“Working with Ali was a really amazing experience. I’ve always loved his music so I’m super stoked to finally release this collaboration. We wrote the whole thing over FaceTime, in quarantine!! It was crazy.” – Tate McRae
Harlesden’s finest, 18-year old talent kamal. has already amassed over 10 million streams this year already while graduating from school.
This track takes a look at FOMO; the fear of missing out… Feeling obliged to go to parties even when you don’t really want to, so that you can feel some sense of validation.
The track is released alongside another song called ‘autopilot‘ which is equally gorgeous.
I’ve been a fan for a couple of years now, and I’m still hugely obsessed with ROLE MODEL. It’s a casual take on indie pop that’s so mesmerising and addictive.
“Lauv and I wrote Fake while we were just hanging and ranting about those two faced people everybody knows. Those people who say one thing and do the other, people who constantly talk trash about their own friends. We wanted to make something fun you can scream in the car to, a song to flip a bird at those types of people.” – Conan Gray
Self-taught indie-soul sensation Joesef unveils new visuals to celebrate the release of new EP ‘Does It Make You Feel Good?’ which is out now via AWAL.
“This EP draws a line under a relationship that I’ve written about in ‘Play Me Something Nice’ – if that EP felt more hopeful, this is the end game. The bitterness, and the lies that stem from fading love, to the aftermath of dealing with loss and regret, and finally taking responsibility for my own actions. I don’t really give much away ever, so it will always make me feel uncomfortable sharing such personal aspects of my life, but maybe if it can help me work some shit out, it could help somebody else too.”
In addition to these beautiful new visuals from Izzy Bizu, she’s also supporting a charity event by Studio Samuel (a charity that supports young and at-risk women in her homeland Ethiopia) for International Day of the Girl this Sunday (11th October).
“Originally the song was about a promise that my Dad made to me that one day we would buy an MG. We used to walk past the MG store and he would ask me to pick out my favourite and said we would buy it one day and drive away on an adventure. He wasn’t around long enough to be able to do that, so it was emotional to do the video but also an amazing experience.”
“To be honest, it seems like the good days have been too few and far between lately… but deep in my heart I know a good day is there running beside us in a parallel universe, and I wrote this song to help remind me that nothing is permanent and anything can happen.”
“This song is about friendships, courage, and love. I wrote it after a psychedelic experience that led to an outpouring of emotions that were bottled up for a long time. This song is meant to be that release.”
One of the stand-out tracks from Kaytranada’s ‘BUBBA’ album gets the visual treatment and it’s pretty spectacular to watch.
Also worth checking out is the release of ‘BUBBA (Instrumental Version)’, which includes vocal-free versions of all tracks featured on the original album, with exception to those that originally debuted as instrumentals and the track ‘Look Easy.’
In my mind, Silver Sphere has mastered a kind of bubblegum pop that’s so perfected and finely tuned that it’s really impossible not to enjoy. This track happens to be both mellow and yet somehow is still a banger… That’s talent!
Taken from the EP ‘all my boyfriends’ which is out now on RCA.
“‘It’s Only A Heartbreak’ is actually partly inspired by the classic movie ‘Casablanca’ from 1942, and Humphrey Bogart’s famous quote: ‘Here’s looking at you, kid’. Like the movie, the song is about knowing that you will never get someone back, but you can secretly still look at, and admire, that certain someone. The song carries a nonchalant expression, but the undertone makes it pretty obvious that you’re not over that person yet.”
Christian French releases his new EP ‘good things take time’ today, and with it come the visuals for the lead single from the project.
It’s brimming with optimism, and let’s face it, we could all do with some of that this year. Speaking on the EP, Christian shares:
“I’ve realised life is going to throw you curveballs, and there’s no way to know what’s coming or how to perfectly deal with things. All you can do is your best in every situation and approach challenges optimistically. Be patient. What you’re going through will help you continuously grow and become a better version of yourself. That’s what life is about.”
Track of the week. I am so madly in love with this new ballad from Harley Sulé. Emotive yet raw, the track is just sublimely stunning.
“‘Love The Way It Makes You Feel’ is a song about that friend who is always on the cusp of being a true friend. Someone who tells you the deepest and darkest parts of their lives which subsequently ends in them pushing you away, as you become a vehicle to carry their pain. And however hard you try to help them deal with their problems, the relationship fundamentally becomes a burden.”
“‘Closer’ is a song about empowerment. It’s about owning yourself, your emotions, and being in control. It’s about things changing in life and people coming and going, but always wishing them the best.”
Current Irish indie pop doesn’t come much better than Wild Youth. I’m quite certain you’ll fall in love with this bop.
“‘Next to You’ is about an immediate connection with somebody; that overwhelming feeling of meeting ‘the one’, and wanting to spend every single minute by their side. Regardless of whatever that involves, you’ll literally do anything.”
