Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Not confident your song is going to be a hit? Make it a collaboration! Here are five upcoming releases which have wisely employed this trick… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-unXtJhPZxMvwr5kBaTtY-] Tracklisting: Devlin ft. Diane Birch – Rewind Conor Maynard ft. Wiley – Animal Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris –… Continue reading Future Hits: 1 + 1 = HIT
Future Stars: Zedd (Interscope)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. If Lady Gaga is this generation's Madonna, then Zedd could be the new Stuart Price. German "EDM" artist (surely Germans know EDM is not a real genre?) Zedd has produced several tracks on the upcoming Gaga album ARTPOP. The collaboration is sure to make… Continue reading Future Stars: Zedd (Interscope)
Future Stars: MKTO (Columbia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Ever wondered what happened to the kid who played Walt in Lost? Luckily he wasn't left on a Pacific island, and in fact returned safely to the US where he decided to embark on a pop career! Malcolm Kelley is now 20, and has… Continue reading Future Stars: MKTO (Columbia)
Future Stars: Krewella (Columbia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. What else could we expect to arrive on the music scene in 2013 than a dubstep girlband? And surprisingly, they're really quite good! Krewella is basically the dub-pop version of The Veronicas, featuring two rock chick sisters, although they also have an ugly bloke… Continue reading Future Stars: Krewella (Columbia)
This Must Be Pop Live: Introducing Tich
This month’s This Must Be Pop Live is now just over a week away, so that means it’s time to get to know the performers! First up is lovely singer-songwriter Tich… Can you describe your music in five words for those who haven’t heard of you before? Pop, British, honest, pianoey (not a real word),… Continue reading This Must Be Pop Live: Introducing Tich
Popping The Question: Do the public really want guitar music back?
I’ve been prophesising for a few years now that pop’s reign would end and guitar music (indie, rock etc.) would return to the charts, but so far it hasn’t come true. The media has predicted it and wished for it, but it hasn’t happened. An article posted on the NME website today excitedly noted that… Continue reading Popping The Question: Do the public really want guitar music back?
January’s Pop Industry Meetup is TONIGHT!
Was your New Year’s resolution to make it big in pop in 2013? If so, come along to tonight’s This Must Be Pop industry meetup at LVPO Bar in Soho. We’ll be there from 6pm, and if you join us you can enjoy cheap drinks, free sweets and great pop music. But most importantly, it’s… Continue reading January’s Pop Industry Meetup is TONIGHT!
Future Hits: Sound of 2013
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s featured tracks are all by artists from the BBC’s Sound of 2013 list. Could these be their breakthrough hits? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9Sa2uZCVjmMSJEVCphfCoC] Tracklisting: Haim – Don’t Save Me Peace – Wraith Tom Odell – Another Love AlunaGeorge – Diver Little Green Cars – The… Continue reading Future Hits: Sound of 2013
Future Stars: ExR (Odd Child Recordings/Sony)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. These days it seems all you need is a couple of hit singles to be awarded your own record label. ExR are signed to Labrinth's label Odd Child Recordings. They are a duo, made up of singer Etta Bond and producer Raf Riley, who've… Continue reading Future Stars: ExR (Odd Child Recordings/Sony)
Future Stars: Torion Sellers (Young Money/Universal Republic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Lil Wayne clearly heard about Justin Bieber's route to success and decided "I can do that!" Following in Usher's footsteps, he's signed his own teen protegée, 15-year-old Torion Sellers. Torion has a good voice, though I have seen better from kids his age. He's… Continue reading Future Stars: Torion Sellers (Young Money/Universal Republic)