WORTH A LOOK?: ****
There’s something extraordinarily self aware about the winner of the BBC Music’s Sound of 2018 title penning a tune asking: ‘Honestly, did I live up to the hype?’
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
We’re in South America as we write and there’s 1 Spanish-speaking song we hear everywhere and it’s this 1 with its reflection on a difficult relationship and determination to put an end to it to a moody, dancefloor-friendly bop.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
The title track from Kylie’s 16th album out 22 September proves Padam Padam, a song of the week for us in May and Ms Minogue’s biggest UK hit for 13 years, was no flash in the pan.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
That! Feels Good! is our favourite of Ware’s 5 albums and this 4th single from it features former Moloko frontwoman Murphy.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
One of the saddest stories of the year was the death of former S Club 7 member Paul Cattermole by natural causes aged just 46 shortly after his band announced a 15-date UK tour reunion this autumn.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
England’s Lionesses are European champions and, as we write, play Nigeria on Monday (7 August 2023) in the final 16 knockout stage of the Women’s World Cup.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
It’s Norwegian pop star Dagny Norvoll Sandvik’s 33rd birthday on Sunday (23 July 2023) and she has much to celebrate as this uptempo electro track with a live band feel is already top 25 in Norway while shaping up to enjoy similar success to its predecessor.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
Proving that finishing 25th in May’s joyous Eurovision Song Contest final in Liverpool doesn’t have to be a career kiss of death, Muller returns with a single that is almost as infectiously catchy as the riot that was I Wrote A Song, April’s song of the month for us.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
New Ducrot single Heaven is uptempo, keyboard-led and reflects on his difficult childhood.
