Tom: Now, “Jar of Hearts” is still being played in heavy rotation on some radio stations. It’s a cracking song. Can she possibly follow it up with anything even half as good?
Tim: To quote Louis Walsh on many many occasions, “I’m going to say yes.”
Tom: First half of first verse: worried. Second half of first verse: optimistic.
Tim: Yes, and yes. And then, end of the first chorus: there it is.
Tom: And then it keeps building, like her last song, slowly and inexorably, gaining energy and instrumentation – and because it was so slow and calm at the start, that actually makes a difference.
Although I would like to say, video director; if your female start is lying down, and you film her from the neck up rolling around and making an ‘oh’ sound, it’s not going to look like she’s singing in her sleep.
Tim: You had to go there, didn’t you? Since you’ve pointed it out, though, it’s the three short seconds at 2:42 that really do it for me.