Sad Summer - Ronnie Watts

 

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In tune. Informed. Indispensable. Thursday 30 July 2020

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Sad Summer Ronnie Watts W!ZARD Talent Released: Single: 17 July/EP: Late September

We say American artist Ronnie Watts has spent most of her youth honing her songwriting skills, building a recording studio in her basement in Rochester, New York, and journaling her heartbreak through a lens of pop music. Earlier this year she released her first record for W!ZARD Talent, the piano-based ballad Famous In California, which has so far amassed over 250k streams. She followed it up with the poppy Break Your Heart and recently dropped this, her latest single, documenting her heartbreak during the summer of 2019. Bridging 1989-era Taylor Swift with tinges of Lorde and Halsey, Sad Summer is a lush alt-pop affair written by Ronnie and produced Harper James. It quickly found support at Deezer with additions to their Brand New UK and Pop Fresh playlists, along with support from Popjustice, Skope Magazine and other online blogs. She performed on #TogetherAtHome live stream with Global Citizen in support of the World Health Organisation, and is now preparing her debut EP, full of tales of youthful bliss and teenage angst, for release this September. A new alt-pop star in the making. Contact Label & Management: James Gilmore, W!ZARD Talent Radio: Available Online: Available  TV: Available Live: Available

HEADLINES Spotify Q2 results show increase in subscribers and monthly active users (see Digital) Nationality clause in the Mercury Prize and the BRITs angers artists (see News)

AND ALSO Women in music platform Little Pink Book has teamed up with DJ & Production school London Sound Academy to launch a six-part female-led series of online workshops and industry skills in association with Mixcloud Live and Dice. (RotD) JOB OPPORTUNITIES Autonomy Management seeks experienced and driven music professionals (RotD)

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