Indie-pop artist Ayla D’Lyla dropped the haunting new single “Anywhere But Here” via Snafu Records. The NYC based recording artist calls the track “A gentle, light song that captures a journey of escapism”.

The new single follows the 2022 single “MONEY”. Ayla D’Lyla headlined NYC’s Mercury Lounge, landed features in Paper and V mag, and garnered  more than 90k monthly listeners on Spotify.

Growing up with German and Palestinian roots, Ayla took a keen interest in German pop music from a young age and continues to derive inspiration from its intricacies. A classically-trained vocalist, Ayla has always had a deep admiration for legendary female vocalists such as Nancy Sinatra, Dolly Parton, and Cher. “I could watch these women for hours,” she notes, pointing to their captivating beauty and sound as a catalyst for her pursuit of a career in music.

Check out the new track Sweetheart by indie pop London based Beth Duck. BBC Introducing premiered the the track on BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex. Beth Duck says, “Sweetheart is a song for everyone struggling to accept love after being heartbroken”.

Where do draw inspiration from and who are your biggest influences?
Taylor Swift was my favourite artist growing up, I will always be inspired by her story telling and lyrics, she’s a musical genius when it comes to love and heartbreak. I also am majorly influenced by Phoebe Bridgers and John Mayer, I am a sucker for sad pop.

What’s your favorite social media platform?
I love TikTok, it was a platform that helped me connect with others through music in lockdown and I have been able to discover new artists through the app as well.

A midyear report was released from Luminate that reports on music industry trends and insights. The findings show that new music is decreasing in popularity while old music is more popular than ever, in other words, catalog’ is crushing current music.  While the new releases get all the press, it comes to a shock that new songs make up less than 5% of the overall streams.

The answer is why? 

Big hits and blockbusters are less frequent. Also, the hits that are massive, don’t have the same reach like the hits of yesterday, simply, the big hit isn’t that big anymore. Olivia Rodrigo delivered a multi-format blockbuster, but as big as the album was, it wasn’t as big as Adele’s 21. 

The bigger story is old artists trump new artists. The idea that younger folks reject their parents’ taste in music is a farce. College students can identify older pop and rock songs as easily as  the new stuff and in many instances, they like the older music compared to current tracks. .

What’s Next?

People are hoping that some kid somewhere will break all the rules and make things exciting again and just possibly change the world.

Check out Go Hard by Goldskeye, a New Zealand-based production team made up of Chris Cameron and Ants Smith. Fans of OneRepublic, The Chainsmokers, Kygo and Zedd will like. The indie-pop anthem features Danish-based singer-songwriter Tim Schou who earned earned the ‘Best Pop Song’ award for his debut single “Novocaine” . The track  was mixed by Grammy-winning, Los Angeles-based engineer/producer Mark Needham (Imagine Dragons, The Killers, Neon Trees).

Dylan Dunlap just released the new track Still Here that comes off his upcoming album. You’ll love if you want something dreamy and Coldplay(ish). Dylan spent time at Berklee, busked around his native Burbank, CA and opened for OneRepublic in Provo, UT, that followed packed shows in the U.S. and the UK. He released two EP’s that garnered more 40 million+ combined Spotify streams. We caught up with Dylan below…

How did the song come about?

There’s a common denominator that ties this entire next wave of music together. I didn’t want to write any of it, but in that I recognized how much I needed to. music quite literally saved my life recently once I started letting it actually heal me and i feel a very strong responsibility to document my experiences and help do the same for others. It’s a privilege to begin my debut album phase with “still here” and shed light on a very real & scary panic attack that happened while driving on the 405 last year. I hope it serves as a warm & inviting “thank you” to anybody out there that’s ever shown up for somebody despite having a mental health condition. (also fun fact: in the final verse I sing “you’re beauty, I’m the beast” and i actually was the beast in my middle school theater production!)

The breakout single “If That’s Alright,” has garnered over 40 million streams. Can you retire now?

I’m only just getting started!

Before making tons of noise as an indie artist, you started out as a street performer. What’s the weirdest thing you saw performing in public?

So many stories! I guess the weirdest one that sticks out to me is from Downtown Burbank. It must have been 2015 or 2016 when I was perched up in front of the local gap. not a human being in sight other than a homeless man that walked by, grabbed a lighter out of his pocket, and chucked it as hard as he could into my guitar case/tip jar. it exploded and sounded like a tiny bomb had just gone off, but the show must always go on!

Do you have a new full LP in the works?

Soon I’ll be allowed to speak more on this, but for now.. to be able to carefully craft & finalize these records alongside two of the most gifted individuals (Kirk Adolph & Jordan Sherman) has been an absolute dream come true. I feel like a kid again just trying to make the most satisfying music possible with my friends.