It’s increasingly typical to hear in younger artists the influence of growing up online, with unlimited access to all kinds of music. As a result, pop over the past decade has often pushed into a space that offers more vibrancy and vastness, not tied to any particular genre. Certainly, that’s the case with emerging producer and singer-songwriter Spider, who makes brash but melodic alt and pop-rock with formidable lyrics, lush swathes of shiny electronics and pulsing drums.
There’s another layer to the influence of the internet on Spider’s output. Raised in Dublin in a strict Catholic household, she was banned from going to gigs; being of Nigerian origin in a predominantly white country, she felt isolated. So she fell deep down the looking-glass of internet pop fandom, finding community there, running stan accounts and teaching herself how to produce. When she turned 18, Spider moved to London, though her music path was a little slowed down by the pandemic.
