Helena Gao's Wild Club-Pop and New Music Releases

Add to playlist: the wild club-pop of Zara Larsson cowriter Helena Gao and the week’s best new tracks

The Chinese-Danish artist wrote nine 10ths of Larsson’s breakout album then got a Grammy nod. It’s a fine springboard for her own revelatory pop From Aarhus, Denmark Recommended if you like Caroline Polachek, Zara Larsson, Grimes Up next Debut project coming later this year You could hardly make a better professional songwriting debut than co-writing nine 10ths of a moment-defining album – namely Zara Larsson’s Midnight Sun – then getting a Grammy nod for it. It’s an enviable springboard for ...

By Laura Snapes and Ben Beaumont-Thomas