IN THE MIX WITH HK™ - X GAMES MINNEAPOLIS 2018

CHARLIE PUTH IS MAKING MUSIC HIS WAY!

Charlie Puth says of his recently released sophomore album “Voicenotes” –“I’ve wanted to make music like this for a very, very long time, but I almost wasn’t, dare I say, allowed?” “The hardest thing was just getting people on board, convincing people that I did write good music. “Granted, I mean, just four years ago my music was not nearly as – in my opinion - good as it is now,” said Puth, “So I don’t blame A&Rs for looking at their phones while they were in meetings with me and half listening to the songs.” “No one wanted to hear too much jazz in pop music”. Charlie wanted to prove that it was possible. “It just took a couple years for me to get better at producing and get better at writing and then I didn’t have to try to explain it to them anymore. I would just say, “Here’s the 3 min. MP3 proving that you can put jazz chords into a pop record and it could do really well on the Billboard Chart.”

Puth is doing more than really well on the Billboard Charts and about to kick off his 2018 tour this week with gal pal Hailee Steinfeld! I’m gonna help kick off your weekend featuring a custom HK remix on Charlie's new track. Also on deck are exclusive HK remixes on 5 Seconds of Summer, Bebe Rexha, Lauv, Ariana Grande, Post Malone, Halsey, Zedd, Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato, Backstreet Boys and so much more! Plus a couple re-envisioned classics that will make your woofers tweet. Get ready to set your volume to max cause it’s a party over here!

Remember…if it's hot, if it's new and it makes you wanna move…you're In The Mix with HK™.

KAI EXOS IS AN HK PICK TO HIT™

Kai Exos work has been called the “Next big sound” by Billboard and with +2.5mm YouTube views, +1mm Spotify streams and +22K social media follower we can see why. Kai’s latest single “Hold Out The Light”  has powerful lyrics with and an inspirational, timely message. His vocal delivery is smooth and sultry lifting you up over the hot infectious beats. The accompanying video, filmed in his mother land of Morocco, is an explosion of joy, strength and positive dynamism. This is a track you need to check out! Hear more from Kai himself when he calls into the show as Hold Out The Light is this week’s Pick to Hit™ on In The Mix with HK™. 

I can’t wait to spread some HK magic on Kai’s Hold Out The Light  plus custom HK remixes on hits from Drake, Cardi B,  Bazzi, Selena Gomez, Liam Payne & J Balvin, Alessia Cara, Maroon 5, Taylor Swift, a mashup featuring Eminem that will blow you away and so-much-more!

Remember…if it's hot, if it's new and it makes you wanna move…you're In The Mix with HK™.

HARRY STYLES LIVE ON TOUR

20,000 fans...@Harry_Styles and me last night!!#ITMHK #TourLife #Radio pic.twitter.com/zhSqYiJUXg

— In The Mix with HK™ (@HowardHKKessler) July 2, 2018

DON'T SAY "NEVERMIND" TO DENNIS LLOYD'S HIT TRACK

Dennis Lloyd grew up in Tel Aviv where at the age of 8 he began playing piano and at 13 taught himself to play guitar. He attended an art school for Jazz where he says people told him not to sing. Lloyd states “If I would have listened to them I wouldn’t be here”. At 21 he moved to Bangkok to focus on writing songs and producing music and it was there that he wrote Nevermind. Lloyd attributes the success of the song partly to an article that his mom gave him about a kid in Denmark who made a remix of a Nathan Goshen song and it blew up on Spotify. “So I remixed my own song and it worked. No one knows I did it, most people do not know that I’m producing it myself from beat stage to the master.” His self-remixed track has been a pan-European/international hit and just entered the U.S. Top 40 Pop Chart this week.

I’m gonna be crankin’ Dennis Lloyd’s banger this weekend plus other new beats from Madison Beer, Bryce Vine, Noah Cyrus & Max. Also on deck - exclusive HK remixes on chart toppers from Post Malone with Ty Dolla $ign, Logic & Marshmello, Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa, Charlie Puth with Kehlani, 5 Seconds of Summer and so much more! I’m keepin’ those fireworks going all through the weekend so get ready to turn the volume up!

Remember…if it's hot, if it's new and it makes you wanna move…you're In The Mix with HK™.