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Future Starts Now

Following the release of "Love Me Land" last July, I am happy to announce that my new project — "Future Starts Now" — is now available! It carries some of the characteristics from the last year's release — I have again included only a song per artist, have gone for a more upbeat vibe, and it is even less commercial than my previous playlists. It includes 66 songs which is 6 more than last year's, and it is my biggest summer playlist since 2014's "#CantLetGo" which was re-released at the end of 2021.

Despite the playlist containing 66 songs, there are 84 artists. This is the most I have included in the last few years. 41 of them have not been seen in any of my previous projects. There are songs from 10 music genres, including Pop, Dance, Alternative, and Electronic. 31 of the songs were released in 2021 and 35 — in 2022.


Artwork

The artwork is, for a second time for this project, a collaboration with my favourite designer George Stefanoff (Efoff Designs). While having a completely different overall look and feel, we also wanted the cover to have some resemblance to the artwork for "Equally Lost" which was released in 2020.

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"Future Starts Now" (2022) and "Equally Lost" (2020) artworks

"Equally Lost" was released during the Covid pandemic which coincided with an already very miserable for me year. The artwork, I believe, illustrated very well the hopelessness I was feeling back. Nowadays, things look different and I am more optimistic about where I am and what awaits me. The "Future Starts Now" cover embodies the idea of taking your life into your own hands and confidently making the decisions needed so to achieve this and start a new chapter.

As I have said many times before, this series of music projects sort of "tells the story of my life". In that respect, I try to show how I feel at a certain time both through the artworks and the songs included in each of the releases.


Stream Now

You can stream "Future Starts Now" on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube.

Tracklist

  1. Kim Petras — Future Starts Now
  2. Clean Bandit — Everything But You (feat. A7S)
  3. Diane Warren, Rita Ora, Sofía Reyes & Reik — Seaside
  4. Ben Platt — happy to be sad
  5. MK & Paul Woolford — Teardrops (feat. Majid Jordan)
  6. Grimes — Shinigami Eyes
  7. Florence + the Machine — My Love (Edit)
  8. S10 — De Diepte
  9. Adele — Oh My God
  10. Nessa Barrett — dying on the inside
  11. Alesso & Katy Perry — When I'm Gone
  12. Tiësto & Ava Max — The Motto
  13. Jennifer Lopez & Rauw Alejandro — Cambia el Paso
  14. salem ilese — Ben & Jerry
  15. Emeli Sandé — There Isn't Much
  16. Tove Lo — How Long (From ”Euphoria” An HBO Original Series)
  17. MICHAELA — When I'm Alone
  18. The Chainsmokers — iPad
  19. Brooke — Tongues
  20. James Carter — Could Have Been You
  21. Felix Jaehn — Do It Better (feat. Zoe Wees)
  22. Kelsea Ballerini — HEARTFIRST
  23. Jena Rose — Checkmate
  24. Calum Scott — If You Ever Change Your Mind
  25. Dylan — No Romeo
  26. Elton John & Dua Lipa — Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
  27. Halsey — I am not a woman, I'm a god
  28. 220 KID & Jem Cooke — Another Life
  29. Galantis — 1x1
  30. JC Stewart — Scars
  31. GRACEY — What A Waste
  32. Dermot Kennedy — Better Days
  33. LANY — never mind, let's break up
  34. Mimi Webb — House On Fire
  35. Wrabel & Duncan Laurence — back to back
  36. Khalid — Skyline
  37. MIKA — Yo Yo
  38. Maisie Peters — Elvis Song
  39. Troye Sivan — Angel Baby
  40. Ruel — GROWING UP IS _____
  41. New Rules — Cheers
  42. Ella Henderson — Bad News
  43. Purple Disco Machine & Sophie and the Giants — In The Dark
  44. KREAM — Pressure
  45. Foxes — Growing on Me
  46. Alok & John Legend — In My Mind
  47. Litany — Adult Movies
  48. Selena Gomez & Camilo — 999
  49. Years & Years — Night Call
  50. Punctual — Do It All Again (feat. Jordan Shaw)
  51. Sonny Fodera — Angel (feat. Clementine Douglas)
  52. Oliver Heldens & Anabel Englund — Deja Vu
  53. Twinnie — Cool
  54. James Arthur — Avalanche
  55. The Weeknd — Take My Breath
  56. Sofi Tukker & John Summit — Sun Came Up
  57. Cheat Codes & Stondon Massey — Afraid of Love
  58. Shouse — Won't Forget You (Edit)
  59. Joel Corry, David Guetta & Bryson Tiller — What Would You Do?
  60. Seeb & Nina Nesbitt — Sweet Dreams & Dynamite
  61. Alec Benjamin — Devil Doesn’t Bargain
  62. Griff & Sigrid — Head on Fire
  63. Surf Mesa — Another Life (feat. FLETCHER & Josh Golden)
  64. Taylor Swift — Message In A Bottle (Taylor’s Version) [Fat Max G Remix]
  65. Ali Gatie — Perfect
  66. George Ezra — Green Green Grass

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