This week’s LITM Pop Picks feature some of the most loveliest melodic pop songs that are sure to lift you up. Check it out!
stykket - I’m A Stranger
stykket is a singer-songwriter and alt-folk artist from Norway. With his heart and life at the center, his compositions are melodic extensions of him, his thoughts, and his feelings. He drives at authenticity and it readily bubbles up in his music. stykket has just released his debut single titled, ‘I’m a Stranger’ in which he explores a time in his life when he felt like an outlier, like he didn’t belong. The song is a refreshing acoustic-electronic hybrid. With profound words, he evokes a sense of aimlessness and loneliness that we have all felt at some point. Listeners of Sufjan Stevens, Nick Drake, and others like them are sure to enjoy the scenic soundscape of stykket.
Tilla - Keep Your Head Up (I’m a Mermaid)
Tilla is a dark-pop and electronic music artist with an affinity for experimentation and psychedelia. All his tracks boast a sense of unconformity and peculiarity as they take the listener on an enchanting tour through resonant sonic universes. In his latest single, ‘Keep Your Head Up (I’m a Mermaid)’, Tilla crafts an outworldly and alienating atmosphere and sinks us into it. It’s like you’re swimming through water, swirling with luminosity, mysteries, and mystical beauty. He brings the hypnotic sensibilities in his vocals, washing the mind with dazing lines. Listen Now!
VALE - One Night Only
VALE has released her third single, ‘One Night Only’. The track is a melodic pop masterpiece with soul, sentiment, and a story. The singer-songwriter and alt-pop artist has a way of sonic expression that instantly draws us in. With vivid imagery, relatable life frames, and vibrant blooms of tonality, she achieves a lot with little. Her style is predominantly contemporary, however, occasionally we pick up on old-school britpop, especially in the way she presents her melody progressions. The vocals have a remarkable emotional clarity and nuanced intention, which reveals itself in the way it interacts with the music. All in all, the track is a dreamy melancholic flush that is reminiscent of artists like Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, and Sabrina Carpenter.
Ann Hampton Callaway - Finding Beauty
Reputed and acclaimed blues and jazz artist, Ann Hampton Callaway brings back Carole King Era (who she has written and performed with) back with her latest album, Finding Beauty Vol. 1. With luminous neo-classicals and lilting jazz instrumentals, she sets out all the ways of finding beauty. Everything from the lyricism and the melodic conjugations are exceedingly classic and evoke a hearty nostalgia. Ann’s soft vocals transform even the commonplace sentiment into a wondrous manifestation. You can’t help but get lost in the dreamy blues and sublime flavors of her compositions.
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