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Play

Ambient
Ambient

Play is a Ambient act. Their sound grew out of Solange, Destiny's Child, Atomic Kitten, Nanase Aikawa and LMNT. Those roots explain a lot about how Play arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as A*Teens, Willa Ford, Jesse McCartney, Jessica Simpson and M2M, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into J Boog, Jhené Aiko, Solange Knowles and Big Time Rush, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Play, reaching back through Solange and forward to J Boog. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
PlaySolangeDestiny's ChildAtomic KittenNanase AikawaLMNTRobynAaron CarterJ BoogJhené AikoSolange KnowlesBig Time RushA*TeensWilla FordJesse McCartneyJessica SimpsonM2M98ºRaven-SymonéAshlee Simpson

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Play connections

Play grew out of Solange, Destiny's Child, Atomic Kitten and Nanase Aikawa, shares an orbit with A*Teens, Willa Ford, Jesse McCartney and Jessica Simpson, went on to shape J Boog, Jhené Aiko, Solange Knowles and Big Time Rush. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Play

Roots7

Sounds and acts that shaped Play.

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Kindred21

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Play.

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Legacy4

Where the influence of Play travelled next.

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