Justin Bieber – “Boyfriend”

Published March 26th 2012
Filed under Reviews

My hate for Justin Bieber might be about to change. His new single Boyfriend, produced by Mike Posner, was released today and it’s surprisingly good. My iTunes now consists of two Justin Bieber songs, the other being Baby.

The sound of Boyfriend is really similar to a typical Justin Timberlake song except Justin Bieber can’t pull off the talking bits too well. The talking bits are probably the only thing I don’t like about Boyfriend. The production is a bit reminiscent of Timbaland’s work with Justin Timberlake which isn’t a bad thing. Bieber’s got a big hit on his hands because after the first listen, it’s ridiculously catchy and memorable.

If the rest of Justin’s upcoming album is anywhere near as good as Boyfriend, I’ll be interested to hear it, which is something I never thought I’d want to hear.

Boyfriend is out now on the US iTunes.

Maroon 5 Announce 4th Studio Album “Overexposed”

Published March 26th 2012
Filed under News


Maroon 5 have announced their fourth studio album, Overexposed, will be released this June 26th. The new album is said to be their most “pop” album yet. Like Moves Like Jagger, the band decided to collaborate with the writing process which is something they don’t usually do.

Overexposed is executively produced by Max Martin but also features tracks produced by Ryan Tedder and Benny Blanco.

The band announced the new album via their website. Adam Levine said:

Overexposed is definitely our most diverse and poppiest albums yet. We had a great time recording it. I can’t wait for our fans to hear the record, as well as hitting the road to play it live for everyone later this year.

James Valentine added:

Moves Like Jagger was the first time we ever worked with an outside writer, so we decided to try it some more on this record. At this point in our career I think it was a good thing to completely mix up our process and it yielded good results, as well as a more collaborative spirit within the band. We wanted to make something that sounded contemporary with the elements of a lot of early eras of pop music. This is our most “pop” record ever and we weren’t shy about really going for it.

Some of the tracks included on the album include Payphone featuring Wiz Khalifa, One More Night and Beautiful Goodbye.

I can’t imagine what Maroon 5 will sound like with songs by Max Martin, Ryan Tedder and Benny Blanco, but I’m excited to hear what they’ve come up with.

Alphabeat – “Vacation” Live at The X Factor Final

Published March 24th 2012
Filed under Videos

After initially not being too impressed with Alphabeat’s new single Vacation, over time it has grown on me. Last night Alphabeat performed a mash-up of Vacation and The Spell at the final of the Danish X Factor along with finalist Line.

Seeing Vacation live with a big production really made the song click with me fully.

You can watch the performance below:

Vacation is available now from iTunes worldwide.

Tulisa – “We Are Young”

Published March 23rd 2012
Filed under Reviews,Videos

Tulisa’s debut single We Are Young premiered today along with its music video. It sounds a bit like a mix between Rihanna’s We Found Love and Alexandra Burke’s Elephant.

We Are Young is a good song but nothing amazing. I expected more from Tulisa for a debut single but then again she’s signed to AATW Records so it’s not surprising that it’s not the greatest debut single. Hopefully better tracks will be on her album which is rumoured to be released in November this year.

You can watch the video for We Are Young below:

We Are Young is out May 7th through AATW/Island Records.

Katy Perry – “Part of Me” Music Video

Published March 22nd 2012
Filed under Videos

Katy Perry’s music video for Part of Me premiered on her official VEVO last night.

The video starts off with Katy driving, a direct representation of the lyrics. She goes to her husband’s workplace to break up with him for cheating on her.

Then the video takes the weird turn that is Katy’s decision to join the army. While all the army scenes are very well done and you can tell it had a big budget, it’s just too far removed from the message of the song and looks more like she made an expensive video for the sake of it.

You can watch the Part of Me video below: