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“A-wooo!” howled Shakira on 2009’s ‘She Wolf’, and the indie pack descended on pop’s jugular. That song, you see, was co-written with Sam Endicott of ‘00s synth-rock jawlines The Bravery and represented a surreptitious behind-the-scenes truce in the bitter, decades-long civil war between rock and pop.
Until then, most pop/rock crossovers had been little more than tokenistic PR exercises, transparent transfusions of credibility from a Manics to a Kylie, a Costello to a Wendy James or a Stephen Duffy to a Robbie. But as streaming eroded rock’s authority over the charts to the level of a fuzz-pedalled Jackie Weaver, writing songs for pop acts increasingly became a means for alt-rockers to keep themselves afloat.
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JC Stewart drops the ‘Sad Boy’ label for his new single ‘Break My Heart’
If you think you know JC from his Professional Sadboy favourites ‘I Need You To Hate Me’ and ‘Lying That You Love Me’, think again. JC is back with a melodic firecracker of exuberant alt-pop energy with his new single ‘Break My Heart’ . His gift for exploring the nuances of relationships remains a key strength, this time with a tale of a romance that has to be all or nothing.
iRadio in the Morning with Aidan and Oonagh caught up with the super-talented Derry artist , JC Stewart, who chatted to the breakfast show about his brand new single ‘Break My Heart’ which is an iRadio i Love Irish track this month. JC is set to make an immediate impact on the year ahead as he shares his new single which he co-wrote with Niall Horan. It’s accompanied by an official video which was directed by Charlie Sarsfield
JC Stewart Talks About New Track Written With Niall Horan
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We don t say this lightly.
He has grown his monthly Spotify listens to over 3 million. His music is getting more and more airplay across the water and now he has Niall Horan on board for his latest single. Break My Heart is an absolute gold standard slice of perfect pop. The follow up to I Need You To Hate Me is a cracking single and establishes him firmly as the self-confessed Sadboy of music!
The video (below) was directed by Charlie Sarsfield who worked with