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Aura Dione – Shania Twain

“Inspired by the power that Shania sung about in her songs.”

Tim: Meghan Trainor and Charlie Puth gave us one of the greatest tunes of 2015 with their ode to Marvin Gaye.

Tom: I… no, you know what, I’m not going to start arguing before we even get to the song. I will agree, though, that there was definitely a song in 2015 called “Marvin Gaye”.

Tim: And it was a RIGHT BANGER. Anyway, Danish singer Aura is going for a similar vibe, inspired by the power that Shania sung about in her songs.

Tim: And that there is a song that I absolutely and entirely love.

Tom: I know you’re generally more enthusiastic about, well, basically everything, but: why?

Tim: The mix of heavy country and great dance is done so well, and when the two combine for that second chorus and beyond it just becomes absolutely joyous, and the first song in a while that I want to properly shout along to, with those backing vocals. Even the little things, like the ‘Twain, Twain, Twain’ vocal effects, sound great.

Tom: Ah, I just don’t get that. There’s something in the tone of it that just grates on me; and that ‘Shania Twain’ lyric just lands with a clunk in my head. I’ll admit that I can sing the chorus after one listen, though.

Tim: My only problem, of course, is that it’s just too short. So, all together, ALL OF MY LOVERS, ALL OF MY LOVERS, ALL OF MY LOVERS LET IT POUR ON ME, ALL OF MY LOVERS, ALL OF MY LOVER LOVERS etc.

Aura – Love Somebody

“Alvin and the Chipmunks on backing vocals.”

Tim: Aura’s dropped her surname since her last release several years back, and we have what appears to be Alvin and the Chipmunks on backing vocals.

Tom: Oh, I shouldn’t like that. Why do I like that? What does it remind me of?

Tim: See, not only does that have a perfectly decent beat and verse, and very good chorus, but it also throws a bit of masturbation in there to make you sit up and pay attention if your mind drifts a bit.

Tom: Not something that gets referred to in songs all that often.

Tim: Which is good, because your mind shouldn’t be drifting – like I said, that’s a very good chorus there, much deserving of attention, even if the more attention I paid it the more it reminded me of Only Teardrops.

Tom: That’s it! That’s what it reminds me of! And now you mention it, it’s really obvious.

Tim: But who cares? GOOD GOOD GOOD.

Aura Dione feat. Rockmafia – Friends

Feeling mateless? Just been dumped? Then this is the video for you.

Tim: Feeling mateless? Just been dumped? Then this is the video for you.

Tom: Also if you want an introduction that reminds you of both Dido and Whigfield.

Tim: So we have here a lady who’s just been broken up with, but tells us she’s alright because she’s got her friends. Well, either that break-up hit her very hard indeed emotionally or I’m entirely sympathetic to the bloke who chucked her. Because, and I’m sorry to break this to you if you’re reading this, Aura, that’s not a friend – it’s a weird shoe-robot that’s the weirdest type of companion I’ve seen since Lauri’s weird puppet thing, Amanda, about a year ago.

Tom: She’d get on well with Olly Murs, then. Although her companion is rather well animated, I must say.

Tim: Well-animated, yes. But MADE OF SHOES.

Basically, Aura, you shouldn’t be playing backgammon with it, you shouldn’t be baking a cake with it, you should be making actual friends and moving on – maybe even ask that nice policeman out on a date, rather than lying to him about your weird-is-putting-it-lightly house guest. Because what sort of a message are you sending out? That everyone will be happy after a breakup if they can only build a robot out of their obscene collection of footwear? Come on now.

Tom: Well, quite. Er, the music, though?

Tim: Oh yes, we probably should talk about it. Well, there’s a dec—OH BLOODY HELL SHE WEARS LAMPSHADES ON HER HEAD, so can’t we just move on?

Tom: I thought it was quite a good track, actually.