Tim: After mentioning Ellie yesterday I realised I wasn’t sure what she was up to right now; turns out she’s done the song for the new Bridget Jones film. (Very mild spoilers in the video, so you might want to stick it in a background tab if you’re planning on seeing it.)
Tom: Ellie Goulding: Reliable Female-Targeted Movie Soundtrack Song Singer.
Tim: And boy, is this a slow, slow build.
Tom: And repetitive: all those “your heart got me” lines really took a while. I’m glad I kept going, but still…
Tim: First verse and part of the chorus, I would have switched off with most other artists; it’s certainly unusual that just fingers clicking every second or so in the second verse will keep me listening. Then that build up through the second chorus, yes, yes, it’s happening! Except then middle eight does that two-step breakdown, and this is the fourth time we’ve had that but I still find it no less disconcerting.
Tom: It sounded a little more natural to me, but still not really good: so either I’m getting used to it, or music producers are starting to work out how to make that more tolerable.
Tim: Finally, though, three quarters of the way through the song, we’ve at last reached the point where we should have been two minutes ago. And it’s totally worth it.
Tom: It is. But it should have started there.