Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. While The X Factor US wasn’t a huge hit and none of the winners have been successful, it did produce a popular act in Fifth Harmony, and other alumni such as Astro and Hayley Orrantia are forging acting careers. Beatrice “Bea” Miller took part… Continue reading Future Stars: Bea Miller (Hollywood Records/Syco)
Category: Future Pop
Future Stars: Silentó (Capitol)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. We don’t see many novelty hits in the charts these days, and there hasn’t been one centred around a dance move since the Harlem Shake, but that’s about to change thanks to US teen rapper Silentó. The cute 17-year-old from Atlanta, whose real name… Continue reading Future Stars: Silentó (Capitol)
Future Hits: One Hit Wonders
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five new singles I think could be future one hit wonders. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8mdU5BSixN0jTeCawyH9Ol] Tracklisting: Silentó – Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) Rachel Platten – Fight Song Andy Grammer – Honey, I’m Good Mikey Mike – Cut My Hair L’Tric – This Feeling… Continue reading Future Hits: One Hit Wonders
Future Stars: LÉON (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s been a few weeks since a new Swedish female artist pounced onto the music scene, which means it’s long overdue. Luckily Stockholm girl LÉON has arrived in a whirlwind of blog buzz to put that right, with her interesting indie-pop track Tired of… Continue reading Future Stars: LÉON (Unsigned)
Future Stars: Matoma (Big Beat/Warner Music)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Last week I introduced Felix Jaehn, the new Robin Schulz, and now we meet Matoma, the new Kygo. Like Kygo, he’s a young Norwegian DJ known for his tropical house remixes, and whether or not Kygo’s work had a big influence on Matoma, his… Continue reading Future Stars: Matoma (Big Beat/Warner Music)
Future Hits: It’s My Time
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles by artists who first became known as featured vocalists. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-dBkbhqKAtQF1yRWwXjrv9] Tracklisting: Jess Glynne – Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself John Newman – Come & Get It Ella Eyre – Good Times Melissa Steel ft. Wretch… Continue reading Future Hits: It’s My Time
Future Stars: Clean Cut Kid (Polydor)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. A few months ago I heard that a Liverpudlian indie-pop band called Clean Cut Kid had played a gig packed with A&Rs, so I looked them up online. There wasn’t much to find, apart from Vitamin C, a track in the vein of The… Continue reading Future Stars: Clean Cut Kid (Polydor)
Future Stars: Felix Jaehn (Polydor)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Felix Jaehn is the Robin Schulz of 2015: A German DJ and producer specialising in deep house who made his name with a hit remix. While Robin broke through last year with his take on Waves by Mr Probz, and has been the success… Continue reading Future Stars: Felix Jaehn (Polydor)
Future Hits: The Big Boys
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles by some of the biggest male solo artists of the moment. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-sTWYtrXwNp0cE79JAlHBe] Tracklisting: The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face Avicii – Waiting For Love Kygo ft. Parson James – Stole The Show Ed Sheeran –… Continue reading Future Hits: The Big Boys
Future Stars: Sigala (Ministry of Sound)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. London electro producer Sigala caught my attention when I heard Easy Love, his remix of ABC by The Jackson 5, on Radio 1 last week. Like many others, I frantically grabbed my phone, and the track trended worldwide on Shazam. Not only is ABC… Continue reading Future Stars: Sigala (Ministry of Sound)