What does it mean to be a pop songwriter in 2023? Coming up with catchy melodies, concise lyrics, and instrumental hooks is part of the job. Create well-defined verses and choruses. Capturing short attention spans while leveraging widely shared experience.
“Pop structures are always happening in my songs,” he said Hannah Jadag, 20, whose debut album ‘Aperture’ will be released on Friday. In a video chat from her NYU dorm room, she added: She said, “I love good hooks and good choruses. I love good bangers. I love pop hits.”
Jadag’s dorm room is modest. One of hers on a blank wall is a poster of a violent woman’s face of unknown origin. Jadag rescued it from the discard pile. The other displays posters and passes from recent tours. Jadag took a break from his college education in 2022 to tour and work on an album. Her room is now primarily a musician’s workspace, with a computer, MIDI keyboard and three guitars nearby. When she came to New York University in her current junior year, she considered becoming a music director and leaned into studying music as her business, but soon she found herself working on her own songs. I started concentrating.
Jadag has a unique visual presence, with long blond braids framing his face. And her contagious smile is especially noticeable when quoting famous and lesser-known musicians she’s studied with. She’s Charli XCX, Frank Ocean, SZA, Haim, Billie Eilish, Tame Impala, The Beatles, Ellie Goulding, Cee Lo Green, Clyro, Beaverdoobee, Vampire Weekend, Steve Lacy, Snail Mail, Mentioned MIA, Grouplove, Winnetka Bowling League and Lit Momney. , The Japanese House, Kevin Abstract, and more. Many of them candidly admit to having an immediate influence on the songs she was working on when she heard them.
