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Despite Katy Perry’s more than iffy Tatu impersonation of last week, Gomez, Everything Everything, and Metronomy salvaged my faith in the music industry. Can any of this week’s artists keep it up and impress Grumpy Vizcacha?
Mann ft. 50 Cent – Buzzin
This appears to be a song about bees. Bees that have lots of money? And like throwing all that money around to impress scantily-clad women? Is that it? If you’re of the hip-hop persuasion I suppose this is the sort of thing you’d put on a summer playlist. It’s reminding me of something but I can’t think what... wait... it can’t be... it is! It’s Will Smith’s 1997 hit ‘Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It’! Forget Mann (whoever the hell he is) and go listen to Will Smith’s Greatest Hits instead. A CD which I definitely do not own. Look, shut up, ok? - Lucie Vincer
Chipmunk ft. Keri Hilson – In The Air
Oh look it’s Chris Brown…oh wait no, it’s Chipmunk but who really cares as here’s another song that has the intellectual depth of a teacup. After listening to this record with a bemused face I went to search out the lyrics and, yes, at one point Chipmunk actually compares himself to Braille… Also apparently everyone hates Chipmunk Brown because they aren’t him (and at one point he says he hasn’t got any friends…sounds like a cry for help if you ask me), but it’s the truly terrible chorus from Keri Hilson that steals the show. Don’t be surprised if next week Perez Hilton reports that Chipmunk cracked out the Stella and a white tank top then went looking for Rihanna. Yawn. - Jane Catterall
LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock – Party Rock Anthem
I got really excited for a minute thinking this could actually be quite good then realised what I was hearing was the backing music to the advert that came on before the video. You will hear this track in clubs throughout your summer then be bored of it. It’s kind of like that one that what’s-his-name did a while back. You know, thingy. Bah who cares, you’ll have forgotten this in a couple of months anyway. In the mean time, enjoy the utterly ridiculous video. - Lucie Vincer
Note: If the advert that's played is for Now 78, ignore first sentence.
Dionne Bromfield ft. Diggy Simmons – Yeah Right
The privileged kids club is now in session: an unlikely pairing of Amy Winehouse’s God-daughter and Rev. Run’s son. The song’s catchy and you can hear Wino’s influence in Dionne’s style but she definitely has her own (albeit slightly nasal) sound. However to me, the most interesting thing about this song is that she is only fifteen! Though you shouldn’t really be shocked as being over twenty is pensionable in pop now; the Jonas brothers should be due a midlife crisis any day. The video is worth a look just to see how much of a personal space invader Diggy is (*creepy*), though the most refreshing part is when Dionne echoed my sentiments exactly with a bemused “yeah right” after his nonsensical rapping finished. And breathe, middle-aged rant over. - Jane Catterall
Rumer – Goodbye Girl
Bucking the trend of this week’s singles, Rumer presents us with a slower and fairly melancholic song, a cover of David Gates’ 1978 track. Superb voice, but I’m not sure I could take a whole album of the moody-staring-into-the-middle-distance tone. Video features lots of shots of phones laid off the hook and some half-eaten bowls of cereal (did Rebecca Black have anything to do with this?). One for fans of the Robert Plant/ Alison Krauss combination. Oh buy this for your mum, go on it’ll make her happy. - Lucie Vincer
Hmm. Not enough to tempt Grumpy Vizcacha out of his cave, certainly.
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