Legendary label Fueled By Ramen have announced their latest signee, Australia’s own E^ST.

E^ST is the moniker for 20-year-old Mel Bester. If you’re unfamiliar with her I’m truly sorry because you’re missing out on an extraordinary pop act.

E^ST already has a couple of EPs under her belt. You might recognise her 2017 belter “Life Goes On”. If not, check it out below:

Watch: E^ST – Life Goes On

E^ST writes observational and thoughtful pop music and we think she’ll thrive on the Fueled By Ramen roster. Fellow pop luminary Montaigne has succinctly encapsulated what E^ST’s music is about in this twitter thread.

Also I was talking to @iameastofficial last night about how valuable it is that she’s captured very specific thoughts and feelings in regards to relationships and love and dating in a way that sounds super personal & is also extremely observant and self-aware (1/?)

— Montaigne (@actualmontaigne) July 26, 2018

But now a voice like hers exists in the mainstream to validate all the more nuanced and detailed but highly impactful and often confusing experiences of relationships – (3/?)

— Montaigne (@actualmontaigne) July 26, 2018

TL;DR “I’m better at wanting you than having you/You should have stayed a fantasy/I don’t lack imagination to my own goddamn frustration” is a great lyric

— Montaigne (@actualmontaigne) July 26, 2018

E^ST has released a dreamy new single ‘I Don’t Lack Imagination’ in concurrence with the news she’s joining the Fueled By Ramen family. It’s a perfect self-aware bop that is “an ode to all the bad first dates we suffer through”. Listen below:

Listen: E^ST – I Don’t Lack Imagination

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