Song: Caught in the Middle
Artist: Anastacia
Anastacia was responsible for one of the biggest earworms of the early 2000s with "I'm Outta Love" spending five weeks at number 1 on the ARIA chart in 2000 and subsequently became the biggest song of 2000 in Australia, she released several other songs that have also charted well but a battle with cancer has seen her virtually disappear from the music scene until now with "Caught in the Middle" being the first single from her forthcoming album entitled "Evolution"
So what's "Caught in the Middle" like. It's actually pretty darn good, the trademark Anastacia vocals are there and brings forth plenty of difference from what we get in the current top 40 as it seems to have a very almost Indian sound which is refreshingly so different from trap beats. The lyrics are just insanely catchy and anthemic which is a surefire recipe to see this song stuck in your head.
Rating: 8/10. I like it a lot.
Song: Boys
Artist: Charli XCX
I can see this song getting annoying real fast. The chorus instrumentally sounds like somehing out of a video game and Charli XCX barely audible in singing about how her head is full of boys, all up it's a pretty shallow old pop song but hey sometimes shallow is what we need.
Look, this song lyrically or musically isn't going to bowl the world over but I can see it becoming a hit for her given the amount famous young men in the video for this song.
Rating: 5/10
Song: Run for Cover \
Artist The Killers
We have a bit of a let down here especially considering how crazy retro cool "The Man was", the song just doesn't really come to anything that would seem extremely interesting. It's not bad per se but it certainly lacks the raw addictive energy that "The Man" showed so it's a bit disappointing to me, hopefully not a sign of their forthcoming album "Wonderful Wonderful"
Rating: 5/10
Other songs released
"Either Way" by Snakehips featuring Anne Marie and and Joey Bada$$ (As far as a song like this goes, it's not that bad a song, I can see my self coming back to this one. 7/10)
"Marmalade" by Macklemore feat. Lil Yachty (Ehh. Skip it. 3/10)
"Learn to Let Go" by Kesha (The third song from Raimbow which is out next week. Seems a bit odd but this song is a nice one about learning to move on and not being bitter about the past. 7/10)
Best of the week
"Caught in the Middle" by Anastacia
Worst of the week
Macklemore seriously needs Ryan Lewis back by his side "Marmalade" with Lil Yachty is all kinds of baaad.
Next New Music Friday
Camila Cabello drops two new songs "Havana" with Young Thug and "OMG" with Quavo. (Almost obligatory he appears on the New Music Frifay playlist now)
Rae Sremmurd drop a new single called "Perplexing Pegasus"
Also new stuff from Bebe Rexha.
We'll see what else drops tomorrow! Hopefully some surprises!
You can check a playlist of my favourite songs of the year so far here:
Anastacia was responsible for one of the biggest earworms of the early 2000s with "I'm Outta Love" spending five weeks at number 1 on the ARIA chart in 2000 and subsequently became the biggest song of 2000 in Australia, she released several other songs that have also charted well but a battle with cancer has seen her virtually disappear from the music scene until now with "Caught in the Middle" being the first single from her forthcoming album entitled "Evolution"
So what's "Caught in the Middle" like. It's actually pretty darn good, the trademark Anastacia vocals are there and brings forth plenty of difference from what we get in the current top 40 as it seems to have a very almost Indian sound which is refreshingly so different from trap beats. The lyrics are just insanely catchy and anthemic which is a surefire recipe to see this song stuck in your head.
Rating: 8/10. I like it a lot.
Song: Boys
Artist: Charli XCX
I can see this song getting annoying real fast. The chorus instrumentally sounds like somehing out of a video game and Charli XCX barely audible in singing about how her head is full of boys, all up it's a pretty shallow old pop song but hey sometimes shallow is what we need.
Look, this song lyrically or musically isn't going to bowl the world over but I can see it becoming a hit for her given the amount famous young men in the video for this song.
Rating: 5/10
Song: Run for Cover \
Artist The Killers
We have a bit of a let down here especially considering how crazy retro cool "The Man was", the song just doesn't really come to anything that would seem extremely interesting. It's not bad per se but it certainly lacks the raw addictive energy that "The Man" showed so it's a bit disappointing to me, hopefully not a sign of their forthcoming album "Wonderful Wonderful"
Rating: 5/10
Other songs released
"Either Way" by Snakehips featuring Anne Marie and and Joey Bada$$ (As far as a song like this goes, it's not that bad a song, I can see my self coming back to this one. 7/10)
"Marmalade" by Macklemore feat. Lil Yachty (Ehh. Skip it. 3/10)
"Learn to Let Go" by Kesha (The third song from Raimbow which is out next week. Seems a bit odd but this song is a nice one about learning to move on and not being bitter about the past. 7/10)
Best of the week
"Caught in the Middle" by Anastacia
Worst of the week
Macklemore seriously needs Ryan Lewis back by his side "Marmalade" with Lil Yachty is all kinds of baaad.
Next New Music Friday
Camila Cabello drops two new songs "Havana" with Young Thug and "OMG" with Quavo. (Almost obligatory he appears on the New Music Frifay playlist now)
Rae Sremmurd drop a new single called "Perplexing Pegasus"
Also new stuff from Bebe Rexha.
We'll see what else drops tomorrow! Hopefully some surprises!
You can check a playlist of my favourite songs of the year so far here:
Until ARIA Top Ten Review on Saturday, see you all later.
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