It’s easy to look at the pop music landscape in the defining eras of their respective reigning pop queens: Britney Spears and her Max Martin pop dominance, Beyonce’s continual reign over the culture, Taylor Swift’s country crossover that just doubled her fanbase, but will pop queens continue to dominate or are we moving into a completely different music structure. How …
Concert Review: LAYA Is A One-Person Must-See Show
Emerging from the purple, fluorescent lights, LAYA takes center stage. The crowd shouts as she greets her excited audience, informing everyone this is the last show on her tour. The rhinestone embellished seaming of her black shorts shimmers in the stage lights. Her zebra print gloves come up to her shoulders and accent her matching thigh-high boots and black bra. …
New Rules Makes New York City Debut
If you’ve ever gotten butterflies from seeing a band live, then you’ll understand exactly what it was like to see New Rules perform. Mercury Lounge in New York City became fans’ home for a day as they lined up and camped out starting as early as 9 AM. New Rules had curated the type of fanbase over the pandemic that …
Keeping It Simple With Sam Fischer
I adore Sam Fischer’s music so from one Sam to another, this interview was especially memorable. We talked about teens reminiscing about “The City” and his latest single, “Simple.” We’re so ready to see more of him this year and hopefully in real life, too! Check out our interview below. Sam, so great to talk to you! I’d love for …
Polartropica On Representation And Activism In Music
Polartropica has always been one of our favorite artists, she puts on these detailed, aesthetic shows and always has a message behind the shimmering music. Polartropica has been so active in BLM and the Stop Asian Hate movement. They started a microgrant program with their partner, artist Lauren YS, aimed at supporting and showcasing queer, BIPOC artists. We talked to …
SOUR As An Asian American
I say this with as little boasting as possible – as a High School Musical franchise fanatic, I *personally* knew Olivia Rodrigo was always going to be a star. With the debut “driver’s license,” it was almost like she appeared out of nowhere, but after screaming “All I Want” for the last six months prior, I knew this was going …
Get Familiar With newfamiliar
newfamiliar is making a name for themselves, their light vocals and effervescent melodies are accented with vulnerable, honest lyrics. They’re definitely a band that needs to be on your radar. We talked to them about how they got their start, their songwriting process, and what’s next. How did you guys form as a band? newfamiliar: We met through the music …
Swedish Pop Sensation SHY Martin Is A Force To Be Reckoned With
There is a definite chance you’ve already heard SHY Martin’s work before, perhaps without even realizing it. The Swedish pop sensation is a prolific songwriter, boasting credits on tracks for The Chainsmokers, Bebe Rexha, and Ellie Goulding. With the unveiling of her own independent record label in March 2021, SHY Recordings, she’s forging her path as one of pop’s biggest …
Framing Britney Spears: Key Takeaways
The Framing Britney Spears documentary on Hulu shows how vulnerable young women are in the music industry. Britney went from being the biggest pop star in the world to being trapped in a highly problematic conservatorship. From the start of her career, as a very young woman, she was villainized for being “sexual” and constantly asked inappropriate questions from major …
Olivia Rodrigo Is The Pop Star We Need
Olivia Rodrigo isn’t a name you might have heard before unless you’re embedded in the world of Highschool Musical: The Musical: The Series, HSMTMTS, a layered world of Disney that only the most die-hard fans know about, but when her song “Driver’s License” hit the music charts last Friday, we got a taste of who she’s going to become. “Driver’s …