I’ve heard this song many times myself and it has the potential to do well in many other countries outside of her native UK.
I know of some Australian friends on social media that love her music, though it’s important to know she’s still only in the infancy of her music career and her debut album is due out next month.
I’ve just put in a request for this song to be played on Smallzy’s Surgery - let’s hope this catches on!
I don’t mind the throwbacks to be honest. I heard The Script’s “Breakeven” on the station on Monday afternoon (and also on KIIS 1065 on Saturday afternoon) - it remains one of my favourites.
Yesterday among others I heard “Hey Ya” by Outkast and “The Power” by SNAP! on Nova. If it’s a throwback I don’t like, then that’s when I switch stations.
And boom - they just played “Bye Bye Bye” by NSYNC, which topped the charts here 23 years ago.
I understand these songs were popular and chart toppers at the time but Nova plays them like they are still in the top ten.
A throwback is a song that I have not heard in a while and has that wow factor, not a song that is played seven times a week. Throwbacks on Nova make me change stations.
BBC Radio 1 do their Throwbacks which they call Anthems very well. It is not the same songs repeated ever week, they have the balance right something the programmers of our major networks struggle to do.
Who”s to blame here, is it the record companies or the radio stations that are being ultra conservative when it comes to new music releases?
We just seem so far behind, getting new music unless it is a universal release such as Pink or Ed Sheeran.
No wonder people are getting their music from streaming services and TikTok, radio is no longer the innovator that it once was for breaking f new music.
I can’t help thinking Deano would have been a better choice for co-host of Chrissie’s show. Understand it may not have been possible, but their banter and hilarity was great on breakfast.
Honestly? I’d blame the record companies. They have their release schedules, marketing campaigns, etc all lined up. If a radio station pushes a song before they’re ready, some might see it as a good thing (familiarity when the song is actually released), but quite frankly, it pisses them off. And you really don’t wanna piss off the record companies, especially when they handball interviews and promotions your way. It’s a great way to end up blacklisted.
Listening to the Chrissie Swan Show this afternoon for the first time. There have been a lot of technical issues this arvo.
A couple of times Chrissie has come back from a break and she’s already half way into her chat. Now, during a song Jonas Brothers Sucker, they played Nova stings over and over for about two minutes into the song. What’s going on? Is it the new Melbourne studio or inexperienced panel operator?
There is a bit awkwardness between Chrissie and Jack. Some banter but not great chemistry between them. Chrissie was talking about her friend Jane Hall this afternoon. She was great in a previous afternoon radio show. Maybe they would work well together for this one.
Nova is a lost cause. Especially Nova100 & Nova91.9. Between the timeslot changes for Chrissie vs. Ben, Liam & Belle, vs. Nova91.9’s two brekkie shows… they’re almost as all over the place as 1116SEN’s breakfast.
One theory I have is that it had a resurgence in popularity after “Ride It” by Regard (which was originally by Jay Sean) charted well in Australia (peaked at #3 on the charts).
Because Jay Sean only really broke through in Australia with that said song in the final quarter of 2009, not many would’ve expected to know who he was beforehand.
It was easy to get away with this in the past - your ability to listen to a broad range of options was limited making controlling when and what people heard from your label was simple.
Maintaining this in this day and age is crazy though and really underestimates what the audience will do
