Fall Out Boy are making a comeback

Fall Out Boy are coming back to save rock and roll! At least that's what the name of their new album is suggesting. The rockers from USA have released a new song, and a new video last Sunday, and they are preparing their sixth album (titled Save Rock And Roll) for a May 2013 release. For those of you who have forgotten, the boys have had a couple of successful hits 6-7 years ago, but were on hiatus since 2009. Some of their biggest hits are: This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race, Thnx Fr Th Mmrs and Beat It. Their newest single is called My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Them Up). Yeah, that's a long title. But the song is just what you'd expect from them - awesome. I really liked their previous material, and they haven't disappointed with the new song. The lyrics are cool, the music rocks and the vocals are still top notch. As for the video, rapper 2 Chainz makes a cameo, and alongside two girls burns and destroys some rock equipment. The guys from the band aren't seen until the very last seconds of the video when you see them trapped in a van. I guess if the video continued, you'd see the guys freeing themselves and fighting the rapper in order to save rock and roll. All in all, I really enjoyed both the song and the video, and can't wait to hear the rest of the album.

Fall Out Boy se vracaju na scenu kako bi spasili rokenrol! Makar to nagovestava ime njihovog sestog albuma (Save Rock And Roll). Prethodne nedelje su momci objavili novu pesmu i video i najavili da ce u maju izdati album. Ako ste zaboravili, momci su bili popricilno uspesni pre 6-7 godina, ali su od 2009. bili na pauzi i posvetili se solo karijerama. Neki od njihovih najvecih hitova su: This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race, Thnx Fr Th Mmrs i Beat It. Njihov najnoviji singl se zove My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Them Up). Dug naziv za pesmu. Ali je pesma upravo onakva kakvu ocekujem - sjajna. Svidjale su mi se njihove prethodne pesme, tako da sa novom pesmom nisu razocarali. Tekst muzike je kul, muzika je odlicna, a vokali su i dalje veoma jaki. Sto se tice video klipa, u njemu se pojavljuje reper 2 Chainz koji zajedno sa dve devojke pali opremu rok benda. Momci se ne vide u spotu sve do samog kraja kada je prikazano da su kidnapovani i da su u zadnjem delu kombija. Pretpostavljam da bi, kad bi se video nastavio, sledeca scena bila njihovo oslobadjanje i borba za spas rok muzike. Sve u svemu, i pesma i video su odlican povratak i jedva cekam da cujem sta su jos novo spremili.

Sean Paul makes What About Us a hot mess

As I stated before I am a fan of The Sats. I am also a fan of one of the coolest reggae artists, Sean Paul. And when I heard they will collaborate on a single, I was excited. Now that the end result is here, I am excited no more. I just started enjoying What About Us (The Saturdays solo version) but now they ruined it a bit for me. Even though many critics praised the Sean Paul part I just don't get it. I mean the girls are singing, everything is going nicely, and all of a sudden, Sean goes YO! over their voices for no good reason. Then 10 seconds later it's C'MON C'MON again clashing with the original vocals of the girls. The song sounds like a rushed remix more then a proper single. I get it that the girls wanted to get more people talking about them by releasing a song with someone as famous as Sean Paul, but this song is just not doing it for me.
Thank God it will only be released in UK, while the US got the solo version.

Kao sto sam ranije rekao, fan sam grupe The Saturdays. Takodje sam fan Sean Paul-a. I onda je sasvim jasno zasto sam bio uzbudjen kad sam cuo da ce oni uraditi zajednicki singl. Medjutim, sada kada je pesma tu, uzbudjenje je nestalo. Taman kad sam poceo da uzivam u solo verziji pesme What About Us gde se cuju samo devojke, one su odlucile da izdaju video koji ce sluziti za promociju kolaboracije sa Sean-om i opet mi pesma nije nesto. Iako sam citao da su kriticari dali pozitivne kritike Sean-ovom delu u pesmi, meni je njegov deo apsolutno nepotreban u pesmi. Jednostavno se ne uklapa. Zasto? U sred pesme, dok devojke pevaju svoj deo, uskace Sean sa jednim YO, potom desetak sekundi kasnije sa C'MON C'MON i to sve preko glasova devojaka. Pesma vise zvuci kao neki uzurbani i lose odradjen remix nego kao pravi singl. Razumem da su devojke htele da povecaju broj svojih fanova tako sto ce uraditi kolaboraciju sa nekim velikim imenom, ali mislim da je ovo bio los pokusaj.

A lot of crazy dancing in new Example video

Ok, so first of all, I know I am about a month late with this, but I just have to share this. Example has released (on December 31.) a video for his latest single Perfect Replacement. I saw it on TV a couple of minutes ago, and both the song and the video are just hypnotic! The song would make the dead wanna get up and dance, while the video is filled with some amazing rave dancing. The best thing for me is the song is a mix of so many genres. If you look it up on Wikipedia, besides the obvious dubstep and rave influence, you'll see this song also fits the genre of complextro (first time I heard of this, but it sounds awesome). I'm sure Example will nab another UK Dance No.1, but will it be No.1 on the official charts? I sure hope so, he deserves it.

Prvo da kazem da sam svestan toga da malo kasnim sa ovom vescu, tj videom, ali prosto ga moram podeliti sa vama. Britanski pevac i reper Example je pred Novu godinu izdao video za svoj najnoviji singl Perfect Replacement. I video i pesma su apsolutno hipnotisuci, makar za mene. Pesma ima takav ritam da bi i mrtve naterala da ustanu kako bi igrali, a video je ispunjen rejv igranjem. Sjajna kombinacija, pogotovo kad se vidi da je i sama pesma miks tolikih zanrova. Na prvo slusanje se bez mnogo razmisljanja mogu raspoznati dabstep i rejv, ali Vikipedija kaze da pesma spada i u zanr complextro (ne znam koji je to zanr, ali zvuci predobro). Siguran sam da ce Example uskoro moci da se pohvali jos jednim singlom koji je osvojio Britansku Dance listu, ali da li ce biti broj 1 i na oficijalnoj listi Britanskih singlova, videcemo kroz 3-4 nedelje kada singl bude izasao.

Little Mix release a video for Change Your Life

The group that won the UK X factor 2 years ago has released the video for their third single of the debut album DNA. The song titled Change Your Life is one of those empowering ballads that will most probably be a huge success with teen girls. So when the lyrics are "We’re gonna stick together, know we’ll get through it all" you would expect some goofy, cute video. And Little Mix delivered just that. The video takes you backstage with the girls, showing you their silly side. The only thing I don't realize is why do two of the members have purple and blue hair? I hope it's not some new trend cause I don't wanna see my girlfriend with green hair tomorrow. Anyways, the single will be officially released tomorrow, and we'll see if they'll get their third number 1 or top 10 single.

Prva (i zasada) jedina grupa koja je pobedila u Britanskom izdranju X faktora, Little Mix, je izdala video klip za njihov treci singl sa debi albuma DNA. Pesma Change Your Life je jedna od onih balada koje slusaju ucveljene tinejdzerke kada im u zivotu ne cvetaju ruze. S obzirom da se u refrenu moze cuti "We’re gonna stick together, know we’ll get through it all", od videa se ocekivalo da bude blesav i simpatican. I upravo to smo i dobili. Devojke su nam pokazale kako to izgleda u bekstejdzu i naravno htele da dokazu da su iste kao i svi mi. Jedina stvar koju ne razumem je zasto dve clanice imaju plavu i ljubicastu kosu. Nadam se da to nije neki trend koji ce preci i na nase devojke. U svakom slucaju, singl ce sutra biti zvanicno izdat na itunes-u pa cemo videti da li ce ovo biti njihov treci singl koji ce biti broj 1 ili ce pesma "samo" uci u top 10.

Ester Dean makes another superstar colab

 

One of the coolest songwriters, Ester Dean, has released a new song How You Love It. The Missy Elliott collaboration serves as a new "lead single" from Ester's first studio album Story Never Told. Ester has written for many of today's biggest singers, such as Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Usher, etc. But she has never had a hit herself. Her only charting song was Drop It Low, and that song was merely a top 40 hit. So, will Ester have more luck with this song? I am not sure, but it feels good to hear something new from Ester, and of course from the amazing Missy.

Tekstopisac koji je radio sa nekim od najvecih zvezda danasnjice, Ester Dean, je izdala novu pesmu How You Love It. Pesma ce posluziti kao novi "singl prvenac" sa pevacicinog debi albuma Story Never Told. Iako je Ester odgovorna za mnoge hitove danasnjih zvezda kao sto su Rihanna, Christina Aguilera i Usher, ona nikada nije imala svoj hit. Jedina pesma koja je uspela da dostigne status Top 40 hita je njena kolaboracija sa Chris Brown-om, Drop It Low. Da li ce ova pesma uspeti da promeni stanje? Nisam siguran. Ali dobro je cuti nesto novo od Ester i od neponovljive Missy.

Cassie releases new song, still not back for real

So, Cassie joined forces with Trina and Lola Monroe to release one of the coolest remixes of the year, so far. The song is All Gold, All Girls, and all of three of the ladies killed it. The hip-hop remix sees the girls at their A-game. Both Trina's and Lola's verses are smoking while Cassie's voice sounds as good as always, and it makes you wonder how come she is still not releasing any new album. Here's to hoping her career gets a push in the right direction soon!

Cassie je udruzila snage sa Trina-om i Lola-om Monroe kako bi izdale jedan od najboljih remiksa ove godine. Pesma All Gold, All Girls pokazuje da devojke stvarno imaju dosta talenta. Iako je Cassie jedan od boljih glasova rnb-a, odlicno se snasla i u ovom hip hop remiksu. Trina i Lola Monroe (za koju sada prvi put cujem) su odlicno odrepovale svoj deo, a Cassie-in glas je veoma izazovan i opustajuci. Odlicna kombinacija, pa se nadam da ce remiks imati uspeha i na top listama. Takodje, bilo bi lepo a u skorije vreme Cassie izda i album jer od nakon albuma prvenca koji je izasao 2006 godine nije bilo nicega sem par propalih (mada poprilicno dobrih) singlova.