Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The British urban music scene is booming at the moment thanks to the resurgence of grime, but as usual, it’s predominantly centred on London. However, there is at least one exception – Brummie rapper MIST, aka 24-year-old Rhys Sylvester. His style is quite different… Continue reading Future Stars: MIST (Sickmade/Warner Bros)
Future Stars: Baby Ariel (Atlantic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Ariel Martin is Baby Ariel, one of the biggest stars on Musical.ly. She became famous for her impeccable miming, expressive performance and creative video editing skills – everything a Musical.ly user aims to achieve. However, unlike other Musical.ly stars such as Max and Harvey, she… Continue reading Future Stars: Baby Ariel (Atlantic)
Song of the Week: Pale Waves – The Tide
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. All my Songs of the Week are featured on my Top of the Poptastic playlist, along with the rest of my faves from the year so far. I wasn’t totally convinced by Pale Waves when I wrote about them a few weeks ago, but it only took… Continue reading Song of the Week: Pale Waves – The Tide
Future Hits: It might cost your whole bank account to book me
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: The Weekend & Kendrick Lamar – Pray For Me Why Don’t We – Trust Fund Baby Steel Banglez ft. Yungen, MoStack, Mr Eazi & Not3s – Bad… Continue reading Future Hits: It might cost your whole bank account to book me
Future Stars: Josie Dunne (Atlantic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Josie Dunne’s new single Old School only has a few thousand views on YouTube, but I have a feeling it could be a big breakthrough hit for the 21-year-old singer from Chicago. The twee yet polished video with a viral-friendly theme was the first tip-off, followed… Continue reading Future Stars: Josie Dunne (Atlantic)
Future Stars: Sasha Sloan (B1 Recordings/Sony)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. If you like Camila Cabello’s Never Be The Same, you’ll probably be a fan of Sasha Sloan too. She co-wrote the Camila track, and if her own material is anything to go by, she had a major influence over its sound and lyrics. 22-year-old… Continue reading Future Stars: Sasha Sloan (B1 Recordings/Sony)
Song of the Week: Zedd ft. Maren Morris & Grey – The Middle
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. All my Songs of the Week are featured on my Top of the Poptastic playlist, along with the rest of my faves from the past year. In the past few years, we’ve had a few country-rap crossover hits, and many duets between country acts and pop stars,… Continue reading Song of the Week: Zedd ft. Maren Morris & Grey – The Middle
Future Hits: Bonsam tremendous, dress code horrendous
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: Sia vs. David Guetta & Afrojack – Helium Sigrid – Strangers Not3s ft. Mabel – My Lover Zedd ft. Maren Morris & Grey – The Middle J… Continue reading Future Hits: Bonsam tremendous, dress code horrendous
Future Stars: Bazzi (APG/Warner Music)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Vine may have been closed for the past year, but it’s still launching new pop acts posthumously. 20-year-old Andrew Bazzi first became known on the video sharing app, using it to post six-second cover videos. Since 2016, the pop-R&B singer has been releasing a series… Continue reading Future Stars: Bazzi (APG/Warner Music)
Future Stars: Lord Huron (Republic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Indie-folk band Lord Huron are best known for the song The Night We Met, which was released in 2015, but didn’t become a hit until it was featured prominently in Netflix teen series 13 Reasons Why last year. The haunting love song now has 178 million… Continue reading Future Stars: Lord Huron (Republic)