Category: Pop

Throwback: Happy 124th Birthday, Louis Armstrong!

JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates the 124th anniversary of the birth of Louis Armstrong.

New Audio: N3WYRKLA Returns with Swaggering and Defiant “Bad Luck”

Philadelphia-born N3WYRKLA (pronounced New York L.A.) is a rising pop artist: “Outside All Night,” her collaboration with Brent Faiyaz and A$AP Rocky earned RIAA Gold Certification and has led to over one million monthly listeners on DSPs.

Earlier this year, the Philadelphia-based phenom opened for FERG on the North American leg of his The Darold Tour. And back in May, she released the lead single from her highly-anticipated full-length debut, “Plastic Cup.” “Plastic Cup” is burning up the charts right now: the track jumped to #15 on the Urban Radio Charts.

Building upon a rapidly growing profile, the Philadelphia-born artist shared her latest single, the Hitmaka-produced “BAD LUCK,” which features her honey-soaked vocal paired with a contemporary retro/old-school soul-inspired production that brings the likes of Monophonics, Bobby Oroza, Daptone Records, Colemine Records and others to mind.

Ironically, the song isn’t a lament on the narrator’s bad luck, whether personally or romantically or on superstitions; but rather, a self-assured side-eye to fuckbois, players, flops, deadbeats that open says that trusting these dudes out there is just going to get you a case of bad luck — and perhaps worse. At its core, it’s a feminist anthem that says “you don’t have to deal with bullshit, ever.”

New Audio: Gan Shares Flirty and Summery “Infinity”

Gan is a rising, French Mediterranean-born, New York-based electronic music producer and artist, who has received attention for bending modern beats and production informed by the New York scene with his French and Mediterranean heritage.

The rising New York-based producer’s latest single is a slick and flirty take on Jaymes Young‘s “Infinity” that turns the smash-hit into the sort of summery, house/Afrohouse take on the song that could simultaneously rock grown and sexy lounges, rooftop parties and the club.