This week saw a double dose of Camila Cabello and new tracks from Jamie Lawson and...Rae Sremmurd hit New Music Friday so what did we get?
Song: OMG
Artists: Camila Cabello, Quavo
'OMG' is yet another single from the forthcoming debut album from Camila Cabello and I wish I could say that this was a track did what it intended in terms of being fun and a light weight breezy kind of song that made me feel good but this really this was boring apart from Camila attempting to rap using the staccato flow that has been heard so many times before. It's actually pretty much your standard trap song.
While Quavo uses his now standard verse (usually the third verse of the song) to reference the awful "Bad and Boujee" and Michael Jackson's moonwalk complete with your standard bragging. Ugh.
Rating: Boring and predictable which is not a good sign for this album. 3/10
Song: Havana
Artists: Camila Cabello, Young Thug (also Pharrell Williams)
Well I'll give Havana this. It's production is much more interesting and is much more playful without the trap beats and other nonsense heard through out 'OMG' even if the chorus teally isn't much chop (Seriously when was the last deep or meaningful chorus heard in a song) and is apparently about Cabello falling in love with a bad boy from Havana (Cabello's home town).
The lyrics really aren't anything special...actually they are pretty vapid but Camila's vocals really suit this kind of song even if it's just absolutely vapid most of which consistent of Cabello singing "Havana na-na-na"
Young Thug sound like or is pretending to get into the song and I guess given the instrumentation is pretty damn good.
Rating: Just a pity the song writing is awful here cause the production is alright. 4/10
Song: Can't See Straight
Artist: Jamie Lawson
A return from Jamie Lawson? I wasn't expect that but yeah Lawson is back with a new single called "Can't See Straight" from his soon to be released sophomore album "Happy Accidents". I have to say it reminds me a bit of country and folk all rolled into one in quite the strange way but still somewhat works.
It's decent enough I guess. I'll certainly talk it over the stuff Camila Cabello dished out.
Rating: 7/10
Song; Perplexing Pegasus
Artist: Rae Sremmurd.
I am really not sure I needed to see these guys back but "Perplexing Pegasus" is apparently the first single from "Sremmlife 3" and quite honestly I have no idea what either Swae Lee or Slim Jxmmi are on about here. Slim Jxmmi mentions that he has a problem in that he is in love with money while Swae Lee mentions in the chorus something about a "caterpillar whip". Um what?
Seems like a 'flexing anthem' but the production really doesn't quite fit for it to be a flexing anthem and that's not saying much for the production which is really is trap beats, a hint of piano with synthesised snaps. Blergh.
Rating: 4/10
Best of the week: Easily Jamie Lawson's "Can't See Straight"
Worst: "OMG" by Camila Cabello feat. Quavo
Next New Music Friday
"What about us?" by Pink
New Avicii apparently
"More than One of You" by Neil Finn
Let's hope that next week is better!
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