Maybe you had heard an Indie Pop song in a movie and thought: “Wow what an amazing song! But, who is this band?”
Often outside the commercial scene, the Indie Pop Bands are composed of talented young musicians who thanks to some aspects just get the chance to change their history.
Surprisingly, what happens when these bands just leave their capsule? When instead of performing in small bars, or concerts in school sports courts, they are headliners at well-known festivals, such as Lollapalooza, and start to accomplish an international career.
What is the Recipe for Success?
The first ingredient for this cake of success is the fact that normally the members of these bands just met at school times. So they have a good foundation with a friendship supporting the professional relationship.
While the fact that they are part of the generation of their audience. Also, there are so many common points of interest. They share a sense of community, such as the challenges of climate change, fashion tendencies, and innovation. As the cherry on the top of the cake, we have Social Media that creates a strong sense of integration and breaks borders, making the world small and achievable.
Do you know …
In the European summer of 2015, one song turned viral, which was an invitation to admire sunsets by the sea or dance.
„Stolen Dance“ from the Indie Pop band Milky Chance.
This song was the door opener for the band.
Milky Chance is very famous and is touring around the world.
Eventually you know this! You will be surprised to know that this band made their first steps in a small German city, called Kassel.
Made in Germany but with lyrics in English, the boys from Kassel, consequently left behind the times of a local small band to embrace the fame.
What else can be considered part of this story?
We could quote Spotify for showing more bands with the same genre every time you follow one Indie Pop band.
That is a feature of this platform that helps a lot to boost new fish to swim in this ocean of opportunity.
We need to consider also the marketing skills of some bands, using the algorithm of TikTok, to amplify success, with funny videos and cool vibes. Like the new viral Australian singer „Go-Jo“ with the song Mrs. Hollywood.
As a perfect push, we can talk about many songs of Indie Pop Bands being used as soundtracks for movies, series, and commercials for TV. A good example is the soundtrack of the movie „Her“ from 2013, with the great actor Joaquim Fenix, which is truly a masterpiece from the band „Arcade Fire“.
Indeed the powerful voice of „Benjamin Clementine“ gave brightness to the commercial of perfume from Burberry, with the song “I Won’t Complain”. These events exposed these artists directly to new audiences and even increase the popularity of the whole genre. Afterward, then the „secret“ insider bands are not that secret after all…
Besides is not possible to keep the secret and sharing is caring. Therefore I would like to leave my top 10 Indie Pop Bands here. I hope that they will bring you joy!
My top 10 Indie Bands
- Florence + the Machine
- AnnenMayKantereit
- Benjamin Clementine
- London Grammar
- Bon Iver
- Kings Of Convenience
- Kodaline
- Alt-j
- Bibio
- Beirut
And with this list, I finish my article and I hope you like it. I’m very curious about your favorite genre of music and concerts for this season of the summer festivals.
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