ACL 2022: Lilyisthatyou

Friday at 3:15.  Third female pop artist in a row in this time slot.  Not sure the reasoning behind that. First, you screw the teens that have to choose between similar musical styles.  Second, you alienate fans of other genres that don't have any choices other than dance pop. 

Unlike Gayle, an 18 year-old viral sensation with a pop song about the "F" word, Lilyisthatyou is a 21-old viral sensation with a pop song about the "F" word.  Different uses, though.  It's such a versatile word.  See if you can tell the difference in the usage.

Here you go:

ACL 2022: Gayle

Friday at 3:15pm.  Another pop artist.  She's an 18 year-old from Plano signed to Atlantic Records.  According to Wikipedia her single "ABCDEFU" topped the charts in Finland, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.  #1 in all those countries at 18.  Not bad.

168 Million view.  Damn.  

Judge for yourself:

ACL 2022: Charlotte Cardin

Friday at 3:15pm.  Four bands on at this time.  Only one I recognize is this one.  I previewed her for SXSW back in 2016 but we didn't see her.  Since then she's released an EP and her first album, which went #1 in Canada and was nominated for multiple Juno awards.  According to this article:

The breakout Montreal pop singer-songwriter was named artist of the year, while her chart-topping debut “Phoenix” received pop album of the year, and its track “Meaningless” was selected as single of the year.

"Passive Aggressive" is a nice mellow pop tune.  This was her big hit.  Has an XX bass beat.

ACL 2022: Cory Henry

Friday at 2:30pm.  Kevin Morby is on at this time so that's my first choice.  Another option is Noah Cyrus who has that nice song with Leon Bridges, "July".  She seems to be following a more mellow, Americana style than her sister.  

The third option is this Brooklyn based musician/song-writer.  He used to play with a jazzy instrumental band called Snarky Puppy.  Now he's solo and has worked with artists like Kanye and Quincy Jones. It says he plays the Hammond B3 organ.  Sweet.

For his jazzy side here is a Tiny Desk Concert of Christmas songs on piano.  He also jams with an orchestra for "Purple Rain", playing the guitar solo on a Moog synthesizer while switching to a Hammond B3 for the slow parts.  Damn.  

It looks like his newer stuff is more funk/dance.  Should be a good show.  Here's his newest release:

ACL 2022: Zai1k

Friday at 1:45pm.  This is a hip-hop artist from Broward County.  He went viral on TikTok according to this article:

The Viral moment occurred when Zai1k participated in Sadie Jean’s “WYD Now?” Open Verse Challenge. The Open Verse Challenge allows artists to recorded themselves performing their own verse next to Sadie Jean.

Zai1k currently has over 2.3 million likes on his Tiktok and with the iconic bar “Why you got that spoon in my face, back it up some,” it’s no surprise that he has everyone singing the catchy verse.

Here is a clip from that on his Instagram feed.  You have to see the video to understand the "spoon" line. Funny stuff.

He has his own music as well.  This is pretty good.