diff --git a/src/mobile/screens/Artist.svelte b/src/mobile/screens/Artist.svelte
index a671bda..4eb08f1 100644
--- a/src/mobile/screens/Artist.svelte
+++ b/src/mobile/screens/Artist.svelte
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 <script>
-    /* The artist page, the desktop's (CatalogArtist.svelte + ArtistExtras)
-       at phone scale: the banner with the wordmark or the name on it, the
-       identity row — Play popular, Follow, releases, fans, years active,
-       the genre, the socials — Popular with its listener bars, the latest
-       release, the discography filed the desktop's way (tabs, editions
-       folded into families, what the library holds marked), releases by
-       year, fans also like, what is on this phone, and About.
+    /* The artist page — Kyle's pick from three redesigns (2026-09-18,
+       research/mobile-mockup `?look=b`): the editorial shape. A 300dp
+       portrait with the name ON it and the play disc beside it, one line of
+       facts, the LATEST RELEASE card first, Top Songs as swipeable columns
+       of four, then Albums / Singles & EPs / On this phone as carousels,
+       Similar Artists, and About.
 
-       Opens cold: the library's own shell at once (its portrait blurred as
-       a seed when it is only a cover), the catalog lookup dissolving the
-       rest in — dissolve, never pop. */
+       What made the old page "super glitchy" (his word) and what this one
+       does about it:
+       - six sections each popped in on their own as their data landed, so
+         the page reflowed six times — now the cold page renders skeletons
+         the size of what is coming and swaps once when the catalog lands;
+       - the hero re-dissolved every time a better picture arrived — now the
+         first sharp picture is the picture, locked;
+       - a cloud of stat chips wrapped to three lines — now one line, cut
+         with an ellipsis;
+       - the discography tab jumped when the identity merge re-filed
+         releases — there are no tabs here; the rails just grow.
+
+       No bar over the hero: a pushed page floats its two controls (the
+       shell's .fchrome discs) and the title is the page's own. */
     import { untrack } from "svelte";
     import Icon from "../../components/Icon.svelte";
     import Release from "../Release.svelte";
@@ -22,14 +32,14 @@
     import { push, openHalf } from "../nav.svelte.js";
     import { catalog, lookupArtist, artistKey, fans, yearOf, looseTitle, loadExtras, loadPopular, loadHeroSeed, loadOverview, picture } from "../catalog.svelte.js";
     import { resolver, streamSong, streamCatalogAlbum } from "../resolve.svelte.js";
-    import { discoTabs, activeYears, latestOf, timelineOf, isUpcoming, SOCIAL_LABEL } from "../disco.js";
+    import { discoTabs, activeYears, latestOf, isUpcoming, SOCIAL_LABEL } from "../disco.js";
     import { shuffled, mmss, ago, fmtCount } from "../util.js";
 
     /** `seed`: the search's own row (a CatalogArtist), when the page was
      *  opened from one — the identity is then known, no name search. */
     let { name, seed = null, screenEl = null } = $props();
 
-    /* the desktop's play-stats chips: this phone's own listening to the artist */
+    /* this phone's own listening to the artist, for the About paragraph */
     let plays = $state({ key: "", seconds: 0, last: null, topTitle: null, topCount: 0 });
     $effect(() => {
         const n = name;
@@ -38,7 +48,7 @@
         api.artistPlayStats(n).then((st) => {
             if (plays.key !== n) return;
             plays = { key: n, seconds: st?.seconds ?? 0, last: st?.last_played_at ?? null, topTitle: st?.top_title ?? null, topCount: st?.top_count ?? 0 };
-        }, () => { /* the chips stay hidden */ });
+        }, () => { /* the line stays out */ });
     });
     const playTime = $derived(!plays.seconds || plays.seconds < 60 ? "" : plays.seconds < 3600 ? Math.round(plays.seconds / 60) + " min" : (plays.seconds / 3600).toFixed(1) + " hours");
 
@@ -52,18 +62,11 @@
     const entry = $derived(catalog.artists[artistKey(name)] ?? null);
     const page = $derived(entry?.page ?? null);
     const artistId = $derived(page?.artist?.id ?? entry?.id ?? seed?.id ?? null);
-    /* the two fast lanes the page does not wait for: the banner on its own
-       (a hero chosen on this phone is read off the file, so it is up before
-       any network answers) and the one-round content stage. Both sit strictly
-       BELOW the page everywhere they are read — what the exhaustive pass
-       returns always wins. */
     const heroSeed = $derived(artistId != null ? catalog.heroSeeds[artistId]?.banner ?? null : null);
     const overview = $derived(artistId != null ? catalog.overviews[artistId] ?? null : null);
     const shownName = $derived(page?.artist?.name || overview?.artist?.name || seed?.name || name);
     const heroUrl = $derived(page?.banner || heroSeed || picture(page?.artist?.picture) || picture(entry?.seed?.picture) || picture(seed?.picture) || null);
     const logoUrl = $derived(page?.logos?.[0] ?? null);
-    /* once per name — untracked, or the entry the lookup writes would re-arm
-       this effect, and a lookup that fails would fail forever, hot */
     $effect(() => { const n = name, sd = seed; untrack(() => lookupArtist(n, sd)); });
     $effect(() => { if (seedPath) wantArt(seedPath); });
     $effect(() => { if (heroUrl) wantArt(heroUrl); });
@@ -72,21 +75,24 @@
         const nm = page?.artist?.name || name;
         if (id != null) untrack(() => loadExtras(id, nm));
     });
-    /* three lanes off the same id, all of them ahead of the page: Popular's
-       ranked rows, the banner on its own, and the first page of releases.
-       Asked the moment an id is known — from the search's own row, or from
-       the identity search — so the page can paint before it is built */
     $effect(() => { const id = artistId; if (id != null) untrack(() => { loadPopular(id); loadHeroSeed(id); loadOverview(id); }); });
     const seedSrc = $derived(seedPath ? art[seedPath] : "");
     const heroSrc = $derived(heroUrl ? art[heroUrl] : "");
-    /* the copy behind the scroller, which is the one allowed under the clock */
-    $effect(() => { heroArt.src = heroSrc || seedSrc || ""; return () => { heroArt.src = ""; }; });
+    /* the first sharp picture is THE picture. It used to follow `heroSrc`,
+       and every better banner that arrived — the seed, the portrait, the
+       page's own — dissolved in over the last one: three dissolves on one
+       visit read as the page flickering. */
+    let heroShown = $state("");
+    $effect(() => { const s = heroSrc; if (s && !heroShown) heroShown = s; });
+    $effect(() => { heroArt.src = heroShown || seedSrc || ""; return () => { heroArt.src = ""; }; });
     const extras = $derived(artistId != null ? catalog.extras[artistId] ?? null : null);
     const socials = $derived(page?.socials?.length ? page.socials : (extras?.socials ?? []));
+    /* nothing from the catalog yet: the shell, with skeletons where the
+       sections will be, and one swap when it lands */
+    const loading = $derived(entry?.status === "loading" && !page);
 
-    /* the library's rows for this artist, by loose title, so Popular and the
-       discography can say what is already here */
-    let libByTitle = $state(new Map());
+    const libByTitle = $state(new Map());
+    let libMap = $state(new Map());
     $effect(() => {
         const as = albums;
         let live = true;
@@ -97,56 +103,56 @@
                 try { tr = await tracksOf(a.id); } catch { tr = []; }
                 for (const t of tr) if (!m.has(looseTitle(t.title))) m.set(looseTitle(t.title), { album: a, track: t });
             }
-            if (live) libByTitle = m;
+            if (live) libMap = m;
         })();
         return () => { live = false; };
     });
+    void libByTitle;
 
-    /* ── Popular ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
-    /* the page's own list once it lands (the same Last.fm order, from the
-       same inputs); the fast lane's until then, and for an artist whose
-       page came back with no Popular at all */
-    const fastPopular = $derived(artistId != null ? catalog.popular[artistId]?.tracks ?? [] : []);
-    const popularAll = $derived(page?.popular_tracks?.length ? page.popular_tracks : fastPopular);
-    let showAllPopular = $state(false);
-    const popular = $derived((showAllPopular ? popularAll : popularAll.slice(0, 5)).map((t) => ({ t, hit: libByTitle.get(looseTitle(t.title)) || null })));
-    const popPeak = $derived(popularAll.reduce((m, t) => Math.max(m, t.listeners || 0), 0));
-    const share = (t) => (popPeak ? Math.max(0.04, (t.listeners || 0) / popPeak) : 0);
-
-    /* ── the discography, filed ──────────────────────────────────────── */
-    /* the overview's raw first page holds the discography up until the full
-       page lands with the classified one — never the other way round: the
-       page's list is a strict upgrade, folded and filed */
+    /* ── the facts line ──────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+    const fanCount = $derived(page?.artist?.fans || overview?.artist?.fans || seed?.fans || 0);
     const discoAll = $derived(page?.albums ?? overview?.albums ?? []);
-    const tabs = $derived(discoTabs(discoAll));
-    let tab = $state("album");
-    let tabFor = null;
-    $effect(() => {
-        const id = artistId;
-        const ts = tabs;
-        if (!ts.length) return;
-        untrack(() => {
-            const albumsFirst = () => ts.find((t) => t.key === "album")?.key ?? ts[0].key;
-            if (tabFor !== id) { tabFor = id; tab = albumsFirst(); }
-            else if (!ts.some((t) => t.key === tab)) tab = albumsFirst();
-        });
+    const years = $derived(activeYears(discoAll));
+    const facts = $derived([fans(fanCount), years, page?.top_genre].filter(Boolean).join(" · "));
+
+    /* ── Top Songs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+    const fastPopular = $derived(artistId != null ? catalog.popular[artistId]?.tracks ?? [] : []);
+    const popularAll = $derived((page?.popular_tracks?.length ? page.popular_tracks : fastPopular).map((t) => ({ t, hit: libMap.get(looseTitle(t.title)) || null })));
+    let showAllPopular = $state(false);
+    const PAGE = 4;
+    const topPages = $derived.by(() => {
+        const top = popularAll.slice(0, 12);
+        const out = [];
+        for (let i = 0; i < top.length; i += PAGE) out.push(top.slice(i, i + PAGE));
+        return out;
     });
-    /* the grid is a SLICE — the whole tab lives on the discography page,
-       which the head's "All" and the link under the grid both open. Before
-       this an artist with 140 releases rendered 140 cards here. */
-    const GRID_CAP = 12;
-    const activeTab = $derived(tabs.find((t) => t.key === tab) ?? null);
-    const families = $derived((activeTab?.items ?? []).slice(0, GRID_CAP));
-    const tabCount = $derived(activeTab?.items.length ?? 0);
+    let pageIdx = $state(0);
+    let pagesEl = $state(null);
+    function onPages() {
+        const el = pagesEl;
+        const col = el?.firstElementChild;
+        if (!el || !col) return;
+        pageIdx = Math.max(0, Math.min(topPages.length - 1, Math.round(el.scrollLeft / (col.offsetWidth + 12))));
+    }
+
+    /* ── the discography, as rails ───────────────────────────────────── */
+    const tabs = $derived(discoTabs(discoAll));
+    const RAIL_CAP = 12;
+    const albumFamilies = $derived((tabs.find((t) => t.key === "album")?.items ?? []).slice(0, RAIL_CAP));
+    const shortTabs = $derived(tabs.filter((t) => t.key === "ep" || t.key === "single"));
+    const shortFamilies = $derived(
+        shortTabs.flatMap((t) => t.items.map((f) => ({ f, kind: t.key === "ep" ? "EP" : "Single" })))
+            .sort((a, b) => String(b.f.release_date ?? "").localeCompare(String(a.f.release_date ?? "")))
+            .slice(0, RAIL_CAP),
+    );
     const inLib = (a) => albums.find((x) => looseTitle(x.title) === looseTitle(a.title)) || null;
     const familyLib = (f) => (f.editions || [f]).map(inLib).find(Boolean) || null;
     const familyKeyOf = (f) => f.familyKey ?? f.key ?? f.id;
     const latest = $derived(latestOf(discoAll));
-    const timeline = $derived(timelineOf(discoAll));
-    const years = $derived(activeYears(discoAll));
     const releasedCount = $derived(discoAll.filter((a) => !isUpcoming(a)).length);
+    const latestKind = $derived(latest ? ((latest.record_type || "album").toLowerCase() === "single" ? "Single" : (latest.record_type || "album").toLowerCase() === "ep" ? "EP" : "Album") : "");
 
-    /* ── the identity row ────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+    /* ── identity ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
     const followed = $derived(isFollowed(shownName));
     let followBusy = $state(false);
     async function follow() {
@@ -155,11 +161,13 @@
         try { await toggleFollow(artistId, shownName, page?.artist?.picture ?? seed?.picture ?? null); } catch (e) { player.error = String(e); }
         followBusy = false;
     }
-    /** The opener plugin (an Android intent); the desktop command as the
-     *  fallback for a build without it. */
     function openLink(url) {
         openUrl(url).catch(() => api.openExternal(url).catch((e) => { player.error = String(e); }));
     }
+    const SOCIAL_ICON = {
+        bandcamp: "brand-bandcamp", instagram: "brand-instagram", youtube: "brand-youtube", twitter: "brand-x", x: "brand-x",
+        facebook: "brand-facebook", soundcloud: "brand-soundcloud", tiktok: "brand-tiktok", website: "globe",
+    };
 
     /* ── playing ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
     const current = (t) => player.track?.id === "cat:" + t.id;
@@ -176,7 +184,11 @@
             });
         } catch (e) { player.error = String(e); }
     }
-    function playTop() { const p = popular[0]; if (p) playPopular(p); }
+    async function playTop() {
+        const p = popularAll[0];
+        if (p) { await playPopular(p); return; }
+        if (albums.length) { try { await playAlbum(albums[0], await tracksOf(albums[0].id), 0); } catch (e) { player.error = String(e); } }
+    }
     function morePopular(p) {
         if (p.hit) { openHalf("track", { album: p.hit.album, track: p.hit.track }); return; }
         const t = p.t;
@@ -192,11 +204,16 @@
             await streamCatalogAlbum({ ...a, artist: shownName }, 0);
         } catch (e) { player.error = String(e); }
     }
-    async function shuffleAll() {
+    /** Shuffle: the records on this phone when there are any; a random
+     *  popular song otherwise, so the button always does something. */
+    async function shuffle() {
         try {
-            const es = [];
-            for (const a of albums) for (const t of await tracksOf(a.id)) es.push({ t, album: a });
-            if (es.length) await playEntries(shuffled(es), 0, shownName);
+            if (albums.length) {
+                const es = [];
+                for (const a of albums) for (const t of await tracksOf(a.id)) es.push({ t, album: a });
+                if (es.length) { await playEntries(shuffled(es), 0, shownName); return; }
+            }
+            if (popularAll.length) await playPopular(popularAll[Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.min(popularAll.length, 10))]);
         } catch (e) { player.error = String(e); }
     }
     function openRecord(a) {
@@ -211,132 +228,170 @@
     }
     function openRelated(a) { push("artist", { name: a.name, seed: a }, screenEl); }
     let bioOpen = $state(false);
+    const empty = $derived(!albums.length && !popularAll.length && !tabs.length && !loading);
 </script>
 
-<div class="hero">
+<div class="hero ar">
     <div class="hero-img seed" style:background-image={seedSrc ? `url("${seedSrc}")` : null}></div>
-    {#if heroSrc}
-        <div class="hero-img dissolve" style:background-image={`url("${heroSrc}")`}></div>
+    {#if heroShown}
+        <div class="hero-img dissolve" style:background-image={`url("${heroShown}")`}></div>
     {/if}
     <div class="hero-scrim"></div>
-    <div class="hero-in">
-        {#if logoUrl}
-            <img class="hero-logo" src={logoUrl} alt={shownName} />
-        {:else}
-            <div class="hero-name">{shownName}</div>
-        {/if}
+    <div class="hero-in row2">
+        <div class="hero-id">
+            <div class="ar-kick">Artist</div>
+            {#if logoUrl}
+                <img class="hero-logo" src={logoUrl} alt={shownName} />
+            {:else}
+                <h1 class="hero-name">{shownName}</h1>
+            {/if}
+        </div>
+        <button class="disc" onclick={playTop} disabled={!popularAll.length && !albums.length} aria-label="Play {shownName}"><Icon name="play" size={22} /></button>
     </div>
 </div>
 
-<div class="hero-acts">
-    <button class="disc lg" onclick={playTop} disabled={!popular.length} aria-label="Play popular songs"><Icon name="play" size={26} /></button>
-    <div class="stats">
-        <button class="s fb" class:on={followed} onclick={follow} disabled={artistId == null || followBusy} aria-pressed={followed}>
-            <Icon name={followed ? "check" : "plus"} size={12} strokeWidth={3} />{followed ? "Following" : "Follow"}
-        </button>
-        {#if releasedCount}<span class="s"><Icon name="disc" size={12} strokeWidth={3} />{releasedCount} releases</span>{/if}
-        {#if page?.artist?.fans || overview?.artist?.fans || seed?.fans}<span class="s"><Icon name="users" size={12} strokeWidth={3} />{fans(page?.artist?.fans || overview?.artist?.fans || seed?.fans)}</span>{/if}
-        {#if years}<span class="s"><Icon name="calendar" size={12} strokeWidth={3} />{years}</span>{/if}
-        {#if page?.top_genre}<span class="s"><Icon name="tag" size={12} strokeWidth={3} />{page.top_genre}</span>{/if}
-        {#if playTime}<span class="s played"><Icon name="history" size={12} strokeWidth={3} />{playTime} played</span>{/if}
-        {#if albums.length}<button class="s quiet" onclick={shuffleAll}><Icon name="shuffle" size={12} strokeWidth={3} />{albums.length} here · shuffle</button>{/if}
-        {#each socials as link (link.kind + link.url)}
-            <button class="s quiet soc" onclick={() => openLink(link.url)}><Icon name={link.kind === "website" ? "globe" : "link"} size={12} strokeWidth={3} />{SOCIAL_LABEL[link.kind] || link.kind}</button>
-        {/each}
-    </div>
+<div class="ar-acts">
+    <button class="btn btn-ghost" onclick={shuffle} disabled={!albums.length && !popularAll.length}><Icon name="shuffle" size={16} />Shuffle</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-line" class:on={followed} onclick={follow} disabled={artistId == null || followBusy} aria-pressed={followed}>
+        <Icon name={followed ? "check" : "plus"} size={15} />{followed ? "Following" : "Follow"}
+    </button>
+    {#if facts}<span class="ar-facts">{facts}</span>{/if}
 </div>
 
-{#if entry?.status === "loading"}
-    <div class="sec-note" style="padding-top: 12px">Looking up the rest on the catalog…</div>
-{:else if entry?.status === "error"}
-    <div class="sec-note" style="padding-top: 12px">The catalog did not answer — only what this phone holds is here.</div>
-{/if}
-
-{#if popular.length}
-    <div class="sec"><h2>Popular</h2></div>
-    {#each popular as p, i (p.t.id)}
-        <button class="row pop" class:playing={p.hit ? player.track?.path === p.hit.track.path : current(p.t)} onclick={() => playPopular(p)} oncontextmenu={(e) => { e.preventDefault(); morePopular(p); }}>
-            <span class="rank">{i + 1}</span>
-            <span class="art">{#if p.t.cover}<img src={p.t.cover} alt="" loading="lazy" />{:else}<Icon name="disc" size={20} />{/if}</span>
-            <span class="b">
-                <span class="t">{p.t.title}</span>
-                <span class="m">{p.t.album}{p.hit ? " · in your library" : ""}{current(p.t) && resolver.active ? " · finding the best source…" : ""}</span>
-                {#if popPeak}<span class="lbar"><i style="transform: scaleX({share(p.t).toFixed(3)})"></i><em>{fmtCount(p.t.listeners)}</em></span>{/if}
-            </span>
-            <span class="r">{mmss(p.t.duration_secs)}</span>
-        </button>
-    {/each}
-    {#if popularAll.length > 5}
-        <button class="more-link" onclick={() => (showAllPopular = !showAllPopular)}>{showAllPopular ? "Show less" : "Show more"}</button>
-    {/if}
-{/if}
-
 {#if latest}
-    <div class="sec"><h2>Latest release</h2></div>
-    <div class="feat" style="margin: 0 var(--pad)">
-        <div class="feat-bg" style:background-image={latest.cover ? `url("${latest.cover}")` : null}></div>
-        <div class="feat-in">
-            <button class="feat-art" onclick={() => openRecord(latest)} aria-label="Open {latest.title}">
-                {#if latest.cover}<img src={latest.cover} alt="" />{:else}<span class="ph"><Icon name="disc" size={28} /></span>{/if}
-            </button>
-            <div class="feat-copy">
-                <div class="k">Latest · {(latest.record_type || "album").toUpperCase()}</div>
-                <div class="feat-name">{latest.title}</div>
-                <div class="m">{yearOf(latest.release_date)}{latest.track_count ? ` · ${latest.track_count} tracks` : ""}{inLib(latest) ? " · in your library" : ""}</div>
-                <div class="feat-acts">
-                    <button class="btn btn-fill" onclick={() => playRecord(latest)}><Icon name="play" size={14} />Play</button>
-                    <button class="btn btn-ghost" onclick={() => openRecord(latest)}>Open</button>
-                </div>
+    <div class="ar-latest">
+        <button class="ar-latest-art" onclick={() => openRecord(latest)} aria-label="Open {latest.title}">
+            {#if latest.cover}<img src={latest.cover} alt="" />{:else}<span class="ph"><Icon name="disc" size={28} /></span>{/if}
+        </button>
+        <div class="ar-latest-copy">
+            <div class="k">Latest release{yearOf(latest.release_date) ? ` · ${yearOf(latest.release_date)}` : ""}</div>
+            <div class="ar-latest-t">{latest.title}</div>
+            <div class="m">{latestKind}{latest.track_count ? ` · ${latest.track_count} ${latest.track_count === 1 ? "song" : "songs"}` : ""}{inLib(latest) ? " · on this phone" : ""}</div>
+            <div class="ar-latest-acts">
+                <button class="btn btn-fill sm" onclick={() => playRecord(latest)}><Icon name="play" size={14} />Play</button>
+                <button class="btn btn-ghost sm" onclick={() => openRecord(latest)}>Open</button>
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
+{:else if loading}
+    <div class="ar-latest skel-card" aria-hidden="true">
+        <span class="ar-latest-art skel"></span>
+        <div class="ar-latest-copy"><span class="skel ln" style="width: 42%; height: 9px"></span><span class="skel ln" style="width: 70%; margin-top: 9px"></span><span class="skel ln" style="width: 50%; height: 9px; margin-top: 8px"></span></div>
+    </div>
 {/if}
 
-{#if tabs.length}
+{#if popularAll.length}
     <div class="sec">
-        <h2>Discography <em>· {releasedCount} on the catalog</em></h2>
-        <button class="all" onclick={() => push("disco", { name }, screenEl)} aria-label="All releases">All<Icon name="chevron-right" size={14} /></button>
+        <h2>Top Songs</h2>
+        {#if popularAll.length > PAGE}<button class="all" onclick={() => (showAllPopular = !showAllPopular)}>{showAllPopular ? "Less" : "See All"}<Icon name="chevron-right" size={14} /></button>{/if}
     </div>
-    {#if tabs.length > 1}
-        <div class="segtabs disco-tabs" role="tablist" aria-label="Discography">
-            {#each tabs as t (t.key)}
-                <button class:on={tab === t.key} onclick={() => (tab = t.key)} role="tab" aria-selected={tab === t.key} aria-label={t.label + ", " + t.items.length}>{t.label}<span class="count" aria-hidden="true">{t.items.length}</span></button>
+    {#if showAllPopular}
+        {#each popularAll as p, i (p.t.id)}
+            <button class="row ar-pop" class:playing={p.hit ? player.track?.path === p.hit.track.path : current(p.t)} onclick={() => playPopular(p)} oncontextmenu={(e) => { e.preventDefault(); morePopular(p); }}>
+                <span class="ar-n">{i + 1}</span>
+                <span class="art">{#if p.t.cover}<img src={p.t.cover} alt="" loading="lazy" />{:else}<Icon name="disc" size={20} />{/if}</span>
+                <span class="b">
+                    <span class="t">{p.t.title}</span>
+                    <span class="m">{fmtCount(p.t.listeners) ? `${fmtCount(p.t.listeners)} listeners` : (p.t.album || "")}{p.hit ? " · on this phone" : ""}{current(p.t) && resolver.active ? " · finding a copy…" : ""}</span>
+                </span>
+                <span class="r"><span class="ar-dur">{mmss(p.t.duration_secs)}</span></span>
+            </button>
+        {/each}
+    {:else}
+        <div class="ar-pages" bind:this={pagesEl} onscroll={onPages}>
+            {#each topPages as col, ci (ci)}
+                <div class="ar-col">
+                    {#each col as p (p.t.id)}
+                        <button class="row ar-pop tight" class:playing={p.hit ? player.track?.path === p.hit.track.path : current(p.t)} onclick={() => playPopular(p)} oncontextmenu={(e) => { e.preventDefault(); morePopular(p); }}>
+                            <span class="art">{#if p.t.cover}<img src={p.t.cover} alt="" loading="lazy" />{:else}<Icon name="disc" size={20} />{/if}</span>
+                            <span class="b">
+                                <span class="t">{p.t.title}</span>
+                                <span class="m">{p.t.album || (fmtCount(p.t.listeners) ? `${fmtCount(p.t.listeners)} listeners` : "")}{p.hit ? " · on this phone" : ""}{current(p.t) && resolver.active ? " · finding a copy…" : ""}</span>
+                            </span>
+                            <span class="r" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="More for {p.t.title}" onkeydown={() => {}} onclick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); morePopular(p); }}><Icon name="more" size={18} /></span>
+                        </button>
+                    {/each}
+                </div>
             {/each}
         </div>
+        {#if topPages.length > 1}
+            <div class="ar-dots" aria-hidden="true">{#each topPages as _, i (i)}<i class:on={i === pageIdx}></i>{/each}</div>
+        {/if}
     {/if}
-    <div class="grid2">
-        {#each families as f (familyKeyOf(f))}
+{:else if loading}
+    <div class="sec"><h2>Top Songs</h2></div>
+    <div class="ar-pages" aria-hidden="true"><div class="ar-col">
+        {#each [58, 44, 66, 50] as w (w)}
+            <div class="skel-row"><span class="skel art"></span><span class="b"><span class="skel ln" style="width: {w}%"></span><span class="skel ln" style="width: {w - 14}%; height: 9px; margin-top: 7px"></span></span></div>
+        {/each}
+    </div></div>
+{/if}
+
+{#if albumFamilies.length}
+    <div class="sec">
+        <h2>Albums <em>· {tabs.find((t) => t.key === "album")?.items.length ?? albumFamilies.length}</em></h2>
+        <button class="all" onclick={() => push("disco", { name, tab: "album" }, screenEl)} aria-label="All albums">See All<Icon name="chevron-right" size={14} /></button>
+    </div>
+    <div class="rail ar-rail">
+        {#each albumFamilies as f (familyKeyOf(f))}
             {@const l = familyLib(f)}
             <Release
                 title={f.title}
-                sub={tab === "upcoming" ? "Upcoming" : [yearOf(f.release_date), f.track_count ? `${f.track_count} tracks` : ""].filter(Boolean).join(" · ")}
+                sub={[yearOf(f.release_date), f.track_count ? `${f.track_count} tracks` : ""].filter(Boolean).join(" · ")}
                 url={f.cover}
                 path={l?.art_path ?? null}
-                badge={(f.editions?.length ?? 1) > 1 ? `${f.editions.length} editions` : (l ? "in your library" : null)}
+                badge={(f.editions?.length ?? 1) > 1 ? `${f.editions.length} editions` : (l ? "on this phone" : null)}
                 onclick={() => openFamily(f)}
                 onmore={() => openHalf("catalogAlbum", { album: { ...(f.editions?.[0] ?? f), artist: name } })}
             />
         {/each}
     </div>
-    {#if tabCount > GRID_CAP}
-        <button class="more-link dg-all" onclick={() => push("disco", { name, tab }, screenEl)}>Show all {tabCount} {activeTab?.label ?? "releases"}</button>
-    {/if}
+{:else if loading}
+    <div class="sec"><h2>Albums</h2></div>
+    <div class="rail ar-rail" aria-hidden="true">
+        {#each [72, 58, 80] as w (w)}
+            <div class="release skel-card"><span class="cover-wrap skel"></span><span class="skel ln" style="width: {w}%; margin-top: 10px"></span><span class="skel ln" style="width: {w - 30}%; height: 9px; margin-top: 7px"></span></div>
+        {/each}
+    </div>
 {/if}
 
-{#if timeline}
-    <div class="sec"><h2>Releases by year <em>· {timeline.last - timeline.first + 1} years · {timeline.total} releases</em></h2></div>
-    <div class="tl">
-        {#each timeline.cols as c (c.year)}
-            <div class="tl-col" class:empty={!c.n} title="{c.year} · {c.n ? c.n + (c.n === 1 ? ' release' : ' releases') : 'nothing released'}">
-                <span class="tl-bar" style="height:{c.h}px"></span>
-                <span class="tl-yr">{String(c.year).slice(2)}</span>
-            </div>
+{#if shortFamilies.length}
+    <div class="sec">
+        <h2>Singles &amp; EPs <em>· {shortTabs.reduce((n, t) => n + t.items.length, 0)}</em></h2>
+        <button class="all" onclick={() => push("disco", { name, tab: shortTabs[0].key }, screenEl)} aria-label="All singles and EPs">See All<Icon name="chevron-right" size={14} /></button>
+    </div>
+    <div class="rail ar-rail sm">
+        {#each shortFamilies as { f, kind } (familyKeyOf(f))}
+            {@const l = familyLib(f)}
+            <Release
+                title={f.title}
+                sub={[yearOf(f.release_date), kind].filter(Boolean).join(" · ")}
+                url={f.cover}
+                path={l?.art_path ?? null}
+                badge={l ? "on this phone" : null}
+                onclick={() => openFamily(f)}
+                onmore={() => openHalf("catalogAlbum", { album: { ...(f.editions?.[0] ?? f), artist: name } })}
+            />
+        {/each}
+    </div>
+{/if}
+
+{#if tabs.length && releasedCount > albumFamilies.length + shortFamilies.length}
+    <button class="more-link ar-disco" onclick={() => push("disco", { name }, screenEl)}>The full discography · {releasedCount} releases<Icon name="chevron-right" size={14} /></button>
+{/if}
+
+{#if albums.length}
+    <div class="sec"><h2>On this phone <em>· {albums.length} record{albums.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}{tracks ? ` · ${tracks} tracks` : ""}</em></h2></div>
+    {#if plays.topTitle}<div class="sec-note">Most played here: {plays.topTitle} · {plays.topCount}×{plays.last ? " · last " + ago(plays.last) : ""}</div>{/if}
+    <div class="rail ar-rail sm">
+        {#each albums as a (a.id)}
+            <Release title={a.title} sub={String(a.year || "")} path={a.art_path} onclick={() => push("album", { id: a.id }, screenEl)} />
         {/each}
     </div>
 {/if}
 
 {#if extras?.related?.length}
-    <div class="sec"><h2>Fans also like</h2></div>
+    <div class="sec"><h2>Similar Artists</h2></div>
     <div class="rail">
         {#each extras.related.slice(0, 12) as a (a.id)}
             <button class="acard" onclick={() => openRelated(a)}>
@@ -348,35 +403,34 @@
     </div>
 {/if}
 
-{#if albums.length}
-    <div class="sec"><h2>On this phone <em>· {albums.length} record{albums.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}{tracks ? ` · ${tracks} tracks` : ""}</em></h2></div>
-    {#if plays.topTitle}<div class="sec-note">Most played here: {plays.topTitle} · {plays.topCount}×{plays.last ? " · last " + ago(plays.last) : ""}</div>{/if}
-    <div class="grid2">
-        {#each albums as a (a.id)}
-            <Release title={a.title} sub={String(a.year || "")} path={a.art_path} onclick={() => push("album", { id: a.id }, screenEl)} />
-        {/each}
-    </div>
-{/if}
-
-{#if extras?.bio || extras?.profile?.listeners || extras?.profile?.tags?.length}
+{#if extras?.bio || extras?.profile?.listeners || extras?.profile?.tags?.length || socials.length || playTime}
     <div class="sec"><h2>About</h2></div>
-    <div class="about">
-        {#if extras.profile?.listeners || extras.profile?.plays}
-            <div class="stats">
-                {#if extras.profile.listeners}<span class="s"><Icon name="users" size={12} strokeWidth={3} />{fmtCount(extras.profile.listeners)} listeners</span>{/if}
-                {#if extras.profile.plays}<span class="s"><Icon name="play" size={12} strokeWidth={3} />{fmtCount(extras.profile.plays)} plays</span>{/if}
+    <div class="ar-about">
+        {#if extras?.profile?.listeners || extras?.profile?.plays || playTime}
+            <div class="ar-facts wide">
+                {[extras?.profile?.listeners ? `${fmtCount(extras.profile.listeners)} listeners` : "", extras?.profile?.plays ? `${fmtCount(extras.profile.plays)} plays` : "", playTime ? `${playTime} played here` : ""].filter(Boolean).join(" · ")}
             </div>
         {/if}
-        {#if extras.bio}
-            <p class="bio" class:open={bioOpen} onclick={() => (bioOpen = !bioOpen)} role="button" tabindex="0" aria-expanded={bioOpen} onkeydown={() => {}}>{extras.bio}</p>
+        {#if extras?.bio}
+            <p class="ar-bio" class:open={bioOpen} onclick={() => (bioOpen = !bioOpen)} role="button" tabindex="0" aria-expanded={bioOpen} onkeydown={() => {}}>{extras.bio}</p>
         {/if}
-        {#if extras.profile?.tags?.length}
-            <div class="tags">{#each extras.profile.tags.slice(0, 6) as t (t)}<span class="chip quiet">{t}</span>{/each}</div>
+        {#if extras?.profile?.tags?.length}
+            <div class="chips ar-tags">{#each extras.profile.tags.slice(0, 6) as t (t)}<span class="chip quiet">{t}</span>{/each}</div>
+        {/if}
+        {#if socials.length}
+            <div class="ar-socials">
+                {#each socials as link (link.kind + link.url)}
+                    <button class="iconbtn muted sm" onclick={() => openLink(link.url)} aria-label={SOCIAL_LABEL[link.kind] || link.kind} title={SOCIAL_LABEL[link.kind] || link.kind}><Icon name={SOCIAL_ICON[link.kind] || "link"} size={18} /></button>
+                {/each}
+            </div>
         {/if}
     </div>
 {/if}
 
-{#if !albums.length && !popular.length && !tabs.length && entry?.status !== "loading"}
+{#if entry?.status === "error" && !albums.length && !popularAll.length}
+    <div class="sec-note" style="padding-top: 12px">The catalog did not answer — only what this phone holds is here.</div>
+{/if}
+{#if empty}
     <div class="stub"><b>Nothing here yet.</b>No records by {shownName} on this phone, and the catalog {entry?.status === "error" ? "didn't answer" : "had nothing to add"}.</div>
 {/if}
 
diff --git a/src/mobile/shell.css b/src/mobile/shell.css
index cdf6741..bdf2409 100644
--- a/src/mobile/shell.css
+++ b/src/mobile/shell.css
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ html[data-material="solid"] .card, html[data-material="solid"] .group { backgrou
 /* ── the artist hero ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
    The desktop hero is a wide banner beside the identity block. A phone has
    no beside, so the portrait goes full-bleed and the name sits ON it. */
-.hero { position: relative; height: 258px; display: flex; align-items: flex-end; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: -6px; }
+.hero { position: relative; height: 300px; display: flex; align-items: flex-end; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: -6px; }
 .hero-img { position: absolute; inset: 0; background-size: cover; background-position: center 24%; transform: scale(1.04); }
 /* the blurred SEED: the picture the library already has, soft and
    oversized, until a sharp one exists */
@@ -568,18 +568,18 @@ html[data-material="solid"] .card, html[data-material="solid"] .group { backgrou
 }
 /* The hero's picture again, behind the scroller and outside its mask, so the
    photograph is allowed under the clock while the words are not. Its geometry
-   has to match .hero/.hero-img exactly — 258px tall, the same 24% focal point,
+   has to match .hero/.hero-img exactly — 300px tall, the same 24% focal point,
    the same 1.04 scale — or the seam shows. */
 .hero-behind {
     position: absolute;
     left: 0;
     right: 0;
     top: 0;
-    height: 258px;
+    height: 300px;
     z-index: 0;
     pointer-events: none;
     /* the clip .hero gives its own picture; without it the 1.04 below renders
-       268px in a 258px box and five pixels of photograph appear under the
+       312px in a 300px box and twelve pixels of photograph appear under the
        hero's foot, below the black the scrim fades to */
     overflow: hidden;
     transform: translateY(var(--hero-shift, 0px));
@@ -1039,17 +1039,11 @@ html[data-material="solid"] .halfsheet { background: #1c1c20; backdrop-filter: n
    release on the app's featured surface (the artwork blurred behind itself);
    releases by year; About. */
 .hero-logo { display: block; max-width: 78%; max-height: 96px; object-fit: contain; object-position: left bottom; filter: drop-shadow(0 2px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)); }
-.hero-acts { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; padding: 12px var(--pad) 0; }
-.hero-acts .stats { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
 .stats button.s { cursor: pointer; }
 .stats .s.fb { background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.11); color: var(--text); }
 .stats .s.fb.on { background: var(--accent); color: #04121a; }
 .stats .s.fb:disabled { opacity: 0.5; }
 .stats .s.quiet { color: var(--text-secondary); }
-.row.pop .rank { width: 16px; text-align: right; font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-muted); font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; flex: none; }
-.lbar { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; margin-top: 5px; height: 10px; }
-.lbar i { display: block; flex: 1; height: 3px; border-radius: 2px; background: var(--accent); transform-origin: left center; opacity: 0.85; }
-.lbar em { font-style: normal; font-size: 10.5px; color: var(--text-muted); font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; min-width: 32px; text-align: right; }
 .more-link { display: block; padding: 8px var(--pad) 2px; font-size: 12.5px; font-weight: 750; color: var(--accent-hover); }
 .feat { position: relative; border-radius: var(--r-card); overflow: hidden; background: var(--surface); box-shadow: var(--ring); }
 .feat-bg { position: absolute; inset: -30px; background-size: cover; background-position: center; filter: blur(28px) saturate(1.2); opacity: 0.55; }
@@ -1683,3 +1677,81 @@ html[data-motion="off"] *, html[data-motion="off"] *::before, html[data-motion="
 }
 .dg-eds { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 6px; padding: 0 var(--pad) 12px calc(var(--pad) + 58px); }
 .dg-eds .ed { width: 100%; }
+
+/* ── the artist page, B (2026-09-18) ──────────────────────────────────────
+   The editorial shape Kyle picked from three mockups: the name ON the
+   300dp portrait with the play disc beside it, one line of facts, the
+   latest release first, Top Songs as swipeable columns of four, the
+   records as carousels, About last. The bar over the hero is the shell's
+   two floating discs; nothing else. */
+.hero.ar .hero-in { padding-bottom: 14px; }
+.hero-in.row2 { display: flex; align-items: flex-end; justify-content: space-between; gap: 14px; }
+.hero-in.row2 .hero-id { min-width: 0; flex: 1; }
+.hero-in.row2 .disc { flex: none; margin-bottom: 2px; }
+.hero.ar .hero-name { margin: 0; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
+.ar-kick { font-size: 11px; font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: 0.9px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); margin-bottom: 5px; text-shadow: 0 1px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); }
+.ar-acts { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; padding: 14px var(--pad) 6px; }
+.ar-facts { margin-left: auto; min-width: 0; font-size: 12.5px; font-weight: 600; color: var(--text-muted); white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; }
+.ar-facts.wide { margin: 0 0 8px; white-space: normal; }
+.btn-line { box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1.5px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.22); color: #fff; background: transparent; }
+.btn-line.on { box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1.5px var(--accent); color: var(--accent-hover); }
+.btn-line:disabled { opacity: 0.5; }
+.btn.sm { height: 34px; padding: 0 14px; font-size: 13px; }
+
+/* the latest release */
+.ar-latest { display: flex; gap: 14px; margin: 6px var(--pad) 4px; padding: 12px; border-radius: var(--r-card); background: var(--surface); box-shadow: var(--ring); }
+.ar-latest-art { flex: none; width: 96px; height: 96px; border-radius: 10px; overflow: hidden; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06); display: block; padding: 0; }
+.ar-latest-art img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; display: block; }
+.ar-latest-art .ph { display: flex; width: 100%; height: 100%; align-items: center; justify-content: center; color: var(--text-muted); }
+.ar-latest-copy { min-width: 0; flex: 1; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; }
+.ar-latest-copy .k { font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.8px; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 800; color: var(--accent-hover); }
+.ar-latest-t { font-size: 15px; font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 3px 0 2px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; }
+.ar-latest-copy .m { font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-secondary); font-weight: 600; }
+.ar-latest-acts { display: flex; gap: 8px; margin-top: 10px; }
+
+/* top songs, in columns of four */
+.row.ar-pop .ar-n { width: 18px; text-align: right; color: var(--text-muted); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; font-size: 13px; flex: none; }
+.row.ar-pop .r { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; color: var(--text-muted); }
+.row.ar-pop .ar-dur { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; font-size: 12.5px; }
+.ar-pages { display: flex; gap: 12px; overflow-x: auto; scroll-snap-type: x mandatory; padding: 0 var(--pad); scrollbar-width: none; scroll-padding-inline: var(--pad); }
+.ar-pages::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
+.ar-col { flex: none; width: 86%; scroll-snap-align: start; }
+.ar-col .row { margin: 0 calc(-1 * var(--pad)); }
+.ar-col .row.tight { padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 6px; }
+.ar-dots { display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 6px; padding: 6px 0 2px; }
+.ar-dots i { width: 6px; height: 6px; border-radius: 50%; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.22); transition: background var(--m-fast); }
+.ar-dots i.on { background: #fff; }
+
+/* the carousels */
+.rail { scroll-padding-inline: var(--pad); }
+.ar-rail .release { width: 156px; }
+.ar-rail.sm .release { width: 132px; }
+.more-link.ar-disco { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 4px; padding: 14px var(--pad) 4px; }
+
+/* about */
+.ar-about { padding: 0 var(--pad); }
+.ar-bio { font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: var(--text-secondary); display: -webkit-box; -webkit-line-clamp: 4; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; }
+.ar-bio.open { display: block; }
+.ar-tags { padding: 0; margin-top: 12px; }
+.ar-socials { display: flex; gap: 6px; margin-top: 12px; }
+.ar-socials .iconbtn { background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.055); }
+
+/* skeletons: the shape of what is coming, so the page never jumps when it
+   arrives (the mockup's .skel, at the app's radii) */
+.skel { display: block; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.07); border-radius: 6px; animation: skel-breathe 1.4s ease-in-out infinite; }
+.skel.ln { height: 11px; }
+.skel.art { width: 46px; height: 46px; border-radius: 8px; flex: none; }
+.skel.cover-wrap { aspect-ratio: 1; width: 100%; border-radius: var(--r-art); }
+.skel-row { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; padding: 8px 0; }
+.skel-row .b { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
+.skel-card { pointer-events: none; }
+.ar-latest.skel-card .ar-latest-art { background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.07); }
+@keyframes skel-breathe { 0%, 100% { opacity: 1; } 50% { opacity: 0.55; } }
+
+/* the listener / progress bars other screens draw under a row (CatalogAlbum,
+   Transfers, Diagnostics) — the artist page's Popular used them too, once */
+.lbar { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; margin-top: 5px; height: 10px; }
+.lbar i { display: block; flex: 1; height: 3px; border-radius: 2px; background: var(--accent); transform-origin: left center; opacity: 0.85; }
+.lbar em { font-style: normal; font-size: 10.5px; color: var(--text-muted); font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; min-width: 32px; text-align: right; }
+/* a rail's cards line up at the TOP — a two-line title must not lift its cover */
+.ar-rail { align-items: flex-start; }