Most Likely Marlin

Most Likely Marlin is your best friend from a nostalgic coming-of-age movie. Your own Lady Bird, the Lilly to your Hannah Montana, the Phoebe Buffay to your Rachel Green. She looks like an elf princess, plays a pink bass, and is a secret pro on retro roller skates. Most Likely Marlin dives headfirst into everything — she plays Øyafestivalen before releasing a single track, crashes her dad’s sports car because she thinks the reverse sensor is part of a Cardi B song, gets arrested for climate activism, gets engaged after two months, opens a sold-out show for Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick’s band, and signs up for a marathon on a whim. “How Can You Stay Calm” isn’t just the title of her upcoming debut EP — it could just as well be the soundtrack and movie title of her overwhelming, but wonderful, emotional universe. Anna from NRK P3 once described her on air as “one of the most energetic new artists in Norway right now — which is honestly kind of impressive once you realize she’s a full-blown two-legged chaos tornado.”