Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I’ve featured a few female rappers here in the past year, but it wouldn’t make sense to compare Young M.A to any of them. In fact, in style, sound and persona, she fits in much better with the male rappers of today’s hip-hop scene.… Continue reading Future Stars: Young M.A (M.A Music/3D)
Future Stars: Benny Blanco (Interscope/Friends Keep Secrets)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Benny Blanco is far from unknown in the music industry, and even among pop fans. He’s one of the most successful writer-producers of the decade, with hits including Love Yourself, Moves Like Jagger, Teenage Dream, Diamonds and TiK ToK, and three BMI Songwriter of… Continue reading Future Stars: Benny Blanco (Interscope/Friends Keep Secrets)
Song of the Week: Meghan Trainor – All The Ways
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 know it’s terribly unfashionable to support Meghan Trainor these days, but I don’t care. That’s not a good enough… Continue reading Song of the Week: Meghan Trainor – All The Ways
Future Hits: Ba-dum, boo’d up, biddy-da-dum, boo’d up
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: Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds – Three Lions (Football’s Coming Home) Ella Mai ft. Nicki Minaj & Quavo – Boo’d Up (Remix) Dynoro & Gigi D’Agostino –… Continue reading Future Hits: Ba-dum, boo’d up, biddy-da-dum, boo’d up
Future Stars: B Young (Columbia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. As the grime scene has charged onto the singles chart over the past year, each of the major labels has taken their pick of the GRM Daily regulars in the hope of jumping on the bandwagon. These artists had always been “doing numbers” (a lot… Continue reading Future Stars: B Young (Columbia)
Future Stars: Clairo (FADER Label)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. 19-year-old singer Claire Cottrill, aka Clairo, has been accused of being an “industry plant,” posing as an authentic indie artist on the rise when she is actually the daughter of a well-connected industry exec. Her dad is vice chair of MusiCares and runs Converse’s Rubber Tracks… Continue reading Future Stars: Clairo (FADER Label)
Song of the Week: Years & Years – All For You
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. Years & Years’ second album campaign didn’t get off to the best start with Sanctify, but I’ve enjoyed everything they’ve… Continue reading Song of the Week: Years & Years – All For You
Future Hits: Coulda put Zayn on it, but I put your name on it
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: Nicki Minaj ft. Ariana Grande – Bed Rudimental & Major Lazer ft. Anne-Marie & Mr Eazi – Let Me Live Juice WRLD – Lucid Dreams Kygo ft.… Continue reading Future Hits: Coulda put Zayn on it, but I put your name on it
Future Stars: Bryn (Virgin EMI)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The UK doesn’t have much history of producing white female rappers… the only one that springs to mind is Lady Sovereign, while Wikipedia suggests Cher Lloyd and Jentina. All three are associated with the “chav” culture that was a big part of British life a… Continue reading Future Stars: Bryn (Virgin EMI)
Future Stars: H.E.R. (RCA)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Not only is H.E.R. absent from the Google search results for “H.E.R.” (yep, even with the quotation marks) but another new artist on the rise comes up, a male duo called Her. This is like MØ and M.O all over again. Anyway, the H.E.R. I’m… Continue reading Future Stars: H.E.R. (RCA)