MOVIESTARZ

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Recently I was able to connect with self-described “hyperpop” band, MOVIESTARZ, to discuss what went into their new single called “Invited.” The song comes from the duo of Alex Pombar and Tyler Nichols who channel their love for Blink-182-type pop-punk paired with club ready anthems similar to Charli XCX.

Thanks for your time today! Can you walk me through the writing process of your great new single called “INVITED”?

Thank you!! I used to read AP.net when you guys were a Blink fansite so it’s an honor! “Invited” actually went through a few iterations lyrically, conceptually, melodically. We ended up thinking in the vein of “Party Hard” (Andrew W.K.) and what made that song so infectious and once we landed on that it fell together super quick. We’ve been in the music game for what feels like so long it’s like you just want to stop playing the “game” part of it. You want to be invited because they actually want you there, not just for the “networking” or “clout” purposes.

How do the two singles released thus far (“CLUB PUNK” / “INVITED”) reflect the direction that MOVIESTARZ is taking on your new album?

“Club Punk” and “Invited” both have that in your face buzzy guitar, big electronic beat and are the first two songs on the record. I think they both just introduce listeners to our world really well. I feel like our direction with MOVIESTARZ is no direction, anything is possible. We want to collab with anyone and everyone. “Club Punk” we knew was gonna be the first song as soon as we wrote it, but also calling it “Club Punk” was to just outright say what we feel like our genre is. We take influence from so many places but our core ethos is just make a fun catchy song and keep the listener on their toes. So many times we said “how can we take this song left even for a second.” If you like “Club Punk” / “Invited” I think you’ll love the whole record.

What are some of your sources of inspiration in your music?

Some of the big ones would be Sleigh Bells, the 1975, Gorillaz, Charli XCX but personally I listen to a lot of smaller pop artists who I believe should all be arena’s: the BLSSM, Upsahl, Mallrat, Sophie Powers, SYCCO, Underscores I love their melodic sensibilities, sonically keeping things so interesting, simple but big. I gravitate towards more female vocal leaning stuff so that was certainly a huge inspiration point.

Can you describe your music upbringing that led you to incorporating so many unique styles into MOVIESTARZ?

Alex and I both grew up on the 90’s pop punk/alternative, KROQ, to TRL to Myspace pipeline. What I think was so special of that time especially TRL is you’d have blink, Limp Bizkit, NSYNC, NFG, Britney Spears all in the same 30 minutes and just let the great songs be great songs, but it all kind of lived together in this little ecosystem that impacted a generation so dramatically. IMO the average music listener got away from that a bit but I love where we are at in 2025 there just are no rules to live in a genre and I think we’re back in the world where anything has a chance to cut through, thanks TikTok?

What do you hope fans will ultimately feel or take away from listening to MOVIESTARZ music?

I hope people want to replay it. Whenever I hear a new song and I immediately want to listen to again…that’s just the best feeling in the world. If that happens we’re stoked. Also, tell a friend please!

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