Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. When Molly Kate Kestner was 18, she posted a low quality iPhone video of a song she’d written, called His Daughter, on Facebook. The post was quickly shared 50,000 times, and she uploaded it to YouTube, where it now has 15 million views. It also… Continue reading Future Stars: Molly Kate Kestner (Atlantic/APG)
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Future Stars: Jessie Reyez (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Canadian singer Jessie Reyez released her debut single Figures in August, with its first play on Zane Lowe’s Beats One show, but it took a few months for her to pop up on everyone else’s radar, including mine. Then, within the space of a… Continue reading Future Stars: Jessie Reyez (Unsigned)
Stars of 2017: The Winners Announced!
Happy New Year! It’s time to reveal the results of the Stars of 2017 poll that you’ve all been voting in for the past few weeks. Basically, it’s like the BBC Sound of 2017 poll without the boring stuff: Only pop stars allowed! The votes were spread widely between the 10 nominees, but two singers… Continue reading Stars of 2017: The Winners Announced!
The No.1 Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Fifth Harmony – That’s My Girl
Girlbands are often treated like musical clotheshorses, expected to sing whatever the record label decides is the best demo submitted for their next album. Therefore it’s always exciting when a group gets to release a song that was clearly written for them. From the sound, merging their previous best (Sledgehammer) and most popular (Worth It),… Continue reading The No.1 Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Fifth Harmony – That’s My Girl
The 2nd Most Poptastic Single of 2016: MUNA – I Know a Place
Released: 2nd December Writers: Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, Naomi McPherson Trivia: I loved this song when I first heard it at a MUNA gig in May, but it turned into an obsession when the studio version was (finally!!) released earlier this month, and I found out the story behind it. What I’d seen as just… Continue reading The 2nd Most Poptastic Single of 2016: MUNA – I Know a Place
Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of December 2016
Here are my top 10 singles of December, 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, and you can listen to that here. Fifth Harmony – That’s My Girl MUNA – I Know… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of December 2016
The 3rd Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex
Released: 16th October Writers: Iain James, Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Henrik Michelsen, Edvard Forre Erfjord, Camille Purcell Trivia: Little Mix’s performance of Shout Out To My Ex on The X Factor was, to me, the pinnacle of their career. It was the first live performance of the Glory Days era, and… Continue reading The 3rd Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex
The 4th Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Royksopp ft. Susanne Sundfør – Never Ever
Released: 9th September Writers: Svein Berge, Torbjorn Brundtland Trivia: Susanne Sundfør’s last album Ten Love Songs was so special, I didn’t dare hope she’d ever do anything that good again, especially since her previous music hadn’t been very poptastic at all. I resigned myself to the idea that it was just a magic moment in… Continue reading The 4th Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Royksopp ft. Susanne Sundfør – Never Ever
The 5th Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Grimes – Kill V. Maim
Released: 19th January Writers: Grimes Trivia: Grimes’ album Art Angels was a last-minute discovery of 2015 for me, so I’m glad she released my (and her) favourite track as a single this year so I can include it here. Kill V. Maim recently got a new lease of life for me when I listened to… Continue reading The 5th Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Grimes – Kill V. Maim
The 6th Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Amir – J’ai cherché/Looking For You
Released: 15th January Writers: Amir Haddad, Johan Errami, Nazim Khaled Trivia: This year I went to Stockholm for Eurovision, and although the trip itself was a bit of a disaster, I did get to see this lovely, smiley man performing this wonderful, uplifting song in person in the Eurovision final venue, Globen. I love the… Continue reading The 6th Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Amir – J’ai cherché/Looking For You