{"id":50186,"date":"2022-11-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/?p=50186"},"modified":"2022-12-16T18:10:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T18:10:58","slug":"london-musicians-on-the-rise-that-you-need-to-add-to-your-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/london-musicians-on-the-rise-that-you-need-to-add-to-your-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"London musicians on the rise that you need to add to your next playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>London: the birthplace of classic rock, patriotic pop and a brick-load of attitude. For music-lovers, there can never be enough new music to discover and take influence from for our work-in-progress Spotify playlists. But it\u2019s not always so easy to decide on who to listen to, so here\u2019s some help with that.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>London is the <a href=\"https:\/\/ttcwetranslate.com\/london-one-of-the-worlds-most-cosmopolitan-cities\/\">most cosmopolitan city<\/a> in the country, having millions of people discovering new ways daily to express themselves in their art. It\u2019s interesting to see the correlation between popular musicians and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindlessmag.com\/post\/fashionmusicculture\">influence they have<\/a> on our fashion, attitudes and hobbies. So what potential influential artists should we look forward to see dominating London, before the rest of the world?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Public Body<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Public Body - Break From Life\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/44fCtjcWmmY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>London\/Brighton dynamic post-punk band Public Body takes influence from hating your 9-5 day job, combined with growing passions for old-school technology and questioning individual purpose in the progressive world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Viji<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Viji - Cherry\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_kR3Lf_oJVI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Austrian-born singer Vanilla Jenner transforms into London\u2019s dreamgirl; Viji. Blending worlds of alt-pop and lo-fi grunge, is Viji\u2019s artistic portrayal of what goes on in her mind, and it&#8217;s <em>really<\/em> catchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sarah Meth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sarah Meth - Blue (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nRYbt_FFAQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>North London singer\/songwriter, Sarah Meth, tells stories of overflowing emotions that aren\u2019t and shouldn\u2019t be contained through her music. Her talent creates soulful music with a soulful voice, accompanied by slow soulful strums of guitars to depict how she solely wants us to feel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Goat Girl<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Goat Girl - Sad Cowboy (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nvUSwTO0j0k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The coolest South London post-punk musicians in the business; four people in a band awesomely named Goat Girl. They have been creating since 2018, developing a sound mistakable for no other as they embrace the talent they have for incorporating unique sounds and synths into the post-punk scene, and making it 100% work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bloody Death<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"bloody death - isolated\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IWbIxvaqSy4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloody Death is the solo project of vocalist Ted Foster, before becoming a London-based experimental lo-fi indie band of five. What they bring to the table is nothing short of an atmospheric  indie-rock performance, leaving audiences craving a bigger feast after devouring every second of music these guys have released.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Beabadoobee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beabadoobee - Sunny Day (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bgr4sGq2ba0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most recent musicians to quickly shoot to large levels of fame is Bea Kristi and her band. A four piece that share a wholesome sister and brotherhood in style, and it\u2019s no secret that vocalist Bea has fans in a trance by influencing fashion garments and making them big for younger fans. They rock out sonically and visually, and it\u2019s pretty refreshing to see a band create something similar to a style that was taking over the world at one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nat Slater<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nat Slater - Toxic\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9gVctFPSTwE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bedroom-singer turned studio-star is Nat Slater and her catchy RnB tracks. Nat manages to incorporate a variety of different influences into her own music, taking inspiration from acoustic genres, trap and drill genre\u2019s, and the pop genre. She\u2019s become so good at it that everything flows with fluidity whilst being able to effortlessly fluctuate between different sounds throughout her discography.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rosie Alena<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rosie Alena - God&#039;s Garden (official video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-MTw99gftFc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rosie\u2019s beautifully haunting voice leaves a sense of familiarity and nostalgia; she poetically navigates her voice and words through the start to the finish of her music, whilst using guitars and synths as her props and building blocks to perfect the emotives in every song.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The London music scene and its influence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned, the London music scene is famous for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindlessmag.com\/post\/fashionmusicculture\">influence on British culture<\/a>. Currently, thanks to progressively popular social media platforms, the biggest trends in the music industry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/y2k-style-celebrity-runway-trend\">at the moment<\/a> tend to be staple fashion pieces that are often borrowed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/fashion\/trends\/g41042747\/y2k-fashion\/\">Y2K fashion scene<\/a> that we would see in the entertainment industry during the early 2000\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Music adds so much depth to our lives, whether that&#8217;s just the music we choose to consume, the way we style our hair or the attitude we display to the rest of the world. Questions are being asked more and more and research is expanding to understand how deeply music shapes our identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re now debating an \u2018enduring question\u2019 for music education: what is the power of music and how does it shape our lives? Lots of thoughts from our attendees: self expression, self indentity, escapism, cultural identity, political protest&#8230; the list goes on!<\/p>&mdash; CSPACE Research (@CSPACE_BCU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CSPACE_BCU\/status\/1193946464311009281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>CSPACE Research on Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to these factors alone, it\u2019s definitely worth paying attention to <em>who\u2019s<\/em> on the rise, and trying to understand <em>where<\/em>, and <em>why<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words: Charissa Halsey | Subbing:<\/strong> <strong>Zofia Sookyova<\/strong> | <strong>Featured Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/11\/paolo-nicolello-umUfeLXPB_I-unsplash.jpg\">Paolo Nicolello on Unsplash<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London: the birthplace of classic rock, patriotic pop and a brick-load of attitude. 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