Some of these girls jumped on the train of the 90s vibes revival that has invaded the internet, do you already have them on your playlist?
Who also listens to Beabadoobee And it makes you want to see 90s chick-flicks, to be a compass?
Since last year the music industry seems to be in a flirtation with the genres and aesthetics of the 90’s that remind us of those years of high school or high school in which our concerns were far removed from adult life. Let’s review some girls who are already a phenomenon on social networks and streaming platforms:
Beabadoobee
When it premiered 10 things I hate about you, Beabadoobee was not even born. How is it possible that the singer-songwriter has created songs worthy of the soundtrack of that masterpiece, the most important movie mankind has ever seen of teen comedy?
It seems that the call alternative rock of the 90’s returned in the melodious and sweet voice of this Filipino-British who does not deny her influences and to show her 2019 single “I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus”, a clear reference to Pavement. But its sound and aesthetics are not only reminiscent of those bands and soloists who built the foundations of the genre as Belly, Elastic, Juliana Hatfield And till The Breeders; With his bedroom pop, Beabadoobee also reminds us of the kitschy bands like Sixpence None the Richer.
Olivia rodrigo
Now let’s talk about another sensation on social media and streaming platforms: Olivia rodrigo, a barely 18-year-old girl who rose to fame in 2021 thanks to her single “Drivers License” that also got popular thanks to TikTok.
Although the sound of Olivia Rodrigo is already more installed in bedroom pop; the composition and interpretive quality, also transports us to the most dramatic moments of our adolescence … but with its due cry and therapy while we sing “Good 4 u”: “I guess that therapist I found for you, she really helped”
With SOUR, her debut album, has managed to awaken even the least sorrowful feelings of Courtney Love, because look Paty that Love accused Olivia Rodrigo of plagiarizing the cover of the Live Through This, album that she released with her band Hole in 1994. Is there anything more 90s than fighting with Courtney Love?
Willow Smith
But for angry girls what is said, there is the youngest daughter of Will Smith.
It is no news that the suckers of the Prince of rap They have forged their way into the music, film, modeling industry, and pretty much wherever they are called. Thus, in 2021, Will’s youngest daughter has given herself over to the pop punk sounds of the late 90’s and early 2000’s with her most recent production. Lately I Feel EVERYTHING.
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For this punk revival he invited two pioneers of the genre: Travis Barker from Blink-182 and Avril Lavigne, and we have to say, it sounds brutal. Take up the most emo from bands like Paramore and My Chemical Romance, with a vocal touch of Amy Lee from Evanescence, but with the existential problems of his age and generation with themes such as “Gaslight” and “Transparent Soul”. At the end of the day the title tells us: “lately I feel EVERYTHING”.
With only 20 years old, Willow Smith she has spent half her life in the music industry and we would be very naïve to think that she is now the redeemer of the genre. If something has made clear it is that tomorrow who knows what genre they want to venture into and there will be no human power to stop it, meanwhile we cannot stop listening to this album.
Bratty
As not everything is Anglo-Saxon, we cannot ignore the greatest exponent of Mexican bedroom pop that fills our days with a sound melancholy and returns us to the saddest and at the same time corny of the 90’s.
Bratty is the project of singer-songwriter Jenny Juárez, a native of Culiacán, Sinaloa, and in her 20s she is already the hope of Mexican indie pop. With songs that speak of love, heartbreak and disappointment, Bratty envelops us in that intimate atmosphere in which self-love and self-discovery also predominate.
Since 2018 he has been gaining ground in the music industry of our country, first with his debut EP Everything is changing, and then with singles like “Tempra overdose”, to later release his album in 2019 Delusion and this year he repeated the feat with tdbn.
Their sound has been the subject of comparison with more contemporary girl projects such as Billie Eilish, Best Coast and Clairo; However, the almost whispered voice of this culichi also reminds us of the dream pop of Hope Sandoval from Mazzy Star and Elizabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins. What do you think?
Gins
For the pilón we go to Madrid with Gins, a band of four girls who identify their sound with pop punk, indie and “tonti rock” as they call themselves, and also present themselves forcefully: “we want to be that band that you put on when you have had a daytime tragedy sponsored by evil karma, and forget it ”.
So if there was already enough drama in the air, Ginebras gives us the lift we needed with lighthearted, everyday and very self-referential lyrics, but above all, with a lot of humor.
This band was formed in 2019 and at the end of that year they released Give me 10:36 Minutes, EP that includes a cover to “With Height” from Rosalía and maybe we like the cover more than the original. Last year they released their long-awaited debut album I’ll sleep when I die, and with him they have established themselves as one of the essential girl bands on the Madrid scene.
You tell us, how many of these girls do you already have in your playlists?
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