Tom: I’m assuming this doesn’t have anything to do with the BBC sketch show?
Tim: Not remotely. Instead, Genuinely Nice Popstar Ellie has chosen yet another cut from the Halcyon album (or, more specifically, the Halcyon Days re-release), and, well, I do hope you like a bit of colour and excitement in your videos.
Tom: I do indeed, and that certainly qualifies.
Tim: Good. Arguably, a large part of the success of her two most recent big hits, Burn and Anything Could Happen, – has been partly due to the repetitive in a good way and very good hooks – “and we’re gonna let it BURN burn burn” and repeat 5 times, “anything could happen” and “ooh, ooh, ooh, OOH oh” and repeat about a million times. This doesn’t have anything like that; instead it’s blessed with a wonderful chorus line and, in my mind, and even better pre-chorus.
Tom: Yep, there’s not much I can add to that. I found the repetition in her previous hits a bit grating, and I’m not finding that here.
Tim: Top it all off with her trademark slightly hoarse voice and great production and synth work, and whilst it probably won’t be such a massive smash as the recent two it clearly deserves to do well.