Rising Rio de Janeiro-born, London-based artist Nonô has quickly made a name for herself for a unique brand of pop that pairs Brazilian rhythms with topical lyrics and catchy melodies. She was dubbed “the UK’s freshest talent” by Notion and was selected as one of NME‘s “100” artists last year. She also released two singles through Helix Records, “Lovesick” and “Good Times,” and played headlining shows at The Grace, Colours, and Victorious Festival.
Nonô also hosts the Controversia radio show with Brazilian DJ Alok, and their collaboration together “Sky High” has amassed over 14 million streams. Collectively, the rising Rio de Janeiro-born, London-based artist’s discography has racked up over 200 million streams all the DSPs.
The rising artist’s latest single “ATM” features Baby Tate a hip-hop and R&B wunderkind, who since the age of 13 has honed her skills as a singer/songwriter, emcee, producer and engineer. Baby Tate exploded into the mainstream with 2019’s Girls. Now. a VMA-nominated artist. she has toured with Ashnikko and Charlie XCX. Her work has appeared on Netflix and HBO Max, and as a result has amassed over 88 million streams. Her 2016 hit “Hey Mickey” has recently enjoyed a resurgence in popularity after going viral again on TIkTok. Beginning with tweeter and woofer rattling bass, skittering trap triplets and woozy synths., “ATM” is a club friendly vehicle for Nonô to effortlessly switch between spitting bars and crooning in English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Baby Tate joins in after the seductive and infectious chorus to spit some fire self-assured fire.
The end result is a banger that’s also a defiant yet playfully feminist anthem delivered with a sultry self-assuredness of two artists, who seem set to take over the world right now. “ATM is about being a provider and sharing your material and non-material wealth with your loved ones,” Nonô explains. “It represents what I’ve learned from my family, especially from the women, taking care of each other in every way we can.”Baby Tate adds:“When I heard ‘ATM,’ I was so excited because it’s such a dope song. I know I have a lot of fans in Brazil and to collaborate with a Brazilian artist is exciting. I’m grateful Nonô thought of me and I was able to add my energy to it!”
Directed by Christian D.K. Long, the accompanying video for “ATM” features a stylish and swaggering performance from the rising artists, set at a backyard family birthday party. The video’s cast is populated by several generations of women — mothers, grandmothers, sisters, cousins, friends — engaged in the things that happen at every single backyard, birthday party. But the video’s protagonists ensure that fun — and a helluva lot of money is brought to the festivities. And it’s made obvious that they did it through their own pluck, moxie and determination — without the assistance of a man.
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