Merge pull request ppy#10437 from pishifat/solarbear

Add `New Featured Artist: Solarbear` news post

news/2023/2023-11-11-new-featured-artist-solarbear.md

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+layout: post
+title: "New Featured Artist: Solarbear"
+date: 2023-11-11 18:00:00 +0000
+---
+
+"Map of the stars" has a completely new meaning with **Solarbear**'s addition to our Featured Artist library!
+
+![](https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/388/header.jpg)
+
+Mishmashing classic Game Boy samples with genre elements ranging from electro house to metal alongside a ton of variable time signatures, **Solarbear** shows just how exotic chiptune music can be.
+
+**5** tracks shined enough to make their way to [**Solarbear**'s Featured Artist listing](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmaps/artists/388). Pick them up while they're hot (which should be a few million years, give or take).
+
+The osu!mania community was the first to take a liking to **Solarbear**'s complicated, multi-layered style, so it's only appropriate to showcase **Solarbear**'s sound through the genre-blending masterpiece [Stick Your Ins Out](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/1149112)! Check that (and the rest of these previews) out:
+
+<div align="center">
+    <video width="95%" controls>
+        <source src="https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/388/release_showcase.mp4" type="video/mp4" preload="none">
+    </video>
+</div>
+
+### Solarbear - Stick Your Ins Out
+
+Play any (or every) difficulty from [the map above](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/1149112) hosted by [Pope Gadget](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/2288341)!
+
+<audio controls>
+    <source src="https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/388/Songs/Solarbear%20-%20Stick%20Your%20Ins%20Out.mp3">
+</audio>
+
+### Solarbear - See You Later, Emaciator!
+
+If you're into 7K, [this map](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/513563) by [lenpai](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/5314573) is for you.
+
+<audio controls>
+    <source src="https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/388/Songs/Solarbear%20-%20See%20You%20Later%2C%20Emaciator!.mp3">
+</audio>
+
+### Solarbear - Pornogoblin (feat. Dr!p)
+
+And if you're more in the mapping mood, give it a stab with [this pre-timed `.osz`](https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/388/Songs/Solarbear%20-%20Pornogoblin%20(feat.%20Dr!p).osz)!
+
+<audio controls>
+    <source src="https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/388/Songs/Solarbear%20-%20Pornogoblin%20(feat.%20Dr!p).mp3">
+</audio>
+
+---
+
+The template for your next beatmap can be found on [**Solarbear**'s Featured Artist listing](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmaps/artists/388). If you don't believe us, you'll have to check the page for yourself.
+
+Mapping isn't your thing? Fear not: you can play maps from our other Featured Artists through the latest batch of [**Featured Artist playlists** in osu!(lazer)](/wiki/People/Featured_Artists/Featured_Artist_playlists).
+
+Another artist is coming next week, and it's someone *very* close to home.
+
+Stay tuned.
+
+—pishifat