Song of the Week: Christina Skaar – Critical

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. 2015 really is Norway’s year. Aurora and Susanne Sundfør are my favourite new discoveries and among the best live acts I’ve seen (twice each), while my Song of the Week has been Norwegian for the past two weeks. Now let’s make that three, with… Continue reading Song of the Week: Christina Skaar – Critical

Future Hits: The Big Boys

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles by some of the biggest male solo artists of the moment. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-sTWYtrXwNp0cE79JAlHBe] Tracklisting: The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face Avicii – Waiting For Love Kygo ft. Parson James – Stole The Show Ed Sheeran –… Continue reading Future Hits: The Big Boys

Song of the Week: Suite 16 – I Don’t Think So

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. While British boybands may be clamouring to grow up fast and be taken seriously, their Scandinavian equivalents are going in the opposite direction. The Fooo Conspiracy (think *N Sync-meets-Jedward) are huge in Sweden, and Norwegian teens are obsessed with a five-piece called Suite 16.… Continue reading Song of the Week: Suite 16 – I Don’t Think So

Future Hits: We’re On Each Other’s Team

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles by established artists coming together to attack the charts. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9cRHDGPDU8MrbUL8QYMn-4] Tracklisting: Sigma ft. Ella Henderson – Glitterball Disclosure ft. Gregory Porter – Holding On Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor – Marvin Gaye Natalie La Rose ft.… Continue reading Future Hits: We’re On Each Other’s Team

Future Stars: Rachel Platten (RCA)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Rachel Platten fits into a strange little set of artists that can have huge hits with pop songs without having any particular star quality or following current chart trends. Think Sara Bareilles, Christina Perri, Passenger and Magic!. It’s pop with the edges smoothed out,… Continue reading Future Stars: Rachel Platten (RCA)

Future Stars: Loren Kramar (Unsigned)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Amid the endless thinkpieces on Apple Music, this one from Music Business Worldwide stood out, with its insightful projections on how the new streaming service will affect record labels. The idea that Apple could single-handedly launch an artist without label involvement was particularly interesting.… Continue reading Future Stars: Loren Kramar (Unsigned)

Song of the Week: Samsaya – Beginning at the End

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Norwegian-Indian singer Samsaya released a very poptastic single, Stereotype, in 2013, but none of her other tracks have captured its brilliance. Beginning at the End isn’t a chaotic, bouncy tune like Stereotype, but it may be even better in its own way. It’s a… Continue reading Song of the Week: Samsaya – Beginning at the End