained. “I love being able to make music that has joy but is heartbreaking at the same time.

We’re finally at the point where we’re honing a certain sound. It’s all about this old soul, Motown feel but modernising that in a way that feels authentic.