The full line-up for this year’s edition of Isle of MTV Malta has just been announced, with musical sensations bbno$, Mae Muller, and Shaun Farrugia set to join headliners Marshmello and French Montana.

The highly anticipated festival will be rocking Floriana’s ‘Fosos Square’ on 19th July.

Here’s a bit about all the newly announced artists that will be performing…

Alexander Leon Gumuchian, better known as bbno$ (pronounced as "baby no money"), is a Canadian rapper and singer from Vancouver. He is best known for his collaborations with rapper Yung Gravy as well as his 2019 single “Lalala” with producer Y2K, which reached over 850 million streams on Spotify. His 2021 single ‘edamame” featuring Indonesian rapper Rich Brian has been certified gold in the US and Canada with 600m global streams.

Mae Muller is an English singer-songwriter who released Chapter 1 in 2019 with Capitol Records, followed by the EP No One Else, Not Even You in November 2020. Mae has gone on to release some incredible collaborative singles with chart-topping duo Billen Ted for “When You’re Out” and renowned rapper Big Zuu for “I Did It”. Most recently Mae released “Better Days”, a joint single with NEIKED and Polo G, which rapidly garnered astronomical success across the globe following a viral moment on TikTok. The song has received over 800 million streams since its release last October and subsequently saw Mae make her debut in the Billboard Hot 100 with the song climbing to #23.  

Shaun Farrugia is a talented Maltese artist and songwriter signed to Polydor Records. Shaun first made left his mark on the writing scene with ‘Hot Summer Nights’ on The Script’s number one album ‘Sunsets & Full Moons’ and Mimi Webb’s ‘I’ll Break My Heart Again’.  He has also released two collaborations with global powerhouse Martin Garrix – ‘If We’ll Ever Be Remembered’ and ‘Starlight (Keep Me Afloat).’ His cover of The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ featured on ITV’s ‘Love Island’.

The festival will also feature special guest performances from a number of local acts.

These include Aidan, Enjya, Gaia Cauchi, and Maxine Pace, as well as DJs Debrii, D-Rey, Koroma, Miggy, Supre, and Zrinz.

Daniel, Ylenia and Jamie from 89.7 Bay, and Nate, JD Patrick & Frank from Vibe FM will also be present.

If you can’t make it down to Fosos, don’t worry as the festival will be broadcast on MTV internationally in more than 170 countries.

The festival will be followed by Isle of MTV Malta Music Week, a series of club nights and parties across the hottest venues on the island, taking place between 19th and 24th July.

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