Let’s hear it for the boys

Women make the best pop music. Girls do it better, that’s just a pure pop fact. But I’ve been guilty of abandoning the boys in this column, in favour of gushing about what the girls are up to. So here’s a run through of just a few of the guys that have put out some top-tier tunes recently.

We’ve got a synth-popping, show-stopping debut single to enjoy from Danish boys Max and Malte. They’re henceforth to be known as Bifald and they’ve made a great first impression with Sætter Alt På Spil.

Finnish artist Karim B has just dropped a ludicrously enjoyable concoction of blissful Nordic pop paired with banging Arabic beats – be sure to check out his flavourful new single LE LE LE.

He gave me one of my fave songs of the summer with För Bra För Att Vara Sant, now Sweden’s Arwin is back with more retro-hued ‘Svensk pop’ and another chorus that already sounds like a classic, via Vad Har Du Gjort Med Mig.

Swedish troubadour Isak Danielson pours his heart out into a brutal break-up ballad that will have you a blubbering mess, on Desperate Guy. While fellow Swede Linus Svenning is back with his first release in over a year, channelling every emotion into his vocal performance on the blockbuster ballad Someone You Used To Know.

Finally, Danish producer Axel Johansson has taken a classic (like, from the 1930s kinda classic) and pumped it with an electrifying beat and a seductive female vocal (I couldn’t go a whole column without highlighting a female vocal, sorry!). Get acquainted with his creative take on Barber’s Adagio For Strings.

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