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Emerging hip-hop artist, APtheG draws in listeners with his unique rap blend in his latest single, “762.” The Virginia-based hip-hop artist is just getting started but he wants to make sure you hear him loud and clear.
APtheG’s style is a fusion of rap, drill, and hip-hop, with a subtle taste of R&B; his delivery is both authentic and engaging. The rapper’s music is infused with personal experiences that provide a bridge to listeners who have shared similar emotions. No life experience is too small or too large for APtheG, who focuses on both struggles and triumphs.
What’s in a name? For APtheG, his moniker combines two interests—the Greek god of music, Apollo, with The Apollo theatre, renowned as a great performing stage.
When he began rapping, APtheG looked to artists like Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, 50 Cent, and Eminem for inspiration. Through these powerhouse artists, he recognized that music was a medium through which people could tell their stories and connect with others.
APtheG was first drawn to hip hop in elementary school. “I started rapping on the bus,” shares the artist. “But my writing got better around early high school. That’s when I started it as a hobby. I used to listen to YouTube instrumentals with my friends and freestyled in front of the radio.”
After graduating from school, APtheG began to consider a life in the music industry. He began mastering his craft and invested in a home studio. He even focused on the business side of music, learning how to market and distribute his own records. APtheG has come a long way from his elementary school passion. “Now I produce my own music,” he adds.
When it comes to writing music, APtheG turns to premade beats—often from two reliable sources—and listens to a handful before choosing the one that most resonates with him. In the case of “762,” the song was created “by accident” according to the artist. “I was just listening to beats and playing around. It all just came together.”
“762” is APtheG’s most powerful single. It showcases his lyricism while enabling listeners to get lost in the flow. “The single is better vocally and more creative [than previous works],” shares APtheG. “Producing-wise, I’m getting better as time goes.”
This year, APtheG looks forward to getting his name and craft out into the world and making a brand. “I’m laid back as a person. I just want people to know they can check out my music on YouTube and Spotify,” he adds.
In addition to his single, APtheG is looking forward to sharing new singles with listeners. He wants fans to know that it’s important to follow their dreams and be consistent. “Be creative. If you like music and got something you can make a song about, then play around.”
Make sure to stay connected to APtheG on all platforms for new music, videos, and social posts.
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NETHERLANDS — August 26, 2026 — Brook Lynn is stepping into a new chapter with “Love Your Enemy,” an atmospheric alternative pop song that turns an intensely personal battle with anxiety into a message of self-acceptance. Written after her America’s Got Talent auditions, the song captures the internal conflict of facing the person who can be hardest to silence: yourself.
Built around cinematic production and emotionally restrained vocals, “Love Your Enemy” explores the disconnect between appearing fine in public and confronting difficult thoughts in private. The song’s central message is reflected in its chorus, where Brook Lynn sings about being “my own worst company” before arriving at its most hopeful realization: “They say, ‘Love your enemy,’ / So I’m learning how to love me.”
For Brook Lynn, that “enemy” is anxiety. Rather than presenting it as something that simply disappears, the song examines what it means to live with those thoughts while refusing to let them dictate what comes next.
“I always want to give a hopeful message in every song,” Brook Lynn explains. “I always first want to explain what is happening in your head and what you feel, and then, at the end, give a message that you can get out of this, and that anxiety doesn’t have to hold you back from all the things you want to achieve in your life.”
That message became especially significant when Brook Lynn made the decision to perform “Love Your Enemy” on America’s Got Talent. Known by many viewers for her stripped-back cover performances, she recognized that performing an original song on one of television’s biggest stages carried a different kind of risk. But she also knew she could not continue forward without showing audiences the artist behind the covers.
“I just thought it was really important to also show the world that I’m not just a cover singer,” she says. “I do want people to know that I write songs and I want to be an artist and put that out there.”
Brook Lynn performed “Love Your Enemy” during the America’s Got Talent quarterfinals, bringing the song’s story of anxiety and self-doubt directly to a massive live audience. Her journey on the show ended there, but the response made one thing clear: listeners wanted to hear more. Fans connected not only with her voice, but with the honesty behind the performance and the willingness to speak openly about emotions many people struggle to acknowledge themselves.
“I do want to be that person with my music as well for other people,” Brook Lynn says, describing her desire to write about real experiences and feelings. “I always want to be really real with everyone, like talk about deeper stuff, not surface level.”
“Love Your Enemy” arrives as Brook Lynn looks ahead to Tales From The Woods, an upcoming EP intended to introduce listeners to a broader picture of who she is as an artist. With only two original songs currently released, she says she is excited to share more music and continue developing the sound and emotional world introduced through “Love Your Enemy.”
The song is not a conclusion to Brook Lynn’s story. It is the beginning of a more open one—one where anxiety can be acknowledged without being allowed to take control, and where the feelings people are often afraid to say out loud can finally have a voice.
Listen to “Love Your Enemy,” which received promotional support from Starlight PR.
Brook Lynn creates music that feels intimate yet powerful, cinematic yet emotionally exposed. Blending atmospheric alternative pop with minimalist visual storytelling, her work explores vulnerability, isolation, emotional tension and human connection through a distinctly modern lens.
Raised in Wilp, a small town in the Netherlands, Brook Lynn grew up surrounded by silence, nature and isolation. Music became a private emotional outlet and a way to process feelings that were difficult to explain out loud. What began through stripped-back online performances evolved into a growing global audience drawn to her honesty and emotional depth.
For Brook Lynn, music is never just about being heard. It is about being understood.
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