Dylan Cartlidge Has Got Us Up And Ready To Shake It Like A "Cheerleader"

Unique and effervescent talent Dylan Cartlidge (UK) has revealed his second single of 2020, “Cheerleader”, and we are absolutely LOVING it! With “Cheerleader”, Dylan has once again graced us with a song about positivity and telling us to champion through with our own individuality, while giving us a beat that will make us want to dance and as he says in the song, ’shake it like a cheerleader’! We adore Dyaln and the way he uses music to make us feel better about ourselves.

Hailing from a small town in the North-East of England, Dylan Cartlidge has long since embraced the phrase "Hope Above Adversity" as his motto. His life path took a turn out of being submerged in adversity and gave him hope for his future when he was spotted and signed to Glassnote Music in 2018.

Now, after having used the last year or so meeting and writing with like-minded musical mavericks, Dylan launched back onto the scene with exciting new music. His first offering of the year – the brilliant and effervescent “Yellow Brick Road” – was produced by James Dring (Jamie T, Gorillaz) and set the tone for what was to come in 2020.

In the lead up to the release of his debut EP “Monsters Under The Bed” in April 2019, Dylan had already collaborated with Jamie T, garnered praise from radio tastemakers including Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, Jack Saunders, Phil Taggart and Matt Wilkinson and received a run of press support, with NME simply describing his sound as “f**king brilliant”. On the live side, Dylan has played a UK wide 13 date headline tour as well as performances at SXSW, Glastonbury and Radio One’s Big Weekend up in Middlesbrough.

Musically, Dylan Cartlidge boasts a unique talent for deconstructing and subverting genres that he honed in his teenage years. It’s a stylistic mix that’s reflected in his unique image: timelessly cool afro; Americana-inspired Hawaiian shirts; Elvis-style Cuban collars. 

While no two of his songs are quite the same, the constants are a boundary-squashing, scattergun approach to the genre, and an ability to connect with the deeper fabric of British society in these complex times. His ethos remains one of “hope above adversity, though I don’t want to sound preachy or like I'm trying to fix all the world's problems. If people want to listen to my music and just groove, they can, but if people relate to it that’s great”.