Artist Spotlight
FIOR releases a new fresh single and music video “YOYO”
Today, emerging independent pop/R&B hybrid artist, FIOR releases her latest single and video for “YOYO.” YOYO” (You’re On Your Own) is a summer-ready disco-funk track with a bright and memorable hook that highlights FIOR’s rich and soulful vocals. Driven by a heavy-hitting 90’s-inspired bassline, produced by the legendary Scott Storch, the infectious record celebrates the freedom of moving on and cements FIOR’s status as a star on the rise. The track is accompanied by a colorful video directed by Alfredo Flores (Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Selena Gomez) that sees FIOR and her friends dancing and hanging out at a skatepark, who are keeping their eye on a particular mysterious skater.
The release of “YOYO” comes fresh off the heels of “Let Me Go,” FIOR’s defiant anthem decrying toxic cycles that served as the singer-songwriter’s debut single. Since its January 2022 release, the music video has amassed over 150K views – watch the video HERE. Both tracks will be featured on FIOR’s forthcoming debut EP out later this year.
About the track, FIOR says “These last two years have been so crazy but I feel like summer is now officially back and I’m going to make this one a year to remember! Anyone that’s not coming with good vibes, you’re on your own! #YOYO”
Born Zoe Fioravanti, FIOR has been drawn to music from a young age and began creating music as a teenager, when she started writing her own lyrics and making beats on her computer. Her sleek, beat-driven, pop-infused music contains elements of funk, soul, disco, and rock that pair with her lush, agile vocals. Alongside her recent foray into releasing music, FIOR was featured on a 2021 Playboy Australia cover alongside G-Eazy and has graced a number of additional covers including ELLE Arabia, L’Officiel Arabia, Glamour Bulgaria, and more.
Stay tuned for more news on FIOR…
Artist Spotlight
“Subterranean Homesick Blues” finds a new direction through Ghost of Panama
Rearranging a song that carries six decades of cultural weight is a creative challenge, but Ghost of Panama approaches “Subterranean Homesick Blues” with clear purpose. The rock band radically reworks Bob Dylan’s counter-culture hit, reshaping its identity while keeping its rebellious spirit. It’s a tribute to musical heritage and a statement of artistic independence all in one.
This new interpretation is very much shaped by the production, made at Ghost of Panama’s home studio in West London. The setting allows an intimate approach to reinterpreting a familiar song and lets the group engage directly with the material, taking it in a new artistic direction.
“Subterranean Homesick Blues” centers on the tension between conservation and transformation. Ghost of Panama is true to the song’s rebellious spirit without adding to its legacy, and this approach gives the release an adventurous feel, grounded in countercultural energy but driven by a desire to see what the composition can become in a different musical context.
Their version of this 60-year-old classic shows that respecting a song’s history can also mean breaking the rules and finding new ways to express its spirit. Fundamentally, “Subterranean Homesick Blues” presents Ghost of Panama as artists who want to engage with the past without being tied to it. The release’s strongest identity is a familiar heritage reimagined through a singularly forward-looking creative vision.
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“NO MORE” by Amanda Holley connects healing, awakening, and survival
“NO MORE“ carries that kind of emotional weight, and some songs feel like they come from lived experience but reach for something bigger. Amanda Holley blends R&B and soul, turning a lifetime of survival into a vision of healing, awakening, and the determination to move beyond what caused the pain.
“NO MORE“ is a healing anthem for people who have gone through bad experiences and reached a place of higher awareness, but it’s also an emotionally charged protest. The duality is introspective and outward-looking at the same time, turning personal survival into a broader declaration that some experiences, conditions, or cycles should end.
Holley had a premonition of the song six months before the world went into global shutdown. In the vocal booth, working out melodies with her collaborators, she pictured people in the streets. Those images were hard to imagine at the time, but subsequent events would make them painfully familiar.
“NO MORE“ is given a particularly contemplative underpinning by the context. The identity of R&B and soul leaves room for emotion. The song’s themes link survival, awakening, resistance, and the need for change. Amanda Holley is an artist using music to process personal endurance and a broader sense of social awakening. It’s got a complicated significance, and its release feels like a glimpse of a moment when personal intuition and public reality collided in an unexpected way.
Photo Credit: Yulia Shusharina
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