Science Slam

Between teenage angst and female empowerment - contrary to the musical preferences of many of her peers, DAMONA stands for a love of guitar music. She counts AC/DC and Queen among her role models and embodies a modern, self-determined, courageous young woman in her TikTok videos, who, with her catchy voice, sensational looks and, above all, a large portion of nonchalance, is what many teenagers want to be: A rebel who stands up for guitar music, who writes her own songs that show great maturity. Four years ago, the then 14-year-old began connecting with her fans on social media and now, in 2024, has over 2.1 million followers on TikTok alone, hundreds of thousands of whom follow, like and crave her song interpretations and her own demos. Over 200,000 followers on Instagram, for whom DAMONA is far more than an "influencer". She is a role model. A style icon. Someone who inspires hope for rock music. For a generation that only knows Avril Lavigne, My Chemical Romance or Queen from their parents' stories. This does not go unnoticed! None other than Mike Shinoda, frontman and rapper of the biggest band of the 00s Linkin Park, invited DAMONA for the exclusive "Already Over" session in Berlin and released the joint feature on all streaming platforms. The 18-year-old easily holds her own alongside the world star because she has the voice and the skills to become a major artist in her own right. And with music that you wouldn't expect from an 18-year-old. It's not her looks or her huge social media presence, but the values she stands for, the issues she addresses and her unique voice that make her one of the most important young, and above all female, guitar acts in this country. She fights for equality and diversity, rights for LGBTQ* people and all this with casual self-irony in her great songs. This self-confidence, this willingness to get out on stage, coupled with her voice and her sense of what inspires Generation Z, definitely makes DAMONA one of the "artists to watch 2024"