Released: 3rd February Writers: Jez Ashurst, Emma Rohan, Rachel Furner, Jason Derulo Trivia: Girlband ballads tend to be filler tracks on their albums, but most groups have a few that are just as good as their upbeat bangers. In Little Mix’s case, Secret Love Song is by far their best ballad. Although I think it… Continue reading The 7th Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Little Mix ft. Jason Derulo – Secret Love Song
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The 8th Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – Work From Home
Released: 26th February Writers: DallasK, Brian Lee, Ty Dolla $ign, Eskeerdo, Jude Demorest, Ammo Trivia: I was very disappointed with Work From Home on first listen as I felt short-changed after reading a misleading description of the band’s new single. This meant it took me months to realise quite how great it actually was. In… Continue reading The 8th Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – Work From Home
The 9th Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Flume ft. Kai – Never Be Like You
Released: 16th January Writers: Harley Streten, Alessia De Gasperis Brigante, Geoffrey Patrick Earley Trivia: Although Flume has been namedropped for several years by people talking about the new wave of Australian music stars, and he’s well known as a DJ at international clubs, festivals and online, Never Be Like You was his first top 10 single… Continue reading The 9th Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Flume ft. Kai – Never Be Like You
The 10th Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Broods – Free
Released: 1st April Writers: Joel Little, Caleb Nott, Georgia Nott Trivia: As much as I’d tried, I’d never been a fan of Broods before this song, but I loved it on first listen because it reminded me of the American band Delta Rae, one of my favourite discoveries of 2015. It’s a song of several… Continue reading The 10th Most Poptastic Single of 2016: Broods – Free
Future Pop: Stars of 2017
Over the past two weeks I’ve featured 10 artists I believe could be the breakthrough pop stars of 2017. I don’t think pop acts get enough attention in the ones to watch lists from the BBC, Brits, MTV etc, especially considering that they have a tendency to become the biggest selling artists. To redress the… Continue reading Future Pop: Stars of 2017
Stars of 2017: Starley
Starley is an artist who’s come to prominence only very recently, and the song she’s known for is a remix, so we haven’t got much to judge her on as yet. However, I decided to include her here simply because I believe Call On Me will be one of the first big hits of 2017.… Continue reading Stars of 2017: Starley
Stars of 2017: Raye
As I wrote last week, the 2017 ones to watch lists are sadly lacking in pop artists so far, but there is actually one who’s appearing on pretty much all of them. Raye has been tipped for the top in 2017 by i-D, Apple Music, Vevo, MTV and Google Play, as well as the BBC’s… Continue reading Stars of 2017: Raye
Stars of 2017: Olivia O’Brien
Olivia O’Brien featured on one of the biggest hits of summer 2016, i hate u, i love u by gnash. She provided the vocal and lyrics that made it resonate with a young audience, but it wasn’t enough to break her as a solo artist. While social media has allowed us to get to know… Continue reading Stars of 2017: Olivia O’Brien
Stars of 2017: Noah Cyrus
When I wrote about Noah Cyrus in Future Pop at the end of October, she was yet to officially announce that she was launching a pop career. I guessed that she was signed to Records in the US, and soon found out she was with Syco in the UK. Now, six weeks later, she has a single in… Continue reading Stars of 2017: Noah Cyrus
Stars of 2017: Kehlani
Kehlani’s music isn’t as poptastic as most of the artists I’ve chosen for this list, but she’s here because she has more star quality than most new artists, from any genre, could dream of. So many up-and-coming female singers are compared to Rihanna, but with Kehlani I think it’s justified. She has the same combination… Continue reading Stars of 2017: Kehlani