Thoom wants her music to be felt before it's understood

“GIRLHOOD IS SAVAGE.” The first in a series of proud all caps principles; a defiant manifesto of Arabic pop from Zeynab Marwan – the Beirut-born, LA-based artist and producer leading the revolution behind musical project Thoom. Her slogans aren’t just provocations but the foundations of an experimental universe in which sweetness coexists with brutality, and melody with distortion. Her debut mixtape Everyday, Everything Is At Stake, doesn't concern itself with side taking: “WE DON’T APOLOGIZE FOR OUR INTENSITY.”A radical vision for the future of pop, she’s been given the thumbs up from girl EDMers Ninajirachi and underscores, Kim Petras, Frost Children, The Dare, and Addison Rae. “My life right now is so busy, I’m loving it,” she tells me. “It’s one thing after the other, it’s like I can barely keep up, and that’s where I’m the happiest. I really removed every single distraction; I feel so inspired right now. I want to create so many things.” Traversing all kinds of North American territories, Marwan's velocity between nations saw her share a tour bus with Bassvictim on their White Flag tour, but she aspires to sell out stadiums, and she’s not settling for anything less. Sign up to...