Friday, July 15, 2011

IT'S POPPERS-O'CLOCK: THIS IS THE NEW LEONA LEWIS AND IT IS AMAZING

"I don't bleed love anymore, I bleed AMAZING DANCE TUNES"
EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.

Leona Lewis has done a PROPER DANCE SONG and it works terrifyingly well.  It is called 'Collide' and it has a sort of classic-but-completely-new vibe to it.  There are no insane frills (Gaga) or overblown singing runs for no reason (Xtina).  It's just a brilliant tune through and through that doesn't pull any punches or pretend it's something it's not.  There's an almost tribal backing vocal sound that gives the track an organic, warm vibe, and the production is smooth but not overwraught.  It's essentially what an UNPRETENTIOUS POP DIVA SMASH should sound like and in short it is AMAZING.

Leona's one of those people we didn't really realize we missed, but goddamn, Miss Lewis.  Welcome the f back.

Christina Aguilera and Adam Levine preview the 'Moves Like Jagger' video which is shaping up to be very good indeed

I am not unattractive.
We enjoy 'Moves Like Jagger.'  Let's get that out of the way now.  But we certainly don't think it's the BRILLIANT PIECE OF POP MUSIC that some of our friends are making it out to be.  It's nothing groundbreaking and - as evinced by the fact that everyone's already kind of forgotten about it - it's nothing that people will particularly remember in a few months' time.

The video, on the other hand, is going to be AMAZING.  Why?  Because ADAM LEVINE TAKES HIS CLOTHES OFF IN IT.  Also Christina looks thin.  So you know they dropped a wad of money on post-production cause making someone look skinny when they DEFINITELY AREN'T is not cheap. 

Here's the preview.  In which ADAM LEVINE TAKES HIS CLOTHES OFF.  In case we didn't mention that.