“I loved delving into new visual landscapes of colours, shapes, lighting and symbolism, and the idea of inventing an alternative reality that tells a story and captures the emotional roller coaster of falling in love again.”
“The song is about those moments when you’re teetering on the edge of falling for someone, the transition between playing it cool and showing vulnerability. I wanted it to be flirty but still have these bouts of nervous energy jumping out. The initial spark for the tune came from a craving to write something really pacey. So I cranked the BPM to 165 which very literally gave it this really frenetic flow. Basically for me, it sounds like how falling for someone feels.”
“I remember the day before going to the studio texting Earl Saga and being like, tomorrow we are making a song called Peach and it’s going to be great. This song has been on such a journey and has been in the bank for a while, so i’m just so gassed for it to be finally out”.
SKAAR has well and truly become an established pop newcomer in her native Norway, having had her first five singles all be A-listed on national radio.
Add to that the international buzz that this 22-year old talent has been getting from her debut track ‘Higher Ground’ which has now exceeded 11 million streams at Spotify.
This new release was written as a song for hope and looking forward when times are hard.
“We needed to let go of things that hadn’t been working for us and people that had been a bad influence. This year has been a turning point for us all. It’s important to have a song that looks towards a brighter future.”
Check out the debut EP ‘The Other Side Of Waiting’ here.
“This video was shot at an empty Elsewhere in NYC for reasons we all know in summer 2020. I miss you and I miss playing live. Please support independent venues now so we can see each other again inside them.”
“When I wrote ‘Baby’ I was not only reminding myself that I can have what I deserve but also warning the next person that comes into my life that being with me is conditional. ‘If you wanna be my baby’ then know I’m going to be loud, quiet, wild, sexy, shy, high, low. I’m not going to apologise for who I am or shrink myself down anymore so if you can’t deal, then keep walking. I am regaining my confidence and this song truly makes me feel powerful and I hope it supplies anyone who might need a boost of confidence the same thing.”
Conan Gray’s sensational rise to fame has come at extraordinary speed; and it really is no wonder when each release is a benchmark in pop quality.
“When I was in high school, i had a crush on the same one person all four years. But that one person did not love me back, instead my crush liked a girl named Heather. Heather was gentle and beautiful, inside and out. She was warm like a summer day, and had so many friends. She was soft and so easily lovable— everything I am not.”
I have been a fan of Canadian talent DYLYN for some years now, and I am always blown away but the grandness of her pop sounds. This track has a raw and dark vibe which is brilliant to immerse yourself in.
“A lot of artists are natural pleasers. I struggled with that for a long time: making sure everyone in the room was okay and happy at the cost of my art and my truth. This is the first time where it’s more about the art and less about what other people think, going back to what I enjoyed doing about this in the first place.”
Taken from the upcoming EP which is out soon via Nettwerk & HOME.
In the midst of writing hits for the likes of Bebe Rexha, Astrid S, Kygo, Ellie Goulding, ALMA and Jess Glynne to name a few, SHY Martin still manages to release one stunning track after another. I really can’t get enough!
The sophomore EP ‘Sad Songs’ is out now.
If you’re a geek about 90’s pop then this could be your summer anthem. Bursting with nostalgia but still feeling current.
Taken from the EP ‘cloudy’ which is now available on limited edition 12” vinyl via joan’s online store, where tickets to their special online live show on Saturday 8th August are also available.
“There’s shades of light & also darkness, which is important for me to show as a contrast. Both are a part of me and both influence the music. My favourite shot is on the balcony at the end – we were filming in this big old mansion (an honour) & mid filming i decided to get up on the ledge and start boogie-ing.”
“The line between my self-reflection and self-absorption is really thin and the latter is generally the mother of all mental problems. So I guess the most important filter for potentially life-changing or destructing ideas is the brain’s attention centre. That’s where all the good and bad impulses live or just die out at the gates.”
The song and visuals from bloody white’s newest release are raw, intense, dark, and completely captivating.
“It was really important to me that my first videos feel real and represent the small town I’m from near Santa Barbara. They had to be true to what I grew up around and look nostalgic, too, and the most honest way I could do that was by recording with my old VHS camera I got when I was seven. My friends and I shot a lot of footage together for more than a year. Small town California is the backdrop for all the videos. I’m calling them VHS home videos because that’s what they are.”
Taken from the forthcoming debut EP ‘you’d walk right over me’ which is out on September 9th.
“The entire song is only about three seconds of life. I think most people have been in a position where they have had to tell someone something that they knew was going to devastate them. Something that would change their life. It’s about the silence that occurs between those words leaving your mouth and the other person reacting. It’s the most deafening thing I’ve ever experienced. The video is meant to be a metaphor for the build-up before that, and then the sudden explosion of quiet that lasts forever.” – Dave Bayley
“Sometimes we are in situations where we worry about being honest about how we feel for fear of being judged, we tell ourselves we have to suck it up and smile. That can be a tough pill to swallow. What i’ve realised is that you don’t have to smile and take it and that speaking up and taking charge feels a whole lot better.”
Justin Jesso’s momentum continues to grow, having now exceeded 3 million streams. This track is a beautifully emotive and stripped back slice of ballad-pop.
“This song is about trusting the universe and knowing that if that lover you have lost or that friend you can’t see, if it is meant to be, then they will come back to you. All the love in this world that is meant to come back to you, it will.”
London rapper DC unveils his visuals for new single ‘Tears, Sweat, Blood’, a track that carries a lyrical power which demands to be heard.
“Regardless of what goes on in our lives we still gotta keep focused on our goals and put everything into whatever we want to do.”
