You can keep your denim and stadium rock. While America clings to guitars and grunts, here in Britain we’re painting on our cheekbones and marching straight onto the dancefloor, synths blazing and collars up. The New Pop is now, and it’s everywhere—radiating from Top of the Pops, dominating Smash Hits, and flickering across the telly courtesy of a little station called MTV.
From the day Gary Numan strode onto our screens like a chrome alien, to the moment George and Boy George made makeup mainstream, the ‘80s sound hasn’t just arrived—it’s annexed the airwaves. And the best of it? It's British. Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Eurythmics—this isn’t just music, it’s export-quality cool. The synth is our guitar, the drum machine our war drum.
VH1’s just launched for the grown-ups, but MTV belongs to us—an endless loop of glossy fantasy where pop stars are gods and every bassline is a call to arms. New wave isn’t a trend. It’s the now. And when you’ve got sequins, style, and a chorus that could floor a horse, who needs tomorrow?
The future may be unwritten, but it's being scored in eyeliner and Fairlight samples. Welcome to the permanent present and welcome to KattattaK! and DJ Katt Aurora's time machine!