June 2019

Some notables on this June’s playlist – Black Pumas come roaring onto the scene with Touch the Sky, Thomas Rhett gets funky with VHS, Ed Sheeran crushes it with Eminem and 50 Cent on Remember the Name, Two Door Cinema Club are back with bumping Satellite, and it’s 2013 all over again for Bastille with their latest album and jam Bad Decisions.

Last thing –  June 2019 features a couple youngsters: Grace VanderWaal and boy band Why Don’t We. VanderWaal’s Ur So Beautiful is a slick piece of pop for the 15 year old from Kansas. VanderWaal first appeared on the May 2018 playlist and I’m just realizing now that she was 14 years old then! I don’t want to say it prematurely, but folks, I said Billie Eilish could be the next Lorde and now I’m going to say VanderWaal could be the next Billie.

Boy band Why Don’t We is an American boy band with 5 whippersnappers all aged 17-21. I don’t know if it’s my age here, but I have to say, after watching a few videos of these youngsters I just gotta say the One Direction boys still have my heart. With that said, let’s hope these kids keep pumping out jams like Come to Brazil.

– theMonthlyJamm | July 20, 2019