Virtually famous: Robinson

The last time a dark haired singer emerged from New Zealand with a vital pop tune, it was Lorde.

Anna Robinson may not end up making quite the same impact, but the 21-year-old kiwi is coming out swinging with a big single, Nothing to Regret.

Co-produced by Joel Little, who worked on Lorde’s debut, its deceptive beginnings as a piano ballad burst into a bright romp of a chorus that urges listeners to “start a party in the living room”. It’s gone gold in Austalia in New Zealand, the video just hit a million YouTube views and later this month she’ll introduce it to the UK at her debut London show, at Thousand Island in Highbury.

There are only two other songs out there so far, a spectral electronic slowie called Crave You and another smoulderer, Don’t You Forget About Me.

Assuming she’s got enough material for a full gig, this is the first chance to decide whether we’ll fall for her in this hemisphere too.

July 26, Thousand Island, N5. thegarage.london