The Drop: Qendresa

She pronounces it Chen-Dre-Sa. Remember that.

North West London. Kosovan roots. A voice that sounds like it was made for late nights and unfinished conversations. Qendresa has been quietly building something real and right now, the world is catching up.

In 2024 she dropped Londra — a nine track second project co-produced with Jordan Lee, its title literally meaning London in Albanian. Nine tracks of 90s soul, warm keys and vocals that sit somewhere between memory and mood. She wasn't announcing herself. She was establishing herself.

Earlier this month she dropped AA-side 'Rain In July / Be The One' — two tracks of intergalactic heartbreak, 808 warmth and haunting synths that linger long after the song ends. This is Qendresa at her most vulnerable and most confident at the same time. Picking up where her acclaimed debut project Midnight Request Line left off, she's documenting the slow demise of a relationship. Not the argument, not the ending, but the in-between. The haunted moments. The memories that pick apart every word they said.

The visual hits different too. She linked up with multidisciplinary artist Sofire, the same creative behind Midnight Request Line's artwork, to build an animated world drawn from hot London summers, GTA aesthetics, 80s anime and the bone-dry defiance of Tank Girl. A female protagonist moving through the wreckage on her own terms.

And if that wasn't enough? She's also on Drake's HABIBTI, out today, on a track called 'Slap The City'. That's not a coincidence. That's a calling card.

Lil Yachty co-signed. Daniel Kaluuya co-signed. Drake co-signed. Tirade co-signs.