Frankie Beetlestone – Popstar

One of North England’s most interesting artists to emerge recently has been singer, songwriter and producer Frankie Beetlestone.

New single ‘Popstar’ finds this Sheffield-based talent showcasing a polished indie-pop sound that was inspired by people’s hunger for fame:

“‘Popstar’ is basically just a song about how everyone wants to be famous these days. I kind of liked the idea of a bunch of people dancing and acting fit to a song that was taking the piss out of them.”

Beetlestone has received critical acclaim from the likes of Dork, Wonderland and Gigwise, while his catalogue of releases has so far accumulated close to 100k streams on Spotify alone.

Frankie Beetlestone

New Music: Frankie Beetlestone

Hailing from Outerbridge in Sheffield, Frankie Beetlestone is one of the most exciting British discoveries that I have come across so far this week.

An effortlessly cool indie-pop sound with captivating lyrics, this talent is creating some fantastic bops – all of which are self-written and produced from his bedroom.

“This song genuinely just came out of thin air. That’s a proper cliche ‘songwriter’ thing to say but it actually did, so leave me alone. It’s basically just an anxious rant about being 19 and taking too many drugs. The chorus started out as a bit of a joke really. You know when you wake up the next day and you say that you’re ‘never gonna drink that much ever again’, it was kind of meant to be that dramatic statement.”

Frankie Beetlestone