Style Rider: Rainy Milo Rocks Air Force 1s and Chanel Nail Polish

We're always hearing about bands' tour riders (who can forget that Van Halen refuses to be in the same room as brown M&M's, Britney Spears insists on bunless McDonald's hamburgers, and DMX requires three boxes of condoms and one gallon of Hennessey?). As for what they pack for tour? Not so much. When musicians hit the road, they're often gone for six months at a time, traveling in a beat-up van with little more than a duffel bag. The stuff they decide to bring along has to be comfortable enough to travel in, but cool enough to wear on stage—not an easy feat. So we're reaching out to our favorite artists to find out what they don't leave home without when they're embarking on tour. Chanel mascara? Black Chucks? That perfectly beat-up biker jacket that makes literally everything look infinitely cooler? We're about to find out, and we'll be reporting back with our findings each week.

After posting just one shimmery song, "Bout You," on SoundCloud two years ago, Rainy Milo inspired a bidding war among labels. She landed with Virgin EMI, dropped her debut mixtape Limey, and finished up her first full-length album, which comes out in the U.S. later this year.

The 18-year-old high school dropout masterfully mixes jazz with hip-hop like no one else, creating a sound that has flecks of Lily Allen's pop candour, SZA's mazelike beats, and Rihanna's swagger. Possibly the only thing more striking than her songs is her style. From her fearless platinum hair to her affinity for all-black-everything, the girl may be young but she knows exactly what she's doing.

Rainy is heading out for a stateside tour this fall to promote her next single (stay tuned!), so we hit her up to find out what she'll be bringing along. And until that new track drops, check out her new music video that's brilliantly made from GIFs.

BLACK BANDANA
"Sometimes backstage areas are really cold, and it makes it hard to stay warmed up even after exercises. So it's always good to have something to wrap around your neck."

MAC BROW PENCIL IN SPIKED
"Backstage or onstage, you should never have bad eyebrows. Period."

BLACK LEATHER JACKET
"Every artist I've ever loved always had a sick leather jacket so I wanted one too."

NOTEBOOK
"I have a pink leather notebook my grandma gifted me with which I like to write lyrics in when I have down time before shows."

AIR FORCE 1s
"A fresh pair that you wear only on stage. When I was younger in school, I used to wear a pair of my sister's hand me down Air Forces for gym class, and everyone would laugh at me for how old and beat up they were. So now I'm older, and I've promised myself to only wear new Air Forces."

CHANEL NAIL POLISH IN BLACK SATIN
"I've had long nails now for as long as I can remember and sometimes, no matter how careful I am lifting bags etc., they may chip so its always good to have something on hand to touch them up."

Casey Lewis does this every week. She's on Twitter - @caseymlewis.

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