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 the past year. In the past few years, we’ve had a few country-rap crossover hits, and many duets between country acts and pop stars,… Continue reading Song of the Week: Zedd ft. Maren Morris & Grey – The Middle
Month: January 2018
Future Hits: Bonsam tremendous, dress code horrendous
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: Sia vs. David Guetta & Afrojack – Helium Sigrid – Strangers Not3s ft. Mabel – My Lover Zedd ft. Maren Morris & Grey – The Middle J… Continue reading Future Hits: Bonsam tremendous, dress code horrendous
Future Stars: Bazzi (APG/Warner Music)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Vine may have been closed for the past year, but it’s still launching new pop acts posthumously. 20-year-old Andrew Bazzi first became known on the video sharing app, using it to post six-second cover videos. Since 2016, the pop-R&B singer has been releasing a series… Continue reading Future Stars: Bazzi (APG/Warner Music)
Future Stars: Lord Huron (Republic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Indie-folk band Lord Huron are best known for the song The Night We Met, which was released in 2015, but didn’t become a hit until it was featured prominently in Netflix teen series 13 Reasons Why last year. The haunting love song now has 178 million… Continue reading Future Stars: Lord Huron (Republic)
Song of the Week: Jens Lekman – Who Really Needs Who
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. If you paid attention to Scandinavian indie-pop in the 2000s, you’ll certainly know Swedish singer Jens Lekman and the band Hello Saferide, fronted by Annika Norlin.… Continue reading Song of the Week: Jens Lekman – Who Really Needs Who
Future Hits: When I go out, I wanna go out dancing
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: Rudimental ft. Macklemore, Jess Glynne & Dan Caplen – These Days The Chainsmokers – Sick Boy Dua Lipa – IDGAF Mabel ft. Not3s – Fine Line Kylie… Continue reading Future Hits: When I go out, I wanna go out dancing
Future Stars: Lil Skies (Atlantic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s been three whole months since I last featured a Lil rapper… thank goodness Lil Skies is here to get us back on track! Kimetrius Foose, aka Lil Skies, is lil in age and height, as a 19-year-old of 5ft 7. The heavily tattooed… Continue reading Future Stars: Lil Skies (Atlantic)
Future Stars: Jade Bird (Glassnote)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s been nice to see some British country artists achieve success in the past few years, but it’s hard to truly love bands like The Shires and Ward Thomas because they’re performing in a style which just doesn’t make sense without a southern American accent… Continue reading Future Stars: Jade Bird (Glassnote)
Song of the Week: Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels – Hurt Somebody
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’ve featured a few songs written by songwriter supreme Julia Michaels in this section, but this is her first appearance as a singer herself. Ironically,… Continue reading Song of the Week: Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels – Hurt Somebody
Future Hits: You know this ain’t the clean version
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: Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran & Future – End Game Troye Sivan – My My My Liam Payne & Rita Ora – For You Jason Derulo ft.… Continue reading Future Hits: You know this ain’t the clean version