A bold and anthemic approach to power-pop.
Bakar – 1st Time
New Music: Sam Lapro
A beautifully composed piece of ballad-pop, matched with distinctively powerful vocals. The song looks at someone who feels so deeply for someone but doesn’t know how to tell them.
New Music: Sturla
While entirely sung in Norwegian, this is one massive belter of electro-pop that just has to be heard!
Dua Lipa & Angèle – Fever
Ahead of Dua’s livestream special Studio 2054 going live later in November, she’s released this collaboration with Belgian pop starlet Angèle, which is also available on both digital and French editions of ‘Future Nostalgia’.
New Music: DREAMDNVR
Swedish-born producer and artist Philip Tillström, also known as DREAMDNVR, could be one of the most exciting pop exports from the Nordic nation. The music itself blends an intensely powerful style of electronic pop with RnB to create a sound that feels both dark and intriguing .
“SCORPIO is a story about having an affair with a mysterious & manipulative person. Just like the astrology says the Scorpio is known to be one of the most feared and powerful zodiac signs . They know just what to do to keep you hooked and can be dangerous when circumstances are not right.”
New Music: Cham Léon
This is one of the most interesting new talents to emerge out of Norway for a good while.
Cham Léon crafts a dark and twisted style of pop that is utterly mesmerising. On the one hand it’s powerfully intense and bold, while on the other playful and enchanting.
New Music: Zekey
A subtle blend of pop, indie and hip hop. It’s a simple sound that encapsulates youthful love in a charming and sweet way.
Yseult – BAD BOY
Yseult has been a mainstream talent in her homeland of France for a good while now.
And while music in the French language doesn’t always carry through easily to countries that don’t speak the language, this release has been considerable attention across the continent.
It’s a stunning song that is beautiful exactly as it is; even if you aren’t able to understand the lyrics!
Emi Wes – Crybaby
Danish songstress Emi Wes returns today with a song that is just pure soulful bliss; an understated and elegant, sleek and totally enchanting piece of music.
Taken from the debut EP ‘Departure’ which is out on 13th November 2020, via No Rules No Limits.
Off Bloom – Polaroid Pictures
New Music: beaux
Newly signed to the Dirty Hit (home of The 1975 and Wolf Alice), beaux carries a refreshing approach to pop that feels minimal yet emotive and relatable.
Neon Dreams – House Party
One of Canada’s finest up and coming alternative pop outfits, Neon Dreams return today with a song that takes a philosophical look at that time in your life, when you’re still a teen and start to learn more about who you are from socialising with your peers.
“When I was a teenager, experiencing party culture for the first time, I wouldn’t really say anything and would just sit with my thoughts. But at house parties I’d meet these weird people like me, and we’d have these great conversations. I remember having this conversation with a girl about life, and we started joking about hangovers and how much we hate them. She said, ‘hangovers are just borrowing from the happiness of tomorrow, and that’s why the next day always sucks.’“
“The song’s about wanting to feel accepted and yearning to be like the carefree people at the party. The person smiling over there—I never smile, I lost my smile—and I want to get back to that place. When I was a teenager I realised I needed to learn how to get myself to the place I wanted to be, because I felt way too insecure for what I wanted to become.“
Taken from the upcoming album ‘The Happiness of Tomorrow’ which is out later in the month.
Scribz Riley – On My Sleeve (feat. Kaash Paige)
The highly acclaimed British Grammy-winning songwriter and producer is now carving a name for himself as a solo artist, and it comes as no surprise that the music is pretty flawless.
Taken from the upcoming EP ‘Wish Me Luck’.
New Music: Stereo Match
An LA-based alternative pop outfit who create a sound that feels both complex and emotionally raw.
While Stereo Match make a kind of music that isn’t immediately easy to understand, it is refreshing, captivating and intriguing in a very unique way.
Tungz – What For?
New Music: Matt Sterling
With a refreshing blend of indie-RnB and bedroom pop, Matt Sterling is a born & raised talent from Chicago who produces, writes, performs, and mixes all of his own music.
It’s a sound that feels mellow and subdued, but carries an element of coolness that is so rare to experience in the genre.
“‘Whiskey Night’ is a song about a love that is made difficult to sustain due to uncontrollable circumstances. A love that is pulled through several adversities but always seems to remain when the dust is settled. A ‘Whiskey Night’ represents the passionate flame in a relationship, where all you could ask for is a bottle of whiskey and each other as company.”
Claudia Valentina – 4:15
Claudia Valentina is rapidly becoming one of the UK’s most exciting prospects, with her bold and confident approach to pop that shows she is ready to take on the world!
“No matter how many times you tell yourself not to go there, when that knock on your door comes, you can’t help yourself. It’s an anthem for anyone familiar with those late night ‘u up’ texts.”
James Vincent McMorrow – Gone
A total shift in sound for James Vincent McMorrow; this track is a bold take on indie-pop, with an almost epic-like cinematic essence.
“’Gone’ is about the disintegration of relationships. In my case, the disintegration of my relationship with myself. No song or lyric I’ve ever written has come as close to this one at capturing how I feel about life, how I hear it, my fear of it, my obsession with it, my belligerent belief that I can control it, my quiet acknowledgment in the middle of the night that I will never control a single thing. And there’s nothing wrong with any of it. There’s absolute beauty in embracing the chaos and the decay. I know I was exhausted pretending everything was all right.”
CHATBOT – Opposite of Boring
The enigma that is CHATBOT returns with another infectiously catchy slice of pop that feels understated and minimal while still exuding character and emotion.