The industry and fans alike are drooling over the success of the viral song Drivers License by 17 year old Olivia Rodrigo. Many are scratching their heads pondering phenomena.
What some call a phenomena, I call a pop moment. The well crafted catchy heart break single was performed by Olivia that played the LEAD CHARACTER on Disney’s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. Disney’s show has about 3 million viewers. Olivia’s preexisting fanbase helped propel the track. Let’s not forget Billie Eilish who tweeted advocating for the song and who also shares the same music label with Olivia – Interscope Records. Finally, you had a story swelling online about the song.
This is Olivia’s moment, probably won’t have another moment like this, but let’s see if she can knock another one out.
Look out for Tessa Rae and her new acoustic song Drunk Eyes. “The song is about the excitement of a new relationship, and then walking away” shares Tessa. You’ll like if you want to hear a warm sultry voice coming from foggy AM Radio.
The Los Angeles based singer-songwriter has 5 songs on Spotify, all diverse, but worth checking out. She has nearly half a million streams and 200,000 listeners and she also released a video for the track that she edited herself. Give it a stream on KOAR’s Indie Invaders.
The comments that followed Britney Spears documentary blasted Justin Timberlake over his treatment of women, mainly Britney. It irked him so much that he apologized. He owned up that he benefited from white privilege in an instagram post which of course resulted in million of album sales and a successful career. That I can’t argue. Just look at The Weekends and the talented Bruno Mars Super Bowl half time performance, then look at Justin’s. It’s not hard to figure out who had a leg up.
Diplo has gone on offense after offending those around him for performing a Morgan Wallen song during his Super Bowl after-party DJ set.
The rising country singer Morgan Wallen has been banned & blacklisted in the music industry since he was caught on drunk on camera using the N-word with friends. He apologised, but the fallout continues.
Diplo wrote, “Heartless is a old song of mine thats been in my live set for years.
“Im sorry, I didn’t mean to make anyone mad or offended by playing a song featuring Morgan. It was by no means a Political statement or a message. Jason (Isbell) is doin the right thing, Im also donating my proceeds (sic).”
Check out the track Walk Backwards by Maude Latour. The mid tempo electro pop track is a love letter to her best friend. You’ll like if you a thing for Julia Michaels
The 19-year-old indie pop artist talks to her fans on Instagram in what she calls “spill therapy” where she encourages her audience (mostly teenage girls) to be vocal and stay true to themselves. She’s performed at New York venues, from a residency at Rockwood Music Hall to Mercury Lounge.
The Columbia University student has 500k Spotify monthly listeners and landed on Spotify’s Indie Pop, young & free, and Teen Beats. Give it a stream on KOAR’s indie invaders playlist.
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