How have I not reviewed this yet? I just watched Top Of The Pops from Christmas Day (this is backdated to the 3rd December, so I am weeks behind at the moment - but I will catch up), and I seriously didn't know there was a music video to this song. RAYE and Jax Jones certainly brought it to the TOTP stage, although this music video certainly falls short in comparison. Watch a young girl dance around a house as RAYE sings the vocals to this amazingly catchy Jax Jones song "You Don't Know Me".
Jax Jones, real name Timucin Aluo, is a DJ from London who has certainly made some incredible waves in the music industry this year; no doubt 2018 will see plenty of hits and collaborations, and hopefully an album. He's released some amazing songs and worked with some big stars. Yet, it was this track which is his biggest solo hit, although I reckon it won't be the only one for long. This track features RAYE, real name Rachel Keen, who is certainly a rising star. She's released some catchy tracks and has received support from a whole range of stars. She's determined to make it in the music industry and you can't knock her for trying as she continues to drop amazing track after amazing track. Watch out for RAYE! This song samples M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade's 2005 track "Body Language" hence the songwriting credits. "You Don't Know Me" was written by Walter Merziger, Arno Kammermeier, Peter Hayo, Patrick Bodmer, Uzoechi Emenike (MNEK), Phil D. Young, Timucin Aluno, Janee Bennett, and Rachel Keen.
Directed by Remy Cayuela, this music video stars a young girl of between 8 and 10 years old who dances around her house - this certainly takes us all back, we've all done this once in a while, haven't we?
There's nothing special about this, the young dancer is incredible in some of the dance sequences however at other times, it's quite average and childish. This would be okay if the song was a children's song, or a song aimed at children or even a song about children dancing, but it isn't.
RAYE appears in the background singing the song whilst relaxing, which loses any chance of a performance part of the music video - imagine going to see her live and see her just sitting there singing this song; yes, I know she wouldn't do that, but this literally just shows how beautiful she is.
The ending is comical to an extent as the girl breaks through to Jax Jones' home where he totally digs her dancing. Regardless, this doesn't work and I don't like it at all. I was going to give kudos for the Jax Jones appearance and the good dancing in some scenes, but upon second look, it's totally not worthy. It does get a few very small kudos for having the cereal box in the kitchen!
Once again, my iTunes shuffler chose a song from one of my many compilation albums that I have, and it easily got stuck in my head. I am so far behind on my blog, that I'm actually so not happy with myself, but I am more than determined to catch up, before the new year starts, and if I focus enough, I may be able to do just that; so expect my iTunes shuffler to choose plenty more music videos for me to review. Watch Mario Bischin perform this track as a woman is full-on flirtatious towards him in every way in this music video for his song "Morena".
Mario Bischin is a Romanian male artist who has had hit singles in Poland. His biggest hit to date was titled "Macarena", although he has managed to follow that song up with some amazingly catchy ones, such as this one. Could he be an international star in the future? Well, he is Romanian and the artists from that country are set on world domination very soon. He continues to release new music, and who knows what the next year can bring, especially considering the viral hits he has had in the past. This song will continue to be a nice find by myself.
The music video isn't easy to follow, and it took me a few plays to understand fully what is going on. There are two women in the clip, one with dark hair and another with ginger hair. These women must correlate to Morena and Ella in the song.
Morena is the girl who walks out, the one with the dark hair who clearly loves Mario Bischin, but isn't ready to make a commitment and doesn't want to be his "love", hence why they don't work out. This is where Ella comes in.
Ella is all flirtatious over Mario Bischin and it completely shows. However, I am disappointed that they don't kiss at all, this is extremely obvious and definitely makes the whole thing seem fake. They have a night full of passion, where he gets up, leaves his keys in a bowl and walks out, leaving both Ella in Morena and Mario's bed. It's time for him to move on.
Overall this song is a killer and should've been a hit around the world, alongside his other tracks. However, it'll just have to be a treasured track that I'll certainly play during parties. As for the music video, they do their best, but it's just confusing and there's ultimate flirting with no follow-through. Throughout the flirting, Mario Bischin performs his song and he does well, he'd be great on stage as he is full of energy - this stops the disaster of the music video.
Once again, there wasn't much choice for my New Release music video review today (1st December - it's backdated because I'm behind on my blog), but I stumbled across this one and I absolutely adore the song, the track, and the visual. This is a perfect collaboration that works effortlessly. I could play this over and over and over again, such a catchy song and a relatable music video. This is one of those songs that should gain momentum around the world, but probably won't, like Macklemore & Kesha's "Good Old Days". Watch G-Eazy & Halsey hang out together on the streets of New York City as they showcase a loving relationship that is full of moments and teasing in this music video for their collaboration song "Him & I".
G-Eazy, real name Gerald Gillum, has certainly made waves in the music industry the past couple of years. He's collaborated with some of the biggest names and has been proving that he is an American rapper we all need to keep our eyes on. I'm pretty sure that if it weren't for his collaboration with Grace on "You Don't Own Me", it would've taken him longer to go international, but tracks like this one definitely shows off his ability to record and release an incredible song. It's a collaboration with Halsey, real name Ashley Frangipane. She's such an underrated star and has yet to have a signature solo song, although she is mostly known by many for her feature on The Chainsmokers' track "Closer". This collaboration has proven that Halsey is certainly another artist we all need to watch and keep our eyes and ears on. I expect a massive hit from her real soon - if this one doesn't become big. This song was written by Gerald Gillum, Alexander Schwartz, Joe Khajadourian, and Ashley Frangipane.
Directed by Gerald Gillum and Ashley Frangipane, the music video sees these two music artists in a loving relationship as they walk around New York City and spend time together. They are a real-life couple so everything that happens in this music video isn't them acting, so the sparks we can clearly see are extremely real. They started their relationship in November 2017.
The video starts with a quote from The Beautiful and The Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which is "They were stars on this stage. Each playing to an audience of two." Scenes follow of shots of New York and then shots of G-Eazy and Halsey, with the latter singing first.
There's nothing that really stands out in this music video, there's a lot of teasing, a lot of cute and adorable moments, and a lot of passion throughout. G-Eazy and Halsey clearly are in love with one another and the fact that they've managed to easily capture that on screen in the visual is incredible.
The song is about their relationship, so it's understandable as to why they've filmed a music video that shows an insight into their lives. It doesn't go anywhere, but it doesn't need to. There's no performance or narrative, this is just G-Eazy and Halsey doing their thing together. It's such a loving heart-warming and admiring music video. Although, at times I feel like there's too much being shown at once like they had so much footage that they wanted to put it all in.
I was so not expecting this! It's Thursday Revisit again, and I thought I might as well dip into a classic Luis Fonsi song after finally reviewing "Despacito" which features Daddy Yankee, last Saturday. What I wasn't expecting was a Latin-Pop ballad where Luis Fonsi can be seen playing a guitar whilst pouring his heart out. This literally gave me goosebumps, no wonder it hit number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks and the Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay. This is certainly different to what he is known for now, and yet so raw and emotionally honest; I can't help but love it. Watch Luis Fonsi perform with a guitar whilst he sings to a woman in this music video for his song "Nada Es Para Siempre".
Luis Fonsi, real name Luis López-Cepero, has certainly changed his music style over the years, however all great artists do change their sound, and it certainly paid off for Luis Fonsi. His latest music is charting all over the world, and he is one hell of a global superstar by now. Everyone knows his name. What most people don't realise is that he has been in the industry since the late 90's bringing some incredible Latin-Pop tracks to the scene, fully charting on the Billboard chart for a number of years. This song was his first track to ever chart on the Billboard Hot 100; he hit number 90 in 2005, but later he'd continue to hit this chart a few more times. The song was written by Amaury Gutiérrez.
Directed by Gustavo Garzon, this music video is laid back and very chilled out as he sings his song with his guitar. Totally a differnt vibe and performance energy compared to what we watch of him now.
It certainly has a mid-noughties vibe to the visual, and it's mainly a performance piece throughout. Luis Fonsi impresses with his guitar skills whilst we watch a slight narrative of a woman he is clearly in love with. The song is about loving her today as they don't know what could happen tomorrow, and the visual sure does replicate that - there's even a bedsheet scene.
Other scenes see the woman topless as he caresses her back or he's all up on her, which feels like they're oversexualising her without sexualising him, which is stupid and just goes to show that even in the 00's they were doing this in music videos. There's also a bath scene, but she doesn't look like she's enjoying any part of this music video.
Overall, this isn't so bad, it's nothing like his latest music video or songs; but I like the raw quality feel to this and doesn't surprise me that the song charted at number one on Billboard Latin Tracks chart. I do feel like the music video could've gone places, but it doesn't. The performance is on point - as expected - but the narrative is flimsy with more focus on sexualising the woman in the visual.
I am still behind on my blog, and it's all Fergie's fault for dropping new music video after new music video which I covered on CelebMix, including this one. Okay, so it's not all Fergie's fault; recently, as I was finally catching up, INNA decided to release a brand new single every day of the week for seven days, which I also covered for CelebMix around my usual articles. I am flat-out right now, but that doesn't stop me intending to catch up on my blog, especially since I have been nominated for a UK Blog Award, don't forget to vote for me. Now, I'm not so keen on this music video, and thought it'll be an easy one for me to cover as I attempt to catch up. Watch Fergie showered and covered in glitter as Denna Thomsen turns the song into an epheral dance sequence in this interesting music video for "Love Is Pain" as part of the Double Dutchess: Visual Experience.
Fergie, full name Fergie Duhamel and previously known as Stacy Ferguson, is best known as being the sole female member of The Black Eyed Peas. She released her second studio album this year, to various critical reviews - personally, I absolutely loved it, check out my CelebMix review. The album really shows her versatility as an artist and should definitely help her pave way to an exciting future. This song is the last track on the album and it is incredible by itself because of how much of a personal track it is, although there are much better songs on the album - to be honest. The song was written by Fergie Duhamel and Toby Gad.
Directed by Nina McNeely, this music video is definitely full of glitter, blood, dancing, emotion, and grit. Fergie sure knows how to perform, and boy does she do just that. She's full of performance vibes and every single word of this song really manages to hit home. It resonates deeply with every listener.
However, it's not all great. There's really not a lot going on, and although Denna Thomsen is incredible in interpreting the song into an interesting dance routine, it feels like there's no substance to it. This would've worked so much better if it was Fergie doing the dancing, instead the constant switching between Fergie and Denna Thomsen manages to throw some of the emotion away.
Overall, this music video should've been better, but considering the incredible videos that are also a part of the Double Dutchess: Visual Experience, all can be forgiven for this one. It is highly emotional, both the song and the music video, but Fergie brings it like no one else can and that really pushes Denna Thomsen's visuals into the background.
