quite funny going through that clip video, nodding along at all the contemporary stuff, and then Pale Waves dial in directly from 1993
― imago, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 10:38 (six years ago) link
based on that video, Nilüfer Yanya might be the one to show most promise, will vote thataway
― imago, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 10:39 (six years ago) link
Nilüfer Yanya and Yaeji sound the most promising based on the BBC's descriptions (least appealing has to be "Gravel-voiced singer-songwriter Tom Walker"), will try and have a listen before voting though.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 10:46 (six years ago) link
Yaeji easy best. Superorganism and Lewis Capaldi tied for worst based on those clips
― i know kore-eda (or something), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 11:03 (six years ago) link
Is there a token stodgy Britrock band this time?
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 11:15 (six years ago) link
Pale Waves as close as it gets
― imago, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 11:28 (six years ago) link
Rex Orange County maybe the worst based on the clips. A lot of 'worst' there though
― imago, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 11:29 (six years ago) link
Superorganism look like a cheerful bunch and I like them because they actually sound like young and optimistic people there in the middle of the bleak and cynical badlands of instagram anxiety.
― damosuzuki, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
Khalid is only eligible because his biggest hit was as a featured artist and because they changed the rules to just disqualify anyone with a top 10 hit as lead artist, rather than top 20 as previously. Which is a bizarre thing to do when it's now more difficult to get into the top 20 than a few years ago.
― Iain Mew (if), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
yaeji in a walk
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
i love yaeji but i'm concerned that she could be a flash-in-the-pan artist that's big for awhile but falls off the radar rather quickly. here's hoping that her debut lp is killer
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
I saw Pale Waves a few weeks ago and they were really good but I'm going with Yaeji
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 10:29 (six years ago) link
Yaeji certainly the most interesting. Most of the other stuff seems horribly over-earnest.
― chap, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 12:31 (six years ago) link
over-earnest and under-musical
― imago, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 12:35 (six years ago) link
will try and have a listen before voting though.
There are links to each one's "KEY TRACK" on this page:
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42108446
including
"Mononymous Scandipop artists"
whose names shall remain mononymous.
Billie Eilish has made "probably the best Lorde song not written or performed by Lorde", which is a big claim. That's almost a genre in itself.
― sbahnhof, Saturday, 2 December 2017 23:06 (six years ago) link
Nilüfer Yanya bowling me over rn
― Jeff W, Monday, 11 December 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
Yeah "Baby Luv" has made a late charge for my top ~5 or so songs this year
― monotony, Monday, 11 December 2017 22:56 (six years ago) link
Listening now. Yep, I voted correctly. These chords! Did not see that coming
― Cardi Acs (imago), Monday, 11 December 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
holy shit that Baby Luv.. instant classic. my God!
― piscesx, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 02:27 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 7 January 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
hahaha i was going to post exactly what i already posted on 11/27/17
― flappy bird, Sunday, 7 January 2018 00:03 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 8 January 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Pale Waves in at #5.
― monotony, Monday, 8 January 2018 11:14 (six years ago) link
http://www.fivb.org/Vis2009/Images/GetImage.asmx?No=200665142
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Monday, 8 January 2018 11:47 (six years ago) link
superorganism are ok but it feels weird that theyre getting buzz right now because they sound so late 00s indie and it still feels a little early for that to be back
i want to like pale waves more than i do but all their songs sound the same
― ufo, Monday, 8 January 2018 11:53 (six years ago) link
superorganism are soooo car commercial. based off the descriptions i read i was hoping for something with a bit more of that imperial teen weirdness. but they play it so straight. made me wish that elo tribute project with andy sturmer and one of the hansons would start up again.
― maura, Monday, 8 January 2018 12:47 (six years ago) link
i will say that all my students this past semester, no matter their genre of choice, were pro khalid. a guest speaker brought in a yaeji track for discussion and some of the students seemed into it. i like billie eilish’s music although aspects of the project creep me out a bit.
― maura, Monday, 8 January 2018 12:49 (six years ago) link
Winner https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/evhz3d
― abcfsk, Friday, 12 January 2018 12:26 (six years ago) link
was she one of the really boring ones or the really really fucking boring ones, I've forgotten
― #TeamHailing (imago), Friday, 12 January 2018 12:43 (six years ago) link
SHOTS FIRED
you will excuse me for cheering a norwegian gold medal before the winter games even start right?
LJ: given that dichotomy, my guess is positive, ie just "really boring"? :-D
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 12 January 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
dang, sounds like it should be SHOT in singular; so much for memory
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 12 January 2018 16:33 (six years ago) link
― #TeamHailing (imago), Friday, January 12, 2018 7:43 AM (five hours ago)
hey, man, don't kill her vibe!
― jesus and figs and science and the foo fighters (unregistered), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
Rex Orange County at 2 is astonishing BTW. I guess I should never be surprised by how shit the BBC are
― #TeamHailing (imago), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link
as mononymous Scandipop artists go, Aurora >>> Sigrid, but they're both really really boring, like all musicians who don't fuck around with mellotrons in 9/8 time ¯\(°_o)/¯
(tbh I like certain Aurora songs even though I concedee that she is the Dolores O'Riordan of the 2010s)
― jesus and figs and science and the foo fighters (unregistered), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
'really really boring', cunningly splitting the difference between RB and RRFB. you're a born diplomat unreg
― #TeamHailing (imago), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:58 (six years ago) link
Sigrid is so much better than Aurora, and a great performer. Her songs more of a mixed bag so far but some real highlights
― abcfsk, Friday, 12 January 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link
aurora rrf boringalis amirite?
― faust apes (NickB), Friday, 12 January 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link
ha
― jesus and figs and science and the foo fighters (unregistered), Friday, 12 January 2018 18:36 (six years ago) link
Currently #1 on UK itunes, so I guess these things do make an impact.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 21 January 2018 21:03 (six years ago) link
No proper yaeji thread?New song (from imminent mixtape) and tour news today.
WAKING UP DOWN🐶 so excited to share this with you. it’s taken from a new mixtape I’ve been working on called WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던, coming April 2nd 💓 Watch the new video below🐛https://t.co/07PZY5x24M— Yaeji (@kraeji) March 10, 2020
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link