Vapor Talks #4: 818181

New Jersey's slushwave priestess on the momentum of the scene, anonymity and mental health

Slushwave has been celebrating a serious renaissance for a while now. Pushing that movement forward is currently a second generation of artist-producers like ‘slushwave priestess’ 818181.

Behind this enigmatic moniker and online persona is a New Jersey-based producer who’s known in the scene as Astrid. Since starting to release music in 2022, Astrid’s wo…