David Guetta, real name is Pierre David Guetta, has definitely came a long way in the last few years and he will never disappear. He has released a number of singles, many of which have appeared on my blog, and I believe I haven't given a bad rating to any of them, and this certainly isn't a video that will change it, as this video is top notch too. It's a collaboration with Sia, who was unknown internationally until after this song and Flo Rida's "Wild Ones". It has definitely pushed her into the limelight. Her actual name is Sia Furler, and I can see her releasing a lot more songs internationally and getting a lot of chart worthy hits.
"Titanium" was written by Sia Furler, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort and Nick Van De Wall. Sia wrote the song for various well-known artists, Katy Perry turned it down, and so did Alicia Keys apparently. A leaked version was released online featuring vocals from Mary J. Blige. It makes you question how many artists did record vocals or were just offered it. But David Guetta decided to stick with Sia, and it was definitely worth the risk, she wasn't known in the US, and hadn't released in the UK in years (yes she had previously managed to get to number 10 back in 2000), but her version worked well and managed to get to number one in the UK.
The video is perfect, the song is about being strong and standing up for yourself as well as the inner strength and being able to release it. They have taken that way out of proportion and put it in this amazing video. HANDS UP this was the first time I had seen this video, as I'm not too keen on the song so I always skipped over it when I used to watch the music channels.
The video has a narrative that never features Sia or David Guetta (it's like it used to be for David Guetta videos). Our main protagonist is Ryan Lee who has been in a lot of films and TV shows. A lot of people have said it reminds them of Chronicle and I certainly wouldn't disagree.
We start off in a school corridor that has been wrecked with paper everywhere. Ryan Lee stands up and passes a teacher who is terrified of him, clearly he has done the damage. He walks out of the school as the police show up and the female teacher runs out and tells the police he was the one who did it. By then he is cycling home. When he gets there he finds out that it's all over the news so he gathers his things ready to run away, but the police get there before he is ready, he goes for the back door but it's locked so he uses his supernatural powers to get the keys and unlock the door. The police get inside and find the boy gone, all is left is 2 teddy bears floating in the air. The boy is later captured in the woods by the police, but he finds his inner strength and blasts them all away. The story ends on a cliff-hanger and makes you wonder whether he will be running for the rest of his life, or will he eventually find a safe place?
There are a few things that get on my nerves like him using the keys to unlock the door, why can't he use his powers to unlock the door? And the fact that the story doesn't have a proper ending, therefore leaves it open for everyone to come up with an ending, which I hate in films and TV series and in music videos, unless they follow it up with a sequel. But I just can't knock off a star for that as others like it too. This song took me some time to finally like it. But it's video is astounding and therefore I have no choice but to give it this rating.
The Wombats have finally made my blog and it's all down to the fact that my flatmates keep playing this song and it is stuck in my head, so why not review this music video? The indie band is comprised of 3 members who are Matthew Murphy, Dan Haggis and Tord Øverland-Knudson. They have released a lot of singles so far, and this is their biggest hit in the UK, second is "Let's Dance To Joy Division" which got number 15. Their most recent singles have failed to chart well, is this the end, or will they return with a well received song? We'll have to see, but it does look like indie is on it's last legs, but that can easily be turn around.
"Moving To New York" was The Wombats first single and currently their best charting single managing to get to number 13. The song was written Matthew Murphy, which explains why he manages to connect to the song easily when he sings. The song was first released on a limited edition 7" vinyl in October 2006, but it was then re-released 1 and a bit years later in January 2008.
The music video is a real take of what goes on in the lyrics, which is expected and annoys me at times as clearly they can't think of anything good to make it stand out. I'm glad they managed to make it both performance and narrative, but it's been done in a television style, therefore we watch it as a third-viewer and in doing so we miss out on what they are like live.
The story is very steppy (not a word I know but the only word I can come up with to describe it). There is no flow and no way of describing this better. It's like they've looked at the lyrics and decided that here we will put this, and here we will put that. With nothing following that well.
Having said that I like how it's been done and it has an indie vibe, but that is all I have good to say about it. The song is ultimately catchy and is one of those songs you will still be hearing again and again in the future and you'll never be sick of it (hopefully). It's music video is lacking and just not as good as it should've been, it's a good portrayal of the lyrics but not done in the best way.
I can safely announce Christina Aguilera is BACK! Her most recent album "Bionic" failed miserably and it could have been the end for her, but thanks to The Voice and "Moves Like Jagger" a collaboration with Maroon 5, she realised she still had credibility, and she has definitely returned to music with a vengeance, and this is going to be her next big hit, especially since people can't stop talking about it.
"Your Body" was written by Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Shellback and Tiffany Amber. This is definitely a great mix of writers and usually any song by these or even a combination of these people is bound to be a hit, they have appeared on my blog a lot. I am surprised that Christina Aguilera didn't help to write this song, she's an amazing song-writer, however she has connected to the song well, and she is an incredible singer and will do any song justice.
This music video can only be described as tongue-in-cheek, there is no other way of describing it as it is quite malevolent and malicious but in a humorous fun way. If people died in a fit full of colour there would definitely be a lot more deaths going on, and it will definitely be the wrong people murdering.
This video is very fun, different and definitely stands out. I like the narrative, it's unexpected and I love the message at the start "no men were harmed in the making of this video". Which, at first, worried me as I have never seen this video until today and so I wasn't entirely sure what was going to be shown.
Christina is shown as quite sensual, confident and self-assured. She doesn't take herself too seriously and she likes to show her body off to men and then kill them. But in a ball of pink smoke, or in bright blue paint, or in a spurt of pink glitter. Clearly she's leaving colour everywhere and it would definitely be a great way to go.
Overall the song is one of those that will eventually grown on me, as for the music video it's astounding and I definitely haven't got anything bad to say about it, I like how the deaths are subtly implied rather than showing us the brutal side of things. However I do believe it is more explicit than Britney Spears' "Criminal", but I doubt the UK will ban this video.
Karmin are a duo consisting of engaged couple Amy Heideman and Nick (Louis) Noonan. They are a new duo to hit the charts and I can see them doing well in the next few years. Especially since this song managed to chart at number 6 in the UK. "Brokenhearted" was written by Karmin, John Hill, Claude Kelly, Henry Walter, Emily Wright and Richard Head. It kind of reminds me of a Nicki Minaj song and it's got the same sort of catchiness. They did well to get to the chart position in the UK for their first international single, and I'll be interested in seeing what chart positions their future singles get, I'm sure it'll be high.
This music video made me confused, I thought it was an average party music video, surprisingly after reading about it on a different website I was quite surprised to find out that there is a narrative, and the video is well constructed that you may not see it the first time. The fact that they have managed to do such a thing, as well as involve everything that is needed in a music video has definitely brought my initial rating upwards.
The video is based on how Amy and Nick first met, I like how you see 3 different times of the days, we see the present while they are rehearsing, we see what happened last night, and also the morning after and her waiting for a phone call that never comes.
We see from last night that Amy and Nick met at a party and seem to have a connection staying together all the time and having fun with one another, at the end of the night they exchange numbers. Amy then sings "See I've been waiting all day. For you to call me baby. So let's get up, let's get on it.
Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight" during the chorus; and the video plays on that the next day. She is idling about waiting for a call from Nick, but she never receives one. Then in the present day while they are performing the song during rehearsals we find out at the very end that Nick is actually seeing someone and that is the reason to why he never called her.
Overall it's a catchy little song that is definitely worth the chart position it got in the UK. It's accompanying music video is definitely one of the best I've ever seen, it involves everything you need and manages to hide the narrative pretty well. I have never had to watch a music video for a 2nd time because I missed the narrative. I also like the fact that the performance is included in the narrative and that we get to see what went on in the last 2 days. I haven't got a bad thing to say about this and therefore I have no choice but to award this music video with the following rating.
Jason Mraz is the sort of artist that you like but wouldn't go as far as buy his singles, he has released a number of songs and have quite a few hits in the UK, however some have fallen short of charting very well. He's signature song is "I'm Yours" but this song isn't too far behind. He is from Virginia in the US, and it's surprising how he has managed to hit the UK, as these sort of artists along with country artists don't even attempt to hit the UK as it usually doesn't work out well, but it looks like Jason Mraz along with other artists are setting the way for other artists of this genre to try and chart.
"I Won't Give Up" was written by Jason Mraz, Theodore Feldman and Michael Natter. The song is very emotional and it was definitely expected to be written by Jason Mraz. He manages to sing every word as if he means it, and that is exactly what you need for this song.
The music video is very symbolic, it is both performance and narrative and reminds me a lot of other music videos such as Avril Lavigne's "When You're Gone" amongst others that I can't think off the top of my head. Which means you are going to have to make the video different or it will be too similar to all the others, unfortunately this one is just the average video.
I was expecting something with this video and there isn't anything, clearly you know that a few are accepted but others have tears in their eyes which doesn't go with the video. Personally I think they must have seen Avril's video before coming up with the idea, as it is too similar, I understand that most videos are the same in one way or another but they change them so they don't look the same, but with this one they've changed it for the worse and not given us endings, leaving it up to us to decipher, which is totally not my thing.
Overall this song is so emotional, but it's video is too similar to others and there is little to no originality. They could've done so much more with this video and they haven't, and now I'm in two minds for this rating, should I be harsh or should I be kind? I have to admit it is a good way of linking to this video, but so many have done it before, and it will probably be done again and again in the future, and I don't think I can deal with seeing the same thing again and again.
