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A Sky Full Of Stars is a Dance-pop act. Their sound grew out of Katy Perry and Nirvana. Those roots explain a lot about how A Sky Full Of Stars arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Shake It Off and Let You Love Me, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Taron Egerton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 5 connections around A Sky Full Of Stars, reaching back through Katy Perry and forward to Taron Egerton. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"A Sky Full of Stars" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay. It was released on 2 May 2014 as the second single from their sixth studio album, Ghost Stories (2014). An exclusive digital EP version of it, with the B-sides "All Your Friends", "Ghost Story" and "O (Reprise)", came out in the following weeks, being considered the band's eleventh extended play.
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A Sky Full Of Stars grew out of Katy Perry and Nirvana, shares an orbit with Shake It Off and Let You Love Me, went on to shape Taron Egerton. 5 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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