Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. New Jersey girl SZA is so cool and cute that it feels like a wasted opportunity for her music to be so grown-up and dull. I know there is a market for this kind of music but, as with Rainy Milo and Jhene Aiko,… Continue reading Future Stars: SZA (TopDawg/Aftermath)
Month: October 2013
Anatomy of a Hit: Lawson – Juliet
It’s time for the fourth instalment of my new feature, analysing the highest charting new entry to the UK singles chart top 10 each week, which this week goes to… #3 – Lawson – Juliet Lawson played it very safe with their first album Chapman Square, releasing a series of inoffensive radio-friendly singles, which couldn’t… Continue reading Anatomy of a Hit: Lawson – Juliet
Future Hits: British Blokes
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist is all about the British male solo singers. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_9Wrc5RXiEvnLGqI3b2BtG] Tracklisting: Robbie Williams – Go Gentle Gary Barlow – Let Me Go Jake Bugg – Slumville Sunrise Sam Smith – Nirvana Classified ft. Olly Murs – Inner Ninja
Future Stars: LOLO (Island/Universal)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. If it wasn't for persistence and rebranding, Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey wouldn’t be household names. LOLO‘s hoping that at age 25 it's not too late for her to do the same. Born Lauren Pritchard in Tennessee, she starred in the Broadway musical… Continue reading Future Stars: LOLO (Island/Universal)
Future Stars: Hozier (Rubyworks)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. 2014 may be the year of the Irish singer-songwriter. In one song, Dublin-based Andrew Hozier-Byrne (known as Hozier) has eclipsed the potential of Daniel James, who I featured a few weeks ago. Take Me To Church is a deep, powerful track with an anti-homohobia… Continue reading Future Stars: Hozier (Rubyworks)
Future Stars: Storm Queen (Ministry of Sound/Defected)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. In dance music, a song is never a flop, because there's always a chance it could pick up steam and become a hit months or even years after its initial release. Ben Pearce experienced this recently with his 2012 single What I Might Do,… Continue reading Future Stars: Storm Queen (Ministry of Sound/Defected)
Announcing November’s Pop Industry Meetup
Thanks to everyone who came along to Tuesday’s pop industry meetup. It was definitely the busiest one yet, and it was great to see loads of new faces as well as regular attendees. I can now announce the date of the next meetup, which will be 12th November. Again it will be held at Match… Continue reading Announcing November’s Pop Industry Meetup
Tonight: The Pop Industry Meetup is back!
It’s been away for a few months, but tonight This Must Be Pop’s Industry Meetup returns. If you work in pop music or want to do so, this is your chance to meet likeminded people, to make new contacts and friends. The meetup starts at 7pm at Match Bar, just around the corner from Oxford… Continue reading Tonight: The Pop Industry Meetup is back!
Future Hits: Boys In Bands
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five new singles by boybands old, new and not-really-a-boyband-at-all-but-I-needed-five. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_CqzC36hPPDVSUoU1MHDae] Tracklisting: Union J – Beautiful Life The Wanted – Show Me Love (America) McFly – Love Is On The Radio JLS – Billion Lights Rizzle Kicks – Skip… Continue reading Future Hits: Boys In Bands
Future Stars: Amber (Sony RCA)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Amber is a group of posh boy students, all aged under 21, who signed to RCA this week after a few months of building a fanbase at gigs and online. Their music is a mix of Bastille and Kodaline (another RCA act), and accompanied… Continue reading Future Stars: Amber (Sony RCA)