Hiqpy, Th 28.08.2025, Into the Great Wide Open Festival Vlieland

What if Kurt Cobain and Ariana Grande had a Pokémon together? You’d end up with something like Hiqpy. This four-headed creature is playful and a bit rebellious. Superpower: it spits flames of echoing ad-libs and fuzzy guitars.

In 2023, the Amsterdam indie rock band Hiqpy participated in the Dutch talent show 'Popronde’. With each performance, the reviews grew more enthusiastic, and their inbox flooded with emails from the industry. A 15-minute set at Noorderslag 2024 (Eurosonic) was enough to convince the rest of the Netherlands of Hiqpy's right to exist. And all this without having released a single note of music. "Hiqpy is suddenly the next big thing, even though nothing is on Spotify yet,” headlined NRC. In the meantime, they released a first single on Spotify: 'Something’, produced by Grammy Award-winner Danton Supple, who produced several Coldplay albums. The Brit discovered Hiqpy during a performance in Haarlem, where he happened to be nearby. His invitation to collaborate coincided with the band’s discussions with Sony Music, where they signed a contract at the end of 2024.