◇ image via WikipediaDarren Criss
Darren Criss is a Pop act. Their sound grew out of Young the Giant, Katy Perry, Capital Cities, Genie in a Bottle and No Scrubs. Those roots explain a lot about how Darren Criss arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lea Michele, Kris Allen, Anaïs Mitchell, Duncan Sheik and Jason Mraz, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Brandy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Darren Criss, reaching back through Young the Giant and forward to Brandy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Darren Criss connections
Darren Criss grew out of Young the Giant, Katy Perry, Capital Cities and Genie in a Bottle, shares an orbit with Lea Michele, Kris Allen, Anaïs Mitchell and Duncan Sheik, went on to shape Brandy. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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