This is my least favourite song of Bieber’s ‘Actually Quite Good Phase’, coming well under both What Do You Mean?and Sorry in my estimations. Is it trite, cheesy and overly earnest? Yes, it is. An astonishingly fun track with some real impact behind it. The most enjoyable rap track of 2016 for me.Īn immense two-part soul throwback featuring intense vocals, biblical gospel backing, meaty instrumentation, and the most delightfully childish name of the year. Maybe funny’s not the right term: boisterous, demented, trumpet-filled and swinging are better. Its music video also wins the prize for most disgusting of 2016, so you know the band’s doing something right. Same is technically the B-side to his single Vapid Feels Are Vapid but I prefer it, so on the list it goes.Ī baroque piece of 80’s throwback goth electro, married to an actively tasteless aesthetic which combines The Damned and Bauhaus into something distinctively new. Carly Rae Jepsen’s the best.Ĭlarence Clarity specialises in throwing discordant noises, random computer sounds and distorted voices together into labyrinthine messes that somehow work as solid, cathartic pop songs. ‘Higher’ probably comes closest to those highs, hence why it’s on the list, though shout-outs have to go to the songs ‘First Time’, ‘The One’, ‘Body Language’, ‘Cry’, ‘Store’… hell, all of them. Luckily, Jepsen’s 2016 appendum – Emotion Side B – is just as good as it’s big sister, even if it doesn’t quite hit the same heights.
I’ve always been slightly ashamed of this: the album’s great. I didn’t start listening to Carly Ray Jepsen’s Emotion album until early 2016, meaning that it missed out on being included in my Best of 2015 list. It’s parent album can’t come soon enough.
A particular highlight of the album is Suitcase Jimmy: a stonking barrage of trumpets and shouting which would be the defining sound of British Indie if only I had my way.Ī beautiful nightmare all sweeping violins, ethereal choruses and gritty verses. I didn’t enjoy a single song in 2016 as much as I enjoyed this.Įvans the Death continue to be my favourite British band going at the moment. Their latest album – Vanilla – was recorded on a barge using guest musicians they found on Facebook, continuing to both diversify of their sound and increase the anger in their work. The album spun off three hit singles including the double-platinum Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 hit “Cooler Than Me” (over 49 million YouTube views to date) the platinum Top 10 follow-up “Please Don't Go” (over 36 million YouTube views to date) and then “Bow Chicka Wow Wow.” Mike is also known for writing Grammy-nominated “Sugar” by Maroon 5 and “Boyfriend” by Justin Bieber, as well as co-writing songs for Pharrell, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa, Nelly, TI, Snoop Dogg, Avicii, Nick Jonas, and more.Right, let’s finally finish 2016! Only four months late! Then move onto Ed Sheeran! Oh God, pop music is torture!Ī staggeringly gonzo bricolage of 90’s rave tropes, all turned inside out and formed into a club smash that’s romantic, exciting, alien and more. Mike Posner released his debut album, 31 Minutes to Takeoff, on August 10, 2010.
#I TOOK A PILL IN IBIZA SEEB REMIX VIDEO DANCERS TV#
Mike will also make his TV debut for “I Took A Pill In Ibiza (SeeB Remix)” on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on March 18th. On the road across America since early this month promoting “I Took A Pill In Ibiza (SeeB Remix)” and The Truth (Remixes) EP, Mike has performance dates set for the Roxy in Los Angeles on March 9th and the Webster Hall Marlin Room in New York on March 15th. Spotify charts, and #1 Most Added song at Top 40 radio. chart, #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 (Mike’s first Hot 100 hit in 5 years), Top 10 on Global and U.S. The track has also taken flight in the U.S., reaching #1 on the iTunes Dance chart, #8 on the iTunes Top 200, #1 on the Shazam U.S. After conquering the Scandinavian charts – including 4 consecutive weeks at #1 in Norway, Top 5 National Airplay in The Netherlands, and Top 10 National Airplay in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland – “I Took A Pill In Ibiza (SeeB Remix)” was chosen as BBC Radio 1’s ‘Track of the Day’ last week and immediately shot up to #1 Shazam and Top 5 iTunes in the UK.