Critic Jonni

Carly Rae Jepsen is a 26 year old Canadian singer (where are all these Canadians coming from?) Who has one really catchy song releasing everywhere called "Call Me Maybe". She came third in the fifth series of Canadian Idol, and she is the first person from Canadian Idol to release internationally and do extremely well. With number ones popping up here there and everywhere, and with catchy songs like this one, she is going to be a big star soon.

This song was written by Carly Rae Jepsen, Tavish Crowe and Josh Ramsay, the latter being the lead vocalist of Marianas Trent and has written and featured on a number of songs. Carly has a diminutive voice that just makes this seem effortless and extremely catchy at the same time. The song gets stuck in my head even if I just catch the last 10 seconds of the song. And it's definitely stuck in my head now.

The music video is really funny, it's very narrative, but has a great implemented performance side of things. Whenever I've seen it on the music channels I've only ever caught the last half of it, and never knew what the start was like, until just now.

This is really funny, I like how Carly spies on her neighbour (played by Holden Nowell). Holden is a model in real-life and so taking his top off at the beginning must have been fine with him. I like the fact that Carly is watching him obviously from the window, has she not heard about hiding and watching? I like the fact that she fans herself with the book, such a great thing to add in, and then she ducks.

I like the bit where she's pulling poses on the car to try to get his attention. And when she finally gets him to look up, she falls off the bonnet. I also like the dream where she imagines them being on the cover of a romantically (possibly erotic) novel, very clever to have thought to put that in.

And then to top it all off he's not even after her. Which is probably why the lyrics go "And all the other boys tried to chase me", does this happen to be a regular thing falling for guys who are playing for the other team?

Overall this is a great catchy song, the music video looks like it was fun, and I'm quite surprised it hasn't reached many hits, and allowing the spoof (created by Carlos Pena, Jr. of Big Time Rush fame) to gain a lot more hits because of the various celebrities that star (including Carly Rae Jepson), funniest bit is when Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber go to kiss, and they get push apart (video can be found below). So I'm expecting this to be a big hit when it gets released in the UK, which will be 22nd April 2012.

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Been looking forward to doing this for a few weeks now, been eager to review it sooner, but thought I'd wait for new release.

The All-American Rejects are one of my favourite rock bands along with Paramore, 30 Seconds to Mars, Evanescence and Lostprophets (amongst others maybe). They just become addicting after just a few minutes and I'm totally in love with this song as I was with all their other songs. The band consists of Tyson Ritter, Nick Wheeler, Mike Kennerty and Chris Gaylor. They have had many hit singles such as "Gives You Hell"and "Dirty Little Secret". But this has the potential to do even better, but interest hasn't sparked up enough, and here in the UK it's rarely been promoted.

This song was written by Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter, In a press release Tyson said about the song:

"'Beekeeper's Daughter' is a story about a guy who thinks he can get away with anything and always have a girl there waiting for him, he never backs down from that opinion. At the end of it, he's even stronger and more snide and thinks he's invincible no matter what. He's an asshole, but at that point in my life, I was kind of an asshole. As we were making Kids in the Street, I went from that to being a completely humbled guy who's looking at his reflection saying, ‘Wow, what have I done?' It may make me not seem very likeable, but it was important that I be truthful and really open up on this album about what I've been through."

I like the relaxed lyrics of the song and the way it's sung makes him seem like he doesn't care anymore, which is basically the guy he's singing about. It's quite clever. For those of you wondering what the connection a bee has to a flower.... Well (a little science for you), a bee travels from flower to flower collecting nectar, the flower sticks pollen onto their hairy bodies, then on the next flower the bee rubs a bit of pollen off, helping to create seeds so the flowers can reproduce. So it does relate...

I think this music video is really good, I like watching it multiple times as it's really engaging, and quite funny a lot of the time. I just want to walk down the street and then everyone I pass starts to dance, except that would never happen unless in a dream.

I like the devils, it shows what Tyson thought of his girlfriend when she shut him out, except really wasn't he the devil? I also want the massive bee in the parade. There's a lot of things that don't quite make sense, but apparently they just tried to include rejected ideas from previous music videos, and so somehow they've ended up with this which is pretty surprising. But don't quite understand why Wayne Newton makes an appearance...

I also agree with a lot of people on the fact that it seems like it's the Tyson Ritter band, as the other guys in the band hardly get a look in. However this song is about Tyson's life, also he is the vocalist, if this was compared to other bands' music videos, the vocalist is usually the only person to appear in the music video, so they're quite lucky to be honest.

Overall, I love this song, it's really catchy and worthy of getting a high chart number, however it seems unlikely to happen as it hasn't been promoted much. As for the accompanying music video, it's brash, out-standing and surprising all at the same time, and although some bits may not fit, such as the old men with the black contacts, there's bound to be a connection somewhere, and so some may think I'm being generous, but I do love this music video, and this star rating is well-deserved.

VS is my revisit this week, I chose this band for my revisit as I doubt I'd get another chance of doing another VS music video, and because I like seeing how much Marvin Humes has changed. VS was an R&B group that started in 2004, they consisted of Jaime Summerz, Chinyere McKenzie, Blimi, Ryan Taylor and Marvin Humes (who is now of JLS fame). I have previously reviewed "Call U Sexy" this week.

This was their first ever single, and I still remember the lyrics off by heart, surprising how long your memory can last. I was obsessed with this band back in 2004, and while they are good, it's unlikely they will get back together, due to Marvin being in a well-known band. But there's always hope, right?

The music video isn't that great to be honest. I was kind of expecting another big choreography number, but since it's more of a Ballad than an R&B song, and so if they subtly added in something about love then I'd be happy but they haven't.

This is possibly a typical mixed group's first music video, there isn't a lot in the storyline and more or less shows off the band, rather than anything else. I don't know whether they are trying to show that they love each other in a band kind of way or what? But it's not as interesting as their other music videos.

Various band members do various things, but they aren't connecting that well, and it surprises me that they were able to have their biggest hit with this song. Especially since this is the music video, that would've been shown on a lot of the music channels during that time.

Overall, I do like this band, and the song is quite catchy. However it's accompanying music video could have been a lot better, but obviously low-budget played a big part in the video, and it was incapable of being a great music video. This rating is deserved, but wouldn't be surprised if others think it is too high.

This is the first time I have ever reviewed one of Christina Aguilera's music videos on this blog. She made an appearance once as I reviewed "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5, in which she features in. However this is an early song from her, when she was still finding her way, and she sings it beautifully. I decided to do this music video today as I'm going to see the X Factor tour in Birmingham at the LG Arena tonight, and Little Mix sang this song on the show, and they sung it perfectly as it related to Jesy lots as she was having a tough time. This song linked in amazingly and I hope they sing it tonight.

Christina Aguilera has been going since 1999 and has always been pit against Britney Spears, and although I believe Christina has a strong empowering voice, Britney was favoured more, and people thought Britney had finally won, but most recently she has come out on top, with Britney following her shadow, this will be a battle that will last a lifetime, and will get more and more intriguing as the years go by. However they've known each other since the start, when they both became part of the Mickey Mouse Club and have claimed that this rival is nothing more than banter between old friend. Yes that's right Christina admitted in an interview that her and Britney go way back and are really old friends.

"Beautiful" was written by Linda Perry, who is known for being the main singer from 4 Non Blondes, she has had a few solo attempts, but now sticks to songwriting, and has worked for Christina a few times, and most of her notable songs was written by Linda Perry. Christina's voice matched this song amazingly. However I totally get what some people have said, such as why such a pretty girl like Christina gets to sing this song? However there are haters out there who'll do anything to make her feel down, and that's where I think the emotion came from for this song.

The music video is very controversial, but also fits in perfectly, I don't know any other better way of doing this, and it would have reflected badly on anyone who refused to show it, as it's extremely clever, and I can't help but laugh at some bits in it, and it shows that people are just people and everyone's the same no matter what they look like, as long as you're happy inside, it doesn't matter what others think, and if you aren't happy, find a way of loving yourself just the way you are.

I like how they've put Christina in a dirty horrible room, it shows she is pretty sitting right there in that room. Again it's clever, if they would have put her among some people then she may not be the only beautiful person. So I'm quite surprised by this.

Overall, I love this music video, it's almost a short film in a few minutes, and I love how it stands up for all the issues of the world, such as an underweight girl, a skinny guy lifting weights, a girl being bullied, a goth being ignored, and how it touches on LGBT such as a gay couple and a transgendered person. This is extremely clever, and although subtle it creates this huge effect that's still being talked about today.

Just a Kiss - Lady Antebellum |

This music video has got on my nerves today, but you'll find out why later...

After reviewing "Need You Now" last week, I'm excited I get to do another Lady Antebellum song. For those of you who didn't read my review then... The band comprises of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood. They got their name from taking pictures of Antebellum homes down in the American South, and Hillary Scott had attempted American Idol twice and they didn't let her through, but it looks like it was meant to be, otherwise this band may not have come together. My Friend Edges is a fan of theirs and claims this song as one of their best.

The song was written by Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood and Dallas Davidson who is a country singer-songwriter and has helped with a lot of songs, now he is attempting to release his own music. This song sounds like a great song to listen to, this band makes me feel relaxed and contempt with their songs, that it's so peaceful to listen to. The song is about their own experiences and being in a relationship that feels special, but in which you don't want to overstep the mark.

The music video is amazing, I like the use of actors and then the band singing behind them as if it's some sort of soundtrack to their story, which is quite imaginative. However the annoying thing for me is that I recognise the girl who plays "Joy", but I have no clue where from. I have spent about an hour trying to find out who it is, but all I come up with is Victoria Young (who does look like her) and yet none of her credits leap out at me, telling me where I've seen her from... So maybe it's not Victoria Young, or maybe it is and she just has a familiar face. (EDIT: Danielle Donn is the actress who plays "Joy", it has been confirmed). As for the guy, that is Andrew Jackson Murphy who is an upcoming actor, and I reckon he'll become big in no time at all.

Another thing that was pointed out by people posting on the Internet is that in Joy's dream Brady calls her "Julie" during the tablet message... I thought I heard wrongly at first, but he definitely says Julie instead of Joy, I'm surprised it's not been changed yet.

The story is basically a dream come true, two star-crossed lovers fall for one another and they have such a great time, next thing we know, it has been a total dream but the person who woke Joy up is the person from her dream, the guy she never knew, was that a premonition of times to come? Or is it merely just a wish that may never come true?

Overall, a great music video and again I can't fault Lady Antebellum apart from the name change during the video with Joy, but other than that there's nothing bad I can say about it. But someone please tell me who the one who plays Joy is and where I may have seen her from... Thanks in advance.