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Summer Pop Anthem

Pop Culture’s Powder Keg: Maeve Riley Lights the Fuse with her EDM Pop Anthem, ‘Oops’

Posted on 11 April 2025

After a year where pop icons have openly paraded the imperfect and the unruly, Maeve Riley set the dancefloor on fire with Oops—a decadent pop explosion that anthemises digressions with no intention of cleaning up the mess. From the first hit of the tropic house kicks and 80s polyphonic motifs, Riley slams the accelerator on sonic excess, riding a disco groove fuelled by one of the rawest rock riffs ever dropped into a pop production.

The hedonism only intensifies around Riley’s meteorically magnetic vocal lines, which invite you to shed shame, strip away your inhibitions, and groove to the realisation that few things in life are as pristine as idealism, so get lit to the rapture of chaos. Every beat is a rebellion, every lyric a permission slip to abandon composure in the name of unapologetic pleasure.

Born in Rancho Cucamonga and now entrenched in LA’s music circuit, Riley sharpened her performance edge at UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film, and Television before becoming a fixture in the entertainment world. With 200K+ followers across TikTok and Instagram, she’s turned visibility into credibility without sacrificing authenticity.

Connect with Maeve Riley on Instagram and TikTok and wait for the drop of what will undoubtedly become one of the hottest tracks of the summer.

Review by Amelia Vandergast.

Get your gratitude fix with Nhala’ bubble gum pop-rock hit, Blissfully Distracted

Posted on 3 June 2022

With Beach Boys-style backing harmonies to round off the country nuances in the perfect pop hit, Blissfully Distracted by the LA bubble gum enchantress, Nhala’s tracks will take you higher.

The optimistic track, which hazily orbits around the emotions tied to being in the honeymoon phase, is almost as sweet as indulging in those feelings on a physical level with the new object of your affection. After her angsty no good at love era we’re all too happy to join Nhala on cloud nine.

She’s got the look; she’s got the soul, and, my God, she’s got the voice. Her Taylor Swift meets No Doubt dreamy demeanour more than has what it takes to leave you on a blissful pop plateau.

In her own words, here is what she had to say on the release.

“This is the perfect mood booster that 2022 desperately needs, leaving you craving sunshine & adventure. I’ve learned that appreciating what you have will always bring you more to be grateful for. With this single, I am literally saying “thank you”. I hope this song makes you want to put down your phone, get lost in life and fall in love with whatever that may be for you – this summer and for years to come.”

Blissfully Distracted will officially release on June 3rd. Hear it here, or head over to her official website.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Scott the Pisces welcomes us to Summer ’22 in his latest pop stormer featuring BINX

Posted on 27 May 2022

https://soundcloud.com/scottthepisces/summer-22-feat-binxwip-private-link/s-mK1ApBZFXoC

Pop artists may have had their work cut out over the past two summers trying to feed sonic euphoria; now that summer anthems have ceased souring moods by reminding us of what we’re missing out on, Scott the Pisces is here with his viral worthy-track, Summer ’22, featuring BINX. It hits the contemporary curve while throwing right back to the originators of the ultimate summer hits (the Beach Boys, obviously).

Summer ’22 starts with the sun-bleached crunching electric guitar tones that will instantly hook in any indie rock aficionados. By the time the blissfully enlivening production has reached the driving momentum in the chorus, you’ll be wrapped up in the strident celebration of the season. Getting psyched by this blissfully hook-filled track by the up and coming UK artist is practically non-optional.

Summer ’22 is due for official release on May 27th; you can check it out via Spotify and SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast