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: Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa – Scared To Be Lonely James Blunt – Love Me Better Major Lazer ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR & Nicki Minaj – Run Up Julia… Continue reading Future Hits: Bask in the glory of all our problems
Category: Future Pop
Future Stars: Stefflon Don (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Stefflon Don was one of the three artists (along with AJ Tracey and Tom Grennan) on the BBC Sound of 2017 longlist that I wasn’t already familiar with. After a quick look, that won’t be changing with AJ or Tom, but Stefflon Don definitely… Continue reading Future Stars: Stefflon Don (Unsigned)
Future Stars: Yebba (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Yebba is the artist name of Abbey Smith, a talented 22-year-old singer from Arkansas, who is rising to fame thanks to collaborations and shoutouts from big stars. Her controlled, smooth and powerful vocals make her a singer’s singer, like Tori Kelly and Andra Day,… Continue reading Future Stars: Yebba (Unsigned)
Future Hits: We’re too busy making hurricanes
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: Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert – Bad and Boujee Tinie Tempah ft. Tinashe – Text From Your Ex The Chainsmokers – Paris Noah Cyrus ft. Labrinth –… Continue reading Future Hits: We’re too busy making hurricanes
Future Stars: Hare Squead (Columbia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The Irish had a strong showing at Eurosonic, thanks to acts such as Áine Cahill and Brian Deady, but one group you’d never guess were from Dublin, until you heard their accents, is Hare Squead. The strangely-named trio (it’s a spoonerism of “Square Head”,… Continue reading Future Stars: Hare Squead (Columbia)
Future Stars: Alma (Virgin EMI)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I loved Alma’s single Dye My Hair from first listen, but I was confused as to why it was getting a push in the UK, when so many Scandi artists with bigger followings and more local success don’t. It all made much more sense… Continue reading Future Stars: Alma (Virgin EMI)
Future Hits: Shut your mind off and let your heart breathe
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: Ed Sheeran – Shape of You Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill Snakehips & MØ – Don’t Leave Martin Jensen – Solo Dance Kris Kross Amsterdam… Continue reading Future Hits: Shut your mind off and let your heart breathe
Future Stars: Migos (300 Entertainment)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Hip hop trio Migos have been together since 2009, but it wasn’t until 2013 that they started to break though, with their first Billboard Hot 100 entry, Versace. They released a critically acclaimed EP, Y.R.N., and signed to 300 Entertainment (an independent label distributed… Continue reading Future Stars: Migos (300 Entertainment)
Future Stars: Julia Michaels (Republic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Most songs released by young pop stars are written by (or with) older people, usually those who never made it as an artist in their own right. That’s not the case with Julia Michaels, who has become one of the most sought-after pop writers… Continue reading Future Stars: Julia Michaels (Republic)
Future Hits: We could throw shapes together but it doesn’t mean you’re in my circle
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: Jax Jones ft. Raye – You Don’t Know Me JP Cooper – September Song Alan Walker – Alone James Arthur – Safe Inside London Grammar – Rooting For… Continue reading Future Hits: We could throw shapes together but it doesn’t mean you’re in my circle