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So who's your favourite pop star?

Now there's a shiny new Lemmy group up and running at @popheads (Mastodon users: follow it if you want more discussion of pop music in your Mastodon feed), it's time to ask who's your favourite pop star? Do you have a favourite song or album?

My current faves are:

Alessia Cara: Perhaps the most talented and certainly the most underrated of the current crop of pop stars. She's fallen out of the limelight the past couple of years, which is a pity, because there's some excellent songs on her recent albums:

https://youtu.be/2ORj3T5sz-0

https://youtu.be/QJWR9T7ihns

https://youtu.be/9tKQgesCcTc

https://youtu.be/E40dAGljh4Y

https://youtu.be/rcDsSkQ59-E

Willow Smith: Done some really great songs recently:

https://youtu.be/hvrx8SX3jqQ

And some all-time favourites:

Prince

https://youtu.be/CkrT9u7ms1c

John Farnham (but only his Whispering Jack/Age of Reason/Chain Reaction '80s to early '90s run)

https://youtu.be/xWGXmWB4tKQ

https://youtu.be/VD5Vt6zx_to

https://youtu.be/EBo1cMumwBM

Janet Jackson, and most of the broader Jackson family. (Jermaine, Rebbie, and TJ in particular have some hidden gems in their discography.)

https://youtu.be/XKTBP-w9q_k

https://youtu.be/65eEHAMZMSo

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[–] shortwavesurfer 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why must you ask such hard questions! I would say the two i like most would be Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande. After that i really like the somg "Mateo" by Tove Lo. I also really like Camilla Cabello, Nelly Furtado, older JoJo stuff (Too Little Too Late) comes to mind and "Let It Rain"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I always forget about Camilla! I need to make sure I put her on a more regular rotation in my queues!

[–] shortwavesurfer 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] shortwavesurfer 2 points 2 years ago

That is a really good one too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the share! I'm an obvious Swiftie here, very excited to be heading to Eras soon!

Second is probably Lana Del Rey for me (although there is quite the heated debate on if she's alt or pop, I say both)

Third for me is Carly Rae Jepsen, her new album is fantastic, and a must listen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLvVbazi0B4

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

CRJ mostly, so definitely nice to see one of her songs as the first things posted here lol, and Charli XCX too I'd say

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'll be honest I forget about CRJ too often, but then I slip into a funk and listen to her non-stop. I'm really digging her latest album right now! (As the post kinda showed...)

Post some XCX stuff for us when you can, I'd be interested!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

im not huge on pop music but i really like Aurora - The Gods We Can Touch and Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself, some Taylor Swift - Red too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

If you like Red we're friends. I'll have to check out the others!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I like Aurora. I have a few of her songs on my playlist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

❤️ Alicia Keys

Try to listen to this whole vid:

https://youtu.be/x73skPlLBmI

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

kylie. when the trap door opened dropping me into the shiny world of pop music, kylie was pulling the lever. to this day i call my preferred artists 'showgirls'. they have been, historically: kylie, girls aloud and/or chezza, katy, britney. crj and selena gomez are semi-permanent showgirls-in-waiting. i've seen every one of them live, kylie six times, crj three.

i just saw a concert by the belgian singer angèle, who abruptly and unexpectedly became an instant showgirl. somewhere out there carly rae is pouting, sorry.

https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=Y1sWOW23md0

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Alessia Cara is great, I agree!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@Theroddd She's incredibly talented, yet (aside from Here/Scars to your beautiful/Stay) completely underrated.

Which is a huge shame, because IMHO her best work is what she's released after the Know-it-all album.

There's also some real hidden gems in her discography, including tracks like Seven Days.

Hopefully, her next era (which is hopefully on the way) performs better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I admit I haven't listened to too much of her less popular stuff. I will check it out when I have time. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

In no particular order here are a few I'm loving right now:

Favorite liar - The Wrecks https://youtu.be/_kHjDNHEU5o

I dare you - The Regrettes https://youtu.be/WOgQpjARYyc

Hot mess-Zoe Clark https://youtu.be/ZLH4s-15wd4

Sorry to your next ex- Haiden https://youtu.be/h4iGcN01Bu8

IDGAF - Boywithuke https://youtu.be/Q1QcLbkYFaM

Also love Bruno Mars, Pink, Selena Gomez and many others (some I left out because they may be too far out side of pop, though I'm not what exactly they would be)

Some of these may push "pop" since it's such a big, vague category. If you want please let me know and I'll remove!

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