New N-Dubz video for Strong Again

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

They've gone pop! It sounds very dated to me but I like it all the same, and that's not often a barrier for success anyway.

Only this weird coloured version is embeddable, so here's a link to the proper one. Opinions please?

Edit to add: Just discovered that this song has the same writer as Broken Strings. Explains why I like it, but also loses any coolness they might have had. Have they sold out?

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Agree that it's very BEPs and that Fergie is clearly an inspiration to Tulisa, but those "ah-ah" bits are straight out of Jamelia's 'Money'. Which is a good thing obv! I really like this.

N-Dubz are a strange case generally, their route to success and overall aesthetic seem...curious. They're really hard to hate but there is some terrible stuff on the album - stuff like 'Strong Again', and the tracks which come off like amateur theatre productions, are great, but the boy really can't rap at all.

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Are there any other poppy ones like this?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Not really, though most of the songs are a slightly confused mishmash of styles so it's kind of hard to tell what they're going for at any point. 'Don't Get Nine' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeWE3Af5AlI) is the most poppy one apart from 'Strong Again' but I'm not sure you'll like it!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i love 'Don't Get Nine' on the album, and 'Feva Las Vegas' of course

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'but the boy really can't rap at all'

disagree - not amazing but does it pretty well factoring in the accent and the 'singing'. any glaring examples of badness?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The song called 'Sex' :o

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

oh fair enough ha