Look out for Indiana native Lauren Sanderson. The alt-pop singer released the track ‘Hotel Room‘ and will open for Finneas this fall. This is her first single from her forthcoming self-released debut album, Midwest Kids Can Make It Big. The 23 year old kicked off her career as a motivational speaker and YouTube personality. Give it a stream.
Los Angeles based singer-songwriter Chazzy L releases a song “Floating” accompanied by a creative video. She is reminiscent of Elle King and Amy Winehouse incorporating jazz, blues, and horns. Quickly garnering blog love, Chazzy L says, “This is my first baby I have created and brought to life. They say to visualize what you want and lemme tell ya that shit is for real. I knew that Floating was special to me”.
London is popping out lots of singer-songwriters. Look out for Matt Wills and the new track After Party. The track is very Ed Sheeran but Wills has his own original spin that blends acoustic pop, folk and electronica. He has picked up mentions from Clash Mag and Flavour and also garnered support from BBC R1. The singer-songwriter supported Halsey at Koko and O2 and Alessia Cara at Dingwalls. Matt notes, “After Party is about finding love in the most unexpected of places. A British after party is not glamorous like American ones so it’s not the height of romance. When I met my girlfriend at an after-party, I remember trying to act like the coolest guy and was telling her all these things to try and impress her and it just didn’t work.”
Anna Clendening releases the indie pop track If I’m Being Honest via East West Records. The Chapel Hill, NC native found an audience through YouTube music covers and a run on America’s Got Talent in 2014. The track Boys Like You clocked 50M+ streams and 60M+ spins on Pandora. The latest track was co-written with Noah Conrad (Steve Aoki, Backstreet Boys, BTS).
Up & coming Toronto based Carys drops Some Of You via Warner Canada. She reached over 250,000 views on her debut music video for BadBoy and 80k + Spotify streams. The Canadian singer-songwriter notes, “I wanted to hold on to our love for as long as I could, even if it wasn’t how I wanted it”. Give it a stream.