It’s been away for a few months, but tonight This Must Be Pop’s Industry Meetup returns. If you work in pop music or want to do so, this is your chance to meet likeminded people, to make new contacts and friends. The meetup starts at 7pm at Match Bar, just around the corner from Oxford… Continue reading Tonight: The Pop Industry Meetup is back!
Future Hits: Boys In Bands
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five new singles by boybands old, new and not-really-a-boyband-at-all-but-I-needed-five. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_CqzC36hPPDVSUoU1MHDae] Tracklisting: Union J – Beautiful Life The Wanted – Show Me Love (America) McFly – Love Is On The Radio JLS – Billion Lights Rizzle Kicks – Skip… Continue reading Future Hits: Boys In Bands
Future Stars: Amber (Sony RCA)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Amber is a group of posh boy students, all aged under 21, who signed to RCA this week after a few months of building a fanbase at gigs and online. Their music is a mix of Bastille and Kodaline (another RCA act), and accompanied… Continue reading Future Stars: Amber (Sony RCA)
Future Stars: Juicy J (Columbia/Kemosabe)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Before writing this, I knew nothing about Juicy J apart from the fact that he's got influential friends. With recent collaborations including Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, he is basically the rap version of DJ Cassidy. After some research, I have discovered… Continue reading Future Stars: Juicy J (Columbia/Kemosabe)
Future Stars: Bipolar Sunshine (Polydor)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Bipolar Sunshine is the pseudonym of Adio Marchant, an up-and-coming male singer who contacted me early this year. I told him that I liked his song but couldn't post it on Future Pop until I saw some momentum and buzz. I stayed true to… Continue reading Future Stars: Bipolar Sunshine (Polydor)
Anatomy of a Hit: The Vamps – Can We Dance
It’s time for the third instalment of my new feature, analysing the highest charting new entry to the UK singles chart top 10 each week, and I’m so excited to be writing about this week’s biggest new hit… #2 – The Vamps – Can We Dance Although I was disappointed that The Vamps didn’t quite make… Continue reading Anatomy of a Hit: The Vamps – Can We Dance
Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of September 2013
Here are my top 20 singles of September, compiled into a poptastic playlist for your enjoyment… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_hpJTgaDNURtRn84TJVlQM] Lorde – Team Britney Spears – Work Bitch Katy B – 5am OneRepublic – Counting Stars Jessica Agombar – Double Cassadee Pope – 11 Bebe Black – I’ll Wait Sandra Lyng – PRTeY Samsaya – Stereotype Madison Beer… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of September 2013
Future Hits: Girls On Pop
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five great girl pop songs, which could be big hits in the next few weeks. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_Wf85YMdiv5d28b_hn966F] Tracklisting: Icona Pop – All Night Katy B – 5am Cher Lloyd ft. T.I – I Wish Little Mix – Move Miley… Continue reading Future Hits: Girls On Pop
Future Stars: Martin Garrix (Spinnin’ Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I wouldn't normally write about a DJ who hasn't even had a UK hit, but I had to make an exception when I saw Dutch house DJ Martin Garrix featured in Billboard's 21 Under 21 list and discovered he is only 17 years old.… Continue reading Future Stars: Martin Garrix (Spinnin’ Records)
Future Stars: Jhené Aiko (Def Jam/Artium)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. 13 years after she signed her first record deal, Jhené Aiko has finally achieved her first chart hit, featuring on Big Sean's recent single Beware. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she was signed to Epic age 12 and released a single, No L.O.V.E., but she… Continue reading Future Stars: Jhené Aiko (Def Jam/Artium)