Lovin' Life 2025 Is Packed With Talent—Lola Young, BigXthaPlug, Gigi Perez & Even More to Watch

The 2025 Lovin’ Life Music Fest is packed with names you won’t want to miss — including emerging artists you can brag to your friends about seeing before they blew up. Let’s take a quick look at some of the rising stars performing at the festival.

charlieonnafriday (real name Charlie Malone Finch) is a rapper and singer from Seattle who first blew up with his 2021 track After Hours, which became a viral hit on TikTok and amassed over 100 million streams on Spotify. He dropped his debut album OnnaFriday in 2022, followed by Wild Child in 2024. His latest release is the single 2AM Somewhere, a collab with Bankrol Hayden that came out in November.

Alex Warren is a singer from Carlsbad, California who first got popular on YouTube and as part of the Hype House on TikTok. In 2024, he dropped his debut album You’ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1) with songs like Carry You Home and Burning Down. His 2025 single Ordinary became a big hit, and he’s now on a sold-out world tour called Cheaper Than Therapy.

Gigi Perez is a singer-songwriter from New Jersey who first caught attention in 2021 with her track Sometimes (Backwood). She put out her debut EP How to Catch a Falling Knife in 2023, and dropped her first full album At the Beach, in Every Life in 2025. Her song Sailor Song became a breakout hit, and she’s toured with big names like Coldplay and Noah Cyrus.

Lola Young is a singer from South London who started writing music when she was 11 and later went to the BRIT School. She first got noticed in 2021 with her cover of Together in Electric Dreams for a big UK holiday ad. In 2024, her song Messy blew up, hitting No. 1 in several countries. That same year, she dropped her second album This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway and even teamed up with Tyler, the Creator on his album Chromakopia.

Benson Boone is a singer from Washington who first showed up on American Idol in 2021 but left early to do his own thing. He blew up on TikTok and dropped his debut single Ghost Town that same year. In 2024, Beautiful Things became a huge hit worldwide, and he released his first album Fireworks & Rollerblades. His second album American Heart is set to drop in June 2025.

BigXthaPlug (real name Xavier Landum) is a rapper from Dallas who broke out in 2022 with his single Texas, which went gold. His debut album Amar in 2023, named after his son, put him on the map, and his follow-up Take Care in 2024, debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200. In 2025, he teamed up with Bailey Zimmerman for All the Way, a country-rap crossover that hit No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. BigX is also working on a country-inspired EP with features from Post Malone, Morgan Wallen, and Luke Combs.