Free falling for Sky

I have had 'nough of hasbeens - no not the Swedish cool clog variety, I mean these pop stars and presenters who are regurgitated to be at the front of everything around. You cannot turn on the television nowadays without Philip Schofield at the helm and those on the wrong side of forty (Spice Girls) seemed to dominate the Olympics closing ceremony. It makes my teeth hurt.

No Doubt's new album fills me with doubts and just when I became stiffled with predictability so out of the doldrums of mediocre pop comes someone young and exciting. Sky Ferreira. Move over Del Rey who appears to have opted out of the underground circuit for the bright lights of the mainstream. Her collection for H&M has produced some more highly predictable fifties pieces for Autumn. Yawn.

Sky Ferreira at Paris Fashion Week

Ferreira's music is not try hard wacky like Grimes and not too pop to be sickly like Carly Rae Jepsen of Call Me Maybe fame. She does not also fit into the Robyn house music pop artist hybrid and therefore that makes her more appealing. She is just quite good. People like labels but sometimes you just want something to surprise you. It comes out of nowhere like finding an item of clothing in Marks and Spencers that you want to buy and wear. Suddenly it permeates your whole existence and you cannot remember a time without it. Ferreira is some such thing.