Mutya Keisha Siobhan: Refining the R&B Pop Scene
The hopeful belief of having the 1st of January mark the beginning of a year full of change has inspired us to hunt for artistic reformations. It takes courage to reassess the playing field and push for risky (and quite frankly charming) transformations. But Mutya Keisha Siobhan pulls this off flawlessly.Originally introduced to the music industry as English girl-group Sugarbabes, the three original members (Mutya Buena; Keisha Buchanan; and Siobhan Donaghy) all left separately in 2001, 2005, and 2009 to meet again and form their current trio in 2011. News of their reunion quickly spreads to the Twitter-sphere and little teaser tweets hinting at a new album to launch has placed them in the spotlight once again.Its no surprise that these girls receives over 500,000+ hits on their remix (see below) of Kendrick Lamar’s hard-hitting “Swimming Pools”; the English music scene has been taking over the states over the past four years with the likes of Disclosure, the Klaxons, Blood Orange, and many others tweaking what we consider contemporary R&B and indie pop. Sugarbabes was known for its R&B dance pop style releasing memorable songs like “Overload.” Still containing their sultry R&B forte, MKS channels their original styles with more synth-pop inspired instrumentation, which is audible in their debut single, “Flatline.” Produced by Dev Hynes (Blood Orange), the single earned praise for its “trend-defying” magnetism. With this much praise, we hope their Polydor record drops soon, and see more from the trio; and on that note, let us hit replay on “Flatline” one more time… Source(s): Hearst UK, BB, The Guardian