Ukrainian avant-pop artist Hanna Svirska spins an ‘electronic fairytale’ 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Nina Kraviz’s lo-fi video for synthpop single This Time recalls the sweet ache of first love
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Dance in 2 Yugoslav-era modernist buildings with North Macedonia’s Blackstate pop anthem
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        A party, a tragedy and existential comedowns: Knives is a generation anthem created from disaster
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Watch Hanna & Kerttu’s poetic music video tribute to St Petersburg
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        When a Romanian pop sensation was appointed ambassador for legendary sculptor Brâncuși, scandal ensued 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Summer playlist: 10 scorching New East hits to bring some sun to your soundrack
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Unleash your inner alien princess with the new video from Kedr Livanskiy
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Ukraine pulls out of Eurovision after accusing singers of being linked to ‘aggressor state’
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Russian pop stars are pulling out of this festival to protest onsite army enlisters
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Monetochka: listen to the new album from Russia’s favourite YouTube pop star
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Islamiq Grrrls: meet the Bosnian-Muslim musician delivering Balkan ballads with a witchy vibe
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Your chance to see Russia’s up-and-coming musicians in the UK
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        No, it’s not a new rap battle. It’s a music video by Soviet pop star Philipp Kirkorov
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Six seconds: watch the latest video from New East pop diva Syuzanna
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Go back to the 80s with the re-release of this pure Yugoslav electropop
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Turbofolk: how Serbia’s outrageous pop music brought gay desire to the mainstream
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Pop goes Yugoslavia: 11 wonderfully jubilant vintage hits