Big novelty dance hits historically the territory of male djs, but Norwegian DJ Kamferdrops has produced - and she sings on - a cover, reworking of an old dansband tune. It is currently #1 in Sweden, should be a song of summer 17 there and in Norway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9L1w3hwLOU
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 10:39 (seven years ago) link
https://www.girlcultfestival.com/
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 13:11 (seven years ago) link
terrible name, decent lineup
― maura, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 13:56 (seven years ago) link
Girl Cult? I assume its a festival started by R Kelly.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 14:35 (seven years ago) link
Short for "Girl Culture" apparently but yeah, I agree with Maura.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 15:42 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWdzL955qnI
― sean gramophone, Saturday, 9 September 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
a musician friend found this v depressing
https://pitchfork.com/features/article/uncovering-how-streaming-is-changing-the-sound-of-pop/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
I just find it very unconvincing -- the thing about any "_____ is changing the sound of pop" argument is that almost anything can be made to fit the argument. slow tempos are a product of streaming because people want playlists with ~vibes~! fast tempos are a product of streaming because you've gotta get everything in under 30 seconds! or "it's important to write a lot of hooks," which has been brought out as a consequence of iTunes, festivals, the fast-paced album cycle (I read this exact piece about Rihanna's _Talk This Talk_ many times, in particular), probably pop radio, probably CD singles, etc. songwriters are going to play along because of course they are; you get more work (and more quotes in articles) by claiming you're an expert at your job than going ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
or the piece cites a Spotify press release about how it made "Waves" a hit in Europe; except the press release says the original "Waves" (sans Robin Schulz) was already a hit in the Netherlands until Ultra Music and Sony Music Entertainment (SME) signed them, and *that* made it a hit in Europe. which is, more or less, the usual way that songs become international hits. (the part about Spotify breaking it in the US is naturally going to be biased toward Spotify, given the source, and requires more research than I'm doing for a comment.)
(the things that aren't mentioned are ways streaming *actually* may be affecting pop -- larger albums, and more features.)
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
clicked out when i saw it citing the switched on pop podcast in opening paragraph
― dyl, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/features/article/uncovering-how-mailchimp-is-changing-the-writing-on-pitchfork/
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 23:18 (six years ago) link
lmfaoooo
― dyl, Thursday, 28 September 2017 00:02 (six years ago) link
it's not exactly pop but obongjayar is pretty fuckin great
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 2 October 2017 12:39 (six years ago) link
it's very 90s Bristol
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 2 October 2017 12:42 (six years ago) link
Billie Eilish - Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWAbdiiAOZA
probably the best Lorde song not written or performed by Lorde
― jesus and figs and science and the foo fighters (unregistered), Monday, 6 November 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
she's pretty good! i like her EP
― maura, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 23:11 (six years ago) link
sigrid's new single is fabulous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fm7mll2qvg
― monotony, Friday, 10 November 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link
New Madison Beer song "Tell It To My Face" contains a pretty shameless rip of "Vitamin C" by The Can:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCyl9GBlM-M
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 16 November 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
whoops "SAY It To My Face"
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 16 November 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
and they say poptimism is dead
― maura, Friday, 17 November 2017 00:22 (six years ago) link
(i like this, just being salty)
― maura, Friday, 17 November 2017 00:34 (six years ago) link
this project is deeply weird but it has quite a few good songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzLSmY7c9dY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4vUxVwb_G8
― maura, Friday, 17 November 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
this album rules
― nxd, Friday, 17 November 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
i remember being very unimpressed by her music when she first got attention for having a weird channel but the new stuff is better. the shtick with the lyrics gets old fairly quickly though
― ufo, Friday, 17 November 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
nice catch on that madison beer btw
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 17 November 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
For those compiling your year-end lists, this playlist includes all the available tracks on this thread, organized roughly chronologically in order of mention:
ILM's 2017 Rolling Pop Thread Spotify Playlist
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 26 November 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
BTW, this is a gem that was on singles jukebox that needs more love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKxFS8L6AlQ
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 27 November 2017 22:56 (six years ago) link
oh man that is gorgeous
― dyl, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 00:08 (six years ago) link
right? it's the #2 single of the year, pointwise, from SJ. Would love to get a voting bloc to push it for the ilx 77.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 00:29 (six years ago) link
it's really such an achingly beautiful song. it was getting me on the verge of tears even before i looked up what the lyrics mean.
― dyl, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 04:40 (six years ago) link
read the blergs when it came up, completely forgot so thanks for the reminder :)amazing track
― nxd, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 09:37 (six years ago) link
.... man do i love the new rita ora song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksdAs4LBRq8
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
^ incredible songbeen doing the rounds over here
― nxd, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
first time hearing that Rita Ora song: "this is nice but those backing vocals are a bit Mumfordcore WAIT WHAT JUST HAPPENED" I wish not everything had to be a banger in 2017
she was utterly abysmal hosting America's Next Top Model too. I know it's so cliche to make "who is she" jokes about her rapid and unexplainable ascent to top-tier star but I can't understand why she hasn't had the career arc of eg Pixie Lott
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
i'm a little embarrassed to admit it but i actually prefer the rita ora song from earlier this year that ed sheeran wrote
― dyl, Thursday, 30 November 2017 00:30 (six years ago) link
I like the Rita Ora/Avicii song, it feels like a lost Robyn track.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 30 November 2017 10:39 (six years ago) link
the 212 of 2017?https://open.spotify.com/track/1P3l3WXZ3JbeBJ61DA0bjK?si=Y-Rle87aRCKXt0-zb4e6fw
― maura, Sunday, 3 December 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XBTI3semU
Looking forward to her Melodifestivalen entry
― abcfsk, Sunday, 3 December 2017 18:24 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I9uietTqkU
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link