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CRITICS! [Icona's "Emergency"]

The "I Love It" duo, inspired by jazz, just released "Emergency". And give it a listen before we start jabbing words to the artists.

An "Emergency" indeed. This song has some pretty catchy tune, and by catchy, I meant the "funny old class, 'you're chasing me'" type of tune. Some good things about this single is that is not so party-like, and more into the simple fun category.. Plus, they bring in some sassiness into the song. I mean, sassy is sexy, and they didn't overdo it in the song. A great yet safe change of slight music style from Icona Pop, and judged by their style, it's obvious that there's gonna be a lot of repetitions, so lyrically, it might depend on the listeners' p.o.v.
What did you think about the song?

CRITICS! [Britney Spear ft. Iggy Azalea's "Pretty Girls"]

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It's OUT! BRITNEY BITCH is BACK!! And now with Iggy in their new single "Pretty Girls".

The song is pretty fun, and for some reasons, catchy...
The MV came out yesterday, and I must say... It's fun and cosmic indeed.
Iggy looks like the white version of Nicki Minaj. Plus, to weird it up, she's not from Earth. The MV is the "Earth girls are so out of date" like.

And notice it or not, this MV is probably used to promote Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. I mean, cmon Britney, changing an old phone to a new smartphone is a sly method to catch attention. And not sure about this, but the song sounds like something that Charlie XCX would sing. I mean, it sounds almost like Charlie's music style.. a bit of fun and rebel.
Anyhow, what do you think about the MV and the song? Write your comments below..

CRITICS! [Taylor's "Style"]

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Firstly, YOU SERIOUSLY NEED TO WATCH IT!! It's amazing...
"Style" which was set to be the next single, which is pretty obvious, has finally come with a MV.

Based on the teasers we get from Taylor via Instagram, this was expected to be an awesome MV, I mean, let's be real, it's abstract, artistic, and emotional too. Not to mention the way the lyrics connect along with the MV is pretty much precise. Lyrically, the song pretty much explains about how she wants to leave him despite knowing what the relationship could lead, but still can't leave him also despite of loving how he is. I gotta say, this sounds like nowadays relationships. Musically, this track is an earworm in first listen. No joke, I love this track when I first listen to it. It has that fun synthpop-y clingy guitar strung that makes it sound so unique. Vocal-based, for the Queen of Country, it might seem forced to change her music style so suddenly, but then again, after listening to the whole album, it isn't that bad.

How was the MV? Share your thoughts on the comment...

CRITICS! [Tove Lo's Talking Body MV]

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Just as expected from Tove Lo...

I'll be honest, her hit "Habits" was really catchy; however, I don't think this one will hit as "high" as "Habits". Not to mention, her usage of explicit lyrics and meaning make this quite inappropriate for below 18s. The lyrics talks pretty much about being "happy" such as "Ow, baby make 'em bodies, we just use for fun" talks mostly about sex, and from the MV itself, the lyrics tell out the story quite clearly. Truth be told, this MV is pretty creative in my opinion, but (of course) this MV will surely won't suit to people who believe that "bodies" aren't made to make fun of (I'm not saying that I "use my body for fun", but artists have rights to express, so let's not hate Tove just because she sings of sex, because let's admit it, there are more songs about sex and drug sang by other artists). Overall, the MV (dangerously sexy) suits well to the lyrics itself, and what I love about it is the way she makes it a story-like plot and the no-slowing-down of sequence to sequence (well, excluding the slow mo kiss), but the message delivery was pretty direct, and I have to assume that this video might fall out of chart in a few months.

So... what do you think about the MV? Share your thoughts below!
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CRITICS! [David Guetta's latest album, "Listen"]

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To begin with, I was never a big fan of David Guetta's music, although some are exceptionally good, like; "Where Them Girls At", "Titanium" (which really went viral), "She Wolf", and "Alphabeat".

David Guetta

His works are something I could say as "I will listen to them when I'm alone so I can bang my head along with it so hard like there's no tomorrow" type of music (Skrillex is also another one). However, based on the news, he divorced with his wife which caused him lots of hard time (got this from my friend, check his BLOG RIGHT HERE), and also, he stated:

"Until today I was doing lots of songs about happiness and love and sexiness and just having a party – it was basically my life, you know? And lately, my personal life has been a little more difficult, so it reflects also on the album, on the things that we're talking about, on the type of chords. I've never done this, because even for me it was all about making the people dance." - David Guetta, from Rolling Stone

"When you're a little bit at the top of the game, what is left except being afraid to go down? I never want to feel like this, so I thought that the best way to avoid it was to kind of start from scratch again. Until today I was always starting with the beat and then writing the song on it. This time I was starting with piano, voice and guitar, then producing around the song. I've really changed everything, like the way I was working, the people I was working with – everything." -David Guetta, from Rolling Stone

"I miss soul and emotion. A lot of EDM lately is based on production tricks that make it sound huge. I think it's not enough. These songs can be played by a classical orchestra, a rock band, or a funk band, and they would be great. It's not like, 'Oh wow, if you don't have this huge distorted kick, there's nothing else.'" -David Guetta, from interview with Billboard

Of course, he also said he wants his work that really reflects his emotions, so yeah, based from the 'divorced' incident, it's quite obvious that his latest works might not be as edgy and EDM-ish as before, but without further adieu, I'll start stating out the plus and negatives (in my opinion)

"Listen" album cover

First off, I know it's been a week or more that I missed this album, and I literally lost track of his music when I began studying again. Luckily I got a friend who informed me about this, and vise versa.
The album was more of a soul and a bit of country rooted music. However, all of the songs in this album are featured with a singer, unlike his previous works, there are 'singer-less' music which is kind of abstract. His first promotional single was "Shot Me Down", which went famous for quite some time.

"Shot Me Down" art c

I was pretty shocked when I listened to this on the radio, since it wasn't like his usual works from "Nothing But The Beat" (I didn't search his background and just found out he had a "soul" album titled "One Love"), which were usually all about party and dancing like there's no tomorrow. In this track, it was about being 'shot' by your 'baby', which hurt you (must've related to the divorce)

"Lovers of the Sun" art cover

The first single of the album, "Lovers of the Sun", (in my opinion) is superbly awesome. I dunno why, but the country style is somehow really beautiful, with the addition of electronic beep-boops after the chorus finishes. Not to mention Sam Martin's voice really hits the spot in this track.

"Bad" art cover

One of the promotional single (second promotional single) for the album is "Bad", and I've listened to it on the radio once, but didn't bother searching what it was, until I listened to this album, and yes, I was freaked out of joy and went all, "OMG! I know this song! It was on that radio", ans what I think about this song is that it is really EDM (also edgy), and since I'm an electronic music lover, this track really caught my interest.

"Dangerous" art cover

The second single on the album is "Dangerous", and seriously, the chorus sounds quite familiar. Anyhow, the soft electronic music that starts off is really technological, which is probably the part I really love; however, this song is also lyrically good, but probably won't be strong enough to make the album stand out.

"What I Did For Love" art cover

Now the last single of the album is shockingly unexpected. It is more of a piano-pop with a slight spice of pop, and I think this song is emotionally great. Plus, Emeli Sande's really good in putting out the emotions of what David Guetta is experiencing (salute you Emeli!)

The album's tracklist :
1. Dangerous (feat. Sam Martin)
2. What I Did for Love (feat. Emeli Sande)
3. No Money No Love (David Guetta & Showtek) [feat. Elliphant & Miss Dynamite]
4. Lovers on the Sun (feat. Sam Martin)
5. Goodbye Friend (feat. The Script)
6. Lift Me Up (feat. Nico & Vinz)
7. Listen (feat. John Legend)
8. Bang My Head (feat. Sia)
9. Yesterday (feat.Bebe Rexha)
10. Hey Mama (feat. Nicki Minaj)
11. Sun Goes Down (David Guetta & Showtek) [feat. MAGIC! & Sonny Wilson]
12. S.T.O.P (feat. Ryan Tedder)
13. I’ll Keep Loving You (feat. Jaymes Young & Birdy)
14. The Whisperer (feat. Sia)
15. Bad (David Guetta & Showtek) [feat. Vassy]
16. Rise (feat. Skylar Grey)
17. Show Me Down (feat. Skylar Grey)
18. Dangerous (Robin Schulz Remix) [feat. Sam Martin]

Overall, the album was a good way for David Guetta to express himself in it, but almost all of the songs have the same format, which might bore some people, not to mention the use of singers to express his emotions was probably a good thing to do, but I think he kinda overdoes it. There are mixtures of genres in this album, such as; country (Yesterday, Lovers on the Sun, Shot Me Down, Sun Goes Down), pop (Lift Me Up, Dangerous, Goodbye Friend), and of course EDM (Bad, Bang My Head, S.T.O.P). So, I could say it was quite a good album in a lyrical and emotional way. Musically, this album could be considered average in my opinion, and worth "Listen"ing

Have you listened to the album yet? If not, you can buy the album HERE!