Tom: She’s still going! I feel like giving a small round of sympathy-applause every time a reality show contestant manages to still be going. And it’s been nine years! And her new single is…
Tom: …an album track. Am I being too harsh there?
The trouble is: this isn’t the first single off that album. It’s the third. No, I didn’t know she had a new album either. And a look at the Wikipedia entry for that first single pretty much sums up the fans’ and PR companies clutching at ratings straws: it missed the Top 40, but hey, it made it to number 26 in the sales-only chart.
Tim: AND it got to number 12 in the Billboard Top Twitter Tracks, and if that’s not impressive I don’t know what is. I do think you’re being a little harsh – admittedly it’s not particularly memorable, as I’ve just finished listening to it and I’m struggling to recall the chorus, but I know I thought at the time that I enjoyed it.
Tom: Don’t get me wrong: it’s a decent enough album track. Her fans will like it, and there’s certainly not much wrong with it.
Tim: No – the problem is it doesn’t get me particularly enthused. It’s the sort of track that makes me think “yeah, I might give the album a listen, as long as I have absolutely nothing better to do with my time”.
Tom: And there are a million pop artists out there who’d love the success she’s had: and she’s still going after nine years. Most folks in her position don’t even get one year.
Heck, if you win The Voice, you don’t even get a week.