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[credoimprobus]

Also: the video for Danity Kane's Bad Girl has arrived!

Should we use this as an excuse for a long overdue Danity Kane thread? I THINK WE SHOULD.

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Wow, I'm not sure what I think about that video: started off thinking EPIC WIN, love the concept (if not the cheap font at the start) and am so pleased that after the 'Damaged' debacle that DK's people have put some effort (and complimentary lighting) into this single. Um, is it actually from the Batman film, or is this some shameless bandwagon-hitchery and copyright-baiting? Anyway, by the mid-point I started leaning more towards FAIL - it's too busy, the simultaneous storylines really don't work because none of them have time to be fleshed out much beyond the basic scenario, and overall it just detracts from the song, which is TERRIFIC. The DK album really clicked for me a couple of weeks ago, this is one of my favourites (love the way that it's aimed as much at the feminist commentariat as at men - "they say I don't have no self-esteem, but it's my fashion"). Elsewhere, '2 Of You' = Xenomania if they'd been any good at all in the past few years and 'Pretty Boy' is just an awesome banger.

[credoimprobus]

The wiki-article on the single didn't mention any official connection to the film, anyway, so I assume it's bandwagon cash-in, heh. (The excuse cited was that they were running with the "when the red light comes on I transform" and making it literal.) The video is at least easily a distraction from the song, I agree, but I still like it! I'm easy with anything that's shiny enough, haha.

As a song it'll unquestionably be in my year-end singles list -- and yet it's only my fifth favourite on the album! All three Danja tracks are sat snugly next to each other in my top 5, actually -- that sharp, shiny, chrome-plated sound is just amazing, and I love how the production's almost manically busy. (Did you know Pretty Boy was the other candidate for lead single, btw? While I understand why Damaged won the vote, it's still kind of a pity it didn't go the other way.)

2 of You = pretty much a remake of Back Up from the first album, innit! (Which I'm not complaining about, seeing as Back Up was one of my favourites.)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yeah as much as I prefer 'Pretty Boy' now, I think 'Damaged' was the best choice for a lead single, it's more ear-catching and strange. Too bad it WASN'T PROMOTED ANYWHERE aaargh.