Already co-signed by the likes of Sabrina Carpenter and Tove Lo, Jett Blyton’s songs are ready made to soundtrack the messy and the magic in our lives.
“Are we in a recession yet? I don’t know, I feel it coming cause the pop songs are there.”
Big pop production is a hallmark of Jett Blyton’s songs, so it comes as no surprise that one of his biggest musical influences growing up was Kesha, writing her emails since before he knew how to send them. Other inspirations include the usual suspects in Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, but also more alternative pop acts like Audrey Hobert and MGMT, two that he says create his “dream crossover” when it comes to his sound.
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“When people listen to my music, I hope that they feel seen for the shameful moments”
Traces of messy indie-sleeze aesthetics of the early 2010’s in Jett Blyton’s wild yet unapologetically honest pop. Its music to party to on a rogue Saturday night out that doesn’t shy away from the realities of Sunday morning. In those unsure moments, Jett Blyton is making you feel seen and letting you know that “it’s OK babes, you were amazing dancing on that table!”
Bouncing around studios across Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, Jett’s process is often a collaborative one. Most successful around people he gets along best, Jett has worked with local favourites like Aleksiah (listen out for her at the beginning of ‘Apeshit’), Pacific Avenue, and most recently, Breakfast Road. The western Sydney boy-band have a hand in the sassy pop journey ‘Needingabreak’, which Jett describes as like a “Lady Gaga x Rihanna deep-cut”, undoubtedly for its combination of slicing EDM-pop production and grandiose sweeping vocals.
“I hope one day it becomes a Jett Blyton deep cut”
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If you were following our NIDA competition earlier this year, you might already know that Jett Blyton was one of our lucky winners receiving the full music video treatment for his synth-heavy distorted pop dream ‘Landmine’. With no notes other than wanting it to “feel like a massive party”, director Emma Johns dreamt up not one but four epic party scenes as fun and super-scale as the track sounds.
“There were literally forty people on set one day, all just lip syncing the song like two months before it came out and I was like, ‘this is crazy’. I felt like a like a genuine pop star in that moment.”
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Finding major success with his audience on TikTok, Jett’s approach isn’t prompted by strategy or marketing, but the connections he’s made through the screen. He explains that while social media might be the vessel, the goal isn’t virality, but “human connection behind it” instead.
“Seeing all of these people online and in person, singing the words back to me of my song, it’s the coolest thing ever”
Jett Blyton – on your triple j and Unearthed airwaves all this week or visit his Unearthed page.
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