diff --git a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/viewmodel/ArtistViewModel.kt b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/viewmodel/ArtistViewModel.kt
index 2c8e78d..ef3695d 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/viewmodel/ArtistViewModel.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/viewmodel/ArtistViewModel.kt
@@ -112,12 +112,15 @@ class ArtistViewModel(app: Application, savedState: SavedStateHandle) : AndroidV
         }.getOrNull()
 
         val artists = searchResp?.results?.filter { it.wrapperType == "artist" } ?: emptyList()
-        // artists are sorted by fan count (ItunesClient), so the first name match is the most popular
-        // one — disambiguates same-name artists (5x "Joji").
+        // artists are fan-sorted (ItunesClient), so firstOrNull gives the most popular match.
+        // Prefer an EXACT normalized-name match: "Flay!" must not resolve to the far more popular
+        // "K.FLAY" (its name merely contains "flay"). Only fall back to a loose contains-match.
+        fun norm(s: String?) = (s ?: "").lowercase().replace(Regex("[^a-z0-9]"), "")
+        val q = norm(artistName)
         val iArtist = (
-            artists.find { it.artistName?.equals(artistName, ignoreCase = true) == true }
-                ?: artists.find {
-                    val n = it.artistName ?: return@find false
+            artists.firstOrNull { norm(it.artistName) == q }
+                ?: artists.firstOrNull {
+                    val n = it.artistName ?: return@firstOrNull false
                     n.contains(artistName, ignoreCase = true) || artistName.contains(n, ignoreCase = true)
                 }
                 ?: artists.firstOrNull()
diff --git a/public/sw.js b/public/sw.js
index 63c8dbd..547e102 100644
--- a/public/sw.js
+++ b/public/sw.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const CACHE = 'ns-v59';
+const CACHE = 'ns-v60';
 const PRECACHE = ['/', 'index.html', 'manifest.json', 'icon.svg'];
 const SKIP_PATHS = ['/rest/stream', '/rest/download', '/config.js'];
 // Auth token params stripped from cache keys so artwork survives across sessions/token refreshes.
diff --git a/src/views/detail.js b/src/views/detail.js
index 7a276ec..ebd388b 100644
--- a/src/views/detail.js
+++ b/src/views/detail.js
@@ -142,14 +142,20 @@ export async function loadArtistDetail(artist) {
   const [infoRes, topRes, iArtistRes, eventsRes] = await Promise.allSettled([infoP, topP, iArtistP, eventsP]);
 
   const _normWords = s => new Set((s || '').toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, ' ').split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean));
+  const _normName  = s => (s || '').toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, '');
   const _queryWords = _normWords(artist.name);
+  const _qNorm      = _normName(artist.name);
   const iArtistResults = iArtistRes.status === 'fulfilled' ? (iArtistRes.value || []) : [];
-  // Name-matching candidates, already ordered by fanCount (itunesSearch sorts musicArtist by nb_fan).
-  const nameMatches = iArtistResults.filter(r => {
+  // Prefer EXACT normalized-name matches. "Flay!" must not resolve to the far more popular "K.FLAY"
+  // (whose name merely contains the word "flay") — exact "flay" == "flay" wins over "kflay". Only fall
+  // back to the looser word-subset match when there's no exact match. Both lists are fan-sorted already.
+  const exactMatches = iArtistResults.filter(r => _normName(r.artistName) === _qNorm);
+  const looseMatches = iArtistResults.filter(r => {
     if (_queryWords.size === 0) return true;
     const rw = _normWords(r.artistName);
     return [..._queryWords].every(w => rw.has(w));
   });
+  const nameMatches = exactMatches.length ? exactMatches : looseMatches;
   // Default pick = most popular name match (fixes "5× Joji": Deezer's order buries the real one).
   let iArtistMatch = nameMatches[0] || null;