1. Imploding The Mirage- The Killers. This album has an incredible way to capture immensity and euphoria (of finding trust,love and unavoidable faith), as it is shown in the wild synths on My Own Soul's Warning (with Bruce Springsteen's influenced vocals) and Dying Breed. However, it is also able to draw peaceful joy , like in the serene 'Blowback'. The record is an enchantment and delight of finding a new way full of authentic feelings, excellently brought to music. Maybe that belief in authenticity and powerful love is what we needed this year.
2.Foolish Loving Spaces-Blossoms. The Stockport band succeeds in their complete and finest analysis of love, which makes you swim through alt -rock ('Your Girlfriend' and 'Like Gravity') and pop perfection ('Oh No (I think I'm in Love)' and 'Swimming Brain') .
3.After Hours-The Weeknd. An unexpected bet for pop without leaving R&B. His admiration for 80s pop came just in time when pop seemed to be disappearing for hip/hop and trap. With vibrant and contagious synths, pop has bloomed again.
4. La vita nuova - Christine and the queens. An elegant closeness to sadness. Christine touches pain with a sutile, perfect amount of sadness('People I've been Sad' and 'Nada' or 'Mountains' ). Intense feelings are in the focus and her inspiration on the passionate love story between Dante and Beatrice proves it. Desire, the euphoria of founding it and tears flood in La vita Nuova
5. Future Nostalgia-Dua Lipa. Another certain bet for pop, disco and dance music. Bringing back pop never felt more enjoyable. It was risky to take pop back to the top of the charts instead of going with an R&B and trap beats,and Dua has revived pop, even with a sample excess.
Today Dua Lipa releases a new video for 'Levitating', featuring DaBaby(Billboard baby). It seems that the Blessed Madonna, Missy Elliott and Madonna were not enough (at least commercially or chartly enough). With 'Hallucinate' out of the US singles chart and peaking on number 31 on the UK Official single chart, Dua is ready for a proper new single. 'Let's make it 2020' - Dua must be thinking. This decision is maybe promoted by 'Club Future Nostalgia' failure: Only selling 28K in its first week, after changing its release date to a week later. One great thing brought back in this remix is adding back the chorus. The Blessed Madonna remix speeded up the song, eliminating the chorus parts, which were the key of IDGAF's success. It is remarkable that Dua decides to do two remixes of the same song, instead of dropping music videos for singles off Future Nostalgia. 'Love again' or 'Pretty Please' might be a good idea for singles...
In 2018, John Mayer released the song New Light. The track, with 80s influences and great synths, sounded funky pop and different to his previous work. As he said on Twitter, he had some disagreements on the budget for the music video. The final result was a funny video shot completely by Fatal Farm on greenscreen using common images and enjoying John's sense of humor. Jeffrey Max of Fatal Farm, director and creator of the video, took some time to chat about the making of the video and the inspiration behind it: What inspired you for the video? How the song inspired to create the music video? 'John approached us with the idea of a "mall kiosk" style video. The kind of novelty video that anyone could walk up and pay for. He knew he wanted to do the whole thing on greenscreen and let us just find the best moments in the edit. The song is a reflection on getting older and changing, but the video idea seemed very rooted in the sloppiness of youth. That juxtaposition ...
The MTV's Europe Music Awards are set to be celebrated on November 14th from Hungary. The nominations were revealed just a few days ago. Let's get into them! Best artist: Doja Cat Ed Sheeran Justin Bieber Lady Gaga Lil Nas X The Weeknd Lady Gaga seems quite unfitting here. Her album Chromatica did not have such impact in Europe and if it's because of Rain On Me , it was nominated last year, so it makes no sense. Olivia Rodrigo would have made more sense here. Best video: Doja Cat ft. SZA – “Kiss Me More” Ed Sheeran – “Bad Habits” Justin Bieber – “Peaches” ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon Lil Nas X – “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side” Taylor Swift – “willow" Throughout the whole list the nominations there are similarities with the nominees for the MTV's Vmas. An example is Normani's nomination. We all can agree that is a worked video, but it hasn't even entered in the UK's top 40. Best collaboration: Black Eyed Peas, Shakira...
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