ALMAis nonchalant about crafting pop smashes. “Releasing singles is easy, I think,” she says, with the kind of ease thatonly an artist with400-million+ Spotify streams can possess.

Punchy, punk-tinged pop songwriting seems to effortlessly flow from the 23-year-old Finnish artist’s fingertips. In justthree years, the highlighter-haired polymath has topped global iTunes charts with indelible hits like “Phases” (ft. FrenchMontana) andthe platinum-certified “Chasing Highs.” Her scream-along hooks and irresistible melodies have inevitablycaught the ears ofnot just fans butpop’s elitetoowithMiley Cyrus,Chari XCX,Lana Del RayandAriana GrandeallseekingoutALMA’s innate songwriting skills.