rolling pop thread 2015

let's kick off this thread by talking about SOPHIA GRACE OMFG

in case you haven't heard it yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdsIVUuO7GM

also i feel like this totally belongs in the R&B thread but i felt like some people would disagree

of all the music I expected sophia grace to inevitably release, what I did not expect was kidz bop "my main"

oh dear

cute but not really OMFG

meanwhile in grownup rnbass:

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

(also possibly R&B thread but this is getting pop-radio pickup so idk)

lmao whitney interpolation, it's really good though and def better than "don't tell em"

yeah it's juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust on the line of being too much

yay i am happy for 808 cowbells making an appearance in that, this is rly what 'rnbass' has been missing for a while

New Susanne Sundfør from upcoming album like the great Fade Away https://soundcloud.com/susannesundfor/delirious/s-E2ts1

Guess Zara Larsson is giving the US dream a go, releasing Unbroken there with a new MV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-PXEe-qeK4

http://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/0ZgCXRp0oHsCdNZldCOGna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Css5daFQA

This is from last month, but I just discovered it... If we're talking about this kind of breezy dance-pop in this part of the world, it usually comes from Sweden, so I was genuinely surprised this is from Finland. Though apparently Ronya is half Finnish-Swedish, half British, which I guess might explain it... Anyway, I just love the whole arrangement on this tune, there's all these lovely tiny details but absolutely nothing extra, taking away any of those elements would diminish the tune.

Already sick of that Natalie La Rose song.

Well hey

http://trib.al/oWrjUYg

ugh, why is paul mccartney on another pop single in 2015.

i'm usually ok with rihanna's voice but it sounds like nails on a chalkboard on this. the song's style doesn't suit her at all.

That Susanne Sundfør song is amazing. I think it probably needs a radio edit to trim that first minute down to a few seconds, but man, that moment when the harmony kicks in at the end of "I hope you have a safety net / 'Cause I'm gonna push you over the edge" has, it seems to me, world-dominating pop potential.

The belated Indiana album No Romeo is now streaming on Soundcloud.

Also, Lex offered his praises amidst grousing about post X-factor pop.

has anyone been listening to rae morris' debut unguarded? i've been thoroughly enjoying it

lol sanpaku that's not me

Shit, I've been mislead by a poor memory of a passing reference for ages, then.

Ah, now I remember. Sorry for the confusion.

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

This is a little too big, bold and mainstream for the Shambhala thread, but I thought it might fit in here.

Also, I am ALL ABOUT that Susanne Sundfør track. I've probably played it a hundred times in the last three weeks.

Tuomas, that "Work Harder" track is great. Thanks for the tip!

Posted this in another thread but probably deserves to go here

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

Anybody else looking forward to this guy's album?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu1Ko02P7vk

I'm not sure which tread to put this, but maybe this is the correct one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoT8QfpOvko

Argy & Mama, the latest signing for Bpitch Control, their album just came out. I'm getting heavy Eurodance vibes from both the tune and the video (probablyn intentional), but since Eurodance is my jam, I'm liking this a lot!

fifth harmonys record is surprisingly good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m45DTO8sKcE

lol i just came here to post the fifth harmony song i have heard on the radio a few times now. i find it hard to care about most of the girl groups lately including them but it's pretty catchy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCJ3rmiZFr8

ew Meghan Trainor wrote it though

The Fifth Harmony record is uneven, but it's got a couple great tracks on it. Namely Reflection and We Know. The Mariah-sampling track is a valiant effort, but I don't think I like it.

xp you shouldn't have told me! now i can't like it :X

3 songs co-written by meghan trainor, the rest reminds me yours truly

Not really seeing the Yours Truly comparison aside from Everlasting Love and Sugar Mama. Both of those are pretty good too. I think I like the Mariah Carey song.

Reflection is the best song on the album. The reveal of "i'm talking to my own reflection" made me smile. And it's the only RnBass-influenced song on the record that is halfway decent.

Already enjoyed BO$$ and Them Girls Be Like.

Daniel Johns, late of Silverchair (!), gets all sultry on ur earholes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opTvK5fpbSI

omg omg omg

(basically i am engineered to like this)

My initial impression was "oh, he bought some Timberlake and Usher cds" but then I realized it's more a direct line towards Frank Ocean. imo at least. I like it whatever his inspiration was.

johns also co-wrote this and two other total jams from the last kimbra record

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

"But Fifth Harmony is also taking things one step further: the back half of Reflection is basically a misandrist constitution"
lol, misandry

http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6458265/fifth-harmony-reflection-track-by-track-review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7MQDULNIdU

I curse you, maura.

xp misterjoshua not in aesthetic level, but ideas...

I think you meant to put this is in the "Worst of 2015" thread, maura.

i don't think it's that bad

https://soundcloud.com/candolove/tori-kelly-nobody-love

can't stop smiling. a bit like "problem" (also produced by max martin) but 1000x more joyous. the final chorus i'm in tears

i just discovered this french duo called paradis and their 3-track EP called couleurs primaires, and it's exactly the kind of dance-pop i love: mellow, sensual, good for balmy late summer nights. also sweetsexysmooth french male vocals! their most well-known track is called hémisphére from two years ago, which i guess was something of a hit on majestic casual (lol)

here's the two main singles, "garde le pour toi:"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWhR0RMcdfw

and my favorite between the two, "sur une chanson en français:"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCmnx-e928k

The Susanne Sundfør album is apparently up on Spotify US / UK. Not here though.

If 2015 brings ten songs better than Baby Love and Tove Styrke's Ego i will be surprised and delighted.

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

i like that one

Yeah, "Ego" is fantastic. I dubbed it Shambhala a few weeks ago, but it's probably legit pop tbh.

The second Paradis track could almost be something off Royksopp's first album. I like it. Good voice too! Something rare these days.

Ok the Sundfør album is out for everyone http://open.spotify.com/album/4Mewe6A62ZpJKmVzcaOixy

Or, the good that can come from someone with the ambition and guts to do ludicrous, theatrical pop, really go for it vocally too, and the songwriting chops to write the catchiest choruses of the season.

Still digesting it - there's a lot going on! Harpsichord, church organ, and the 10 min track veers into Hans Zimmer territory for a bit. "Accelerate" is incredible.

New Sofi de la Torre track went up today on her soundcloud. It's luscious.

https://soundcloud.com/sofidelatorre/sofi-de-la-torre-what-people-do

#POPDONERIGHT

(is what it says)

it is pretty good tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T82OEZmCr1o

been coming back to this one semi-often over the past week, at first wasn't sure whether i liked its vaguely uplifting teenpopish lyrics but now i love it, it hits very comfortable territory and is super hooky

this is probably going to reach "fuck you" levels of ubiquity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IrQHeDcMi8

i don't think i can get with that
not really even able to get through a single listen

More Norwegian pop:

Maya Vik & Lindstrøm - Y.M.D. (Young Michael Douglas)
https://soundcloud.com/oslo/maya-vik-ymd-young-michael-douglas-prod-by-lindstrom

Chris Lie - Armour (prod. Basmo Fam)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_7907Ff7gM&spfreload=10

Funkin Matt & Chris Lie - My Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPMVz3nGzw8&spfreload=10

that maya vik song is really great - kind of like real life is no cool taking a step from trippy disco into full-on bubblegum. i don't know anything about her except that she worked with dawn richard last year (the song itself was...nice but not memorable) which means dawn richard and lindstrøm are now one degree of separation away from each other

also about to x-post this to the lindstrøm thread obv

Tuomas nominated a Maya Vik song in last year's eoy poll and it was phenom. At that point, I fell in love with her first album Château Faux-Coupe from 2011. Very much looking forward to hearing album #2 (presumably this year).

Maya Vik also put out a mixtape with some new songs and highlights from Château Faux-Coupe in 2013:

http://www.datpiff.com/Maya-Vik-On-It-kapow-Mixtape.475379.html

between the Say Lou Lou single and this, I'm really missing pop Lindstrom being a proper thing.

There's also this: https://soundcloud.com/feedelity/lindstrom-and-grace-hall-home-tonight-extended-version

that lunchmoney lewis song is playing in the gym right now

it begins, basically

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGLx4zzMdRA

that lunchmoney lewis song. FUCKING NOPE. nicki what have you done.

goddamn goddamn goddamn goddamn...is already stuck in my head and I only listened to it once three days ago.

Ok the Sundfør album is out for everyone http://open.spotify.com/album/4Mewe6A62ZpJKmVzcaOixy

Or, the good that can come from someone with the ambition and guts to do ludicrous, theatrical pop, really go for it vocally too, and the songwriting chops to write the catchiest choruses of the season.

― abcfsk, Monday, February 16, 2015 12:48 PM [

This is bloody great isn't it. So many brilliant songs and really good sequencing too - love the way 'Accelerate' segues into 'Fade Away'

ten love songs is ridiculously good

Lunchmoney Lewis top 10 in Australia this week. #1 in American by early May I reckon.

America* lol

really digging ten love songs too, absolutely glorious

THIS IS THE KIND OF LOVE THAT NEVER GOES OUUUT OF STYYYYYYYYYYLE
'CAUSE BABY I KNOW THAT I'LL ALWAYS BE WAITING
AND YOU'LL ALWAYS WANT TO COME BAAAAAAACK

I'm happy people are digging Susanne's album, perhaps her best, although some earlier singles are unbeatable.

You had to be here to understand how instantly ubiquitous her music became when she debuted in 2007, with the most airplay of any artist that year. Of course that album was very different, more of a straightforward singer songwriter production with several v radio friendly tunes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2be2KcBWIXE

I can't remember what the world music thread is titled this year, so I'll put this here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3bjZlmsb4A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTVZdW8pTEM

i see this was posted in last year's rolling pop thread (i failed to click on the link), but sheep that i am i had not heard it until recently now that it's getting a radio push. i'm on board.

This is a quick, quarterly reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a few album selections) are being posted as updated to a thread-specific Spotify playlist that I'm maintaining. I just did a quick sweep prior to posting this message and updated as of today with everything that's been added on Spotify since it was first mentioned.

That playlist is currently a bit more than an hour of music and is clickable below. Give it a spin and subscribe if you want to listen along through the year.

Rolling Pop 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist

make that two hours of music!

i fuck with this new elle goulding song

"love me like you do" or "outside"? I prefer the latter and think it's kinda silly that her calvin harris features keep competing with her solo singles on the charts, same thing happened with "burn" and "I need your love."

discussed in the DJ Mustard thread, realized it hasn't been posted in any of the wrap up threads and "eat the booty like groceries" is zeitgeisty for 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPxVSCfoYnU

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here's one for the poptimists, listen to the best pop track of 2015

What So Not - Gemini ft. George Maple
https://soundcloud.com/whatsonot/what-so-not-gemini-ft-george-maple

Produced by Harley Streten & Chris Emoh Emerson
Featuring George Maple

over 880, 000 plays on soundcloud in 8 days

brilliant production, smooth vocals, glorious rolling synths

gatecrashing the ilm top 77 tracks of 2015?

what's the verdict..

DJ Martian!!!!! holy smokes

yep the synths and production are so special, this track is highly Addictive

Spotify link: What So Not - Gemini ft. George Maple
https://open.spotify.com/track/6sjtHq6EueMR7otphregK5

the track is Austrlian, so maybe many brits and americans are unaware yet

That should be AUSTRALIAN !

this is the greatest broods track ever

I heard this the other day because I have a George Maple alert on Spotify, but I'm listening to it again more intently right now. Very good!

I've been enjoying the Allie X "release", CollXion I. There's a clumsy Sia-esque metaphor used on "Tumor" (and the melody bares strong similarities to "Unconditionally"), but otherwise it's pretty much all fire

Been really enjoying this feel good jam the last few weeks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O2qp-uKWlI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yY_26Srb7o

surprised that as far as i can see there's been no mention of the moroder x britney "tom's diner" on ilx yet??? it's amazing and perfect

ilm favorites fall out boy have ruined "tom's diner" forever for me with their heinous song

apparently it has been discussed somewhat on the giorgio moroder thread

they've covered it???? ewwwww i never want to hear it

they inexplicably interpolated it in their last hit song ("centuries")

reason #9349392931 never to listen to fall out boy i guess. i adore almost every interpolation of "tom's diner" i've heard, trust them to be the ones to get it wrong

lol y'all

it's amazing and perfect

This is honestly the first favorable opinion I've seen expressed about it anywhere.

it's a great idea executed too straightforwardly to be interesting

liked the kylie song from the moroder record tho

I like "Centuries" quite a lot but i dig that Fall Out Boy's brand of emodramatics isn't for everyone
Britney's Tom's Diner was discussed in the Moroder thread briefly
i don't know what to make of it except that it
1) isn't terrible exactly
2) is tremendously unnecessary

i don't think this has been posted anywhere, but what does everyone think of hilary's new single?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEpJJXNuuvM

between this and the new adam lambert single i have to wonder why the pop powers that be are trying to bring the whistling gimmick back

or maybe it never really went away huh

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/2/11/1423658606962/Two-sisters-pose-by-the-c-009.jpg

I love the album from this duo of twin french-cuban singers who mainly sing in Yoruba. Art-pop, a tad too much chamber-piano but there some complimenting cuban percussions and a r&b vibe. Great stuff.

Ah, and I managed to forgot. They're Ibeyi. same title.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHRAPIwsS5I
looking forward to seeing them live this summer

New favorite song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myS8W9-TYII

This Alesha Dixon comeback single makes perfect sense:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_BOhZ8wrr4

the rita ora comeback is sadly nowhere near the triumph of "i will never let you down"

I listened to it 2 or 3 times on Sunday and I've already forgotten how it goes.

strong infectious bouncy track

ASTR - Activate Me (Darkchild Mix)
https://soundcloud.com/astrtv/activate-me-darkchild-mix

in a dj mix this could be followed with that ace track from upthread, What So Not - Gemini ft. George Maple - that Rinse FM are finally playing.

Attention !

the best uptempo electro-pop album of the year has arrived and it's an addictive aural treasure trove - mixture of male and various female vocals, you must listen. the male vocalist Michael Pope has been compared to Devo.

released in ireland in April, Le Galaxie – Le Club has finally been added to Spotify UK

album link:

Spotify - Le Galaxie – Le Club
https://open.spotify.com/album/03mgdRgdVlE8gTjBuods7G

blogger, Nialler 9 has a superb review

Album of the week: Le Galaxie – Le Club
http://nialler9.com/album-of-the-week-le-galaxie-le-club/

The music is still aesthetically ’80s-referencing neon-electro, but with more peaks and troughs (aided by clear cut physically-felt mixing by sometime DFA/LCD engineer Eric Brouchek). ......

Even when the music does overtly sound like an alternative soundtrack to Back To The Future, French electro or the night-time street theatre of Drive, it is always fun, transportive and designed to make you move. And, this time around there’s an increasing sense of occasion.

Le Club is a rare thing, an album of joyous bangers that works in any environment, le club, the festival and your headphones.

another review:

Le Galaxie – Le Club
http://thelastmixedtape.com/2015/04/28/le-galaxie-le-club/

Le Club is an album about excess. The length, the production, the sound, the stylization, the atmosphere of the record is extravagantly bold. Beats, synth lines and vocals are thrust into a dominating foreground that insists itself upon the listener from beginning to end. The entire record buzzes with excitement, rarely pausing for breath.......

Brilliantly bold and true to its convictions Le Club is an album of pure kinetic energy. The album conveys abandon, limitless creativity and invention all held together by Le Galaxie’s daring ambition. It’s not perfect, at times it is down right messy, but as with all excess that seems to be the point.

the album has 14 tracks, i have selected 5 tracks to be added to the thread spotify playlist:

Le Galaxie - Put the Chain On
https://open.spotify.com/track/2YNC4jczfVTnf3w3yJmkoX

Le Galaxie - Streetheart
https://open.spotify.com/track/4zfi2Yct0dVqPkGSIqFouH

Le Galaxie - Le Club
https://open.spotify.com/track/5xvvvdXqK4lwY74bSDnye9

Le Galaxie - Tell me Twice
https://open.spotify.com/track/6XF5CnrxzQWRnMGW8i8mPS
probably my fav track on the album, a hi energy electro banger with strong female vocals, from Senita Appiakorang

Le Galaxie - A.M L.A
https://open.spotify.com/track/2KyhLmFDHRTjpJ2JJ1BV6l

thank you for the tip!!

new stuff is not available in US on spotify, but i like the old stuff a lot

they are signed to a major label, Universal in ireland, so follow on spotify - hopefully it will reach Spotify USA soon.

Samantha Urbani - 1 2 3 4
https://soundcloud.com/samantha-urbani/1-2-3-4a

riyl: Sky Ferreira

this track has been on spotify for weeks but gets a download release this week, over 900, 000 plays on soundcloud.

great uptempo infectious fresh pop track

TOURIST - Holding On (feat. Josef Salvat & Niia)
https://soundcloud.com/touristmusic/tourist-holding-on-feat-josef-salvat-niia

Released by:
Polydor

Release date:
24 May 2015

a track that is mining, Years & Years / Michael Jackson sound aesthetics

Flor - Unsaid
https://soundcloud.com/florsounds/flor-unsaid

another great track with the vocals of George Maple

Goldroom - Embrace (feat George Maple)
https://soundcloud.com/goldroom/goldroom-embrace-feat-george-maple-1

wynter gordon has a new EP out called "Five Needle"
lil teaser to a video for the T. Chapmanesque "Higher":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApyoiFcoPTA

The new Foxes is quite nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS53wbMt-os

not bad. i really liked her album last year, thought she deserved more attention.

I only discovered the Foxes album a few months ago so have been playing it a lot lately. There's also some good remixes of the singles.

Looking forward to her new album.

Also, this is great (the song not the video)

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

Summer jamming to this:
Saad Lamjarred - LM3ALLEM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fwf45pIAtM

^ Yes

Does pop here mean "hit" and/or "Top 40"? If so, I like the current Weekend and Ne-Yo/Pitbull songs a lot, something increasingly rare for me these days. If this belongs on another thread, sorry, I'll know next time.

i would say it doesn't have to be a hit, but top 40 hits like those two are def fair game

this is a great pop track, groovy tune,

Refs - Pain Goes Away
https://soundcloud.com/refsmusic/paingoesaway

everyone knows parties are shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKp2CrfmVfw

DUDE the hilary duff album just leaked and i just finished it and it's actually pretty good! the first 3-4 tracks make for a strong opener, and the duet here is a rare one in that it's actually pretty great and essential. i suggest y'all give it a listen!

i like the duet a lot despite his awful voice. lindy robbins writes such good melodies.
"my kind" was my fave even though it's just a weaker version of becky g's "can't stop dancing". sucker for that vibe
"breathe in. breathe out.", "arms around a memory" and "brave heart" are also all pretty good. everything else seemed pretty tragic?

adam lambert's new album is fucking incredible to me btw. mostly serious-face-pop but just sooooo well done ("another lonely night" is like the best thing i've ever heard; love the sheer drama of "rumors"). hooks on top of hooks. and then the closing bonus track "these boys" goes against that vibe entirely and it's soooo exuberant and groovy and i want to dance to it forever

also "after hours" could've been on the xx's first album & i love it

feel good, uptempo track

Nao - Golden
https://soundcloud.com/thisnao/nao-golden

really enjoying the hilary duff record

The Tove Styrke album came out last week and is rather special

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCcYl9E73nI

I posted about it to the Shambhala thread but it really does belong here and it is SO GOOD.

an unusual glitchy yet addictive pop track that has been blogged many times this week

kiiara - Gold
https://soundcloud.com/kiiaraonline/gold

via The Fader
http://www.thefader.com/2015/06/17/kiiara-felix-snow-gold

yoooo the tove styrke record is so good, more people should be listening to and talking about it

i'll take the 2 singles Hilary Duff released last year over the album she left them off of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA1ZmHibs4w

This isn'a great song but I love that the two queens of R-pop unite.

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

They should make an album together. Unfortunately I haven't dug releases from either for a while.. I basically just want Inna to go back to her slightly generic romanian pop roots. Those early albums were great.

i'll take the 2 singles Hilary Duff released last year over the album she left them off of

didn't know there were "chasing the sun" stans

"all about you" is great tho

"All About You" is awesome, "Chasing The Sun" is merely better than the lame album

didn't know hilary recorded tbh

australia's RÜFÜS are back with a big electronic house-pop track

RÜFÜS - You Were Right
https://soundcloud.com/rufussounds/you-were-right-1

I see RÜFÜS as the Australian equivalent of Years & Years combined with Disclosure

This is a quick, quarterly reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a handful of album selections from each listed) are being posted as updated to the thread-specific Spotify playlist. I just did a second, top-to-bottom sweep prior to posting this message and updated as of today with everything that's been added on Spotify since it was first mentioned... found about ten or fifteen new tracks for the mix. It's 60+ songs for over 4 hours of the year's chewiest pop.

ILX's Rolling Pop 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist

I notice that popjustice has a rolling 2015 Soundcloud picks playlist, that is only available via an embed:

http://www.popjustice.com/playlists/2015-soundcloud-picks/136625/

currently 55 tracks, which may interest some readers of this thread.

New Demi Lovato is a delight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq935KorD88

I was looking at other productions by The Monsters And The Strangerz, who produced Jason Derulo's "Cheyenne" and Pitbull's (fairly amazing) "Fun," and I found this new Austin Mahone song that brings to mind JC Chasez's "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCUGxAifDY0

"cool for the summer" would have been 'edgy' last decade or something

not really a fan of the song but admittedly the title phrase is great

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/976xn/p02vrrsh.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2Z2kCH9MLkd37KPGJzRZbRs/june-2015

Black Coast - Gold Chain ft REMMI
https://soundcloud.com/blackcoast/gold-chain-ft-remmi

bright, confident, fresh electronic pop with a superb bouncy groove production. One of the best tracks on this thread.

the singer Remmi reminds me of another vocalist, maybe Broods? someone else?

== also posted on Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2015

THAT DEMI LOVATO SONG MONOTONY POSTED >>>>>>>>>>>>

totally doesn't even sound like her but it's amazing

I heard this song yesterday during my rare occasional listens to Canadian Pop Radio.
It's very much a Lorde knock-off, but I kind of like it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-A4WQHzTec

I'm into this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5vxlaiBqHE

I started a Kwamie Liv thread last night which remains untouched, so I'll just drop this here since it's quickly become one of my favorite songs of the year.

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

smooth chilled electronic pop from Melbourne's Sui Zhen

Sui Zhen – Take It All Back
https://soundcloud.com/sui-zhen/sui-zhen-take-it-all-back

via:
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2015/07/10/the-playlist-the-tunes-of-the-week-at-otr-hq-10/
Sui Zhen “Take It All Back” (Remote Control)
"Lush, rich, atmospheric, soft-shuffle midnight sounds from the Melbourne artist’s (AKA DJ Susan) forthcoming album “Secretly Susan”

this needs to go on the spotify playlist, surely one of the most distinctive pop tracks of the year

Mura Masa - Firefly (ft. Nao)
https://soundcloud.com/muramasamusic/2-firefly-ft-nao

oriental vibes, the zig zag nature of the track, groovy electronic pop

John, forksclovetofu - I mentioned these tracks upthread but they are missing from the spotify pop playlist, please could you add them. thanks.

Flor - Unsaid
https://open.spotify.com/track/0S4FCQMcUkTAidn5CjzM6j

Goldroom - Embrace
https://open.spotify.com/track/4bhofmD5ygW44TFNDEsOJw

2 groovy disco-house-dance-pop tracks on the greco-roman label by german artist, Roosevelt

Roosevelt - Hold On
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Mdw2rZMq0oFK3oDCbUZQz

Roosevelt - Night Moves
https://open.spotify.com/track/1LxoLtENzUc29FiVPETBOL
this is the more house oriented track

Roosevelt - Night Moves (Official Video)

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

ROOSEVELT - NIGHT MOVES

'Hold On’ / 'Night Moves’ A/ AA single to be released July 10

2 strong pop tracks from Huntar, great vocals and production

Huntar - Autumn
https://open.spotify.com/track/2gj3G75eH26hbMkoCRrbxQ

Huntar - Skin
https://open.spotify.com/track/1CbPhsZf0a6MIkUheBm9sS

Huntar
https://www.facebook.com/pages/HUNTAR/1432734313605024

NEW SINGLE 'AUTUMN' & B-SIDE 'SK1N'.
released July 10th

even radio 1 djs are playing Huntar.

Saw One Direction this past week! Fantastic concert. They were playing videos before and in between bands and I saw Olly Murs' "Wrapped Up" for the first time. Like it a lot - I see it was a fairly big UK hit. Another example of American radio's conservatism, I think.

Astrid S
Astrid Smeplass
Oslo, Norway

a sort of Norwegian Tinashe remixed in a tropical house meets euro dance-pop sound that somehow works addictively well:

Astrid S - 2AM Matoma Remix
https://soundcloud.com/matoma-official/astrid-s-2am-matoma-remix

Spotify: Astrid S - 2AM Matoma Remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/31xSeYDJvtHtODcT6iPgkb

the original track was released October 2014, but the 2015 remix has way more plays on soundcloud.

the original track is more closer to Tinashe, Tinashe obviously sung 2 On and Astrid 2am
2 seems the magic number

Astrid S - 2am

Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/astridsofficial/astrid-2am

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Q64WkoK8h3fC9zwsvzwdD

video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ydh5YcQ7g

so after listening to Astrid S - any fans?

uptempo electronic dance-pop from LA duo Pr0files, single released back in February:

Pr0files - Get it Up
https://soundcloud.com/pr0files/get-it-up

Spotify: Pr0files - Get it Up
https://open.spotify.com/track/3peZEThBOlTR2bTnWPfofo

the cool for the summer video is cray, & the song is obv amazing
https://youtu.be/il9nqWw9W3Y

er rather
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=83&v=il9nqWw9W3Y

thats aggravatin' but i'm too lazy to remember what i'm doing wrong w the url, anyway, actually interested in a demi lovato song as a result of this which is not something i ever thought i'd say

you want to take out the "t=83&" portion of that url and it should work as an embed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il9nqWw9W3Y

gah someone totally told me that before the last time i did an embed wrong in a thread and i completely forgot

ty forks

np, stay cool for the summer

Swedish electronic pop from Maja Francis, new remix adds more bounce compared to the original single released earlier this year

Maja Francis - Last Days of Dancing (Kresten remix)
https://open.spotify.com/track/29O0JYpa5N0dJ5HqnUeMpn

this is one of the most gorgeous dance-pop tracks i've heard in a loooong time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4_qbgRIMQE

The new Delta Goodrem single is great. Would have killed as the Aussie Eurovision entry this year.

https://open.spotify.com/album/6NIIUQ0KSN5orDTZ8XaPvI

^^Not available in the U.S. yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHenVsgsKL0

Samsaya first came across my radar in 2013 with her single "Stereotype," but now the whole album is finally here and it's kind of charming in a lot of ways (and annoying in others). She's definitely a fan of Gwen Stefani, but she's not flying that flag on every track.

(Also, I guess her first album came out in 2004? That's an insanely long break between debut and sophomore albums.)

I couldn't make it through the whole Samsaya album as i found the charm / annoying ratio to be a little heavily weighted towards the latter but might give it another go.

I like Gold by Kiiara a lot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUj6Y2hhDNM

That song gives me fits.

track, i mentioned previously has finally been added to spotify:

Tourist - Holding On
https://open.spotify.com/track/74n256PuLfuVzLND4VAnq8

uptempo fresh bass heavy electronic pop with soulful vocals, riyl Huntar

MONAKR - Calling Out
https://soundcloud.com/monakr/callingout

Zara Larsson is back at #1 in Sweden and top 10 Scandinavia with this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD4HCZe-tew

todd terry x demi lovato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D37-yhit-7c

(this actually isn't my favorite of the remixes for this but I mean)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1A2Ow7sGo0

<3

i am glad i was wrong about whether lunchmoney lewis's "bills" was going to be a hit in the us

but here is a new one from him. it is very flo rida-wave -- verses with dumb lyrics + heavy-duty chorus -- but i think it mostly works b/c the hook is quite happy-sounding and not so heavy-handedly gimmicky. the nod to old miami bass in one of the bridges is also used to decent effect, which i think flo also did on one or two of his subpar singles from his first album lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjnkJVg5-NY

i didn't know who the featured singer was so i looked her up, i think she's part of dr. luke's arsenal of songwriters

older, but cherri bomb has reformed, better yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOK3ep3liFc

i am surprised ILM hasn't mentioned Melanie Martinez, a 20 year old singer with a quirky kooky cute style who is racking up millions of plays on youtube

Melanie Martinez
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Martinez_(singer)
ex Voice US contestant

She is just about to release her debut album: Cry Baby
this friday

Cry Baby
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Baby_(album)

3 2015 tracks have been previewed, completely addictive and bonkers OTT good

this is commercial pop with a subversive dark quirky edge

Melanie Martinez - Soap

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

Melanie Martinez - Pity Party (Official Video)

samples "It's my party and I cry if I want to cry if I want"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bAPlojfgO0

Melanie Martinez - Sippy Cup (Official Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdwaWp59qz8

the following track was released in 2014, but will be on the 2015 album

Melanie Martinez - Dollhouse (Official Music Video)
over 20 million plays on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcVv9R1ZR84

Artist Links:

soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/melaniemartinezmusic

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/63yrD80RY3RNEM2YDpUpO8

so what is the verdict?

some of her early tracks are really really awful

Based on the four song titles I see there and the fact that her album will be called Cry Baby, the verdict is GUILTY OF ANNOYING ME.

um what is that song on the radio that's like Bruno Mars - his most famous one? they still play it all the time. Uptown Funk i think. i'm still forming my opinion.... i'm worried i like it fuck o_O

there are support groups, don't give up

great uptempo bouncy bass banger pop track from Nero

Nero - Two Minds
https://soundcloud.com/nero/two-minds

Seinabo Sey - Pretend

another bass heavy pop track that deserves your listening attention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xbX5hCk9FE

going from Sweden, Seinabo Sey to Denmark's Mendoza

Mendoza - Love Druggie

another strong bass driven track (you what i like!) with a powerful addictive pop hook chant

this track first emerged in denmark in 2013, but is now promoted by Atlantic Records / Warners for a 2015 release in the UK on July 24th. I wonder if it's on Spotify US? yet I haven't seen any US coverage of this track.

soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/omfgitsmendoza/love-druggie

spotify:
Mendoza - Love Druggie
https://open.spotify.com/track/6CStdYvgAkOBkLreuAOmQu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8i50l9xhtA

So Popjustice are raving about this Grace Mitchell track, "Jitter". The song is kind of a schizophrenic mess and that includes Mitchell's singing who, at times, sounds like Santigold and other times like ...I don't know, but something very different. However, somehow it all works. It REALLY works.

Second track on this link:
http://www.hillydilly.com/2015/08/grace-mitchell-raceday/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhnC0NPl76s

DON'T GET TIRED YET
TIRED YET
DON'T GET TIRED YET

that Grace Mitchell track is now on spotify

Grace Mitchell - Jitter
https://open.spotify.com/track/3JU0hTjV1dO5iri97sz6Hg

as part of a 5 track Raceday ep
https://open.spotify.com/album/474fYqG7ZsHIPaAkHQPYEm

<3 that Becky G!

Fever High from NYC

so going through this week's Spotify Fresh Finds playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/3rgsDhGHZxZ9sB9DQWQfuf
i came across this track:

Fever High - Tantalized
https://open.spotify.com/track/65oCsBAaymBY1IsxRGjdik
released August 14th

a joyful uptempo infectious electronic pop track

Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/feverhigh/tantalized

immediately on listening to the track: Bananarama flashed in my mind,

did a quick google search, and yep others noticed the similarity, including a twitter account:

LoveBananarama
https://twitter.com/LoveBananarama/status/632153402563276800

Looking forward to the Brooke Candy album if / when it ever comes out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg77h0ePeHQ

Lyric video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAZIyOBN2RI

this may be my favorite song of the year so far

Lyric video is not really what that song needed. Didn't realize it was so full of dated-five-minutes-from-now slang until it was right in my face.

It is a little bit in some places, yes. Trying a bit too hard. But on the other hand the line "tout le monde est jittering" line makes me happy.

that's almost like a k-pop song in how it's five songs

oof that was rough

"Break a Sweat" is cool but what I really want to hear is a remix that stretches out the groove at 3:05-3:10 for ~10 minutes.

funky electronic pop / with soulful vocals similar to Huntar / Roosevelt

Klyne - Paralyzed

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/0I2Rf23IjDIKHsfJnYz6wu

soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/thisisklyne/sets/paralyzed-single

Jahkoy from Toronto, with an uptempo electronic R&B pop track, Still in Love - that locks into a groove

Jahkoy - Still in Love
https://soundcloud.com/jahkoy/sil

another artist from Toronto !

Bossie - There will be Time
https://soundcloud.com/bossieperson/there-will-be-time

strong uptempo pop track with a pulsating groove, stereogum throw up Blondie and Cyndi Lauper references, i also detect some Altered Images

via

http://www.stereogum.com/1825754/bossie-there-will-be-time-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/

Bossie is Toronto pop artist Anne Douris. She got some positive attention for last year’s “Meteor,” a bass-driven groove that managed to be both wildly fun and deeply wistful, especially when paired with its humorous, glittery video. She’s getting ready to make her live debut next month, and it’s preceded by another excellent single called “There Will Be Time.” There are traces of Blondie in the way Bossie’s breathy vocals navigate the verse’s dark-tinged synth-bass undercurrent, but the roller-rink chorus is all Cyndi Lauper. It’s one of those genius pop songs that feels like an explosion of bright colors and good feelings.

the other Bossie track mentioned by Stereogum is down as a 2015 track on spotify

Bossie - Meteor
https://open.spotify.com/track/3snildafxwEjzbWbZ1YnWY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvueoO7JXcQ

I mentioned Madi Diaz's in the rolling pop thread last year, and now there's a new standalone single "Control". Such a thick low end! It's possible she's crossed all the way over into shambhala at this point, but I still think she's got pop bona fides that a lot of things I share in that thread don't.

...Madi Diaz's album...

why is rita ora like this inescapable fact of life in the UK but in the US she's practically a non-entity?

uptempo bouncy electronic pop from the mysterious, Mocki on the kitsune label, this track was released in January 2015

Mocki - Weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGmmQ69L6Ac

Spotify: Mocki - Weekend
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Wd0mlukS5SBPTbl1mZTvH

facebook
https://www.facebook.com/officialmocki

why is rita ora like this inescapable fact of life in the UK but in the US she's practically a non-entity?

― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, September 4, 2015 7:43 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i dunno, but doesn't this describe most UK-based pop singers who aren't Sam Smith or Adele? Rita at least has a US label trying hard to keep her visible, so far the Iggy Azalea hook is the only thing that's really broken through.

is rihanna an inescapable fact of life in the UK? if not, there's the other half of it

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

New Petite Meller track out today:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/barbaric-single/id1041497958

no willow smith on thread? both of these are great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YonSeyqOn60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSVdGh3iylc

This is a quick, third-quarter reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a handful of album selections from each listed) are being updated to the thread-specific Spotify playlist as posted. I just did another top-to-bottom sweep prior to posting this message and have revised as of today with everything that's been added since first mentioned. Subscribe if you're into it!

It's 120 tracks, over 7 hours.

Rolling Pop 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist

kinda feel like someone should mention hotline bling in this thread
i'm pretty sure i don't like it but it's interesting to me that drake is doing bruno mars and that's likely gonna make for his most marketable self.

no idea where bruno mars figures into this

hotline bling sounds to me like mars would be a more honest delivery system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfyc2YHj3zM

new tkay maidza track is catchy.

M.O.B.?

M.O.B. is ok, but I like this one a lot better:
https://soundcloud.com/tkaymaidza/ghost

Just found out about Dua Lipa cause she's in the BBC Sound Of 2016 longlist. I dig this. A lot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rey3m8SWQI

As we move into December, I'd like to drop a quick note to encourage any readers / lurkers / ilxors to post their favorite as-yet-unmentioned pop tracks from this year to the thread so that I can hoover them into the ongoing spotify playlist. Last chance for any accessible stragglers that may not already be in the lexicon.

Not sure if it's been posted in this thread but loving this track off the new Little Mix album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujbW5m9NITM

Pet Shop Boys at MAMA with f(x)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py334YG7aag

Addictive goodness from Holland:

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

Ronnie Flex ft. Mr Polska "Niemand"

I'm really happy about Zara Larsson's success in the UK and Europe and Australia but now I hope Lush Life becomes as big or a bigger hit than the one with MNEK.

I'm wrapping this playlist for the year. It has been updated with a few new adds (Tkay Maidza, Ronya, Kiiara, Flor) and includes every track mentioned on thread that is available via Spotify's US catalogue as of EOY 2015. If I missed something or if a track comes available sometime in the future, bump here to let me know and I'll add.

Rolling Pop 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist

Is there a 2016 thread or are we just keeping this one going?

I'm really happy about Zara Larsson's success in the UK and Europe and Australia but now I hope Lush Life becomes as big or a bigger hit than the one with MNEK.

On track to do so here, and given that the song scans to me like a new and improved version of "Lean On" I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up smashing everywhere. Threw it onto the end of my ILX ballot, it's been my early summer bop

weirdly also the snakehips x tinashe x chance the rapper track is at #3 in the charts here; not exactly a peak moment for any of them but very happy to see them getting some coin / spotify streams

Rolling Pop 2016

uptempo vocal house pop track released in the autumn of 2015, riyl: Kiesza, Duke Dumont

Blinkie - Don't Give Up (On Love)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u0EYOQDPag

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5LUC0ft6qKTAZLWYC1qVWi

Video shot in Barcelona
http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/10/27/blinkie-dont-give-love-ozzie-pullin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na8fRgyScYE

song kinda rules

what song is that? doesn't load here in canada.

big time rush - “count on you” ft jordin sparks

super catchy bubblegum rnb biebercore