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"
Thursday, 12 April 2018
Saturday, 7 April 2018
ARIA Singles Chart top ten/chart review April 2: The new entries are good as Lil Dicky breaks into top 5
Shortened one this week, am only going to focus on the top 50 from now on rather looking at the top 100. Things actually took a positive upswing for once, although I don't expect it to last long.
Indeed, the bad news was the empty vessel that is "God's Plan" by Drake remains at number one yet again but with The Weeknd on the horizon...it could get interesting as this song has definitely slipped a little on streaming and sales have dropped off.
Whether or not it opens the way for "Psycho" by Post Malone and Ty Dolla $ign which remains at number 2 is another story entirely as The Weeknd will most likely push this song back which is a good thing. I'll take The Weeknd at not quite his best over "Psycho" that's for sure.
At number 3 is the biggest mover inside the top ten..."IDGAF" by Dua Lipa climbed 5 places to number 3...I am so happy to see this song become almost as big a hit as "New Rules" (Australia did Dua a dirty by not getting "New Rules" to number one) and it's a good song.
However I can't say the same for ever increasingly juvenile "Friends" by Marshmello and Annie Marie which climbed 2 spots to number 4.
Also I have no idea why anyone would care for "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky and Chris Brown which managed to be the biggest mover of the week, climbing from 18 to sit at number 5.
All this meant "These Days" by Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen slipped to number 6 from 4 last week.
Remaining steady at number 7 is "The Middle" by Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey.
Dropping three places is 'All the Stars" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA as the Black Panther hype continues to fade away.
We have a new entry at number 9, Shawn Mendes with "In My Blood" - the highest new entry of 5 songs to debut this.
Finally I am also happy to see "Love lies" by Khalid and Normani arrive in the top ten at number ten, its a good song and if it means the irritating 'Meant to Be" is out of the top ten then I am very happy with that!
Gains
Well as I said before "Freaky Friday" was the biggest gainer of the week but there was also a good four place gain for "Capital Letters" by Hailee Steinfeld and Bloodpop (it's not a bad song) to 32 especially in a week that saw plenty of losers but we'll get to some of the bigger losers in a second.
Re-Entries
There was one re-entry this week with a Drake remix sparking the return of "Lemon" by N*E*R*D and Rihanna at 44.
Falls
Troye Sivan fell hard with "My My My!" as it dropped 10 places to 31, "Wolves" by Marshmello and Selena Gomez is also on the way out falling six places to 40 (should make the year end list for 2018 though), "Everyday" by Logic and Marshmello fell nine to 49.
The hype from the Ed Sheeran tour has begun to fade with "erfect" falling from 3 to 12 and "Shape of You" from 19 to 25 (when on earth is that song going to leave? Seriously) also "River" with Eminem fell 5 to 18.
Drop outs
Both Ed Sheeran's big hits "Castle on the Hill" and "Galway Girl" fell out along with "Anywhere" by Rita Ora and "Young, Dumb and Broke" by Khalid (there's a new collab that he has done that is absolutely excellent, might well mention it in the New Music Friday review).
Sadly "Coming Home" by Sheppard also left meaning I am doubtful that it will make the year end list but most pleasingly they also took "Everybody Hates Me" by The Chainsmokers with them showing time on the fame clock may well be up for The Chainsmokers and thank goodness for that!
New Entries
So as I said there were 5 new entries to the chart and all of them are awesome to good. Shawn Mendes new single "In My Blood" debuted at number 9 (a well timed video will push it even higher) and Mendes other song "Lost in Japan" debuted at number 27.
One of the very few good songs of Taylor Swift's album "Reputation, "Delicate" debuted at 38.
The awesome comes in the final two new entries with 21 year old singer Anna Robinson or aka Robinson debuted in the top 50 with "Nothing to Regret" at number 46...that song is awesome and deserves to be a hit.
Speaking of awesome so is Kygo's new single with Miguel called "Remind me to Forget" which arrived at number 48. Yet, please Australia make this song a HIT.
So we await the chaos The Weeknd's "My Dear Melancholy" EP will reap on the charts and man alive I am expecting to see some change in that top 2!
Indeed, the bad news was the empty vessel that is "God's Plan" by Drake remains at number one yet again but with The Weeknd on the horizon...it could get interesting as this song has definitely slipped a little on streaming and sales have dropped off.
Whether or not it opens the way for "Psycho" by Post Malone and Ty Dolla $ign which remains at number 2 is another story entirely as The Weeknd will most likely push this song back which is a good thing. I'll take The Weeknd at not quite his best over "Psycho" that's for sure.
At number 3 is the biggest mover inside the top ten..."IDGAF" by Dua Lipa climbed 5 places to number 3...I am so happy to see this song become almost as big a hit as "New Rules" (Australia did Dua a dirty by not getting "New Rules" to number one) and it's a good song.
However I can't say the same for ever increasingly juvenile "Friends" by Marshmello and Annie Marie which climbed 2 spots to number 4.
Also I have no idea why anyone would care for "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky and Chris Brown which managed to be the biggest mover of the week, climbing from 18 to sit at number 5.
All this meant "These Days" by Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen slipped to number 6 from 4 last week.
Remaining steady at number 7 is "The Middle" by Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey.
Dropping three places is 'All the Stars" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA as the Black Panther hype continues to fade away.
We have a new entry at number 9, Shawn Mendes with "In My Blood" - the highest new entry of 5 songs to debut this.
Finally I am also happy to see "Love lies" by Khalid and Normani arrive in the top ten at number ten, its a good song and if it means the irritating 'Meant to Be" is out of the top ten then I am very happy with that!
Gains
Well as I said before "Freaky Friday" was the biggest gainer of the week but there was also a good four place gain for "Capital Letters" by Hailee Steinfeld and Bloodpop (it's not a bad song) to 32 especially in a week that saw plenty of losers but we'll get to some of the bigger losers in a second.
Re-Entries
There was one re-entry this week with a Drake remix sparking the return of "Lemon" by N*E*R*D and Rihanna at 44.
Falls
Troye Sivan fell hard with "My My My!" as it dropped 10 places to 31, "Wolves" by Marshmello and Selena Gomez is also on the way out falling six places to 40 (should make the year end list for 2018 though), "Everyday" by Logic and Marshmello fell nine to 49.
The hype from the Ed Sheeran tour has begun to fade with "erfect" falling from 3 to 12 and "Shape of You" from 19 to 25 (when on earth is that song going to leave? Seriously) also "River" with Eminem fell 5 to 18.
Drop outs
Both Ed Sheeran's big hits "Castle on the Hill" and "Galway Girl" fell out along with "Anywhere" by Rita Ora and "Young, Dumb and Broke" by Khalid (there's a new collab that he has done that is absolutely excellent, might well mention it in the New Music Friday review).
Sadly "Coming Home" by Sheppard also left meaning I am doubtful that it will make the year end list but most pleasingly they also took "Everybody Hates Me" by The Chainsmokers with them showing time on the fame clock may well be up for The Chainsmokers and thank goodness for that!
New Entries
So as I said there were 5 new entries to the chart and all of them are awesome to good. Shawn Mendes new single "In My Blood" debuted at number 9 (a well timed video will push it even higher) and Mendes other song "Lost in Japan" debuted at number 27.
One of the very few good songs of Taylor Swift's album "Reputation, "Delicate" debuted at 38.
The awesome comes in the final two new entries with 21 year old singer Anna Robinson or aka Robinson debuted in the top 50 with "Nothing to Regret" at number 46...that song is awesome and deserves to be a hit.
Speaking of awesome so is Kygo's new single with Miguel called "Remind me to Forget" which arrived at number 48. Yet, please Australia make this song a HIT.
So we await the chaos The Weeknd's "My Dear Melancholy" EP will reap on the charts and man alive I am expecting to see some change in that top 2!
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Toxic Pop Music 'Stans' are a disgrace for body shaming.
It's no secret at least to anyone that knows me that I adore music, hell, I wouldn't have started this blog if I didn't love music and for the most part it's been reasonably good to me...well okay, years like 2009 and 2016 sucked but hey, there's also a lot of memorable chart years like 1988 and 2015 which had some incredible music in the year end lists however what I want to write about is the dark side of music and the disgusting behaviour of people who label themselves "stans" and are apart of certain fan groups.
These 'stans' are as TOXIC as all hell and the culture that is stemming from it is an ugly mess of body shaming and bullying aimed at mostly female artists, acts like Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato and the large reason I am writing about this is because it absolutely infuriates me that these so called lovers of popular music use social media to spurt bile about Grande, Gomez and Lovato.
Perfect example of toxic stan culture is today when one account tweeted something in relation to what occurred at a pop concert involving one of the young women involved, a quarter of all responses to the tweet were 'body shaming one of the performers..everything from "She's an obese whale' to 'She's suffocating 'insert name'). Yep, BODY SHAMING/BULLYING an artist over their weight, something that these 'stans' would not like if it happened to them personally. I won't even mention the fan groups that these people belong to because it's not fair on the artist themselves that these idiots represent their favourite artists so horrifically on social media.
Now the artist that was body shamed is more than capable of looking after herself as are all these pop artists are but the fact is that these 'stans' are sucking the enjoyment out of music with their behaviour. Body shaming ANYONE is despicable, you can dislike an female artist's music based on the music itself without having to sink as low as making comments about their body shape or weight and if you are doing that on social media then you should hang your heads in shame and hopefully realize that you bring no credit on yourself or on your favourite artist.
Heck, some of these idiotic bullies probably also struggled with their own body image issues so I cannot understand why they'd launch disgusting bile on social media at female pop acts.
Monday, 2 April 2018
New Music Friday Review: It's All in Shawn Mendes
New Music Friday was dominated by the return of Shawn Mendes and I did briefly consider the idea that I would do what I did for Taylor Swift's lead off single from "Reputation" but I decided against doing that and I'll explain why when I talk about one of the two new songs Mendes released.
Anyway other than Shawn Mendes,we've also got a David Guetta collaboration with Sia (Yes, ANOTHER one), the return of Jesse McCartney and the return of Snow Patrol.
Song: Flames
Artists; David Guetta, Sia
It's not really a surprise that Sia is collaborating with David Guetta, they have now collaborated SEVEN times in the past couple of years and I have to be honest, I have never really cared for any of their collaborations, "Titanium" might be about the best of them...I guess. There's now a new collaboration called "Flames" and I am sorry this is just drab, it's not anything all that special. This partnership needs some new ideas if you ask me cause YAWN!.
Rating: 4/10
Song: Better with You
Artist: Jesse McCartney
The heartthrob every teenage girl back in the late 2000s was gushing over before Justin Bieber came along, you might remember "Beautiful Soul", that song spent 4 weeks at number 1 in 2005 and I absolutely couldn't stand that song but this time McCartney is back with an acoustic guitar song called "Better With You" that has some electronica elements to the chorus and to honest I like of like it, it suits McCartney's vocal tone and he sounds really genuine. It's alright.
Rating: 7/10
Song: Don't Give in
Artist: Snow Patrol
I have never really been strongly into Snow Patrol but I did like their past number 1 hit "Chasing Cars" and "Hands Open" was a really catchy song so I thought I'd check out the lead off single from the new album Wildness and it turns out "Don't Give In" is a kind of choppy pop rock song. It's not bad actually, it was originally supposed to be for a friend of lead singer's Gary Lightbody who was going through a hard time but it turned to be about writing Snow Patrol's fifth album! It's not a bad song at all. Nice work.
Rating: 8/10
And now we come to the big one...
Song: In My Blood
Artist: Shawn Mendes
So Shawn Mendes is back with two new songs but I am only going to review in "In My Blood" here.
So "In My Blood" is the lead single from Shaun's upcoming third album and I have to say its very much leaning close to Kings of Leon with the guitars and Mendes attempts to put a growl into his voice in a song all about anxiety and you know what? Lyrically I get that as well, there are times I want to give up and throw something at the wall but can't for whatever reason. I like this song a lot for the sentiment. I think the biggest issue is that I don't really have a lot to say about it hence I held off on doing the blog entry for the one song.
Rating: 8/10
Best of the week: Probably "In My Blood" by Shawn Mendes
Worst of the week: "Flames" by David Guetta and Sia
Next week: The Weeknd and Cardi B.
Song: Flames
Artists; David Guetta, Sia
It's not really a surprise that Sia is collaborating with David Guetta, they have now collaborated SEVEN times in the past couple of years and I have to be honest, I have never really cared for any of their collaborations, "Titanium" might be about the best of them...I guess. There's now a new collaboration called "Flames" and I am sorry this is just drab, it's not anything all that special. This partnership needs some new ideas if you ask me cause YAWN!.
Rating: 4/10
Song: Better with You
Artist: Jesse McCartney
The heartthrob every teenage girl back in the late 2000s was gushing over before Justin Bieber came along, you might remember "Beautiful Soul", that song spent 4 weeks at number 1 in 2005 and I absolutely couldn't stand that song but this time McCartney is back with an acoustic guitar song called "Better With You" that has some electronica elements to the chorus and to honest I like of like it, it suits McCartney's vocal tone and he sounds really genuine. It's alright.
Rating: 7/10
Song: Don't Give in
Artist: Snow Patrol
I have never really been strongly into Snow Patrol but I did like their past number 1 hit "Chasing Cars" and "Hands Open" was a really catchy song so I thought I'd check out the lead off single from the new album Wildness and it turns out "Don't Give In" is a kind of choppy pop rock song. It's not bad actually, it was originally supposed to be for a friend of lead singer's Gary Lightbody who was going through a hard time but it turned to be about writing Snow Patrol's fifth album! It's not a bad song at all. Nice work.
Rating: 8/10
And now we come to the big one...
Song: In My Blood
Artist: Shawn Mendes
So Shawn Mendes is back with two new songs but I am only going to review in "In My Blood" here.
So "In My Blood" is the lead single from Shaun's upcoming third album and I have to say its very much leaning close to Kings of Leon with the guitars and Mendes attempts to put a growl into his voice in a song all about anxiety and you know what? Lyrically I get that as well, there are times I want to give up and throw something at the wall but can't for whatever reason. I like this song a lot for the sentiment. I think the biggest issue is that I don't really have a lot to say about it hence I held off on doing the blog entry for the one song.
Rating: 8/10
Best of the week: Probably "In My Blood" by Shawn Mendes
Worst of the week: "Flames" by David Guetta and Sia
Next week: The Weeknd and Cardi B.
Friday, 30 March 2018
ARIA Singles Chart top ten/ Chart review: 26th March: XXXtentacion breaks into the top 10
This year is looking pretty ordinary for the music charts, there was some really bad news that came in the charts somehow and that bad news begins with the top ten.
Yes, Drake remains at number one for another week with "God's Plan" but I suspect things are starting to look shaky for this song, it's sales on iTunes slipped so it's really a question of how long streaming and Youtube can keep it at number one.
Unfortunately it's closest competitor is a song I consider to be as bad..."Psycho" by Post Malone and Ty Dolla $ign remains at number 2.
"Perfect" by Ed Sheeran continues to hang around by remaining at number 3. I don't like the song but wow, I'd take it over Drake and Post Malone.
One of the few pieces of good news this week was "These Days" by Rudimental, Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen rose one spot to number 4. I don't see it going number one but I still think it's a pretty terrific song.
"All The Stars" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA basically switched with "These Days" as it dropped from 4 to 5. (Again, only some of the production lets this song down, it's not that bad)
Then there's more bad news as the increasingly juvenile "Friends" by Marshmello and Anne-Marie climbs two places to number 6.
Then there's "The Middle" by Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey remaining at number 7. I am a fan of Maren Morris but why this song which was the song for an ad for Target in the US.
"IDGAF" by Dua Lipa (another song) which is really great unfortunately dropped two places to number 8.
Now we get to one of the biggest pieces of shit news the Australian charts have seen in awhile, "SAD!" by XXXtentacion rose from 22 to 9 to be the biggest mover of the week, yes a half finished, whiny load of crap can still make the top ten, albeit off the back of the album which dropped but even so that is no excuse.
Finally it seems there is one bad pop song on the way out with "Meant to Be" by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line dropping from 9 to 10 this week. Good, the sooner that song is gone the better.
Gains
Well beyond XXXtentacion's "SAD!" making the top ten, it looks as though Khalid and Normani might break into the top ten next week with "Love Lies", it gained three places to number 11 (I hope it happens, I really like "Love Lies).
"Look Alive" by BlocBoy JB and Drake climbed four to 25, "My My My!" by Troye Sivan rebounded to 31 from 36 last week and most surprisingly "Galway Girl" by Ed Sheeran went to 43 from 49 last week.
Returning Entries
No major returning entries in the top 50 or even the top 100 this week.
Losers
The biggest loser was "I Fall Apart" by Post Malone falling from 11 to 16. "For You" by Liam Payne and Rita Ora fell from 17 to 21 (that song hasn't caught on in Australia the wayI would have liked it to quite honestly, it's grown on me a fair bit), the awful "Him & I" by G-Eazy and Halsey fell from 33 to 37 (thank goodness) and unfortunately "Coming Home" by by Sheppard fell from 44 to 49 (a new single would be great, Sheppard!)
Drop Outs
We had two pretty significant drop outs this week and I have to say I am not sorry to see either "Thunder" by Imagine Dragons gone after 43 weeks or Lauv's "I Like Me Better' gone after 33 weeks, both aren't good songs ("Thunder" is actually god damn awful if I am being honest)
There were two other not quite so significant drop outs "Dirty Sexy Money" by David Guetta feat. Charli XCX, Afrojack and French Montana (Guetta released a new song with Sia which is expected to chart next week) and "We Got Love" by Jessica Mauboy (hardly surprising given Eurovision songs don't seem to catch on chart wise anymore)
New Entries
We got four new entries to the chart but let's begin with the awful, shall we?.
For a start, the highest charting debut this week was "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky (a rapper with the worst rap name I have ever heard) and Chris Brown at number 18.
XXXtentacion's album drop ensured "Changes" arrived in the top 50 at number 48 while The Chainsmokers cling on to whatever relevance they have left with "Everybody Hates Me" debuting at number 50.
The best of the debuts in the top 50 is "Hurt Somebody" by Noah Kahan and Julia Michaels which is NOT saying a lot that is positive.
Outside the top 50, the debutants got better with Kygo and Miguel's lovely "Remind Me to Forget" debuting at 52, Taylor Swift's passable "Delicate" at 56, and "Done for Me" by Charlie Puth and Kehlani at 97
But we also got "Lemon (Drake Remix)" by N*E*R*D and Rihanna at 63 and "Like I Do" by David Guetta, Martin Garrix and Brooks at 93.
Hopefully the charts will improve because this week sucked, although with Shawn Mendes having a sizeable impact this week could well be interesting.
Friday, 23 March 2018
ARIA Top Ten/Chart Review: 19th March
So this week saw a lot of movement…most of it up for Ed
Sheeran and the very top of the chart stay the same, you’ll see what I mean.
Remaining at number one for another week is “God’s Plan” by
Drake and at this point, his streaming means he probably will keep number one
for another week or so.
“Psycho” by Post Malone and Ty Dolla $ign remains at number
2. I still don’t see the appeal of this song at all.
Rebounding from 6 to number 3 is former number 1 “Perfect”
by Ed Sheeran because he has been on tour in Australia during the week which
pushed “All The Stars” by Kendrick Lamar and SZA back to number 4 and “These Days”
by Rudimental, Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen down to number 5.
Dua Lipa who is in Australia as the support act for Bruno
Mars 24k Magic tour gave a boost to “IDGAF” which climbed one place to number
6.
“The Middle” by Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey jumped one spot
to number 7 and ‘Friends” by Marshmello and Anne Marie jumped from 9 to 8…unfortunately
(I’vr gone cold on that song hard in the last few weeks).
All the above songs rose because of the sudden drop for “Meant
to be” by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line which fell from 5 to 9. Good.
“River” by Eminem and
Ed Sheeran returned to the top 10 at number because…. Ed Sheeran.
Gains
The biggest gainer this week was sadly XXXtentacion with “Sad!”
gaining ten places to 22, quite why I don’t know because the song is TERRIBLE.
Ed Sheeran’s tour sent “Shape of You” back into the top 20
at number 20 climbing 5 places. Also climbing 5 places is “Look Alive’ by JB
Blocboy featuring Drake to 29 because people want more Drake for some reason.
Returns
The two returns inside the top 50 this week were Ed Sheeran
songs (surprise, surprise), “Castle on the Hill” returned at number 41 and “Galway
Gal” at number 49.
Outside the top 50 though, the Ed Sheeran shlw continued
with “The A-Team” back at 91.
Calum Scot also got a re-entry with “Dancing On My Own”
returning at 77.
Losses
The biggest loss of the week was a 5 place drop for “Let Me
Go” by Hailee Steinfeld, Alesso and Watt
to 39, other than that nothing too substantial.
Drop Outs
The drop outs aren’t too shocking this week, pretty much all
four were expected with “Rewrite The Stars” by Zac Efron and Zendaya, “Cola” by
Camelphat and Elderbrook, “Good Old Days” by Macklemore and Kesha and “Humble”
by Kendrick Lamar all gone.
New entries
Two new entries this week with “Everyday” by Logic entering
at 38 being the highest new debut this week and “We Got Love” by Jessica Mauboy
entering at 47.
Outside the top 50, the best of the new entries was “Church”
by Alison Wonderland at 89 while Bad Wolves cover of The Cranberries “Zombie”
entered at 93 and “Nothing to Regret” by
Robinson entered at 100.
Thursday, 22 March 2018
New Music Friday Review: 9th and 16th March.
Two New Music Fridays to do because I missed the one for the 9th March so we're going to begin with four songs from the 9th March New Music Friday playlist including Australia's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest (I cannot believe we haven't worn out our welcome in that competition yet) and the latest from Kylie Minogue.
Let's begin with our Eurovision Song Contest entry, shall we?
Song: We Got Love
Artist: Jessica Mauboy
She was the interval act at Eurovision a couple of years ago and now Jessica Mauboy will again participate at Eurovision this time as a contestant with the song "We Got Love" - a pop song pretty much tailor made and targeted for Eurovision, seriously, it's like they looked like at the formula for Dami Im's success with "Sound of Silence" and went "EUREKA" because "We Got Love" plays directly from a formula and yeah I do like it in the sense that will be a better live song than the recording.
Rating: 7/10
Song; Stop Me From Falling
Artist: Kylie Minogue
The latest single from Kylie Minogue's upcoming album "Golden" and we get a more blatantly country song that is more than reminiscent of Dolly Parton and recent Miley Cyrus but like with "Dancing", "Stop Me from Falling" retains a lot of that Kylie sparkle which makes this song a pretty damn good to sing and dance along to. Hopefully radio falls in love with the song because yeah, it's pretty darn great.
Rating; 8/10
Song: Sanctify
Artist: Years and Years
You may remember Years and Years for their 2015 top ten smash "King" which peaked at number 9 on the ARIA singles chart, a song that really wasn't a fan of myself but their new single "Sanctify" is a massive improvement on "King" with it sounding very influenced by India or at least sections of Bollywood. I enjoyed it quite honestly. Good job.
Rating: 8/10
Song: There's A Reason
Artist: Wet
Wet are a two member indie pop group based in Brooklyn New York with "There's a Reason" being the lead off single from their second album and quite honestly, this a nice straight forward pop song but I cannot help thinking that the song could have done with a change up but otherwise it's a nice easy to listen to song.
Rating: 7/10
Best of the week (March 9th): "Sanctify" by Years and Years.
Worst: Not sure there was anything egregiously bad to give out a worst of the week
Now onto March 16th and we begin with the return of Kygo,
Song: Remind Me to Forget
Artists: Kygo, Miguel
It's not often I am reminded of Sam Smith but Miguel's really soulful delivery especially on the verses, it's one of the things I admire about Kygo's production on his songs, he knows how to use the instrumentation to best suit the vocalist be it Miguel or Selena Gomez. Only thing that I am finding a bit off about this song is that breakdown which kind of sucks.
Rating: 7/10
Song: Done for Me
Artists: Charlie Puth, Kehlani
The latest single from Charlie Puth's delayed second album VoiceNotes with Puth turning up a modern disco with the help of Kehlani (an artist who I have never been a strong fan of) for a song that is about a relationship where Puth question what his partner has done for him when he is giving everything for her and Kehlani plays the part of the girlfriend. Honestly the groove here is pretty tight and would be fun to dance to. I kind of like it.
Rating: 8/10
Song: Everybody Hates Me
Artist: The Chainsmokers
I am convinced that every single song by The Chainsmokers is beginning to sound alike in some ways eg: the drop on this song and their single with Coldplay "Something Just Like This" sound very similar. This song is apparently about Andrew Taggart's feelings of loneliess and self criticism. Look to be blunt this song sucks and judging by the diminishing returns The Chainsmokers have seen this year, the public have finally woken up.
Rating: 3/10
Song: Alien
Artists: Sabrina Carpenter, Jonas Blue
So Sabrina Carpenter is back and this time she has teamed up with Jonas Blue for a new single and I have to be honest here, I am not convinced that this is the best work either artist has done. Sabrina sounds kind of checked out on the song but it's still good...it's better than that dreck from The Chainsmokers.
Rating 6/10
Best: "Remnd Me to Forget" by Kygo and Miguel
Worst: "Everybody Hates Me" by The Chainsmokers.
New Music Friday March 23rd:
Snow Patrol, Shawn Mendes and more
Let's begin with our Eurovision Song Contest entry, shall we?
Song: We Got Love
Artist: Jessica Mauboy
She was the interval act at Eurovision a couple of years ago and now Jessica Mauboy will again participate at Eurovision this time as a contestant with the song "We Got Love" - a pop song pretty much tailor made and targeted for Eurovision, seriously, it's like they looked like at the formula for Dami Im's success with "Sound of Silence" and went "EUREKA" because "We Got Love" plays directly from a formula and yeah I do like it in the sense that will be a better live song than the recording.
Rating: 7/10
Song; Stop Me From Falling
Artist: Kylie Minogue
The latest single from Kylie Minogue's upcoming album "Golden" and we get a more blatantly country song that is more than reminiscent of Dolly Parton and recent Miley Cyrus but like with "Dancing", "Stop Me from Falling" retains a lot of that Kylie sparkle which makes this song a pretty damn good to sing and dance along to. Hopefully radio falls in love with the song because yeah, it's pretty darn great.
Rating; 8/10
Song: Sanctify
Artist: Years and Years
You may remember Years and Years for their 2015 top ten smash "King" which peaked at number 9 on the ARIA singles chart, a song that really wasn't a fan of myself but their new single "Sanctify" is a massive improvement on "King" with it sounding very influenced by India or at least sections of Bollywood. I enjoyed it quite honestly. Good job.
Rating: 8/10
Song: There's A Reason
Artist: Wet
Wet are a two member indie pop group based in Brooklyn New York with "There's a Reason" being the lead off single from their second album and quite honestly, this a nice straight forward pop song but I cannot help thinking that the song could have done with a change up but otherwise it's a nice easy to listen to song.
Rating: 7/10
Best of the week (March 9th): "Sanctify" by Years and Years.
Worst: Not sure there was anything egregiously bad to give out a worst of the week
Now onto March 16th and we begin with the return of Kygo,
Song: Remind Me to Forget
Artists: Kygo, Miguel
It's not often I am reminded of Sam Smith but Miguel's really soulful delivery especially on the verses, it's one of the things I admire about Kygo's production on his songs, he knows how to use the instrumentation to best suit the vocalist be it Miguel or Selena Gomez. Only thing that I am finding a bit off about this song is that breakdown which kind of sucks.
Rating: 7/10
Song: Done for Me
Artists: Charlie Puth, Kehlani
The latest single from Charlie Puth's delayed second album VoiceNotes with Puth turning up a modern disco with the help of Kehlani (an artist who I have never been a strong fan of) for a song that is about a relationship where Puth question what his partner has done for him when he is giving everything for her and Kehlani plays the part of the girlfriend. Honestly the groove here is pretty tight and would be fun to dance to. I kind of like it.
Rating: 8/10
Song: Everybody Hates Me
Artist: The Chainsmokers
I am convinced that every single song by The Chainsmokers is beginning to sound alike in some ways eg: the drop on this song and their single with Coldplay "Something Just Like This" sound very similar. This song is apparently about Andrew Taggart's feelings of loneliess and self criticism. Look to be blunt this song sucks and judging by the diminishing returns The Chainsmokers have seen this year, the public have finally woken up.
Rating: 3/10
Song: Alien
Artists: Sabrina Carpenter, Jonas Blue
So Sabrina Carpenter is back and this time she has teamed up with Jonas Blue for a new single and I have to be honest here, I am not convinced that this is the best work either artist has done. Sabrina sounds kind of checked out on the song but it's still good...it's better than that dreck from The Chainsmokers.
Rating 6/10
Best: "Remnd Me to Forget" by Kygo and Miguel
Worst: "Everybody Hates Me" by The Chainsmokers.
New Music Friday March 23rd:
Snow Patrol, Shawn Mendes and more
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