O MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) 2025 It happens next Sunday (7) and awards the best of the year in the music industry. Among the various categories of the award, one of the most awaited is that of Revelation artistwho seeks to reward a new artist on the rise that stood out in the year.
This year Alex Warren, She Langley, Gigi Perez, Lola Young, Umber e The Marías.
They all had songs that were successful in the music charts, which leads to a fierce competition. Below, the CNN explained more about each of them. Check it out!
Get to know the artists nominated for revelation in VMA 2025
Alex Warren
Alex Warren, 24, started in music in 2021, with the release of “One More I Love You”who wrote to his father who died when the singer was only nine years old.
After that, he launched a few songs over the years and gained prominence playing in features with singers like Joe Jonas, in “Burning Down” e Ella Henderson, com “Carry You Home”.
In September 2024, he released his first studio album, the “You’ll Be Alright, Kid”which, among 11 songs, contains “Ordinary”.
“Ordinary” became one of the biggest hits of 2025. The song
Regarding his personal life, Alex Warren lived in a homelessness at 18, when he was expelled from home by his mother, who lived a fight against alcoholism.
Shortly thereafter, he started posting videos on the internet.
She Langley
The American country scene won a new promise with She Langley26, singer and songwriter of Alabama, United States, who has been gaining space with her mixture of southern authenticity and sharp letters.
With your debut EP, “Excuse the Mess” (2023), Ella presented to the public tracks as “That’s Why We Fight” e “Country Boy’s Dream Girl”, Songs that talk about relationships, roots and freedom.
In 2024, it arrived with the album “Hungover” and emerged with the track “You Look Like You Love Me”.
Perez teeth
Gigi Perez, 25, started writing songs at age 15 and learned alone to play guitar and piano. The beginning of his musical career began in 2018, while still attending high school and participated in the band Wendy Lane.
Your single career debut single, “Sometimes (Backwood)”launched in 2021, drew attention quickly and reached the 1⁰ place of Spotify’s viral chart in the US.
Gigi has already opened shows for artists such as Coldplay, Noah Cyrus, D4VD and Girl in Red.
In 2024, it was a smooth success with “Sailor Song”which became extremely viral at Tiktok.
Lola Young
24, began to compose with only 11 years old. Your first project, the “Intro”was released in 2019. In 2021 the singer even received an indication to the category Rising Star (Star on Ascension, in translation to Portuguese) of the Brit Awards awards. The debut album, “My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely”he arrived in 2023, and was soon followed by “This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway” the following year.
It was in 2024 that the singer was in the spotlight more than ever when she launched the viral hit “Messy”.
The song was released in June this year and makes up the artist’s second album, titled “This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway”. The song, which talks about self -discovery and frustrations about it, became popular through Tiktok in late November this year, after the model Sofia Richiethe youngest daughter of the musician Lionel Richie, appeared dancing the track in a video published on the social network.
In a recent interview with Vogue magazine, Lola Young commented on the success of “Messy” and said she was not surprised to witness the track. “It’s an amazing feeling. It doesn’t seem surreal, in fact, because I’ve been waiting for it for a long time.”
For the vehicle, the artist also commented on the partnership with Tyler, The Creator. Young participates in the track “Like Kim”from the album “Chromakopia”released by the musician in October this year.
“He sent me a message and I freaked out. I was in Los Angeles and that was before ‘Messy’ and I don’t know what. My album hadn’t even been released and I almost shit on my pants and then I sent a message to him. So we had a talk about sandwiches, and he said, you should come to Los Angeles. she commented.
Umbrer
Sombr is the stage name of Shane Michael Boose. The artist released his debut single, “Nothing Left to Say”in 2021. Your first EP, “In Another Life”arrived in 2023.
Star came this year, with the growing popularity of the singer in the Tiktok app. There, “Back to Friends” has already been used in thousands of videos.
Other recent singles in the artist’s discharge are “Undressed”launched in March, and “We Never Dated”, that hit the platforms in June.
Already in August, Sombr released his debut album, entitled “I Barely Know Her”.
The Marías
The band The Marías has won listeners around the world with its style that mixes indie pop, soul, jazz and psychedelic elements. Graduated in Los Angeles in 2016, the group is led by Porto-Rican María Zardoya (vocals) and by Josh Conway (drums and production).
The debut album, “Cinema” (2021)he was nominated for Grammy and consolidated the group as one of the most promising names in the alternative scene.
The second and last, “Submarine”, was launched in 2024 and managed to consolidate with bands as “Run Your Mouth” e “No One Noticed”.
