Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. In Denmark, winning a TV talent show doesn’t require you to record a cover of a little-known track by an American MOR band. Instead, Emilie Esther, the winner of the latest season of The X Factor, got to release an original single written by… Continue reading Song of the Week: Emilie Esther – Undiscovered
Category: Song of the Week
Song of the Week: Grace ft. G-Eazy – You Don’t Own Me
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Grace appeared out of nowhere last week with a cover of You Don’t Own Me by Lesley Gore, which made no.1 on the Spotify viral chart. Her version features Californian rapper G-Eazy and was produced by Quincy Jones, who worked on Lesley’s original version… Continue reading Song of the Week: Grace ft. G-Eazy – You Don’t Own Me
Song of the Week: Meghan Trainor – Credit
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I wasn’t keen on Meghan Trainor’s album at first, because the first half is quite weak, but a few listens later I found myself in love with cute, witty pop songs like Credit. I was shocked when I realised that Credit, along with some… Continue reading Song of the Week: Meghan Trainor – Credit
Song of the Week: Miami Horror ft. Cleopold – Love Like Mine
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Those of you who miss Alphabeat need to hear this new disco-pop tune from Australian “indietronica” act Miami Horror. It’s no Fascination or 10,000 Nights, but it’s still a very enjoyable example of this style, which we don’t hear much of these days. I… Continue reading Song of the Week: Miami Horror ft. Cleopold – Love Like Mine
Song of the Week: Teddybears ft. Baby Trish – What’s Your Problem?
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It has never really made sense to me that Teddybears aren’t a big international act. The Swedish group have been together for 24 years and yet they still sound as cool and fresh as any new act. They peaked in the mid-‘00s with creative,… Continue reading Song of the Week: Teddybears ft. Baby Trish – What’s Your Problem?
Song of the Week: The Shires – Brave
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. If you’d asked me a year or two ago, I would have said that the British were pretty hopeless at country music. But that has changed with the emergence of two strong UK country acts, sister duo Ward Thomas and my personal favourites The… Continue reading Song of the Week: The Shires – Brave
Song of the Week: Raylee – Wish For You
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Enough of the indie-pop and EDM – here’s some proper Scandipop! Norwegian former child star Charlotte Kristiansen (now age 17, so not exactly ancient) has renamed herself Raylee and recently took part in a TV show called Stjernekamp, meaning “Star battle.” It's like The… Continue reading Song of the Week: Raylee – Wish For You
Song of the Week: Susanne Sundfør – Fade Away
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I’m a bit late on Susanne Sundfør, because I ignored her for ages thinking she was a boring indie-folk artist, when actually she makes very cool, quirky electro-pop. I should have had more faith – she is Norwegian, after all! Fade Away was the… Continue reading Song of the Week: Susanne Sundfør – Fade Away
Song of the Week: The Mowgli’s – I’m Good
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Despite their annoying name (will someone tell us what belongs to The Mowgli??), I’m a big fan of the new single by The Mowgli’s. I think it could be the next “adult contemporary” worldwide hit, in the vein of Little Talks, Jumped Up Kicks… Continue reading Song of the Week: The Mowgli’s – I’m Good
Song of the Week: Molly Sandén – Phoenix
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The season of listening to non-stop Swedish pop (also known as Melodifestivalen) is almost upon us, and I’m also visiting Sweden for a festival next month, so I’ve been getting in the mood by catching up on the latest treats via the Scandipop blog.… Continue reading Song of the Week: Molly Sandén – Phoenix