Tim: A production team that have previously worked with Tove Lo and Icona Pop, stepping out on their own, with this, a dance number with something I will leave as a surprise for you.
Tim: Now I don’t know if it’s a direct similarity to one track in particular, or just because the vocalist (Erik Rapp, off Swedish Idol 2013) sounds identical to Zayn Malik, but the first almost-a-minute of that sounds very much like something that could come off an early One Direction album.
Tom: It’s reminiscent of a lot: that verse cadence is basically lifted straight from Katy Perry’s Firework, and there’s some Galantis in the chorus backing. And then… then there’s the trumpet. What an odd, strident choice.
Tim: Interesting choice of word, there – obviously it switches things up a lot, but it’s nice that we’re off to a good start, and even nicer is that is doesn’t dip below that at any later time.
Tom: Wait, it works for you?
Tim: Absolutely – I don’t feel as much of a disjoint as I might first have expected. All in, with a brass layer on top of a danced-up good pop sound, you’d struggle to go wrong. And this lot really haven’t done.
Tom: I’ve got to disagree: that trumpet just doesn’t sit well in the mix for me: it’s basically a second vocalist, and not a particularly listenable one. To each their own, I guess.