Today, November 4th, Stockholm-based artist waterbaby has shared an exuberant new single for her staccato-laced neo-soul-pop track, “Beck n Call.” Featuring guest rapper ttoh, this song was written by waterbaby, her regular collaborator Marcus White, and ttoh, and produced and mixed by White. “Beck n Call” is now available worldwide on all streaming services from Sub Pop.
“Beck n Call” follows the release of her spring 2025 single “Amiss” and the 2023 Sub Pop debut EP, foam. The latter release led to international acclaim, including a cover of Sweden’s music magazine GAFFA, and coverage from the likes of Bandcamp Daily, CLASH, The FACE, The FADER, The Guardian, The Line of Best Fit, The New York Times, NPR Music, PASTE, Stereogum, and more. Foam also earned waterbaby two 2024 Swedish Grammy Nominations, including “Newcomer of the Year” and “Composer of the Year” (for collaborator White).
What people have said about waterbaby:
“waterbaby makes music that is funny, heartfelt and intimate, cramming earworm hooks into warped bedroom pop production.” The Guardian
With themes about love and loneliness, Egerbladh’s songs both break you and build you back up.” “Essential Releases” - Bandcamp Daily
“Under the gaze of auto-tuned vocals and alt-rock textures, waterbaby has forged something wholly original and awing.” [“911”] PASTE
“I was a big fan of ‘Airforce blue,’ the indie-pop-ish, R&B-ish Stockholm singer waterbaby’s first single for Sub Pop. I’m an even bigger fan of the next one. “911,” out today, heralds the impending arrival of waterbaby’s Foam EP. It’s a low-key love song built around a cozy little acoustic guitar figure that plays as a nest for waterbaby’s soft, digitally affected vocals.” STEREOGUM
“The emergency number in Stockholm, the home of the songwriter who calls herself waterbaby, is 112. But in this drowsily understated bedroom-pop song, she clearly has an eye on an American audience: “Call me when you need someone/I could be your 911,” she sings, adding “we-ooh, we-ooh” like a two-note emergency siren. It’s a tentative, guarded offer of affection — “Maybe we could go somewhere/Maybe we could be something” — sung breathily and hesitantly, trying to keep expectations modest.” [“911”] “The Playlist,” THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Airforce blue” flips waterbaby’s indie R&B into an electrified, auto-tuned collage with an easy intimacy.” BROOKLYN VEGAN
“An unguarded DIY R&B moment coming out of the Swedish capital.” [“Airforce blue”] THE FADER
“…a real jewel, a thrilling and evocative slice of future-facing pop.” [“Airforce blue”] “Track of the Day,” CLASH
“A black girl freeing herself through experimentation is inherently groundbreaking, and waterbaby is making comfortable room for herself in the lo-fi realm. Delivering wistful vocals and melancholic indie-pop on her latest EP Foam, we’re getting to know the singer through open veins and a raw lens.” Ones to Watch
Today, Ya Tseen (pronounced Yacht Seen) has shared a new single, entitled
“Ixwsiteen (I See You)”, a standout new track off the band’s forthcoming release,
Stand On My Shoulders, out Friday, January 16th, 2026 worldwide from Sub Pop Records. Led by multi-disciplinary artist Nicholas Galanin,
Stand On My Shoulders is an incandescent exploration of existence, a celebration of love and connection to Land.
“Ixwsiteen (I See You)” was written for Aaron Bushnell, shares Galanin. “A reflection on witnessing, complicity, and the cost of conscience in an empire that erases what it fears. The song holds space for his act of protest, a flame against indifference, awareness is ceremony; once opened, it resists forgetting.”
Ya Tseen will embark on a 10-date tour supporting Portugal. The Man. These dates will begin on November 6th in Portland, OR, and end on November 19th in Denver, CO. See below for a complete list of shows.
Thu. Nov. 06 - Portland, OR- Revolution Hall #
Fri. Nov. 07 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall #
Sat. Nov. 08 - Tacoma, WA - The Spanish Ballroom #
Sun. Nov. 09- Seattle, WA - Showbox (SoDo) #
Tue. Nov. 11 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater (OAK) #
Fri. Nov. 14 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour #
Sat. Nov. 15 - Pomona, CA - Glass House, #
Sun. Nov. 16 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern #
Tue. Nov. 18 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theater #
Wed. Nov. 19 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom #
# w/ Portugal. the Man
Stand On My Shoulders is now available for pre-save on all participating DSPs. Click
here to pre-save the entire album.
Galanin is a musician and visual artist who has been creating music, customary Tlingit carving, and interdisciplinary art for over two decades. His sculpture and video work have been shown at the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial, Whitney Biennial, Sydney Biennial, Desert X, Art Week Miami Beach, and by the New York Public Art Fund. Galanin’s visual and sonic work are interconnected streams of creative flow, integral to the watershed of his work.
Ya Tseen
Stand On My Shoulders
1. Ircenrraat (feat. Ashley Young)
2. Twilight (feat. Pink Siifu, Sidibe)
3. Perfect Combo (feat. dreamcastmoe)
4. Taste On My Lips (feat. Portugal. The Man, Meshell Ndegeocello, Sidibe)
5. Like Honey (feat. Anel Figueroa)
6. Dei Kee Tla Tin
7. Us When We Fell In (feat. *Jahon Mikal)
8. Ixwsiteen (I See You)
9. Katlian’s Hammer
10. I’ve Known (feat. Pink Siifu, Hanna Benn)
11. Digital Winter
Filmmaker, author, comedian, and cultural icon extraordinaire, John Waters, 79, returns with his second Christmas parody single (and third holiday single with Sub Pop), “John Waters covers ‘Little Cindy,’” produced again by his longtime friend and colleague, Grammy-winner, Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Parchman Prison Project, The Good Ones [Rwanda], Ramblin’ Jack Elliott).
Waters says, “In the tradition of novelty records, which I’ve always loved, this year I pay tribute to one of my favorite hymns that was once included in my ‘John Waters Christmas’ album – sung by the ever-holy child vocalist Little Cindy. I have never been in drag professionally, but with this little sticks-and-stones gift record to bad children everywhere, I channel Little Cindy’s voice and aura, even stumbling over the exact words she did on the original 45rpm version. Little Cindy is beyond saintly in my opinion, a minor miracle, a human spiritual sacrament who brings her devoted sanctity to this psalm of southern sentimentality. For a few vinyl minutes, I hope listeners will agree: John Waters IS Little Cindy.
“Side B is beyond the valley of gimmicks, over the top of parody and underneath the mountain of linguistics, recorded in Pig Latin – a secret dialect my mother taught me in the ‘50s. I don’t take easily to learning a new language but this maddeningly ugly way of speaking is a tongue I eventually licked. I even used Pig Latin in ‘Pink Flamingos’ where Divine’s family skipped, happily chanting, ‘We Are The Filthiest People Alive.’ What better way to remind my public of this lunatic way of communication (even the Three Stooges spoke it in some of their 1930s movies) than to translate this beloved poem into a consonantly confused vernacular? ‘A Visit from St. Nick?’ As-tway E-thay Ight-nay Efore-bay Istmas-kray! See? I’m speaking in tongues! Want to clear your house of holiday party guests who have overstayed their welcome? Just play the flipside of this record, and they’ll run like they’ve just been teargassed! Ig-pay Atin-lay! Learn it, you little devils!”
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Today, Friday, November 8th, Sub Pop continues its expansion into the hot holiday single market with the release John Waters’ new Christmas parody single “John Waters Covers ‘Little Cindy’” b/w “A Pig Latin Visit From St. Nicholas,” available worldwide on 7” vinyl and on all streaming services. The single is available to buy now.
The Pope of Trash’s annual “A John Waters Christmas” comedy tour begins Sunday, November, 30th in San Francisco, CA, at Great American Music Hall and ends Tuesday, December 23rd in Baltimore, MD, at SoundStage. A full list of dates are below. For more information on tickets please visit https://johnwaterstour.com.
Sun. Nov. 30 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
Mon. Dec. 01 - Portland, OR - Alladin Theater
Tue. Dec. 02 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre
Wed. Dec. 03 - Vancouver, BC - Rio Theatre
Thu. Dec. 04 - Vancouver, BC - Rio Theatre
Fri. Dec. 05 - Palm Springs, CA - Plaza Theatre
Sat. Dec. 06 - North Hollywood, CA - El Portal
Sun. Dec. 07 - North Hollywood, CA - El Portal
Mon. Dec. 08 - San Diego, CA - Lou Lou’s
Tue. Dec. 09 - San Diego, CA - Lou Lou’s
Sat. Dec. 13 - Boston, MA - Berklee Performance Center
Sun. Dec. 14 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
Mon. Dec. 15 - Madison, WI - Atwood Music Hall
Tue. Dec. 16 - Chicago, IL - Avondale Music Hall
Wed. Dec. 17 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
Sat. Dec. 20 - Alexandria, VA - The Birchmere
Sun. Dec. 21- New York City, NY - City Winery
Mon. Dec. 22 - New York City, NY - City Winery
Tue. Dec. 23 - Baltimore, MD - SoundStage
“John Waters Covers ‘Little Cindy’” b/w “A Pig Latin Visit From St. Nicholas” is John Waters’ fourth single release overall for Sub Pop. It follows the 2024 release of “John Waters Covers ‘The Singing Dogs’ “Jingle Bells’” b/w “It’s a Punk Rock Christmas,” the 2022 release of “It’s In the Book” (which features Waters covering a stand-up routine recorded and made famous by midwestern-US comedian/actor/musician Johnny Standley in 1952), and his 2021 single, “Prayer to Pasolini” (his tribute to the legendarily controversial Italian film director Pier Paolo Pasolini). All of these wonderfully twisted releases are available from Sub Pop.
John Waters
“John Waters Covers ‘Little Cindy’” b/w “A Pig Latin Visit From St. Nicholas”
