Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Spotify has a great track record of breaking rappers and DJs, but it’s yet to prove it can champion a singer-songwriter to stardom. Perhaps that’s why, back in April, their US music team decided to give the top spot on New Music Friday to… Continue reading Future Stars: Lewis Capaldi (Virgin EMI)
Future Stars: Yaeji (Godmode)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Last week the BBC Sound of 2018 list was released (coincidentally on the same day two of the artists listed were featured here in Future Pop), and there was one act included who I’d never heard of: Yaeji. Once I’d gotten over the embarrassment,… Continue reading Future Stars: Yaeji (Godmode)
Song of the Week: Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato – Échame La Culpa
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 2017. It’s been a funny year for Demi Lovato. She had the biggest hit of her career so far with Sorry Not Sorry, but… Continue reading Song of the Week: Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato – Échame La Culpa
Future Hits: Ain’t no stopping, album dropping
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: Diplo ft. MØ – Get It Right Luis Fonsi ft. Demi Lovato – Échame La Culpa G-Eazy ft. A$AP Rocky & Cardi B – No Limit Steve… Continue reading Future Hits: Ain’t no stopping, album dropping
Future Stars: IAMDDB (Sony)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s not even the end of November yet but the 2018 tip lists are already appearing. I suspect these will be more predictable than usual, since many artists have been promoted for the whole year already without breaking the top 10, as the charts… Continue reading Future Stars: IAMDDB (Sony)
Future Stars: Yxng Bane (Disturbing London)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Tinie Tempah has reached a comfortably established status in the British urban scene now, which means he’s in a position to bring through the next generation. Rapper/singer Yxng Bane is signed to his label, Disturbing London, and managed by another artist on the roster, G… Continue reading Future Stars: Yxng Bane (Disturbing London)
Song of the Week: Taylor Swift – Delicate
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 2017. I’ve only had chance to give Reputation a few listens so far, but one track stood out instantly when I first heard it.… Continue reading Song of the Week: Taylor Swift – Delicate
Future Hits: The rhyme has to be perfect, the delivery flawless
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: Eminem ft. Beyoncé – Walk on Water Fuse ODG ft. Ed Sheeran & Mugeez – Boa Me Dave ft. MoStack – No Words Lil Pump – Gucci… Continue reading Future Hits: The rhyme has to be perfect, the delivery flawless
Future Stars: Joji (88Rising)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Like Big Shaq, Joji is another YouTube joker-turned-musician, but his backstory is very different. George ‘Joji’ Miller started out making silly (and often unpleasant) YouTube videos as Filthy Frank, and was one of the originators of the Harlem Shake meme. He also released comedy rap music under… Continue reading Future Stars: Joji (88Rising)
Future Stars: Big Shaq (Island)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Although the UK rap scene is thriving thanks to the rebirth of grime, its stars haven’t really broken the US thus far, so they might not be too pleased that a comedy character is making waves across the Atlantic. Comedian Michael Dapaah is known… Continue reading Future Stars: Big Shaq (Island)