Tamil–Swiss artist Priya Ragu has taken the pop world by storm over the last twelve months.
Now she’s back with a superb piece of melodic of dance-pop that fuses RnB and Tamil-inspired beat work together into something quite magical.
A refreshingly bold fusion of pop and indie-rock, with honest lyricism from new Swedish talent Boy Destroy.
“There is a certain type of person I’ve met many times during my dark periods. Sometimes by just looking into the mirror. Someone who counts the seven mortal sins on the tips of their fingers and feels no remorse causing pain. This is for them.”
Finnish pop sensation Isac Elliot returns with two pop bangers that are guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
LA-based talent Devin Kennedy teams up with Caroline Kole to create a powerful slice of melancholy pop.
With over 170 million streams, Ruben seems to be that one Norwegian artist that the rest of the world still has yet to catch up with.
Could this be the song to change things? I certainly hope so; every release from this talent has been pure Scandi-pop perfection.
Originally hailing from Cameroon, 23-year old talent Dirtsa now resides in the French city of Toulouse and creates a style of music that feels finessed yet powerful.
Consistently delivering the unexpected (the fact that their style of sound is so indescribably unique is refreshing in itself), Sad Night Dynamite return today with a track that flirts between a Dre Dre-inspired beat and the minimalist atmosphere of UK rap.
“We wanted it to feel as though you’re sort of sinking through your own brain – the further into the song you get, the deeper into your own head you fall, that’s kind of why the song gets weirder and weirder. We wrote it whilst both hypnotised by a zoltar, so beyond that it doesn’t make a lot of sense.”
“In the lyrics I speak about loads of things personal to me and also things that regular kids my age could relate to for example pasta king, how expensive clothes are, I even have a lyric about Butlins in this song. When I get married I’ll probably sprint down the aisle to this song.”
Track of the week. I am always in awe of songs that are stripped back to the bare minimum yet still find a way to bleed through as much emotion as this release does, from LA-based singer and songwriter Annika Rose.
“When I’m writing it has to be past midnight, and everyone has to be asleep. I turn off all the lights and turn on my lava lamp, light some incense and just sit there until I’m literally asleep at the piano. The only thing I have to be vulnerable with is my piano, and luckily it doesn’t talk back to me. This is my only way of fully expressing who I am and what I feel, and I’m not afraid of it anymore.”
Stop everything you’re doing and just take a moment to experience the true beauty of this new single from Panamanian-native singer and songwriter Sofía Valdés.
The sound blends elements of British folk, ‘60s Motown, ‘70s soul, and bossa nova all into one, to create something quite sublime.
Taken from the debut EP ‘Ventura‘ which is out now on Warner Records
If your lips are the last
Ones that I’ll ever love
I don’t wanna miss
A chance now to kiss
To love you
So take me home
A hauntingly intense yet atmospheric and ethereal sound from Iceland. And the song just gets more incredible the longer you listen to it. Stunningly beautiful work.
A captivating blend of pop and hip hop. With the song running less than two-minutes in length, it’s very much a ‘short & sweet’ kind of affair that leaves you wanting more.
Can you hear me at all?
It was never my fault
But I’ll let you go and say it was
Before you turn the sound off
Bringing a distinctly unique approach to EDM-pop, LA-based talent XIE officially launches her debut for Casablanca Records/ Republic Records with the release of ‘FANCY’.
“As the daughter of an immigrant, I was raised with the mindset of frugality and being happy with what you have. In the world we live in of excess and greed, it’s not always easy to allow yourself to be FANCY and give yourself things without feeling selfish. I wrote ‘FANCY’ to remind myself it’s okay to heal (traumas/ moods/ life) with self-love and gifts in whatever form I want. Getting FANCY is getting happy.”
Showing the force of power that is TikTok, a 30-second preview clip of this song ended up reeling in 9 million views in just over a week. So in a way, this song’s gone viral before it was even released.
Haling from Alabama, Zach Hood is already a noted TikTok creator prior to making music. His first single ‘Flashbacks’ was released earlier last month and has already amassed over a million streams since then.
“The lyrics of ‘Isabelle’ are true and honest to a T. It came together on a Sunday afternoon where I was telling [co-collaborators] Jonny and Jayden about my casual, yet memorable, weekend spent with a girl I had recently connected with in LA. I had a strong desire to write an upbeat, care-free song that reflected my current state of happiness, as opposed to talking about my past – like I had been frequently in recent writing sessions. I simply had an amazing time doing essentially nothing with a friend named Isabelle. The rest is history.”
Indie-folk is one of those genres that allows performers the ability to create songs which can be deeply moving and intense, yet done with incredible subtlety.
Portair’s ‘Paper In The Sky’ is exactly that. A beautifully melodic and emotive song that you just have to experience.
Undoubtedly one of Ireland’s biggest global successes in recent years (having amassed nearly 300 million streams to date), Picture This have captured the world’s attention with their unique style of cinematic pop-rock.
And despite the pandemic, the group are still charging ahead with another huge release, presenting ‘Things Are Different’ as a love song to the world.
“A lot of things are different in the world we live in right now but what will never change no matter what the circumstances are our morals, our passions, our beliefs and who we are as people. We now as a civilisation have to pick up where we left off and step into a new world with love and compassion in our hearts, both for ourselves and for those around us.” – Ryan, Picture This
Taken from the forthcoming third studio album, due to arrive later this year.
Vancouver-based alt-pop trio daysormay are back today with a song that beautifully presents the thoughts and worries we all had when when we were coming of age.
“We had all just graduated high school about a month before, and, even though I knew we were jumping right into music, I still felt like I had just swam over a drop-off into the deep end.”
