“Surprisingly Sexy” – Indie-Music.com
With more than 200K Spotify streams, 15K monthly listeners and a #1 international iTunes smash, it’s easy to see why The Impersonators are fast becoming known as one of Finland’s finest pop rock exports. With the April 9th release of their “Scarlet Hell” music video, you might say the duo of Tom Tikka and Antti Autio are giving their oft-sunny harmony-laden pop productions a bit of a dark twist.
Tom Tikka explains, “This is a very difficult song to get into for me. It’s obvious to anyone reading the lyrics that ‘Scarlett Hell’ is about prostitution, or more specifically the dark side of prostitution that can include human trafficking, sexual slavery, drugs and occasionally…even murder. As the music video depicts, sometimes people who buy sex from the wrong prostitute, end up in a cardboard box. In case it doesn’t become clear that this song is anti-prostitution for all the aforementioned reasons, then I’ll make point
âBrilliant and Inspiredâ â Neufutur Magazine
âAddictive Hooksâ¦the amount of love thatâs gone into these songs is undeniable.â â The Hollywood Digest
In a year that saw much of the music industry in lockdown, Tom Tikka took advantage of the downtime by releasing no less than 2 EPs and a Christmas single as Tom Tikka & The Missing Hubcaps, in addition to 2 more singles with his pop duo, The Impersonators. One of those singles, âRodeoâ reached all the way to #1 on the international iTunes sales charts. Tikka also managed to rack up a combined 250K+ Spotify streams. Couple that with appearances on Fox TV, several film industry awards for his music videos, and endless critical praise, and one would agree that 2020 wasnât all bad for the prolific singer-songwriter.