Declan McKenna

Declan McKenna is a singer-songwriter and a pop artist who came out in 2017 to broad acclaim with his debut album What Do You Think About the Car?, which was very much in line with Brit Pop traditions, with its upbeat and light-hearted melodies. His subsequent work began to slide more into glam as his love for David Bowie started to float to the surface in unmistakable ways. His music makes use of big, sweeping waves, rousing instrumentation, and plenty of hooks, though without an overarching mega melody that most big time pop acts tend to gravitate to. It also keeps the stylistic vocabulary of indie rock within reach to access as needed. He has a habit of not shying away from taking relatively sharp political positions in his lyrics, which has attracted some attention.