So looking beyond the new Taylor Swift song which I will not review again as it's not a song worth wasting any more of my time over when in fact I think there are some much better songs that came out including the new songs from the Foo Fighters and Demi Lovato so let's focus on them.
Song: Tell Me You Love Me
Artist: Demi Lovato
So Demi Lovato has released the title track from her upcoming new album called "Tell Me You Love Me" and I have to say this song is so much better than her first single "Sorry Not Sorry" largely because "Tell Me You Love Me" connects in a way that "Sorry Not Sorry" didn't and the fact that this song isn't charting because it happened to be released as a certain other artist's single is somewhat unlucky or unfortunate because this song is a ballad pleading help and somebody's love in an emotional and powerful way that is reminiscent of a Jennifer Hudson song. Well done, Demi.
Rating: 8/10
Song: You Already Know
Artist(s): Fergie, Nicki Minaj
We've gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. Fergie dropped two tracks last New Music Friday, this song and a collaboration with Rick Ross entitled "Hungry" but because "You Already Know" featured on the New Music Friday playlist I'm going to review that and well really it's a whole lot of not much with Fergie sing/rapping about how life comes at you fast and how she has made her way in the music industry and then Nicki delivers a verse talking about money and references Seth Rogen in the middle. Gahh, it's good for a mindless blowout but that's about it.
Rating: 4/10
Song: The Sky is a Neighbourhood
Artist: Foo Fighters
I am not the biggest Foo Fighters fan but damn this song would go off at any festival the Foo Fighters played at. It's just a classic Foo Fighters track and it is awesome from the guitar lick to Dave Grohl's voice even the choir singing the chorus. It's rock done in a dramatic but well done way that brings back visions of rock in the 70s. Thumbs up for the Fooeys!
Rating: 9/10
Song: Wait
Artist: JP Cooper
A song in the indie-pop vein, "Wait" is one of those songs that is kind of oddly warm and reassuring. Cooper sings about sticking with a loved one through everything even though times may get rough. I am a sucker for this kind of sentiment, it's a beautiful song and deserves to be a hit.
Rating: 8/10
Best this week:
"The Sky is a Neighbourhood" by the Foo Fighters for being rock at its absolute most awesome.
Worst this week
Pretty obvious really. I reviewed it in a previous blog entry: "Look What You Made Me Do" by Taylor Swift
New Music Friday September 1st:
Maroon 5 have already released their collab with SZA called "What Lovers Do"
Apparently Jason DeRulo has something new on the way and he has hinted that he is going country...somehow I struggle to imagine it coming from a guy who dropped a song called "Wiggle" in 2014
Apart from that, it's all a big surprise.
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