rolling pop 2013 thread

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/arts/music/benny-blanco-hit-maker-for-rihanna-and-maroon-5.html?ref=music&_r=0

Interesting guy and article even if I don't like Rihanna's "Diamonds" that he co-wrote

Mikkel S. Eriksen, part of the songwriting team Stargate, said that Mr. Blanco, as a producer, always reaches for unexpected sounds. On “Diamonds,” the Rihanna hit he wrote with Stargate, he took a snippet of Mr. Eriksen’s singing, altered the sound electronically to make it dirtier, then used that timbre, manipulated with audio software, to create ghostly accompaniment lines. “His technique is somewhat unorthodox,” Mr. Eriksen said, “as he almost never plays the keyboards but throws in weird samples and alters them to the right pitch to go with the song.”

― curmudgeon, Sunday, January 6, 2013 11:23 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Some Dude, you should start the Pop 2013 thread

― curmudgeon, Sunday, January 6, 2013 11:24 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

He's busy with Maroon 5 now. Guessing they won't be listening to those Sting and Police records that Bruno Mars is addicted to, but who knows.

still the most telling benny blanco anecdote: http://web.archive.org/web/20100807001855/http://alexkazemi.com/2010/07/listensingle-review-teenage-dream-katy-perry/

(because this guy is the most reliable predictor of a song being not-great. which comes off awfully like a vendetta I realize but his discography is this rogues gallery of stuff that is _not good_. or if it is, he's either not the lead producer or being heavily, recognizably influenced by someone like rico love or [as much as it pains me to say it] fucking poser.)

...POSNER. although there are more inaccurate typos

Mr. Blanco, whose real surname is Levin, never expected to become a pop tunesmith. Growing up in Reston, Va., he fell in love with hip-hop, he said, when he bought a Nas cassette at the age of 5.

what kinda bullshit is this, dude was 6 when Illmatic came out and even that's still pretty implausible

You're right Katherine.

Luke always makes us “Benny Proof” everything. He says that if Benny doesn’t get it, America won’t get it.

Ha. That's from that alexkazemi.com interview you posted.

i don't know whether i like this but there's def something compelling about it - i do love the grain of her voice

http://soundcloud.com/katdahlia/gangsta

ABC's Happy Endings tries to jump into the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oqFFrBdjqc&feature=player_embedded

it's a pretty serviceable song, doesn't really announce itself too loudly as satire. about as good as half the songs on that carly rae LP people were flipping for.

ha that's basically what I was thinking, only I was framing it as "this is a bearable version of 'See You Again' by Miley Cyrus"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnZhDGmMvC4

Are you sure you didn't mean to post this here?

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/01/04/jewish-girl-band-haim-sisters-set-for-a-big-year-in-2013/

girl-group pop from Los Angeles

they have a thread too: HAIM

Bruno Mars' Police imitation "Locked out of Heaven" still #1

third Stingcore #1 of the past year after Gotye and Maroon 5

hey mugger, what's on your iPod?

Amelia Lily - "Shut Up (And Give Me Whatever You've Got)"

Never cared much for Tegan and Sara, but The Line Of Best Fit's plug of the new single, deeming it "an epic Taylor Swift covering Kate Bush pop ballad", worked like a charm for me (even if I don't agree with the KB-part of that statement). Lovely song:

http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/blog/listen-tegan-and-sara-i-was-a-fool-116066

The sound reminds me of the Young Galaxy production from Lissvik (who are also coming with a new albums soon!)

Great video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bek1y2uiQGA

I like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM_nx7cbEtg

Loreen double whammy:

title track from the album Heal now a single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6SNuPflIrE

and her collaboration with Kleerup, "Requiem Solution":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFag7L9SsAc

(it's actually Kleerup featuring Loreen, not the other way around)

the one with kleerup is gorgeous

I kept waiting for Requiem Solution to get overtly "Kleerup-y" and it never did. Nice enough, but disappointing considering the collaborative partners involved.

apparently that's not the studio version. maybe it gets more kleerup-y but sadly i can't find out because it is blocked in the usa on youtube :(

oops, that isn't the studio version, no. can't find it on YouTube either.
here's the Spotify link.

bah, it just tells me it can't be played in the united states :\ oh well, i will just enjoy this version for now

that's loreen as in eurovision '12 winner right?
i loved euphoria, so will check them out.

what's people's views on the new demi lovato track?
i think i prefer it to skyscraper, even if it feels slightly more cluttered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40cxXdKxE5M

BATTLEFIELD

lol yeah, my first rxn was "why does love always feel like heart attack"

but on the other hand i thought "battlefield" was very derivative while this actually sounds distinctive for the most part. and i definitely prefer this to "skyscraper", which was just kinda ok.

I still like that 2AM Club track. It's great, why can't you guys see it???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVtuluGSG7Y

Sounds like the track was made on Fruity Loops presets, but I like it anyway.

There is nothing about this that couldn't have come straight from 1986 but it's quite nice to hear new Italo-disco that borrows more from the Den Harrow end of the spectrum than some of the usual super-serious reference points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Ek8n0GV8g

Italove is great! "L'amour" is also very catchy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOrgWaEEG3E

is it just me or can anyone else feel something deep under the earth, an almost noiseless tectonic shift, that guetta-pop and harris-ified "decadent" club bangers are already more than halfway to naff and will soon be the stuff of nose-scrunching reminisces on late-night TV

i can feel it

i just realised that actually they've all just been hibernating, their minds busy plotting, planning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg2q6ZofewM

canny of will.i.am to make the chorus of his new single with bieber sound exactly like "beauty & the beat"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ENVZxfJdhE

The ubiquity of that awful swedish house mafia song makes me think predictions of the imminent demise of dance pop are largely wishful thinking

that song is everywhere

i like to pretend that the line in the chorus is "ciara's got a plan for you"

That's what I hear the line as, so it's easy to pretend, in the unlikely event I don't just turn the TV/radio off when it comes on.

I kept mishearing it as "St. Helen's got a plan for you"

#thatPOWER: excellent camelCase. will.i.am has an excellent future in programming. (as opposed to beat programming.)

This may be my favourite song of the year so far. The lyrics instantly reminded me of Ke$ha's "Tik Tok" (I wouldn't be surprised it it's an intentional reference), but once the chorus sets in it's clear this is about heartbreak, not fun. The whole think is incredibly sad and euphoric at the same time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fG-EIvEiSHs#!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fG-EIvEiSHs#!

WTF! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fG-EIvEiSHs

OK it's clear I don't know how to embed videos.

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

You needed to get rid of the "feature=player_embedded&" part

thanks! :)

That's so good!

it is

xfactor winners with missy elliott interpolating de la soul this is kinda enjoyably wtf for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma-7dTArDtQ

Thats100% awesome.

5 seconds in and this rules

little mix are a really fun group.

lightweight little mix > overwrought inspiro little mix

yeah, it holds up to a few listens
and missy phoning in (yuk yuk) the guest spot is just fine in this context

kinda digging this new jonas bros joint "pom poms"

with maroon 5 long having gone full retard we could prob do worse as a replacement

like olly murs and flo rida?

idk what thread "house track that randomly becomes a pop hit in some parts of europe after music video with hot people is filmed" should really fit in but i guess i'll put it here. i like it.

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

the new demi lovato has been growing pretty steadily on me and really clicked this week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AByfaYcOm4A

i also cosign the new selena gomez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa7Oz_25DNk

in the ex-besties feud i imagine them having i am firmly a lovato partisan

Surprised myself by liking the bjork/kate bush moves on the recent Charlotte Church single, "Glitterbombed." Youtube confirms that I am not the only one mishearing the chorus as "I've got glitter in my womb."

Just listened to Glitterbombed. whoa.

xxxpost

I love 'Heart Attack', primarily because I love the fact that it’s basically a more overly dramatic version of ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’

This Vanessa Paradis single is my song of the year so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QdWxKDdx_4

The bass line alone is just incredible.

Yeah, that's p nice.

omg@ Glitterbombed!

i heard the new selena gomez song on the radio last night. i do like it! and heart attack.

i am seeing all these ads on youtube and other websites telling me to buy labrinth's ghastly single "beneath your beautiful" w/ emeli sandé on itunes. with all the piano ballads in the top 10 right now i am actually slightly afraid that it's going to end up being a hit here too

also speaking of emeli i have heard a version of "next to me" with kendrick lamar on it on the radio a few times, lol

top 40 is such a nightmare right now

https://soundcloud.com/thepreatures/ithyf

Neon Gold just posted about this Aussie group's single and compared it to HAIM...which, yeah, I guess that comparison works on some level...but it's pretty great on its own imo. Like, earworm great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJFsva3I5qQ

Just came across this site:
http://kworb.net/radio/

Lots of iTunes and U.S. radio airplay charts, courtesy some dude in the Netherlands. Anyone seen this before, or know where this guy is getting his info?

yeah. he knows what he's doing. i'm not as familiar with the radio lists on that site, but the itunes data comes from the 'popularity' measures that itunes spits out for songs. i believe his program at one point would actually calculate the relative lengths of the 'popularity bars' (since they were displayed graphically on the program if you had a certain option activated) then combine the ones that applied to different versions of the same song, then rank the results. even doing this and applying the projected sales of the highest seller, he'd be able to predict the sales of the top-selling songs each week surprisingly accurately. he then updated the program to take the exact numerical data directly from the itunes feed somehow, which made it even better. at some point i think itunes started reporting popularity to less precision than it used to, which significantly upset the predictive power of his program in terms of sales, but it can still usefully predict the relative ranks of digital songs, e.g. on billboard's hot digital songs chart.

there are a few weird things about it -- for instance his 'worldwide' one (the one you reach by clicking the 'songs' tab -- applies an equal weight to all countries' itunes stores, even the ones that are barely used at all. but the ones for individual countries' itunes stores are a good reference if you want to look at a momentary snapshot of what is selling.

Huh, interesting. I came upon it because I was trying to figure out whether "Get Lucky" was being played by U.S. radio stations.

And the most interesting thing I learned from copying today's list and sorting it is that Chubby Checker has a new song that's been getting radio play.

So should I care about Chris Mann (adult contemporary pop I guess) who apparently was on "The Voice" in 2012 and whose press release says he's influenced by Pavarotti and vintage Sinatra and is doing this:

This month sees the premiere of “A Mann For All Seasons,” Chris’ very own PBS special. Helmed by award-winning producer Ken Ehrlich, the show features special guest appearances by multi-platinum artist Martina McBride and Mindi Abair and is a re-creation of the Elvis Presley ’69 Comeback Special with Chris performing in a boxing ring on a Sony soundstage.

he's worth paying attention to if you like classically-trained tenors singing pop songs

Kinda liking this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuXOp59S-eI&feature=youtu.be

Noticing a bit of hipster bashing in pop lately between this and T. Swift's latest single.

love that!
most of the demi album was rather worthless on first listen though :/ like unbroken, a couple of huge singles + filler. disappointing because here we go again was such a solid effort all the way through i thought

other than "heart attack" and "really don't care" this is the only one i'm liking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPSZVsEY8Zk&fmt=18

fun!
and guys it's toooooootally about niall

American Idol

Some discussions of pop 2013 and well, pop American songbook standards ("My Funny Valentine") over on American Idol Thread in regards to Harry Connick's advice to contestants re over-singing, and his unhappiness one had not researched the meaning of the song's lyrics. Ann Powers at NPR in a blogpost thought Connick was bullying, most others did not.

said my piece on the AI thread

gotta sadly agree with uberweiss re: demi

love love love "heart attack" and the cher lloyd one but two listen-throughs and my overall impression is just that it's very very loud :(

thoughts about the new selena gomez? pretty good albeit unspectacular. a solid 7.

i guess someone has to take on the overflow of hundreds of rihanna songs being written every year that rihanna won't record

lol, true that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4

not a great song but i love her voice, the kinda weird EP she did last year was great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_0L905nRiY

this b.o.b/bruno mars-wave song is getting played all the time where i live and it is getting annoying. it is not charting so i guess no one is buying it.

anyone digs paramore - still into you?

yes i think the paramore - paramore thread is full of people freaking out over it

yeah there's a station in D.C. that used to be strictly hip-hop/R&B that last year flipped to kind of a hybrid pop format where they play the same stuff as before but every 4th song is something an urban station would never play like Maroon 5 or whatever. but half the time they pick on random songs that aren't actually on US top 40 radio, like "Wings" by Little Mix, and lately they're playing the hell out of "Crickets." makes me sad that Jeremih doesn't seem to have any idea what the hell he's doing with all his career potential right now.

paramore are awesome

it's a shame that Paramore can have a #1 album and a single as great as "Still Into You" but because it's not compatible with current trends in rock or pop radio, it basically hasn't been played on U.S. radio at all (and has only charted a little bit off of downloads/streams). maybe it'll be a different story if they release "Ain't It Fun" as a single.

'crickets' is cute imo

obv "b.o.b/bruno mars-wave song" is true but it doesnt deserve it as a full stop dismissal either

i didn't mean that part as a dismissal -- i'm probably one of the few ppl here who liked "nothin' on you". however the sheer amount of times "crickets" has been played in my city has turned me off to it in a major way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYCrdu6D7dM

Very into this, despite all the reasons I shouldn't be. It's just such a well-constructed and layered and genuinely fun track.

Hoping that's a Patrice Wilson cover.

I'd be curious for dance/dance pop enthusiast fan reactions to this Sakanaction song. It's not really over seven minutes long, there's an album trailer at the end:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD4QeVlqHNM

Not exactly my usual thing, but I think it does a nice job of building tension and switching things up in the course of the track.

(I accept that some people just aren't going to be into something with foreign lyrics, but surely this track belongs on a thread like this more than it belongs on the world music thread.)

(Of course there is the jpop thread, so I guess I just think this particular track has too much crossover appeal to be left in that ghetto.)

It's good but it's not my favourite Sakanaction song...

What are some of your favorites? I knew the name before and probably had heard some of their music, but they didn't catch my attention until last year with "Yoru no Odoriko"

i like it

Not sure where to put this so I'll throw it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lANLyt24c4

1Xtra playing it a lot, Guardian already tipped it as 2013 summer jam:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/may/16/stylo-g-soundbwoy-light-up-summer

I kinda love it.

yeah that's cool

i like how it makes you wince in anticipation of a jarring drop but then you end up getting something pleasingly consistent. mercy and gratitude

disgusting savage that i am i do also like the big stoopid dnb mix though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ieF4aVJCyE

sorry but i think i'm now going to have to take the amusingly inappropriate opportunity to post my greatest dnb love of the year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he6RBNO50fI

did someone say strangely di geniusy reggaefied emoto-brostep

Hoping that's a Patrice Wilson cover.
― sword of (seandalai), Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:18 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark

Coincidentally "Friday" and Pharrell's "Fun Fun Fun" from the first Despicable Me have a few things in common.

I'm noticing far less civil-war-wave in Top 40 these days ("Ho Hey" is the only one left), although my local stations haven't yet complied.

fucking loving soundbwoy right now, so filthy and hard yet somehow sweet and generous at the same time

i love "soundbwoy" - you all heard "call mi a yardie" from the other year right? - but i really wish the WEATHER WOULD FUCKING IMPROVE so i could actually be in the mood for these summer anthems

really at breaking point looking out of the window right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfoGSzOi35E

think this is what ur after

miley cyrus + mike will made it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km3wOjaRyE4

("Ho Hey" is the only one left),

MTV Hits video channel still playing this one. Ugh

my best friend leslie said "oh she's doing molly"

miley's grown up y'all

i can't remember the exact line but i appreciate the callback to the greatest line of the 00s

Miley song is pretty stale.

http://www.2dopeboyz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130130-MOLLYSONG.jpg

my last miley song ever i promise

hahahaha

new cataracs-produced selena gomez single "slow down"

http://removethemasks.tumblr.com/post/52095774830

BREATHE ME IN BREATHE ME OUT

it's a bad sign when i find myself missing Dev's expressive ability and vocal range

Not really feeling either the Miley or Selena tbh.

as someone who is listening to a demi lovato album right now i feel like i can say neither of them have or have ever had tunes without being condescending or closed-minded about it

w/e

ALL NIGHT LONG BABY SLOW DOWN THE SONG <3

i know i'm late to the party but there are several knockout great tracks on that demi lovato album. lots of filler too but the hits are excellent hits. big fan of heart attack and something that we're not

Pop from Brazil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGViL3CYRwg

YEAH BABY SLOW DOWN THE SONG

love the selena, so happy cataracs production is back on form - see also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68a7wlKfh2I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewdap2FX-uE

<3<3<3<3 Nyusha

Her album Vybirat' Chudo is listed as (US Version, 2013) on Spotify, which is interesting. It seems to be exactly the same as the Russian version, though, just without a couple of remixes.

Love this song too and Vospominanie was even better. Any news on a new album proper?

She has a tour scheduled for November, iirc, and i'd expect the album to come out around then.

this is the first song i have heard by her! good to know i should seek out her other material :)

Yes, her album is very good. It's great to see her picking up an international audience while not really deviating too far from a 'classic' Russian pop template.

I might do a Russian pop primer thread at some point.

blurred liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiines

he knows i want it

at #21 I see "Wale featuring Tiara Thomas or Rihanna"

Isn't this cheating? It's 2 different songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiKj0Z_Xnjc

^^^^ I like this a lot.

at #21 I see "Wale featuring Tiara Thomas or Rihanna"

Isn't this cheating? It's 2 different songs.

― billstevejim, Friday, June 14, 2013 3:09 PM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it really isn't! Wale raps the same verses and Rihanna sings the same chorus, it's less of an overhaul than most rap remixes

The new Magic System song is quite sweet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsVJ8ie2sfs

miley video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrUvu1mlWco

so I'm creating a blog about pop music and does anybody have an idea for a name?

The Poppening

*pop*

poppersblog

pop law & order

Popholes in my Jawn

pop lock and blog it

^^ winner

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq2h1oBYsi1qlffopo1_500.jpg

thank you, guys. the poppening it is.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6q3olS0nA1rqi6boo1_400.gif

Does that mean it's too late to suggest Poppage?

already taken anyway :( http://poppage.tumblr.com/

anna kendrick - cups
nikki williams - glowing
austin mahone - what about love
jake owen - anywhere with you
brad paisley- beat this summer
luke bryan - crash my party
brantley gilbert - more than miles
kip moore - hey pretty girl
hunter hayes - i want crazy
randy houser -runnin' outta moonlight
easton corbin - all over the road
brett eldredge - don't ya
gary allan - pieces
tyler farr - redneck crazy
billy currington - hey girl
jake miller -a million lives
lee brice - parking lot party
kenny chesney - when i see this bar
charlie worsham - could it be
kacey musgraves - blowin' smoke
craig campbell - outta my head
darius rucker - wagon wheel
eric church - like jesus does

i. is this all country
ii. is any of it any good

well you absolutely must hear the kacey musgraves album

my #2 of the year prob

ohhh noooo i know this anna kendrick, it's that ratface one from that film i literally couldnt watch longer than 20 minutes of

i guess this would be the american versh of rudimental 'spoons' huh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqON44CLaQM

neither as good as this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoSKqUVq9Ts

or this, to be timely

other than anna volcanic i think nikki williams is the only non-country song there, yeah. i really like about 6 of the country songs but i won't bore you with which.

i asked didnt i? i think i'd like a country jam for the summer. just one. maybe ideally something with some friday night lights 'springsteen' realness rather than a corny hoedown, but i could be persuaded

well no i do want corn actually obv, just the right variety i mean

I like: blowin smoke, pieces, don't ya, beat this summer, I want crazy, aaaand iirc anywhere with you has been growing on me

rtc i think u need some brandy clark

http://soundcloud.com/brandy-clark-music/09-hungover
http://soundcloud.com/brandy-clark-music/03-what-will-keep-me-out-of

either or both of those should do you

or if you want some realness from kacey...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo212zOUKxI

austin mahone - "what about love" is also not country, it's a shameless 90s teen pop retread w/ bits of production that kpop fans might like. idk, i think it sounds absolutely horrible and that he is completely charmless as a performer but your mileage may vary i guess.

out of that list i like "anywhere with you", "blowin' smoke" and "wagon wheel" okay

"keep it to yourself" still moves me

Austin Mahone is just living his dreams, man.

i...... i sort of like that robbie williams and dizzee rascal track.

have i finally gone off the deep end?

i love the slightly ghostbusters-esque, rockwell vibe

i would luuuuv an instrumental of it actually, maybe with a couple of choruses thrown in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NSAo_L8G94

"zimma frame" is pretty crazy, huh? kind of a mongolian jetset ska vibe?? i have a feeling i am going to tire of it quite soon but i'm enjoying it for now

lol @ this being the biggest 2013 rap hit in Europe by an American that isn't Macklemore (23 million views!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0aRb4rAq0I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiKpv1HXRwI

new Babyface-penned Ariana Grande single is incredible

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

Not as good as her last single, but pretty good.

babyface-programmed ariana grande replicant synthesis module 000002 "ashanti" is not really doing it for me

ashanti!? smh

with a cold

i didnt rly mean it precisely tbf

don't back down now

http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6903913/music-videos-without-music-we-cant-stop

<3 <3 <3 <3 at that ariana grande song

hey guys Bonnie McKee what do we think

"i was raised by a television"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uh6VZF0R5U

does this out Tiqqun Tiqqun?

i think this kind of music is on its way out

i am seeing all these ads on youtube and other websites telling me to buy labrinth's ghastly single "beneath your beautiful" w/ emeli sandé on itunes. with all the piano ballads in the top 10 right now i am actually slightly afraid that it's going to end up being a hit here too

also unfortunately i think this song is finally happening here -- it got performed on some show and is now selling a ton :( :( :(

It just reminds me to go snooping through the credits of other recent pop albums to see if there's any other co-writers who might end up trying to start their own singing career in the next year or so.

i think this kind of music is on its way out

― dyl, Friday, July 26, 2013 3:46 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

u mean pop?

wow that vid is awesome solid as a korean pop video. neat

dyl how cud u sae that. they're so sweet and sexy and neutral of politic.

it's only music :-) lop

oops forgot wat u sed...

i hope someday sexual politic of normal and calming, and feminism takes hold. i think it's a fine music for the now. sorry about last psot.

i suppose it's a neutrality of humour

or a mode of thinking that is not of any action or excitation.. duh. sorry ill shut up

do we have a pop thread luriqua?

It's not terrible, it's just completely generic.

The song and her performance display a complete lack of personality.

Bonnie McKee is apparently 29. Dressing like a kid in the video actually makes her look older than that, like it's some kind of MadTV sketch.

she looks like a Kristen Wiig character.

I definitely don't hate that song, though.

I looked at her list of co-written #1s and I'd take a hundred more of her songs over one more Ryan Tedder atrocity.

her track record is...okay. for every "Teenage Dream" there's 5 pieces of shit.

Yeah, I didn't look at her whole body of work. Just took a glance at her #1s.

There's a lot of movement in American Girl melodically, though. I'm so sick of verse and chorus melodies that do NOTHING. It's the Fruity Loops effect...when you write in blocks, the songs become so modular that you can take a verse out of one song and put it in another and no one will even notice.

I'm finding "american girl" more hilarious with each listen. the fact that she looks older in the video feels like part of the joke. its like halfway between spring breakers and josie and the pussycats and "born in the usa".

"I wanna buy a new heart out of a vending machine / Cause It's a free country so baby we can do anything"

yep all of pop is on its way out. was nice knowing u, pop.... :(

The all-star alternate video for American Girl is more entertaining.

Demi's new single is "Made In The USA," I'm just really sick of these bland similarly-themed songs, i guess they all want the next "Party In The USA."

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

:-)

american girl is really pretty funny

no not at all everybody listen to the cody simpson tune instead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkni5QYgcvE&list=PL3F4BDEA101E568B5

i like the selena gomez/cataracs single but i swear "mr tsa, i'm ready for my inspection" is the most inappropriate pop lyric of the year

idk so william beckett has an emo pedigree bc he was in the band the academy is but i've been feeling like his new single... belongs here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33fVpciX6qs

i love it

maybe i should make a "rolling emo bros get expansive and technicolor" thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW6M0sl_Bzs

Le Youth - "C O O L"

basically a cover version/remix of "Me & U"

i have listened to this 4 times in a row, and becoming more hooked with each play.

the drums. the twang. the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YefRfu2UBes

love it.

Summer vibes from Brazil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPMVPs3BwCw

in case anyone's interested - here's a 2013 summer dance pop hits mix i made! other than a few choice remixes i tried to cram in as many big hits as i could (regardless of what i think of them) as a sorta snapshot of this summer in dance pop from a euro perspective, all in all 30 tracks/61 mins

http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/3126658/file.html

calvin harris feat. ellie goulding - i need your love
inna feat. daddy yankee - more than friends
david guetta feat. ne-yo & akon - play hard
martin garrix - animals
avicii feat. aloe blacc - wake me up
bastille - pompeii
capital cities - safe and sound
sebastian ingrosso & tommy trash feat. john martin - reload (tiedye remix)
daft punk feat. pharrell williams - get lucky
robin thicke feat. t.i. & pharrell - blurred lines
donkie punch & lorenzo - one day
tjr - ode to oi
bingo players feat. far east movement - get up (rattle)
avicii vs nicky romero - i could be the one (didrick remix)
carlprit - fiesta
justin timberlake - suit & tie (jump smokers remix)
icona pop feat. charli xcx - i love it
pitbull feat. tjr - don't stop the party
khaled - c'est la vie
jay santos - caliente
fergie, q-tip & goonrock - a little party never killed nobody (all we got)
ola - i'm in love
psy - gentleman
macklemore & ryan lewis feat. ray dalton - can't hold us (kaskade remix)
duke dumont feat. a*m*e - need u (100%)
naughty boy feat. sam smith - la la la (devolution remix)
swedish house mafia feat. john martin - don't you worry child
lana del rey - summertime sadness (cedric gervais remix)
armin van buuren feat. trevor guthrie - this is what it feels like (w&w remix)
klangkarussell - sonnentanz

Popjustice wrote an article last week saying how amazing the new V V Brown album is. I Just got round to checking it and whilst I'm not about to say it's the masterpiece they claimed it to be it is a bit of a shock, especially considering how completely average everything else she's done has been. I'd guess she's been listening to plenty of Grace Jones, iamamiwhoami and maybe that Barbara Panther album.

The lead single is quite brilliant, great production.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1QnXK9XP9Q

"Paco Rabanne presents"??

In any case, I like that. (Sounds a little like HAIM too, actually?)

Anybody been listening to this by LOLO? (Also, when will this capitalization trend end?)

https://soundcloud.com/lolomusic/lolo-year-round-summer-of-love

Sort of... I dunno Raphael Saadiq by way of Winona Ryder?

I feel like this Selena Gomez "Birthday" would not do well on the radio since I actually like it. It's pretty huge sounding and disjointed to the point where it kinda rests on the line between fascinating and frustrating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZrhqLGk8W0

I adore this

Just came here to post the Little Mix single. Best thing they've done by a long way. I really cannot stop listening to it right now.

ahem

the thread of little mix

yo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmg811Vj3zU

ariana's right there is HUGE. her best track so far.

Who are these boy bands on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in NY?

Oh, now its Ariana Grande singing to Dora the explorer