Among the best-kept secrets in up-and-coming pop music, Avery Cochrane is quietly becoming impossible to ignore. The Seattle-based singer-songwriter has a rare gift for fusing emotional honesty with shimmering, cinematic pop, turning everyday anxieties into anthems for the soul.

Her viral single “Existential Crisis at the Tennis Club” became a TikTok phenomenon — a witty, heartfelt queer anthem that captured the chaos of growing up and figuring yourself out in public. Now, with “Shapeshifting on a Saturday Night” and its haunting “Alone in My Bedroom” version, Avery’s carving a lane all her own: playful, poetic, and painfully self-aware.

The song — which she describes as “about not having a strong or prideful sense of self, so you morph into whatever you think people want from you” — has already earned over 1.6 million streams, solidifying her as one of indie pop’s most intriguing new voices.