{"id":96099,"date":"2026-06-16T07:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T06:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=96099"},"modified":"2026-06-16T07:51:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T06:51:01","slug":"cupp-releases-infectious-new-single-popcorn-swayze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2026\/06\/cupp-releases-infectious-new-single-popcorn-swayze\/","title":{"rendered":"Cupp Releases Infectious New Single, &#8216;Popcorn Swayze&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>An award winning photographer, cinematic videographer, and singer-songwriter, Chicagoland artist Cupp is the full package, and his latest single, &#8216;Popcorn Swayze&#8217;, is sure to fill dance floors whenever it&#8217;s played.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Popcorn Swayze&#8217; is out now and is available to stream and download <a href=\"https:\/\/ditto.fm\/popcorn-swayze\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cupp was inspired from his nearly 2 decades of covering joyful wedding celebrations, and his song, &#8216;Popcorn Swayze&#8217; takes the infectious energy of group dances, and blends it with inspiration from classic group dances such as Electric Slide, and The Hustle. Fusing modern electro-swing and dance-pop with a flair reminiscent of the swing era, &#8216;Popcorn Swayze&#8217; additionally sees the possible introduction of Popcorn Swayze as a character in his own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joshua Amos Cupp, known creatively as Cupp, started making rap videos in Florida, and his sound has since evolved across genres, which currently spans folk-EDM, country-pop, alternative rock, hip-hop, and R&amp;B. With &#8216;Popcorn Swayze&#8217; Cupp wrote all the lyrics, performed the vocals, and produced the song himself, in his Chicagoland studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cupp released his debut full length album, &#8216;One The Beginning&#8217; this year, and his musical catalogue includes the intimate, &#8216;Moving&#8217;, a heartfelt chronicle of his own marriage, along with singles such as, &#8216;Only Seventeen&#8217;, &#8216;Open Wide&#8217;, and &#8216;Stark Contrast&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find out more about Cupp and his music online on <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/@cupps_media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/josh.cupp.2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/0TUYzuNtOTqWXXW1xVGiB8?si=9VCy79mBRciNaRAN5IP6rg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An award winning photographer, cinematic videographer, and singer-songwriter, Chicagoland artist Cupp is the full package, and his latest single, &#8216;Popcorn Swayze&#8217;, is sure to fill dance floors whenever its played.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":96103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"An award winning photographer, cinematic videographer, and singer-songwriter, Chicagoland artist Cupp is the full package, and his latest single, 'Popcorn Swayze', is sure to fill dance floors whenever it's played.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Cupp Releases Infectious New Single, 'Popcorn Swayze'","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"An award winning photographer, cinematic videographer, and singer-songwriter, Chicagoland artist Cupp is the full package, and his latest single, 'Popcorn Swayze', is sure to fill dance floors whenever it's played.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,21445,21446],"tags":[33711,11720,77,370,33712,116,79,10677],"class_list":["post-96099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-cupp","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-popcorn-swayze","tag-review","tag-single","tag-single-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-oZZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35396,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/my-silent-bravery-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":96099,"position":0},"title":"My Silent Bravery &#8211; &#8217;18&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"26\/04\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Matt Wade, aka My Silent Bravery, is bringing back the 80s with the retro music video for his new track, '18'. 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