New Music Friday Review: Returns aplenty with Zayn, Amy Shark and more

Let's not muck around because it was a busy, busy week.

Song: Ferrari
Artist Bebe Rexha


I have to be honest here, I have never been impressed by Bebe Rexha as a vocalist, her vocals don't grab my attention instantly like Lorde or even Adele do and her hit with Florida Georgia Line "Meant To Be" is just one of those songs that really is just mediocre at best so can her new single from forthcoming album "Expectations" change my mind.

Honestly, this isn't all that bad but I am not sure it's something that I'll remember with Rexha's vocals almost straining on the chorus. The instrumentation is closer to rock than anything else, still I doubt I am going to remember it in the long term.


Rating: 6/10


Song: Let Me
Artist: Zayn



The lead single from Zayn's forthcoming second album (reportedly will be released in June) and it's a straight up sex jam right from the opening line "Sweet baby, our sex has meaning / Know this time you'll stay 'til the morning" and I have to say that for once the instrumentation is actually really kind of sexy and fits the mood of the song which is surprising given there's a long list of supposed 'sex songs' that miss the mark for being actually sexy in terms of the instrumentation. It's decent. Nice one, Zayn.


Rating: 7/10



Song: Sky Full of Song
Artist: Florence and the Machine


Here's another return and a much welcome one at that with Florence and the Machine dropping a new single and yet again this song is pretty darn great mainly because it's a little more understated than a lot of Florence and the Machine's work in the past because Florence Welch really doesn't belt like she has in the past, her voice is strident but it comes across so beautifully here in a song dealing with a questionable relationship and it's effects on others. Good job!

Rating: 8/10


Song: Cry Pretty
Artist:Carrie Underwood



So Carrie Underwood is back with her first single from her sixth album of the same name and "Cry Pretty" is something of a country rock epic with Underwood really showing her ability to let loose when the opportunity calls in a song about how we can all fake certain things in life, we can't fake feeling vulnerable and that it is okay to cry. It's not going to chart on the ARIA Singles chart unfortunately because for some reason only bro country and faux country seem to be hits but PLEASE check this song out!



Song: I Said Hi
Artist: Amy Shark



I have to admit I have been pretty excited all year about potential new music from Amy Shark and I am delighted to say "I Said Hi" is a fantastic song, a kiss off song to those that ignored her talent (their loss quite honestly) and yet again Amy is brutally honest in her lyrics and the guitars and other instrumentation sound stunning, this is actually better than "Adore" if you ask me.

Rating: 9/10


Best: Only giving out best of the week because there's no real bad songs. "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark gets the honours.

Next week: New music from Ariana Grande, Liam Payne teams up with Latin music star J Balvin and Khalid teams up with rising star Billie Eilish