Cheryl – “Call My Name” Video Premiere
Published May 02nd 2012
Filed under Videos
The video for Cheryl’s new single Call My Name premiered today on her official VEVO channel. The video was shot in downtown Los Angeles and shows Cheryl dancing with a group of dancers and in a tunnel. There’s not many scenes in the video. The only other main scene is Cheryl driving at night.
While there’s not much of a storyline, the video looks really well. The dance routine fits the song perfect and has little homages to the routine for Fight For This Love. The video really emphasises just how big this song is going to be.
Call My Name is out June 10th followed by the album A Million Lights on June 18th.
Maroon 5 – “Payphone”
Published April 16th 2012
Filed under Reviews
Maroon 5’s new single Payphone, from their upcoming studio album Overexposed, premiered today. The track features Wiz Khalifa and it’s produced by Shellback and Benny Blanco.
Payphone is definitely one of the poppiest Maroon 5 singles to date. The strong melody sung by Adam Levine and aided by the melancholic piano, makes the song ridiculously catchy on first listen. This is backed by a marching band style of drums. It’s so simple but so effective.
As a long time Maroon 5 fan, I’m very happy with the results of the band working with bigger producers. Even the rap by Wiz Khalifa fits the song and adds to it. This is going to be a huge hit.
You can listen to Payphone below:
Overexposed is out June 26th.
Alphabeat – “Vacation” Music Video
Published April 13th 2012
Filed under Videos
Alphabeat’s video for their new single Vacation premiered today. The video is set in an airport with the band members performing the song while air hostesses dance.
For a video that doesn’t have the biggest budget, Alphabeat made the most of their resources and managed to pull off quite a cool video. It’s very 80’s visually and very Alphabeat.
The song itself has grown on me so much and if another label picks the band up in the UK, they could have a big summer hit on their hands – “Fascination big”.
You can watch the video for Vacation below:
Vacation is available worldwide on iTunes.
The Saturdays – “30 Days” Music Video
Published April 05th 2012
Filed under Videos
The Saturdays’ video for their new single 30 Days premiered online today. The video is set in a diner with the girls speed dating.
It’s not their best video and you can tell it didn’t have much of a budget, but it showcases the girls’ personalities really well.
Una’s baby bump, which she said would be photoshopped out, is still visible. At first it seems like she’s hiding her bump by standing behind the other girls but later she rubs her bump while on a speed date. The video also includes many close ups presumably to not draw too much attention to Una’s baby bump.
You can watch the video for 30 Days below:
The Saturdays – “30 Days”
Published March 30th 2012
Filed under News,Reviews
The Saturdays’ new single 30 Days premiered this morning on BBC Radio One. The track is written and produced by Steve Mac and Autumn Rowe.
30 Days sounds like a track from On Your Radar. It’s a dance pop track similar to All Fired Up but not as catchy. The first thing that came into my head when the song started playing was how much it sounds like Inna’s Hot. But the most surprising thing of all was that I heard Mollie’s voice open the first verse. The song really suits her voice and she also sings again on the second verse.
The problem with 30 Days is, it doesn’t have a strong, catchy melody. It just goes along and while there’s nice production and it’s interesting at times, it’s not really enough. I can’t see this being a success for them. When I mentioned it sounds like a track from On Your Radar, I meant it sounds like a good album track from On Your Radar. It’s not the kind of song that should be released as a single, never mind the lead single from a damage control re-release album.
The damage control is on a low budget which is apparent from the use of the On Your Radar photoshoot for the single cover as seen above and the tracklisting for the single which includes Turn Myself In, a track recorded sometime in 2010 that the girls performed on their Headlines tour. Usual Saturdays releases always include a specially recorded b-side.
Overall, 30 Days is a good song but nothing amazing and not what The Saturdays need right now to help them recover from a flop album. They needed a Higher, Ego, Faster, Up kind of song that would’ve guaranteed them a big hit.
You can watch the lyric video for 30 Days below:
30 Days is out May 13th through Polydor Records.