If the songs Demi Lovato has released from her album so far have one thing going for them it is definitely in showing the variety of music that she is able to deliver. We’re now on to the third song released from Demi Lovato’s upcoming album “Confident”. First came the pop-rock glory that was the first single “Cool for the Summer” and the finger snapping Burlesque-esque title track. Stone Cold is the latest release, a promo single that does a fantastic job of showing off yet another side of Demi Lovato, a side that creeps into theatre. Continue reading →
I think we have an identity crisis on our hands. After releasing his self titled album in 2014 which was full of Justin Timberlake knock offs, and the lead single, “Levels”, from his upcoming album following the same kind of sound but with a twist of Bruno Mars, Nick has now decided he’s going to follow in the footsteps of Drake.
With the use of autotune in his newly released “Area Code”, you could not be faulted for thinking this was a shitty, bottom of the barrel track from one of Drake’s albums. Over the last few years Nick has built up this buff, sexy new image and it works for him, but he can’t carry that image off in his music quite so well. He’s attempting to come across with this emotional and moody but aloof and distant vibe that Drake has perfected, but coming from a Disney background means that this change in his sound and image comes across as pretty transparently and consciously constructed.
Maybe this new sound will be exciting and new to his younger fans that aren’t quite in Drake’s demographic, but to the average listener it is all very been there done that, and uninspired. Nick had been toeing the line between being inspired by other artists and full on copying them, but with “Area Code” he finally takes it just that little bit too far. If I ever did decide to listen to a shitty Drake song then I would do just that, there’s no point in listening to a knock off from someone hoping to profit off of someone else’s sound.
All of this and I haven’t even mentioned the boring, black and white faux hip-hop music video yet, or the shady way he released this the same day as Selena Gomez’s album.
I think where Carrie Underwood may have gone wrong when recording “Smoke Break” is that the song feels very much like she’s telling someone else’s story, when listening to it I don’t feel a connection to Carrie whatsoever. That may be the reason that “Smoke Break” kind of bombs, Carrie is a great Storyteller but I think her talent shines through much better when she’s invested in the story personally herself and the song felt clunky and forced as a result of the disconnect between her and the lyrics. Continue reading →
Someone please tell me when pop stars are going to learn never to do spoken bridges in their songs unless they are going to be able to pull it off with 100% confidence and attitude. Katy Perry ruined “This is How We Do” with a spoken bridge and now Selena has taken what could have been a decent buzz single for her album (although it’s miles better than the mess that is her second single) and mangled it by talking in the bridge in the most disinterested, blasé voice I have heard in a very long time. Continue reading →
Elle King seems to be the answer to a question that was never asked: what would happen if you took Meghan Trainor and Gin Wigmore and merged them together? She has sass and attitude, she exudes confidence and she’s sexy as hell with a set of pipes and image that are impossible to ignore.
Meghan Trainor decided that her schtick was going to be body confidence and set out on a mission to convince everybody that bigger girls are sexy too. Unfortunately she did so through a slew of skinny shaming lyrics and ignorant remarks, hiding how awful she really is behind a fake, cutesie, conservative 50s/60s image and persona that irritated more than it endeared. Continue reading →
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