So I am going to combine the last two weeks of New Music Friday into the one blog entry because the 30th April New Music Friday contained little that was likely to going to break into the charts so I am going to combine the big releases from that week with some of the big releases from the past week which include new music from Cavin Harris feat. Dua Lipa and Sabrina Claudo working with Khalid.
Let's begin though with the return of The Weeknd
Song: Call Out My Name
Artist: The Weeknd
Ugh. The Weeknd at his most turgid and...well kind of boring...in a song allegedly aimed at Selena Gomez with instrumentation sounding like previous Weeknd songs that being "The Hills". Put it this way this isn't all that bad but it's not all that good either and judging by the fact that its already falling away on streaming and sales, people have already begun to forget this song exists.
Rating: 5/10
Song: One Kiss
Artists: Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa
Calvin Harris made some of the best music in 2017 with his funk stylings but unfortunately with "Nuh Ready, Nuh Ready" with PARTYNEXTDOOR was generic EDM song that sucked and I feared that Harris had slipped back to generic EDM banger mode so were my fears founded when he teamed up with one of the leading young female artists in the world, Dua :Lipa?
Unfortunately I think so, One Kiss is not at all a good song and it could have been so much better. Dua Lipa's voice sounds so thin as she's trying to sing against all the production, it's just not at all befitting a combination where the song should have been a whole lot better than this. I'm hitting fast forward on this.
Rating: 4/10
Song: Don't Let Me Down
Artists: Sabrina Claudio, Khalid
Finally getting to a song with a bit of quality but before I go into the song, if you don't know who Sabrina Claudio is an American singer/songwriter who was first discovered on Soundcloud and has been on the scene since 2016 but hasn't really had any notable success in Australia however that might all be about to change because Khalid is on fire with having hit songs right (just look at "Love Lies" with Normani), this song is really quite good.
Yeah, there's a really nice chemistry between Khalid and Claudio which given the song's content needs to be there, it's a passionate love song laden with synths and a dancehall chorus but you know what? For what it is, it's a pretty great song.
Rating: 8/10
Song: Be Careful
Artist: Cardi B
Cardi B is probably one of the biggest break out stars of the US rap scene in the last year or so, that said her highest charting hit in Australia has been with Bruno Mars on his song "Finesse" and "Bodak Yellow" charted in the high 30s for a few weeks but success for Cardi has been limited however "Be Careful" is the latest single from her recently released album "Invasion of Privacy" and honestly it's not a good song for one thing the instrumentation doesn't suit the song at all and she doesn't sound good trying to be more melodic.
Rating: 5/10
Best: "Don't Let Me Down" by Sabrina Claudio feat. Khalid
Worst: "One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa
Next week:
"I Said Hi" by Amy Shark
"Let Me" by Zayn
Two new songs from Bebe Rexha
Nicki Minaj drops two new singles
Carrie Underwood drops new single "Cry Pretty"
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