Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Sorry might have been a big hit for Justin Bieber, but it’s had more of an effect on the lives of its co-creators. Writer Julia Michaels’ single Issues is one of the biggest US hits of 2017 so far, and now producer BloodPop is… Continue reading Future Stars: BloodPop (Republic)
Category: Future Pop
Future Stars: CNCO (Sony Latin)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. When Despacito became a global success, I didn’t want to be over-optimistic about it opening doors for other Spanish-language artists. It’s a summer novelty hit with a bit of Bieber to get radio on board, that’s all. But surprisingly, two more Spanish tracks (Súbeme… Continue reading Future Stars: CNCO (Sony Latin)
Future Hits: Half of my heart is in Havana
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: Marshmello ft. Khalid – Silence Avicii ft. Rita Ora – Lonely Together P!nk – What About Us Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – Havana James Hype ft.… Continue reading Future Hits: Half of my heart is in Havana
Future Stars: 21 Savage (Epic/Sony)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. If you think Sam Hunt’s lyrics are icky, don’t look up what 21 Savage said about Kylie Jenner. Unfortunately sexism is even less of a barrier to success in the rap scene than it is in country. 24-year-old Shayaa Joseph, aka 21 Savage, is… Continue reading Future Stars: 21 Savage (Epic/Sony)
Future Stars: Sam Hunt (MCA Nashville)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The Billboard Hot 100 has been dominated by hip-hop, Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber this year, but in the midst of all this one country hit managed to break through. Sam Hunt’s objectification anthem Body Like a Back Road has been in the top 10 for… Continue reading Future Stars: Sam Hunt (MCA Nashville)
Future Hits: I was busy thinkin’ ’bout boys
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: Charli XCX – Boys Kungs ft. Olly Murs & Coely – More Mess Future ft. Nicki Minaj – You da Baddest Skrillex & Poo Bear – Would… Continue reading Future Hits: I was busy thinkin’ ’bout boys
Future Stars: Winner (YG Entertainment)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Last month I introduced Blackpink, the Korean girlband primed to take on 2NE1’s K-pop crown, and now it’s time to meet their male equivalent. In addition to the new girl group, YG Entertainment are also promoting a new boyband to take the reins from their hugely successful… Continue reading Future Stars: Winner (YG Entertainment)
Future Stars: blackbear (Interscope)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. 26-year-old Matthew Tyler Musto has released three albums as blackbear, but only now is he experiencing his first hit… or two. The rapper/singer had a slow-burner with IDFC, his 2014 single which eventually peaked at no.19 in the Billboard R&B chart last November, and is… Continue reading Future Stars: blackbear (Interscope)
Future Hits: Now I’m out here lookin’ like revenge
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: Snakehips ft. Anne-Marie & Joey Bada$$ – Either Way OneRepublic ft. Seeb – Rich Love J Balvin & Willy William – Mi Gente Enrique Iglesias ft. Sean… Continue reading Future Hits: Now I’m out here lookin’ like revenge
Future Stars: Aminé (Republic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Continuing the Portland theme, it’s probably not the first American city you’d expect to launch a new hip-hop star, but it has provided us with Adam Aminé Daniel, better known as Aminé. The 23-year-old rapper/singer might not be twee but he could definitely be described… Continue reading Future Stars: Aminé (Republic)