Tag: Isa

Tim: You may remember Isa from two and a half years back when she did Hairspray at Melodifestivalen, or any number of other tracks we’ve featured of hers; back catalogue notwithstanding, though, she’s chosen to do an introductory track.

Tim: I skimmed past it the first time I heard it, but then it got sent in anonymously describing it as “once again further evidence of Sweden doing Pop better than anyone else”, with a hands in the air emoji, no less. So here it is, for your judgment.

Tim: And, well, I’m still not entirely sold on it. The biggest problem is that after hearing it a couple of times the biggest thing I can remember from it (and so much that it pushes pretty much everything else) is that single chorus line “Isa is my name”, which is (a) a bloody stupid lyric and (b) almost entirely lacking of melody.

Tim: Sure, there’s a bit of fun sax in there, and I’m sure there’s some other stuff as well – but I can’t for the life of me remember it.

Tim: You remember Isa, she’s the one who performed Hairspray at Melodifestivalen. She’s come straight from that to tell us all how she’s moved on from jungle and is now all drum & bass is. Enjoy!

Tim: Well, yes, that does stick out a little bit, and it’s also hard to argue that it’s remotely drum & bass – basically, just falls into our preferred category of ‘standard pop’.

Tim: Good answer, especially because it’s pop that’s doing its very best to be loud and drummy and bassy, and for that I can only applaud it because it’s done a very good job of it, quite literally with all the drums in that middle eight there.

Tim: Maybe, but with lyrics like “I let you break my heart just to feel the ache” followed up by “maximise the gain just to feel the earth quake” I think we should basically just let her do whatever she wants to do; she is, after all, doing it rather well.