Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Grimes’ recent single Flesh Without Blood could have been the song of the year, but she messed it up by overcomplicating what should have been simple. Perhaps in an attempt to be subversive, she made the chorus a complete anticlimax after the brilliant verse.… Continue reading Song of the Week: Noonie Bao – Oceans Deep
Month: November 2015
Future Hits: This is not a song about love
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. My weekly playlist features five tracks I predict will be future hit singles in the UK. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-N8ZAbun_3Vx4N520WIpeY] Tracklisting: Elle King – Ex’s & Oh’s Little Mix ft. Jason Derulo – Secret Love Song Dawin – Dessert Riton ft. Kah-lo – Rinse and Repeat Matrix… Continue reading Future Hits: This is not a song about love
Future Stars: Donna Missal (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I don’t usually feature artists whose success is as uncertain as this, but I think Donna Missal’s debut single Keep Lying has huge potential, and the response so far suggests that she, and the song, have a very bright future. After just a little… Continue reading Future Stars: Donna Missal (Unsigned)
Future Stars: Dua Lipa (Warner Bros)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Dua Lipa is a new artist from the management company that launched Lana Del Rey, and with her debut single New Love there were notable similarities. The track was co-produced by Emile Haynie, who worked on most of Lana’s best known songs, and the… Continue reading Future Stars: Dua Lipa (Warner Bros)
Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of November 2015
Here are my top 20 singles of November, compiled into a poptastic playlist for your enjoyment. I hope you discover some new favourites! I’ve also updated my Spotify playlist, which features all the songs from my monthly charts of 2015 (or the ones available on Spotify, at least), and you can listen to that here.… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of November 2015
Song of the Week: Lauren Alaina – Road Less Traveled
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. If, like me, you miss Taylor Swift’s country days, you need the new EP from Lauren Alaina in your life. Her sound is pure, youthful country-pop, with sweet lyrics and strong, catchy melodies. I chose Road Less Traveled as my Song of the Week… Continue reading Song of the Week: Lauren Alaina – Road Less Traveled
Future Hits: You sound like a song
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. My weekly playlist features five tracks I predict will be future hit singles. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8cnjMPdcbGaDLBabNH4W9U] Tracklisting: Snakehips ft. Tinashe & Chance the Rapper – All My Friends Grace ft. G-Eazy – You Don’t Own Me Adele – When We Were Young James Bay – If… Continue reading Future Hits: You sound like a song
Future Stars: Dawin (Republic/Casablanca)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. You might think the six-second limit would make it hard to launch a music career from Vine, but in fact in the US the video sharing app has produced numerous chart hits. The biggest artist to emerge so far is Shawn Mendes, who used… Continue reading Future Stars: Dawin (Republic/Casablanca)
Future Stars: CL (Capitol/YG Entertainment)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Most Brits know nothing about K-pop, except Gangnam Style (which they probably think is Japanese), but acts such as BIGBANG can sell out two dates at Wembley Arena with tickets over £100. This phenomenon suggests a crossover star is inevitable, but no-one’s cracked it… Continue reading Future Stars: CL (Capitol/YG Entertainment)
Song of the Week: Elohim – Bridge and the Wall
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This is the second song I’ve really enjoyed from LA singer, musician and producer Elohim, so it’s time she got a mention here! While her debut She Talks Too Much was a bouncy electro tune with a twisted message, Bridge and the Wall has… Continue reading Song of the Week: Elohim – Bridge and the Wall