Vv Pete pulls you into the sweat of the floor by a bounce of the bass and a fire bar, one moment in celebration and the next a flicker of something harder. The Sudanese-Australian rapper’s voice moves across landscapes built on gqom, drill, and baile funk hooks, carving out verses that glance sideways before striking. Raised in Western Sydney, she brings that local grit into a club-rap mode with global machinery. Her bars ride heavy low-ends, sharp percussion and an unrelenting delivery, working in tandem with producers who share her vision of cross-pollination: heavy club beats layered with rap bombast and vocal confidence anchored in diasporic identity. That mix of sonic textures gives her music a distinct character, neither purely drill nor dance but filled with unmistakable swagger.

Working with longtime collaborator UTILITY and international producers like Kelman Duran, Brodinski, Clementaum, Logic1000, and Effy’s re-work of »Mashallah« hitting sets globally is just the start. Her latest single, the Durban gqom inspired »Wassa« (feat. Formation Boyz) has been making its way from Sydney to Africa to the UK, and with a recent SZA co-sign is fast becoming an iconic statement preceding her impending debut mixtape Varvie World.

• VARVIE WORLD, by Vv Pete, UTILITY

• VARVIE WORLD, by Vv Pete, UTILITY