Tag: Melanie Wehbe

Hogland feat. Melanie Wehbe – Just A Little

“So, I know I said last week that I wasn’t in the mood for a banger right now.”

Tim: Swedish dance producer whose tracks I really enjoy every time we feature them, but who I completely forget to add to my ‘watch for new music by this artist’ app; that’s now been rectified, so let’s hear the song.

Tim: So, I know I said last week that I wasn’t in the mood for a banger right now.

Tom: Well, I mean, everyone’s being affected by lockdown in different ways.

Tim: But as it turns out, when it sounds this great I absolutely am. The lyrics don’t really mean anything – caught in the middle of what, exactly, and is ‘just a little’ better or worse than it was when you were caught there? – and I’m really not convinced by the ‘oah’ spelling in the lyric video.

Tom: You can’t open with all that! You’ve covered basically everything I was going to say! (Although “oah” feels right to me; short of putting a hyphen in the middle I can’t think of a better way to transcribe it.)

Tim: But those things don’t matter, because the dance breakdown bits are really really good.

Tom: It’s a good album track, I reckon; not going to be a sudden summer smash floorfiller, but it’ll do well enough.

Tim: That speedy xylophone run sounds brilliant (tropical house, ridiculous as ever), the rest of the chorus melody fits in nicely around it, and all in all this is a top notch track.

Melanie Wehbe – Irrestible

I could see this becoming a club regular #timjeffriesisaprat

Tim: We’re very used to X Factor, etc. contestants not winning but releasing tracks, for better (One Direction, Anna Abreu, Danny Saucedo) or very much worse (Cher Lloyd, Jedward, Olly Murs), and while they might not win, they do generally get to at least the closing stages – top five, or whatever. This one, on the other hand, got kicked out of the Swedish version only a couple of weeks back without even reaching the top 20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RDXN6dfdcQ

Tom: That hairdryer in the opening scenes? Blatantly not actually running, or even needed. There’s a bit of pedantry for you.

Tim: Now, quite how this got put together in under a week – from getting kicked out to properly produced YouTube video – is beyond me, especially since the cynical ‘this must have been pre-plotted’ part of my brain is less inclined to get involved when Simon Cowell’s not around.

Tom: It used to be that all chart-eligible singles had to be cleared through the charts company at least four weeks in advance, although I’m not sure if that’s the case any more.

Tim: Really? Huh. Anyway, this song’s here, and it’s not all bad, is it?

Tom: Surprisingly, it’s not all bad. I could see this becoming a club regular, given enough airplay.

Tim: If I heard this on the radio, I would think ooh, it’s a somewhat average track by Katy Perry*, and for me it’s pretty much that – average. Not bad, although I have an issue with the “post a tweet” line for some reason – just really sticks out a bit, and seems to be there just to say LOOK AT ME, I KNOW WHAT’S COOL.

* Who, pop fact fans, is currently hoping to beat Michael Jackson’s record of five number one singles off the same album, with her recent release The One That Got Away.

Tom: I have a feeling it’s going to date a lot more quickly than, say, Return to Sender.

Tim: A bit like (here’s me going off on one) the massively irritating thing TV shows have started doing by putting a hashtag in the corner of the screen just so we know we’re meant to talk about it. For example, do Fox actually think we need to be told that we should use #fringe to discuss Fringe, or #terranova for Terra Nova? Seriously? BLOODY HELL. Way to patronise your viewers, guys.

Tom: Incidentally, readers, you should use the hashtag #timjeffriesisaprat to discuss this particular post.

Tim: What, where did that come from? Bit harsh, isn’t it?

Tom: Well, #timjeffriesgoesoffonone didn’t seem pithy enough.

Tim: Oh, fine. Anyway, er, what was I saying before I got distracted/abused? Oh, yeah, the song – it’s alright, I suppose, but nothing special. Next please.