Month: May 2017

Future Hits: Let the music lift you up

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. Tracklisting: Selena Gomez – Bad Liar Camila Cabello – Crying in the Club Burak Yeter ft. Danelle Sandoval – Tuesday Maggie Lindemann – Pretty Girl – Cheat Codes… Continue reading Future Hits: Let the music lift you up

Future Stars: Confidence Man (Heavenly Recordings)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. One of the most talked-about acts of the festival was an Australian group on their first trip to the UK. I featured Confidence Man’s single Boyfriend (Repeat) as Song of the Week back in October last year, when I spotted it in the Aussie… Continue reading Future Stars: Confidence Man (Heavenly Recordings)

Future Stars: Yungblud (Unsigned)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. An unexpected highlight of The Great Escape was Yungblud, aka Dom Harrison, a 19-year-old singer-songwriter from Doncaster who put on the most exciting, energetic show of the festival, fittingly filled with enthusiastic industry types. Musically he’s a young Jamie T meets Arctic Monkeys, and… Continue reading Future Stars: Yungblud (Unsigned)

Song of the Week: Harry Styles – Two Ghosts

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The Harry Styles album arrived on Friday, and it’s predictably acceptable. I don’t hear any huge hits but it’s lovely to hear Harry’s voice without bracing for Louis to arrive and ruin the song at any moment. It also feels really genuine, not overthought… Continue reading Song of the Week: Harry Styles – Two Ghosts

Future Hits: I am the great unknown

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. Tracklisting: Miley Cyrus – Malibu Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid – 1-800-273-8255 Halsey – Now Or Never Imagine Dragons – Thunder Galantis – Hunter For more Future… Continue reading Future Hits: I am the great unknown

Future Stars: Amandla Stenberg (Interscope)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Actress Amandla Stenberg hasn’t officially announced she’s launching a music career, but after the song and video she’s gifted us in promotion of her new film Everything, Everything, it would be rude not to. Watching the video for her cover of Let My Baby… Continue reading Future Stars: Amandla Stenberg (Interscope)

Future Stars: Kelsea Ballerini (Black River/Sony)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Now that Taylor Swift is firmly on the pop side of the country-pop line, the industry needs a new country-pop princess. While Lauren Alaina would be my top pick, Kelsea Ballerini is clearly first in line for the role. The 23-year-old has earned three… Continue reading Future Stars: Kelsea Ballerini (Black River/Sony)

Song of the Week: OG3NE – Lights And Shadows

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. After a couple of weak years, I’m very excited about Eurovision 2017, which takes place this week. There’s a diverse mix of contemporary pop styles and unusually few boring ballads, and although Italy has been a standout bookies’ fave, the contest still seems very… Continue reading Song of the Week: OG3NE – Lights And Shadows

Future Hits: It was reckless and we owned it

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. Tracklisting: Niall Horan – Slow Hands Kygo ft. Ellie Goulding – First Time French Montana ft. Swae Lee – Unforgettable Jonas Blue ft. William Singe – Mama Charlie… Continue reading Future Hits: It was reckless and we owned it