Tim: It’s less than a month since we last featured them, but the new single is worth discussing as soon as possible. Why? You’ll see.
Tim: Answer: because it’s good. We have, let’s be honest, been very disappointed by The Saturdays recently. In June, we had Notorious, and last month was All Fired Up. Both fairly clubby, beat-heavy, and closer to dance music than decent pop music like what we like here. But this is good. More like the early stuff that was on Chasing Lights, such as Issues. I’ll pause now so you can make some sort of misheard lyrics/tissues joke here.
Tom: “Me and my arse, we need tissues” is generally what I sing at that point.
Tim: Right, now that’s done I’m going to list reasons why this is good, starting with: the calm singing at the beginning that says in no uncertain terms “this is a ballad”.
Tom: To interrupt you there – I found that opening a bit weird. I’m so used to their heavy, club-type tracks that it took me a minute to fix my expectations. Once my brain figured out that it was a ballad, though, I did really start enjoying that song.
Tim: The pause and quiet few words before the chorus beat hits.
Tom: Technically called ‘the drop’.
Tim: The by-and-large lack of autotune.
Tom: Or at least, the lack of obvious stylistic autotune.
Tim: The screamy beginning to the closing section.
Tom: Emotion!
Tim: The lack of Flo Rida (still bitter about that).
Tom: Oh please, you just wanted to bitch about it.
Tim: Yes, and I always will. Until the end of time. Final musing: it’s off the upcoming album On Your Radar, much as All Fired Up and Notorious were. I’m intrigued as to what the general state of that album will be.
Tom: Three singles released before the album? That’s how you cash in nowadays with downloads, I suppose – get as many people as possible to double-dip, particularly if they’re likely to get the album bought for them at Christmas.
Tim: UPDATE of 15th October now there’s a proper video rather than the previous audio only. It is worth pointing out that it is set OUTDOORS in the COUNTRYSIDE, and there are HORSES to prove it. That is all.