Honestly, there are about five songs from British dynamo Dua Lipa that could have made this list. Florrie’s best song isn’t derivative, but if it was, we wouldn’t really mind.Įmily Warren has co-written a handful of pop jewels for other artists over the past three years (including some under-appreciated cuts on Shawn Mendes’ debut album Handwritten), and her Spotify-approved featured turn on “Capsize” is Exhibit A for those expecting big things from the NYC native. It’s got a chorus that vaguely recalls “Boom Clap” and a music video that echoes Lana Del Rey’s sun-stroked fatalism. “Atlantis” is purposely enigmatic but no less enjoyable - Bridgit 2.0 is coming out of the gate strong. listeners when Bridgit Mendler‘s “Ready or Not,” an impossibly winning pop confection, did not hit its ceiling as a Top 40 smash.
Tinashe made ‘Bae Watch’ a reality with her “Superlove” music video, but even before the inspired visual was unveiled, the “2 On” star made a powerful pivot toward rhythmic pop (produced by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart!) with the unjustly ignored single. Zayn as electro-pop torch singer? We’re all in. Two scientific facts from 2016 that both involve Zayn Malik’s debut album, Mind of Mine: The album should have had more official singles, and one of the songs that was an official single, “Like I Would,” should have been way bigger. “Heartless” sounds like a particularly experimental Dido song, which may be as high of a compliment as can be given. Sometimes you need a pop song that feels like a warm cup of tea on a gray winter afternoon.