Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. All my Songs of the Week are featured on my Top of the Poptastic playlist, along with the rest of my faves from 2017. I think I’ve finally heard what other pop fans must hear when they listen to Carly Rae Jepsen. The new single from Polydor… Continue reading Song of the Week: Hannah Jane Lewis – Raincheck
Month: September 2017
Future Hits: We can siesta forever, drink in the French Riviera
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: Anne-Marie – Heavy DJ Snake ft. Lauv – A Different Way Kideko ft. Tinie Tempah & Becky G – Dum Dum Kygo ft. Justin Jesso – Stargazing… Continue reading Future Hits: We can siesta forever, drink in the French Riviera
Future Stars: BTS (Big Hit Entertainment)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. In One Direction’s absence, the title of the world’s biggest boyband undoubtedly belongs to a K-pop act. As BIGBANG are also on hiatus, it’s down to S.M. Entertainment’s Korean-Chinese group EXO, or Big Hit Entertainment’s BTS. When it comes to crossing over to the western… Continue reading Future Stars: BTS (Big Hit Entertainment)
Future Stars: Billie Eilish (Polydor/Interscope)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Last week I started drafting my Stars of 2018 list, mainly so I could note down Billie Eilish, who I think will be all over the ‘ones to watch’ features next year. She’d just turned 14 when she popped onto my radar with Ocean… Continue reading Future Stars: Billie Eilish (Polydor/Interscope)
Song of the Week: Sofi Tukker ft. The Knocks, Nervo & Alisa Ueno – Best Friend
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week Sofi Tukker returned to their natural home, soundtracking an Apple ad, and they did it in style. Their hectically brilliant new single Best Friend accompanied the announcement of the new iPhone X. Although the kooky New York duo are the artists taking primary credit for the… Continue reading Song of the Week: Sofi Tukker ft. The Knocks, Nervo & Alisa Ueno – Best Friend
Future Hits: Here come the ice cream man
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 – Too Much To Ask Craig David – Heartline Jason Derulo – If I’m Lucky Xxxtentacion – Jocelyn Flores Hardy Caprio ft. One Acen –… Continue reading Future Hits: Here come the ice cream man
Future Stars: Bhad Bhabie (Atlantic US)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Bhad Bhabie is the rap pseudonym of viral star Danielle Bregoli. The ‘troubled teen’ became famous from an appearance on Dr. Phil last year, during which she threatened to beat up her mum, called the audience “hos” and coined her catchphrase “cash me outside.”… Continue reading Future Stars: Bhad Bhabie (Atlantic US)
Future Stars: Sarah Close (Parlophone)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I first heard of Sarah Close when scouting talent for Universal a few years ago, when she was a teenager and already had a small following on YouTube. She came to London from her home in the Isle of Wight to audition, and although she… Continue reading Future Stars: Sarah Close (Parlophone)
Song of the Week: Priest – White Wing Dove
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. White Wing Dove is a sweet piece of blissful electro-pop that feels out of place amongst the electronic music of today. The Chainsmokers have had no influence here. Its purity and simplicity reminds me more of the mid-2000s – think Ladytron or Saint Etienne. I… Continue reading Song of the Week: Priest – White Wing Dove
Future Hits: Not tryna be indie, Not tryna be cool
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: Zayn ft. Sia – Dusk Till Dawn Sam Smith – Too Good at Goodbyes Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft Stefflon Don ft. French Montana – Hurtin’… Continue reading Future Hits: Not tryna be indie, Not tryna be cool