Eves Karydas

Australian pop singer Eves Karydas pairs her airy soprano with cuttingly honest lyrics in a way that helps her speak directly to listeners’ hearts. Born Hannah Evyenia Karydas in Queensland in 1993, Eves released a few EPs as a teenager and eventually got signed to the Australian label Dew Process in the mid-2010s. A few singles, including the storming “Girl”, came out under the name Eves The Behavior before Karydas decided to release music using her given name in 2017. Karydas’ 2018 debut album, summerskin, showcased her maturing songwriting, with the pillowy synth-pop cut “Further Than the Planes Fly” going gold in Australia and the widescreen “Wildest Ones” centering her powerful vocal. In the 2020s, she has put out singles including the crisp lament on twentysomething angst “Complicated” and the breathy love song “Freckles”, both of which show her approaching various quarter-life crises with sharp observations and infectious melodies.