Is it just me, or are French house DJs suddenly becoming the new "it" musicians in the US Pop Scene?
On the radio last summer, it seemed impossible to not hear a song or remix by David Guetta. He worked with mainly US artists, but gave each song his signature beats. To be honest, I liked the more electro-dance sound as opposed to the super-sugary stylings of Spears or Cyrus.
And now, the song "Hello" by Martin Solveig and Dragonette is taking over the worldwide charts.
Solveig is a Paris DJ, and Dragonette is a Canadian band, but I suspect this will make Solveig the name to be known, and Dragonette will likely (unfortunately) never be heard from again.
I wonder if this marks two important changes to the US music industry: 1) an interest in more international musicians and 2) a shift towards dance/electro as predominant in pop music. Of course, on point 1, I doubt that we will suddenly be hearing sitars on all the Clear Channel stations, but maybe there will be a bit more variety than the constant production of white-girls-next-door pop singers and doe-eyed boy bands.
On a more minor note, there seems to be a slight second-wave British invasion, what with the likes of Adele becoming more known, and not just as an international peculiarity. Adele certainly has the talent to show the likes of Ke$ha and Rebecca Black what music really could be.
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