The girl was ripe

Pop music does not stand still. At the turn of the decade, the cult of the singers seemed to be departed into oblivion. New divas demonstrate not only excellent musical abilities, but also try to become comprehensive icons of lifestyle, demonstrating their unique style and doing anything: from writing speakers in the magazine, to creating new lines of clothing. They are completely different, but they have general qualities. Their clips are impeccable, and they have accounts in all social networks: Twitter, Facebook, Filcker ... And when do they all have time? Andrei Uranov tried to recall all the most relevant singers of our time.

Eliza Doolittle

Real Name: Eliza Spulit

“This is pop music. But in the style of the 60s, when Rey Charles was in the charts with the Beatles, ”a young London girl named Eliza describes her work.

“During the recording of my album, I kept listening to old music like Beach Boys and Kinks.” She is only 23 years old, but she knows for sure that her purpose is to make pop music more multifaceted and deep. Liz has been engaged in music from the age of 12, and she went a long way, recently graduated from the London music college. Even before the start of a big career, Liz sang in Jazz Club for a classic jazz accompaniment of the piano and smuggle. There she was noticed by the managers of one of the largest emi recording labels. Surprisingly, Liz, releasing her album, is almost without production oppression, leaving her songs as she thought of them initially. At least they sound somewhat naive, but at the same time contain a large amount of oil -shaped lyrics, and this is a rarity in the era of the total cult of producers. Several remixes helped her friends from The XX. The Album of Rollerblades ”will be released in March this year, but for now Liz DJ is in London clubs, giving all the fees to help the children of Haiti.

FEVER RAY

Karin Anderson very rarely gives an interview. And her real face is familiar with little. “I believe that music should speak for itself. And there is absolutely no need to interfere with her real person, ”says Fever Ray in one of his few conversations. One of the most mysterious and mystical singers of our time prefers to hide behind masks, huge glasses or tons of bizarre makeup. Having become famous as the soloist of The Knife, last year Karin decided to record a solo record, even more strengthening the gloomy and otherworldly notes, which before that abounded in the work of the Norwegian group. Inspired by the film by Jim Jarmusha "Dead", Fever Ray created a fascinating musical canvas. Fever Ray hypnosis had an action, and her work became one of the most popular records of 2009. Carin's concerts are more like religious actions than some entertainment. Although she performs with many musicians more reminiscent of aliens than people, Karen creates most of the music with the help of Ableton Live. She prefers to completely control the entire musical process. And although some producers are indicated on her album, Karin claims that she needs them only to finish work, since she can improve her songs to infinity. “Now everyone thinks that producers are such figures that make a bit, sound, and sometimes everything,” she says. - I prefer that the producers sit aside in my studio and drink beer. "

Little Boots

Little Boots is a great sample of pop music of the new era. Victoria, who had dreamed of singing on stage from childhood, found her first group on the Internet, on the board of student ads. So the singer got into the Death Disco group created by universal girlfriends. The newly -minted Bend toured a lot in England and even received a contract with the label. But, having arrived to record the album in Los Angeles, Victoria realized that with her Cynti-Pop with songs, a la Human League and Pet Shop Boys, fits weakly into a group of dreaming about the glory of the new Yeah Yeah Yes. Death Disco girlfriends called her songs too lightweight. Victoria left the project and moved to her parental house, where for a long time the synthesizer “tormented” for a long time, laying out the videos on YouTube, on which she performed her own songs, then her cover versions of the hits of pop groups like Girls Aloud or Wham! A funny girl with Senta quickly became popular, and one of the leaders of the Hot Chip group, Joe Godard, noted her. It was he who helped Victoria to become Little Boots and sign a contract with one of the titans of record-business-Warner Music. Unfortunately, the deal with the Mejger had both “light” and “dark” sides. Little Boots received a large team of managers and was able to sing a duet with her idol Philip Oka from Human League. But at some point, the label decided to change the producers of the debut album and replaced Joeui with guys engaged in Britney Spears, like Dr. Luke. As a result, the Little Boots “Hands” debut turned out to be solid and even became “gold” in Britain, but still too resold and, as a result, did not stay in the charts for long. Be that as it may, Victoria got the opportunity to demonstrate her remarkable potential, and there is no doubt that a girl who can play on a stylophone is waiting for a great future.

Mia

A few years ago, this thirty-year-old Tamilka, who escaped with his parents to London because of the civil war in her homeland, arranged a real revolution in pop music. Her debut album "Alurar" produced the effect of a real bomb. But at first, Matkhangs did not think about the singer’s career, engaged in graphic design and filming of documentaries for music groups. Only once when he saw how the singer of PEACHES was ruled by the Roland 505 Goskobox and performs with his help without musicians, Mia passionately wanted to create her own music. Having borrowed 505 from her London friends, she barricaded with him in her own bedroom for a long time. As a result, there was a demo cassette with a strange but very fervent mixture of denschall, electrical and ethnic motifs. Six months later, she received the first contract with the label and soon, with the help of Diplo and Switch friends, released Alurar’s album, the cover of which she was designed, of course, herself. Already after it, Mia fell into the first league, she was called to the tour of LCD SoundSystem and Gwen Stefani, and critics called her debut the most promising since Madonna released her first album. And, it seems, they were not mistaken, the second Mia Kala disc was even more successful and still heads the lists of the most popular iTunes albums, and sales of physical carriers approached a million. Mia famously sagged many excellent songs, from the Bollywood Disco Dancer to the classics of the post-Panku Clash. It is not surprising that the cool guys are now chewed now, like Jay-Z. This year, MIA, again inviting Diplo and Swith as producers, is going to please all progressive humanity with a new album.

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