DEAN LEWIS WILL "BE ALRIGHT"

I’d say Dean Lewis is more than alright. This week the Australian singer-songwriter tops the Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart for the very first time on the strength of his breakout single “Be Alright”. Lewis’s hit also reaches a new high on the Hot 100 climbing to an impressive No. 29. His first album, A Place We Knew, is due to drop March 22^nd and he’s proud and excited about it. Lewis said “I’ve been able to write this album from what feels right.” On getting down to the 12 songs that made it on the final album he says, “I actually did about 60 songs, but…there were always ones that held their hand up.”

This weekend I’ve got the tunes to keep everybody’s hands up…and they’ll stay there! I’ll be kicking things off with a custom HK remix of Dean Lewis’s smash plus turning up the wattage on hits from Imagine Dragons, Panic! At The Disco, Ariana Grande, Why Don’t We, Sam Smith & Normani, The Chainsmokers and 5SOS, Marshmello featuring Bastille, Benny Blanco with Halsey and Khalid, Dua Lipa and so much more! I’m packing new jams from The Jonas Brothers, H.E.R., Mabel and Bebe Rexha that you just gotta hear.

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

WHO IS FLETCHER

Cari Fletcher, known by her surname Fletcher, is a budding singer/songwriter from the Jersey shore whose songs have been streamed nearly 100 million times on Spotify. At the age of five she started taking classical vocal lessons and by seventeen competed on the first season of X Factor (US). She’s a graduate from NYU’s famed Clive Davis Institute for Recorded Music  and just dropped her first single with Capitol Records, “Undrunk”.  Fletcher says the track is about “Wishing you could undo hooking up with somebody (and) undo loving somebody.” 

One thing I don’t wannna “undo” is the sick remix of “Undrunk” that I’m working on for this weekend’s In The Mix with HK™. And that’s just getting the party started…I’m stirring up custom HK remixes on Zedd with Katy Perry, Camila Cabello, Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus, Ava Max, Ellie Golding with Diplo, Calvin Harris & Rag n’ Bone Man! Plus new beats from Drax Project with Hailee Steinfeld, a mashup with Usher that will blow your speakers 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™.

THIS WEEK ON IN THE MIX WITH HK™

I don’t know about you, but I am Sooooo ready for the weekend and I’ve got your party mix all cued up. Get set to jam out to exclusive HK remixes on Dean Lewis, The Chainsmokers featuring Five Seconds Of Summer, Sam Smith & Normani, Madison Beer, Post Malone, Ariana Grande and more chart breakers. I’m packing new bangers from Cardi B & Bruno Mars, Fletcher, George Ezra and Dua Lipa that you just gotta hear. Plus a few classics and mashups that you won’t see comin’ but you’ll be glad they did!

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

DUA LIPA'S BREAKOUT YEAR

Dua Lipa the 23 year old London pop phenom has blown up with her hits “New Rules” , which went platinum in 17 countries, and “IDGAF”.  She’s spent the past year touring around the globe and zealously working on her second album. Now Lipa has two Grammys (Best New Artist and Best Dance Recording) in tow and has absolutely no plans of slowing down. SPECIAL NOTE: She was an In The Mix with HK™ Pick to Hit™ back in April of 2017.

I’m taking a tip from Dua and revving up for this weekend’s In The Mix with HK™! I can’t wait to play with her new single “Swan Song” and sprinkle some HK custom remix flava on tracks from Imagine Dragons, Ava Max, NF, Lauren Daigle, Rita Ora, Dan + Shay, Post Malone, Why Don’t We and so much more! Get ready for new beats, mashups and a couple classics that are turn up the volume sick. I’m dropin’ the needle on an explosive weekend party soundtrack and it’s all goin’ down this weekend.

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

GRAMMY WEEKEND ON IN THE MIX WITH HK™

This Sunday is music’s biggest night - The 61^st Grammy® Awards!

Being a long time voting member of the Academy plus a previous Grammy® Nominee I take the awards very seriously. Record of the Year is another tuff one this year. This recently expanded category includes a song form all genres. Big hits like Zed, Maren Morris and Grey’s “The Middle” and Drake’s “Gods Plan”, Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin’s “I Like It” and Post Malone and 21 Savag’s “Rockstar” are all nominated. Plus there are songs from film soundtracks like Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “All The Stars” from Black Panther and Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” from A Star Is Born standing with social commentary tracks like Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” and Brandi Carlile's “The Joke”. Not an easy decision to make but for me there is one standout. Who would you vote for? Seriously, I want to know, hit me up at @HowardHKKessler on twitter with your thoughts.

From the performance list for the show, which reads like a who’s who of the music industry, to the surprising speeches, historic fashion and tributes to Dolly Parton and Diana Ross with “Diamond Diana” preforming - DAMN! I love Grammy night!

Even better than Grammy night is Grammy weekend! I'm kicking it off on In The Mix with HK™! We’ll be talking Grammy gossip, what to expect on music's biggest night and I’ll be throwin’ down brand spankin' new custom HK remixes on hits from Ariana Grande, Panic! At The Disco, Dua Lipa, Halsey, Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus, Sabrina Carpenter and many more faves. Plus new tracks from Imagine Dragons, Livvia, The Struts and mixed in classic surprises. So don't miss a single beat!

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