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Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
I saw Say Lou Lou ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtRYHdfxtoE , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RteQ47_z7K0) live a few days ago and they were amazing. I highly recommend them!

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Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
I'm going to see this band live tonight. Norwegian pop at it's best (except for A-ha but we don't talk about that). I kinda love Eva & The Heartmaker, but I can't pinpoint exactly what it is that I love about her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX_Rjcf36CY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFPEUCBbOMs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxvuFELL1vU

And while talking about Norwegian pop music, I must mention Susanne Sundfør. She's become a major artist recently due to her latest album release which is incredibly awesome. Although she isn't cheery as Eva & The Heartmaker. It's a very moody, melancholic and relatively dark pop album but it's incredible and worth a listen nonetheless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdSB_PcBW3k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n2as9NM9d0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpykeGxba7M

Stalins Moustache fucked around with this message at 13:53 on Apr 24, 2015

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
Honestly I kinda like Lana Del Rey when she's at her poppiest. Lolita and Dark Paradise are pretty damned good songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlHa6yfdCSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZwCu8u0bzA

And honestly, her music is kinda alternative compared to much of what's on the top 40's but it's also "safe" to listen to without sounding too alternative. She's like the safest alternative pop artist there is, similar to Lorde but even Lorde's music sometimes goes further than Lana's music with songs like Ribs and Bravado.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TImqwfEbaeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qaeoz_7cyE

Stalins Moustache fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Aug 16, 2015

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
Thanks to GBS, I was introduced to this Japanese electrorap / pop group which is incredibly awesome. Last week they released a new music video from their latest EP, and without knowing what they're singing about, it's an incredibly nice song in itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlmHhdwyO64

This other song, HATE, is also incredibly awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffH_Mp74xh4

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
I like it when artists cover their own song into a more chiller tune, like Kesha did with her Die Young song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa4jGB-8si4

(I just love Kesha. Haters gonna hate.)

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
If I remember right from something I read some time ago, she's actually just a really shy person. She loves music and she loves performing, but that she doesn't want to make a big deal out of herself at all and she just wants to do her thing and have fun with it. But nevertheless her marketing in general has sucked.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08DjMT-qR9g

This is still, by far, my favorite Adele song.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~

CortezFantastic posted:

flabbergasted at how

This is pretty much everyone of us in the thread regarding Carly's management. It's an incredibly good album, but there's little that has happened to promote it at all. At this point I'm certain that goons would do better at managing her and promoting her music.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
Huh. Apparently Florrie's gonna be playing a small concert in a small town in Norway, close to where I live :stare: I did not expect that, but I'm incredibly happy as I'm a big fan of hers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fIllISLx3M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O88XmgHhrU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azrKHpCwvm0

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
I love Chvrches and I'm a huge loving nerd so seeing them being the artist for the main theme song of the new Mirror's Edge game got me grinning like mad. It's an awesome song too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSRheLrB1uA

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
While Kyla la Grange is not popular for her pop-songs at all and is much rather known as a weird hipster-electronica / alternative music artist, when she goes in for writing a pop song she does it rather well!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD5ajixxv-w

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
What a coincidence! Kyla la Grange just released the Hummingbird music video :D
It's 360 degree music video too, so it's a little trippy but it's cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUiSVJPHJMw

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
New Chvrches song with Hailey Williams from Paramore! Not my favorite, but it's still pretty cool :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-2vYI7cnaQ

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
I'm not sure if I've seen this posted. While MØ is somewhat an alternative artist, her latest song definitely hits all the right pop-tones for me and it's frankly awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUcXQ--yGWQ

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8G4oaOxyxk

This version of Wild is kinda cool I guess, but it sounds a little sped up? For some reason it sounds incredibly fast compared to the album version in my opinion.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~

Harrow posted:

Went to see Lorde in Milwaukee last night. Was a real good show. Apparently it was the first North American show on the Melodrama tour, which I didn't know. So if you're going to any of the future ones, look forward to it.

I saw her when she came to Oslo late last year. I was surprised by how much energy and fun the concert was. Definitely recommended to see if you get the opportunity to do so!

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
Janelle's flawless in every way and her music is legendary status, like oh my god. Why ain't she more popular?

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdH2Sy-BlNE

Movie for Dirty Computer is now out on Youtube. It's awesome.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~

exquisite tea posted:

Netflix just announced a third season of Queer Eye with a teaser for CRJ's new single Now I Found You on their instagram. This song is gonna be a fuckin' BOP.

Holy poo poo how can she be so good

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
I saw her live in Oslo not long ago and it was honestly a very depressing show. It was fun getting my nostalgia on, definitely, and I don't like trying to interpret what other people thinks but my impression was that she honestly did not want to do the show at all. It was incredibly sloppy, and everything felt forced and like she just had to stress through every perfomance just to get the show over with.
I still love her though, and her music's still a big part of my childhood, so please take care of yourself Britney!

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
I know it's more EDM, but Madeon just dropped a new single and it's hella chill to listen to. A pretty good summer song! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qYyU019PbI
My God, the new Katy Perry is incredibly annoying :psyduck:

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
Haven't seen this posted anywhere. Madeon is much more of an EDM artist, but he still produces some pretty good pop tunes I think is worth listening in on. His latest single is really chill and fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfnRTifSWh0

PS, flashing imagery in that video if you're sensitive to that.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~

somnambulist posted:

Gaga’s new song is leaking slowly- uptempo dance/disco.

I just listened to the entirety of the song. Not sure whether or not it is a demo because the sound was kind of crisp still, but nevertheless, the song is loving amazing. Sounds like a Carly Rae Jepsen song, only a ton more energetic. Will definitely dance my rear end off to it at the club.

Edit: Man, if this is the sound she's going for, the album is gonna be amazing. I can't wait to hear the songs that she made with SOPHIE too.

Stalins Moustache fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Jan 22, 2020

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
I saw Carly Rae Jepsen live in Oslo at her last concert of the European tour. Jesus Christ almighty, what a show. I've loved pretty much all her album releases, but I've never seen clips or watched any of her live perfomances before. She turned it the gently caress up, and knew how to control an audience and have a huge stage presence. That was amazing, and I hope that everyone here has an opportunity to go see her live at some point.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
This has been an absolutely amazing week for music and I'm vibing hard.
However, I checked Instagram recently and apparently everyone is making GBS threads on Lana del Rey? I saw the post that she made and it seems kinda daft, but people are being really damned mad at her for it. Did something happen or what?

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
SOPHIE passed away tonight. https://www.thenational.scot/news/19051714.sophie-scottish-dj-producer-dies-aged-34-sudden-accident/

She was an absolutely amazing musician and producer, and I hope her sound will continue to affect musicians in the years to come.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
New Kyla la Grange. Really happy she's back! This song is really lovely too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOBRFJ-2WEY

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~

Junpei posted:

I'm sure as hell not the first person to point this out, but does it feel like people are getting tired of new music?

A lot of really big hits over the last couple of years are so are 'old' in some way. They sample a classic hit (I'm Good, that one Kim Petras song that used Better Off Alone, Super Freaky Girl, Big Energy), or are covers (Luke Combs Fast Car, I think "Creepin" should count broadly as a cover of "I Don't Wanna Know"), are straight up an old song being resurrected (Bloody Mary, that sped-up Miguel track). Taylor Swift has a valid reason for re-recording her catalogue but the fact that she's getting decent successes out of it feels like a tell. It feels like people don't want new things, they want old things a second time.

I honestly think it's got to do with the fragmentation of music too. Same thing happened to the TV show industry. There's so many good shows spread across a million platforms nowadays that its become somewhat rare to find that One Show everyone watched. With music this is even more intensified because the biggest platforms are entirely free (TikTok,Youtube), and most use Spotify or other subscriber based music browsers more as a catalogue of music they already like rather than searching out new ones. Kids, teens and young adults whom pop music are oriented towards aren't listening to the radio anymore either, nor are they watching TV. There's tons and tons and tons of great musicians across various genres now but most of these we haven't really heard about because we're no longer in those circles, nor will most people who aren't into that genre.
I am hopeful for a new big pop music shake-up similar to what Gaga did in the late 2000's / early 2010's, but I'm not sure at all how that's gonna look. Much of Gaga's fame is thanks to her becoming popular exactly on the cusp of the age of social media, and the Bad Romance music video was one of the hottest things on Youtube, radio and the few music video channels on TV. Nowadays I'm sure something similar would have an effect similar to Lil Nas X's videos which was admittedly huge, but I don't feel like it truly shook up the entire male pop industry. I could be entirely wrong on this though.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~

The REAL Goobusters posted:

I mean Old Town Road was a legit crazy hit and he's been able to keep that pace up with a lot of his other singles afterwards. His album may not have been amazing but Industry Baby did pop off.

Yeah, that's fair. I can't remember Old Town Road being a huge hit over here in Norway but Industry Baby and Call me by your Name were huuuuge here.
I suppose that also adds another element to the spread of pop music! It used to be that American produced pop music dominated all airwaves and music video channels, but with TikTok even that has opened up for music from a lot of foreign countries. South-Korea being the HUUUUGE one in this situation. We tend to underestimate the power of K-pop in the pop industry.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~

The REAL Goobusters posted:

You gotta put that in your original post man lol, I have no idea what is going on over there in Europe lmfao

E: I would say Kpop got huge before Tiktok as well. Not saying it doesn't help it though. We are definitely living in the age of the Tiktok star as well as the low key Spotify playlist star too

You don't know pop music if you don't follow Eurovision each year, so clearly we're the superior continent.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
Tell me you don't get pop music without telling me you don't get pop music.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
Has someone posted about Baby Queen before? I might have at some point but I really love her song Dream Girl.
Check her out if you can!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtpHChp1Yko

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~

exquisite tea posted:

Not to be glib but I hope this makes the tracklist more interesting, the majority of song arrangements on This Is Why are so, so boring.

Can't help but agree with this. This Is Why is probably the first Paramore album I didn't vibe with at all. No standout tracks imo. Then again, being an album after After Laughter is one hell of a challenge.

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~

DC Murderverse posted:

edit: Pop Music Thread (feat. Carly Rae Jepsen) (From The Vault) (Taylor’s Version)

Pop Music: Bring buckets and mops for wet rear end posting
Pop Music Thread: yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassss slaaaaaay

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
God drat the new Beyonce songs are amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g92AYBlNOi0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fV37wdHG8U

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Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
'we can't be friends' from Ariana's new album sounds hella a lot like a Carly song. I like it a lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNtJGQkC-WI

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