Hello, My Name Is: Javiera Mena

The window for game-changing artists is so tiny that it seems that only every 5 years we get to see the game change in some way, Kanye for Hip-Hop, Lady GaGa for Pop.

Latin music is probably twice as hard to change as Latin radio is very fixed in format and sound.

We might be crazy to think that Chilean artist Javier Mena can change it, but with the caliber of the first single off her album Mena, there’s a chance. We can hope.

Synths. Melody, on point. Electro-pop perfection. Don’t mind the long instrumental bridge.

If you haven’t met Javiera Mena yet. Well, let her make an indelible first impression.

Listen here:

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The window for game-changing artists is so tiny that it seems that only every 5 years we get to see the game change in some way, Kanye for Hip-Hop, Lady GaGa for Pop.

Latin music is probably twice as hard to change as Latin radio is very fixed in format and sound.

We might be crazy to think that Chilean artist Javier Mena can change it. With the caliber of the first single from her album Mena, there’s a big chance. We can hope.

Synths. Melody, on point. Electro-pop perfection. Don’t mind the long instrumental bridge.

If you haven’t met Javiera Mena yet. Well, let her make an indelible first impression.

Listen here:

Lady GaGa And Gossip Girl Meet For The First Time

The fall of 2008 held two parallel pop phenomenons: Gossip Girl and Lady GaGa.

Gossip Girl had just premiered their second season, and even though viewership had fallen 7% from a measly, 3.65 million viewers from the pilot episode, they were everywhere. You couldn’t escape the show.

Lady GaGa was just really beginning to work a buzz, because at that point, her single “Just Dance” wasn’t sellable without an album. It was right after the album release that support began to build for her first number 1 single.

In this clip, music supervision company, Chop Shop, seamlessly placed “Paparazzi” into one of the first scenes of Gossip Girl’s second season.

We remember watching this episode. Little did we know that weeks later we would fall in love with this song while giving Lady GaGa’s album a chance.

Not for nothing, but that kiss is totally bawse.

Check the placement out: