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CR Srikanth Lit a Celestial Fuse Beneath the Dancefloor in the Hyper Pop Anthem ‘Dancing in the Dark’

Posted on 1 May 2025

CR Srikanth, one of the most fearless sonic explorers, goes beyond traversing uncharted ground; he builds new intersections between symphonic harmony and synth pop to invite his ever-growing army of fans into mind, body, and soul-melting vehicles of escapism.

As one of the rare affecting architects of hyper-sonic pop, none of the emotion is diminished through auto-tune in his latest single, Dancing in the Dark. Visceralism weighs heavily in the euphoria of the dance-worthy anthem, which lifts you to one of the highest plateaus you could ever hope to reach through sensory experience alone. The track is so much more than a tour de force of genre fusionism—it’s constraintless expression delivered through the desire to rush body beats with serotonin.

With Dancing in the Dark, CR Srikanth expands his VS Pop™ vision—his self-defined cinematic crossover genre where orchestral scores collide with ambient and electronic pop aesthetics. Since launching the project in late 2024, he has earned global traction with FM and digital radio spins across seven countries, over 100,000 venue placements through playlisting networks, and a growing Spotify audience. His background as a composer and producer, backed by a catalogue of over 30 orchestral works and a growing presence on YouTube, makes each release more than a standalone single—it’s a signal that the future of genre boundaries is already dissolving.

Dancing in the Dark is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Asa Winasis Built an Acoustic Lifeline Between Hope and Heartbreak in ‘Just for Now’

Posted on 30 April 2025

As a talent never destined to linger in anyone else’s spotlight, Asa Winasis shines when given the reins of creativity. He went in for the evocative kill with Just for Now, a humble plea for sanctity, comfort, and connection in the moment; it’s quite literally a mindfulness meditation, providing an exposition of how important the present is, to be given another chance to taste something you want to savour forever.

Through gentle melodicism and even more euphonic vocals which contend with the arcane harmonies in Low and Death Cab for Cutie, Just for Now unravels as an artfully quiescent, orchestrally scored indie chamber pop ballad for the modern era when we’re all searching, yearning, aching and never quite reaching.

The Indonesian artist, previously known for his session guitar work across Southeast Asia and contributions to film soundtracks, strips his sound back to the raw bones of emotional storytelling with Just for Now. Mixed by UK-based engineer Chris Brown, who has worked with Radiohead and Muse, the single carries a sonic clarity that mirrors the tender vulnerability embedded in the stripped-back acoustic arrangement. Singing straight from the heart, Asa Winasis transforms simplicity into profound resonance, embracing a more reflective side that exposes the turbulence of heartbreak and the desperate clutch for one more fleeting moment of connection.

Just for Now is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Whit2Boi’s Progressive House KPop Earworm, ‘Set the Vive’, Pulses Through the Cracks of Reality

Posted on 8 April 2025
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Whit2Boi threw out the rulebook to make room for an innovative recalibration of electronic music with his KPop-laced house anthem Set the Vive, featuring the exhilarating vocal presence of Estelle. While Western EDM producers cling to worn-out formulas, Whit2Boi architects an entirely different experience—one that abstracts your senses from material reality and relocates you into the textural transcendence of his sound.

Set the Vive is a slamming EDM house release that hypersonically injects euphoria into every drop. The builds, however, are where Whit2Boi’s signature hits hardest. Meditative textures ripple through the structure with spiritual and naturalistic ambience, dialling back the intensity just long enough to let the anticipation simmer into something more divine than mechanical.

Where other artists are happy to build club tracks for disposable escapism, Set the Vive constructs a world beyond imagination and delivers you straight into it. This isn’t an anthem for losing yourself on the dancefloor. It’s full-body escapism from an artist who understands how to make the synthetic feel sentient.

Discover Whit2Boi on SoundCloud. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast

BOMiN’s ‘Mirror’ Holds Listeners in a Chokehold of Bittersweet Reverie

Posted on 16 March 2025

BOMiN’s seminal single Mirror from her sophomore EP, Again, by Accident, delivers a filmic piano ballad while commanding attention with an emotive energy rarely found in the genre. The chanteuse vocal lines beguile the seraphic piano keys, creating an intoxicating contrast between fragility and power. The brass section and basslines rise like a tide, lifting the melancholy from the piano and vocals, allowing the composition to wade between sorrow and solace without ever losing its elegance.

BOMiN’s versatility as a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger has led her across some of the world’s most revered stages, from Seoul to New York, where she has performed at Nublu, Williamsburg Music Center, and Silvana Harlem. As a collaborator, she has worked with the UN Symphony Orchestra and played alongside artists like AKMU and Sam Ock.Her academic background, including a Master’s in Jazz Studies from the Manhattan School of Music, has been complemented by prestigious accolades like the ASCAP Foundation AAPI Songwriter Scholarship.

With Mirror, she continues to redefine the intersection of jazz and contemporary pop. The precision in every note ensures that no second of its runtime is wasted—each meticulously placed shift in instrumentation brings a cathartic resolve, making it impossible to pull away.

Stream the Again, by Accident EP on Spotify now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Shahev Sen Dips a Brush in Nostalgia and Paints a Soul-Soaked Indie Dream with ‘You Know Why’

Posted on 3 March 2025

Shahev Sen sings like he’s unburdening his soul, letting every note spill out with the weight of lived experience. His sophomore single, You Know Why, pulls from the golden days of new wave indie and the dreamy haze of ‘60s psych pop, creating a sound that feels like slipping into a world where the colours are richer, and reality softens at the edges.

Hailing from the streets of old Calcutta, Shahev’s journey has been anything but straightforward. His early days as a bassist and vocalist in the city’s club scene shaped his raw, blues-infused rock ‘n’ roll sensibilities, but after his band dissolved in 2015, the pull of music never fully loosened its grip. In 2023, he returned as a solo artist, bringing with him the weight of time, reflection, and a refusal to bow to trends.

You Know Why is steeped in personal reckoning, wrestling with the struggle of prioritising values over financial stability in a world that doesn’t always make room for sentiment. His vocals cascade through the track with an unfiltered honesty, carrying the ache of repressed anger and betrayal. Instead of leaning on a predictable guitar solo, he swaps it for a sweeping orchestral middle eight, giving the song a grand, cinematic depth, resulting in a soul-stirring indie gem that doesn’t play by the rulebook.

You Know Why is out now on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Nathan Leong’s DOG DAYS – A Shock to the Pop Punk System

Posted on 10 February 2025

A major shift in the evolution of rock was overdue, and Nathan Leong delivered more than we bargained for with DOG DAYS. Tying trap into pop-punk hooks, Leong orchestrates an electro-rock riot of adrenalised euphoria. Instead of relying on scuzzy guitar riffs, he lets the synths do the heavy lifting, flipping the script on pop punk while still delivering the infectious appeal of a pit-ready anthem.

Leong’s equally energised vocal lines bounce over the polyphonic-layered instrumentals, solidifying his place as an artist dragging pop-punk into the future; as much as it kicks and screams. The exhilaration of hearing the Beatles for the first time may be something today’s music fans will never experience, but DOG DAYS might just come close.

The Hong Kong-based artist, known for his unfiltered lyricism and genre-blurring approach, has been building his presence fast. With 28,000+ monthly Spotify listeners and Instagram covers racking up views in the hundreds of thousands, Leong is proving there’s still a hunger for angst-driven, high-energy rock. Taking cues from Machine Gun Kelly, Green Day, and Paramore, his sound balances nostalgia with a refusal to conform, making him a vital voice in a genre that has too often been left to stagnate.

The future of pop-punk is here—stop looking back and experience it with DOG DAYS, now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Jazz underpins electro-pop in NxC’s comeback track, Can’t Get You Out of My Head

Posted on 23 August 2024

From the province of Laguna, NxC, a dynamic pop duo, has re-emerged in the limelight with a comeback that dares to share a title with Kylie Minogue’s famed hit, Can’t Get You Out of My Head. It was a bold titular choice, but that’s nothing compared to the endlessly evolving innovation caged within the progressive anthem.

Nikki Culing and Cedric Patangan, who first harmonised in their high school choir and later in various local bands, entered uncharted territory with Can’t Get You Out of My Head which amalgamates the nostalgia of disco pop with the edge of synth sequences and the spontaneity of jazz, presenting a track as layered as their musical background.

After a brief hiatus after their initial single, Peach Fizz, NxC’s sound is more honed than ever. Their comeback initiates with a tease of classic house pop, swiftly morphing through a spectrum of sounds that defy simple categorisation. With Nikki’s euphorically infectious vocals and guitar alongside Cedric’s multifaceted mastery of keys and bass, the duo navigates through hyper-pop highs and rap-infused rhythms, making each transition a head-spinning hit of serotonin.

Every beat of Can’t Get You Out of My Head promises an adrenaline rush of sonic surprises – brace yourself before you hit play.

Can’t Get You Out of My Head hit the airwaves on August 10th; stream the single on Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

From Ghosting to Growth: Trisha Reclaimed Her Self-Regard in Her Trend-Ascending Pop Hit, MVP

Posted on 9 August 2024
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The airwaves are saturated in laments on romantic rejection, yet few artists are vulnerable enough in their candour to meditate on the disintegration of friendships; the magnetically daring, hypnotic chill pop artist, Trisha, threw down the gauntlet on unchartered vulnerable ground with her latest single, MVP.

The empowering advocation to always treat yourself as the MPV (Most Valuable Player) marks the 15-year-old singer-songwriter as one of the most fearless lyricists on the airwaves. The transformational power of the release belies its chill-pop serenity; therein lies the beauty of the coming-of-age artist who has already mastered the art of emotional maturity and intelligence which filters into her raw-with-resonance releases.

Echoes of 90s pop breathe through the intricately melodic production which paradoxically cuts across and beyond contemporary trends, affirming that if any emerging artist has what it takes to make it to the top of the pop charts in 2024, it is Trisha.

Trisha Said:

“I wrote “MVP” about trying to regain my self-esteem when I found myself frequently ignored by my closest friend. Our relationship had deteriorated into one of apathy and I found myself constantly making excuses for her. Writing this song really helped me reinstate my sense of self-worth, establishing that I am the MVP in this equation.”

MVP will be available to stream on all major platforms from August 9th; stream the single on SoundCloud first.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

khokkosh. incited an industrial art-pop riot with ‘pelicaning’

Posted on 16 July 2024

Exhibiting the artistic freedom of a mind that knows no creative constraint, the 20-year-old dark electro-pop producer and visual artist khokkosh. used her seminal single, ‘pelicaning’, prised from her sophomore two-track release, ‘pelicaning./a duck, a bear, and I.’ to conjure a macabrely avant-garde aural installation that haunts the middle ground of Poppy and Billie Eilish.

By mainlining the harsh elements of industrial into a hypnotically warped earworm which sonically mimics the effects of a trance spiral, the Indian artist found her place at the vanguard of the art pop revolution.  The self-written, produced, mixed, and mastered computer-adjacent, thematically visceral synthesis of caustic beats and scathing synths explores the self-invented phenomenon of pelicaning; the act of caging words inside you until they are forced to erupt.

With this two-track release feeding into khokkosh.’s merciless agenda of piercing through the veil of inhibition, regardless of how ugly we may appear to others we expose our true unfettered autonomy, the revolutionary isn’t just one to watch, her fearless authenticity makes her an artist to admire and emulate.

Stream the official music video for pelicaning, which premiered on July 8th on YouTube now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Aveah Green delivered polyphonic pop euphoria in ‘Sunny Days’

Posted on 4 June 2024

For the ultimate sun-soaked serotonin fix, look no further than the standout single, Sunny Days, from the irreplicable one and only indie pop artist, Aveah Green.

While some artists are preoccupied with commercial potential in their productions, others use their creativity as a conduit for their uninhibited expression. The playful polyphonic synth-pop tones, the rejection of traditional song structures, and the quirky reverie in the authentically liberated vocal performance in Sunny Days testify to Aveah Green’s fearlessly originated sonic signature that you’ll want to scribe through your mind every time you want to be reminded of the freedom in embracing your own autonomy.

The Seoul, South Korea bedroom pop singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist made her debut in 2018 and has remained prolific with her releases; with her album, Barrymore Drive, in the pipeline, she is definitely one to watch.

Sunny Days is available to purchase on Apple Music, or you can add the single to your Spotify playlists.

Review by Amelia Vandergast​