N-Dubz – Strong Again (Watch)
It seems that N-Dubz have looked to the past for their new single, but bizarrely they only got as far as the early 00s and their time machine took them to Germany by accident. However, Strong Again is without doubt their most poptastic song yet. Well, it is actually their first poptastic song, but it’s a great new direction for them if they want to win me over. I’m not sure if the fans who love their usual bassline style will be so impressed, although I doubt many of them are familiar with Sarah Connor, so they may just see it as a brave new direction… or selling out. I think it could be a hit, anyway. Perhaps they’ll become the British Black Eyed Peas?
79% Poptastic!
Alcazar – Burning (Clip)
Yay! Alcazar are finally releasing the third single from their comeback album (and soon the album itself), and it’s the best one by nu-Alcazar yet. The sound is a bit more BWO-esque than usual, with Andreas taking the lead throughout. There’s nothing really new here but it’s exactly what we expect of Alcazar and I can’t see why any Alcazar fan could dislike it. Whether they still have the popularity in Sweden to reach no.1, as they often did as a 4-piece, we’ll just have to wait and see. You can watch a bit of their first performance of Burning at GAY here, and enjoy the fabulous dance routine. It is apparently going to be an international single but I’m not sure if there’s much room for a song like this in the UK charts, unfortunately, although it would be nice to see them back on TV.
95% Poptastic!