WORTH A LOOK?: ****
Next year’s 69th Eurovision Song Contest is in Basel, Switzerland thanks to Nemo, the show’s 1st non-binary winner, with a song that placed 5th in its televote but was the runaway jury winner.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
‘Don’t spend a lifetime looking for heaven when you can find it on the A27.’ Five-piece band Welly should know because they’re from Southampton and Brighton which are linked by that major road.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
The artist known in full as Lorine Zeineb Nora Talhaoui is the only woman to have won Eurovision twice and here releases an uptempo 3rd follow up to 2023 winner Tattoo and we hope there’s an album coming soon.
Cupid’s Bow is the 2nd single from Alexander’s debut solo album Polari out early next year and it has a thumpingly muscular bassline courtesy of Dua Lipa producer Danny L. Harle that takes aim and hits its dancefloor bullseye.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
Next month is a big 1 for Lady Gaga with the release of the film in which she stars with Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix – Joker: Folie à Deux – and the launch of the 1st single from her upcoming album currently known as LG7 and due February 2025.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
Singer Elliot Hall (pictured below left) may be nicknamed Welly but this new single feels very much that it is showcasing the strengths of the 5-strong band.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
The vibe is 90s Brothers In Rhythm uptempo house served with some block-rockin’ beats courtesy of The Blessed Madonna and Kylie is having an absolute ball explaining were it necessary: ‘Monday doesn’t matter at all’.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
Welcome to the debut collaboration of 2 of Norway’s biggest pop exports and it’s a dancefloor banger in keeping with Kygo’s previous work but a step away from what you might expect from Sigrid.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
‘When you asked: ‘What’s your name, what’s your sign?’ ‘I’m Kylie, it’s Gemini.’ ‘What’s your drink, let me buy.’ ‘You had me when you said: ‘Hi!’ ‘Hi!’
