{"id":1351,"date":"2022-01-14T11:07:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T11:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/?post_type=music-features&#038;p=1351"},"modified":"2022-01-25T11:56:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T11:56:17","slug":"ones-to-watch-2022","status":"publish","type":"music-features","link":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/music-features\/ones-to-watch-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Ones To Watch 2022"},"author":3,"template":"","tags":[518,519,522,517,90,521,520,523],"category_post":[],"acf":{"intro_copy":"Some of the hottest hits to look out for, and playlist your 2022!","smudge":false,"section_news":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image_full":{"ID":1352,"id":1352,"title":"OTW horizontal","filename":"OTW-horizontal.png","filesize":2185057,"url":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OTW-horizontal.png","link":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/music-features\/ones-to-watch-2022\/otw-horizontal\/","alt":"Ones To Watch 2022","author":"3","description":"Ones To Watch 2022","caption":"","name":"otw-horizontal","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1351,"date":"2022-01-14 10:40:16","modified":"2022-01-14 10:40:28","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1921,"height":1081,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OTW-horizontal-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OTW-horizontal-300x169.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OTW-horizontal-768x432.png","medium_large-width":525,"medium_large-height":295,"large":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OTW-horizontal-1024x576.png","large-width":525,"large-height":295,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OTW-horizontal-1536x864.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OTW-horizontal.png","2048x2048-width":1921,"2048x2048-height":1081,"twentyseventeen-featured-image":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OTW-horizontal.png","twentyseventeen-featured-image-width":1921,"twentyseventeen-featured-image-height":1081,"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OTW-horizontal-100x100.png","twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar-width":100,"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar-height":100}},"caption":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy","copy":"<p>New Year, new music! With 2022 well underway, we took a look at some of the hottest hits to soundtrack your year. From some 2021 breakout stars like Ardee, and Wes Nelson &#8211; who continue their dominance of the music, and TikTok scene, to brand new artists like Ocean Tisdall, and Sam Tomkins &#8211; set on making their mark on this new year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"UMusic Ones to Watch 2022\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AFXIx1O6jAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out the full list of artists;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arrdeegram\/\">ArrDee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TikTok sensation ArrDee is certainly one of the undisputed champions of music trends in 2021 with his single &#8216;Oliver Twist&#8217;. He&#8217;s back in 2022 with a brand new single &#8216;Flowers&#8217;, and keeps racking up the fans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/breerunway\/\">Bree Runway<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bree Runway is another viral TikTok sensation. From her feature on Glass Animal&#8217;s &#8216;Space Ghost&#8217; to her single &#8216;Hot Hot&#8217;, which will have us never looking at a Yamaha quite the same way again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oceantisdall\/\">Ocean Tisdall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wicklow singer-songwriter is the newest signing here at Universal Music Ireland, and to say we&#8217;re excited is a slight understatement. His self-released debut single &#8216;Broke Up With My Best Friend&#8217; is incredible, and we&#8217;ve got loads more in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hollyhumberstone\/\">Holly Humberstone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Walls Are Way Too Thin, Holly&#8217;s debut EP was released last year to rave reviews, and with her new single &#8216;London is Lonely&#8217; the London-based singer-songwriter has started 2022 off on strong footing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wesnelson\/\">Wes Nelson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Love Island to Chart sensation, this 23-year old Newcastle lad has been working with some heavy hitters on his songs like Hardy Caprio, all of which have been popping up all over TikTok and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lolayoung\/\">Lola Young<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You might recognise Lola&#8217;s voice from 2021&#8217;s John Lewis Christmas advert, this UK-based artist is definitely one to watch for 2022!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/queenofthebabies\/\">Baby Queen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alt-Pop Baby Queen has been nominated for this year&#8217;s BBC Sound of 2022, and having only released her first single in 2020, it&#8217;s a huge achievement. London-Based, South African born, her most recent release &#8216;The Yearbook&#8217; is already setting the industry alight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/samtompkinsuk\/\">Sam Tompkins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brand new to the music scene, Tompkins latest single &#8216;Whole&#8217; follows fresh on the heels of &#8216;Bloodline&#8217; which definitely stirred fans into action and began what we think is a very promising future!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/frenchthekid1\/\">French The Kid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though hailing from Essex, French did grow up for some of his youth in France, which heavily influenced his musical style and feel. Three singles under his belt, most recently &#8216;Remedy&#8217;, things are going to get big this year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/finnaskew\/\">Finn Askew<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Citing acts like Juice WRLD and Lil Peep as influences, his main inspiration comes from his parent&#8217;s CD collection of Nirvana, The Smith&#8217;s, and The Beach Boys. No albums, yet, but a string of high profile singles, this is one artist we&#8217;re looking forward to hearing more from.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kawalagram\/\">Kawala<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Camden Band Kawala are no strangers to Ireland, having played here a few times before. A host of singles have brought the band a loyal fan base, and with an album in the works, that fan base is only set to grow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oliviadeano\/\">Olivia Dean<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beginning her singing career with Rudamental, Dean has struck out on her own and was named Amazon Music&#8217;s 2021 breakthrough artist of the year, she also recorded a special rendition of Nat King Cole&#8217;s The Christmas Song, for Amazon last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cianducrot\/\">Cian Ducrot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Irish singer-songwriter Ducrot has been getting some seriously high-profile attention. Based in London, he has caught the ear of the US, and recently signed a deal with California-based Interscope records, part of Universal Music.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/themysterines\/\">The Mysterines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool based band have been catching some attention of late, NME called them &#8220;the Liverpool group poised to be nation\u2019s next fearless rock gang&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sure, why not head over to Spotify and give our playlist a listen!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/5ncf7PLkw58pDYChttlrVM?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n"}],"block_type":"image-content","thumbnail_size":"height-2","image_thumbnail":{"ID":1352,"id":1352,"title":"OTW 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