SALES
If you’re on TikTok you probably remember a time when the sound “Go Little Rockstar” was inescapable. What if I told you:
1. These are the wrong lyrics, it’s actually “Pope is a Rockstar”, and
2. This sound, and a handful of others, came from a two-person indie band, SALES, one of my college favorites.
Jordan Shih makes up one half of the duo and is first-generation Chinese, living in Orlando, Florida with his bandmate, Lauren Morgan. Obviously, this wouldn’t be the first time TikTok had revived a band, but something about the SALES tracks feel authentically bedroom-poppy in a way that we’re missing today. I think part of the massive appeal of their songs is the homemade quality to it. While today, we have a whole class of bedroom pop artists like Clairo, Rex Orange County and Gus Dapperton, SALES was making bedroom pop before it was cool. Personally, I’m glad SALES is finally having their moment, and highly recommend checking out their tracks RENEE, IVY, and CHINESE NEW YEAR.
—Eden Bekele, Digital Associate
