Filed under: Electropop, Pop Music, Single Reviews | Tags: I Do Not Hook Up, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, My Life Would Suck Without You, single review
Sidenote: I know I have been severly lacking updates on this website, but I promise that I’ll start getting more posts up when school is over.
So Kelly Clarkson made a huge comeback yet again with “My Life Would Suck Without You”. Now comes her follow-up single “I Do Not Hook Up”. Penned by new sensation Katy Perry, Kelly belts out the lyrics with feisty energy telling that certain-someone that she will not be another one-night stand that he won’t remember from the night before. While it looks as if the song comes off as another anti-guy anthem for teen girls everywhere, “I Do Not Hook Up” isn’t a man bash, but a woman standing her ground and knowing that giving into the man isn’t going to help either of them if they want to have a real relationship. If the plot hasn’t drawn you in, you’ll fall in love with Kelly’s vocals as they soar while singing catcy lyrics like “So if you want me, I don’t come cheap. Keep your head on my hand, and your heart on your sleeve.”
Why America makes “My Life Would Suck Without You” a bigger hit than this masterpiece is a complete disgrace to pop music. Even if it doesn’t become a Number One, Kelly, Katy, and the music arrangers should all give themselves props for creating such a brilliant piece of electropop.
A
Filed under: Electropop, Pop Music, Single Reviews | Tags: All I Ever Wanted, Electropop, Kelly Clarkson, My Life Would Suck Without You
In 2007 Kelly Clarkson made her most artistic album to date with My December, but as with many artistic albums it didn’t do as well as her mainstream 2004 hit album Breakaway. Now,Clarkson is ready to hit the mainstream once again in 2009 with a new album All I Ever Wanted to hit shelves on March 10th and the new single “My Life Would Suck Without You”, just released.
The new single starts off with a much more electronic-pop sound than anything Kelly has recorded before, and who can really blame the girl; Afterall it’s 2009 and electropop is now the leading musical genre in the mainstream.
So what’s the song basically about? In a nutshell, Kelly finds her old flame standing at her door, he tells her that he wants her back, and she takes him back, stating “I know that I’ve got issues, But you’re pretty messed up too, Either way I found out I’m nothing without you..”, along the way. Basically, this is the exact opposite of what “Since U Been Gone” or “Miss Independent” were all about. But while the lyrics may be lacking a bit, the production, musical arrangements, and vocals are top notch.
Just with this single you can probably guess Clarkson is going to have to go back to playing dress up a bit, like Breakaway, and not show us as much of the real her as we saw in My December, but with power pop as catchy as this it won’t be hard to find yourself jamming along with the tune.
B+
