The delirious song spread through fan-made videos ”” though the official one sits with over 50 million YouTube views. Last year his song “Just Girly Things” gained traction through the app and this year he proved his initial success wasn’t a fluke by repeating the formula with the giddy bubble-trap hit “Dessert.” “I would say I put more attention on Vine at the time and people were willing to share,” says Dawin. Why You Should Pay Attention: The 23-year-old Brooklyn-based singer previously tried Myspace and YouTube to jumpstart his music career, but it was the video sharing app, Vine, which scored him his first hit. Sounds Like: A mid-2000s R&B singer with dreams of headlining a modern EDM festival instead angling for a Drake co-sign.įor Fans of: Ne-Yo, Pitbull, viral Vine hits that can exist outside of the app’s limited format Photo: Courtesy of Republic/Casablanca Records “That song is me fantasizing about a new life and a new Katie.” Simon Vozick-Levinson
“This relationship I was in fizzled out, and I was left with these negative feelings that I wasn’t good enough,” Monks says. Hear for Yourself: “Purple Rage” finds post-breakup liberation in a rowdy mosh pit. I just do my half-assed vocal warm-up of singing Sinead O’Connor before we go onstage, and that’s it, really.” “I’m like, what the hell?! I’ve been playing shows for six years. “I resent the people who wrote about the record, like, ‘Let’s see how her voice holds up on tour,'” she says. They Say: Monks says her vocal cords are doing just fine, thank you, despite some concern-trolling she’s encountered lately. But it’s still a fucking awesome song! Drake is so honest about being lame that it’s endearing.” “So there’s a layer of sarcasm to the cover. “It’s like an alternate life where you can speak a language that’s a lot more free.” Along with powerful originals like “Snake Head” and “The Touch,” their recent sets have included a memorably surly cover of Drake’s “Know Yourself.” “Nobody here calls Toronto ‘the 6’ at all,” Monks notes. “It feels more natural for me to be onstage than it feels anywhere else in my life ”” it’s like the opposite of stage fright,” says singer-guitarist Katie Monks, who founded Dilly Dally with guitarist Liz Ball, her best friend from high school. Why You Should Pay Attention: The Toronto four-piece’s blazing full-length debut, Sore, has earned rave reviews, and their live show turned heads at this year’s CMJ festival. Sounds Like: An unleashed id with a sick distortion pedalįor Fans of: Nirvana, the Pixies, PJ Harvey Hear for Yourself: “Borro Cassette” is sung by a narrator hoping to recapture a night of drunken dancing, and its languid beat suggests the kind of sounds that might have put him and his boo in motion. I’m just 21 years old, and my life is great.” We just want to change that face of the country, and the music that we’re doing is the music that people want, that people love. We work a lot, and we have a lot of discipline because we are really tired that people know Colombia as a violent country. He Says: “In Colombia, we have a lot of passion. Lately he’s been talking with salsa producer Sergio George about what he can do differently on record three. Last month, the LP reached the top of Billboard’s Latin Albums chart. Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy, the follow-up, favors simple, warm arrangements filled with fleeting melodies and rich basslines. By 18, he was at the head of this class: Magia, his debut album, was a viral hit, and the young star became the first reggaetonero to establish himself on social media before reaching radio. Maluma, a 21-year-old out of MedellÃn, grew up listening to salsa, but he was a Don Omar fan recording his first studio sessions by the time he was 16.
Why You Should Pay Attention: Reggaeton was born in Panama and Puerto Rico, but a new group of artists is rebooting it in Colombia. Balvin, Nicky Jam, day parties under cloudless skies.
Sounds Like: A lighter, more eco-friendly alternative to Daddy Yankee’s reggaeton “Gasolina”įor Fans of: J.
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