NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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WHAT IT IS: The Brooklyn-based alternative electro-pop duo is comprised of Jeremy Lloyd (production/songwriting) and Samantha Gongol(vocals/songwriting). After being featured in the latest Apple AirPods campaign, single “Down,” shot up to #1 on Shazam’s U.S. chart and hit #5 globally. It flew to #1 on the iTunes Electronic Singles Chart and #3 overall. Their debut album, ACT ONE, soared to #1 on the Electronic Album Chart and peaked at #8 overall.
ALBUM: ACT ONE
RELEASE DATE: 6/24/16
SINGLE: “Down”
TV: Fallon 1/20; “Down” sync in Apple ad launched 1/14
LIVE: Headlining U.S. tour this May through June
INTERNET: Quadruple-digit social growth since January; won Musical.ly’s NextWaveFebruary campaign with 1m+ new videos created; Top 10 at Pandora; #1 Viral track at Spotify and Top 50 overall; Top 75 on Apple
Music, #1 most streamed electronic song; national Shazam peak #1, Top 5 worldwide; went #1 on Spotify’s U.S. Viral 50 & Top 20 on Global Viral 50; went #1 Amazon.MP3’s song chart; went Top 10 Google Play/Digital Tracks; went #7 Soundscan Top Digital Tracks
RADIO: Charting at four formats now; 52m+ audience (+9m TW); Top 40 panel almost closed out, Top 15 and racing toward Top 10; Top 20 at Rhythm; Top 25 at Hot AC and Alternative.
PRESS: Coverage includes Indie Shuffle, Refinery 29, Just Jared, Yahoo, Teen Vogue, PopCrush, High Snobiety, Mashable, Business Insider, Baeble, TechCrunch, Idolator, more
BOOKING: Mike Marquis/Paradigm
PUBLISHING: UMPG
MANAGEMENT: Ardie Farhadieh/Wick Management