Sugababes / MKS

[Honest Lies]

[Honest Lies]

Et un "extrait", si on peut appeler ça comme ça, studio, de "Boys".

 

http://soundcloud.com/popjustice/mutya-keisha-siobhan-boys

[Shiva*]

Je retire ce que j'ai dit sur la voix de Mutya !

 

LEAKE BORDEL LEAKE !

 

 

 

 

Today, Mutya Keisha Siobhan have put ‘pon de internet’ a small portion of an acousticy version of their first new song in one billion years.

It’s called ‘Boys’.

The acoustic version is all very well, of course, but you might be wondering about the actual studio version of the track.

WONDER NO MORE.

So most importantly, what’s the tempo?
It’s mid-tempo.

ABANDON SHIP! ABANDON SHIP!
Calm down. ‘Freak Like Me’ was mid-tempo, let’s not forget.

Does ‘Boys’ sound like ‘Freak Like Me’?
No, but it’s big and electronic.

Are there harmonies? This isn’t going to work if there are no harmonies.
Oh Christ yes there are harmonies all over the show. After the chorus the song slides into a bit that goes “we’re over, so over, thought you could diss me then come kiss me, I told ya we’re over, so over, I’m little missy sitting pretty tonight” which is harmonies a-go-go. There are also some good “oooooooh” bits.

‘Little missy sitting pretty tonight’?
We’ve all been there.

What else does it sound like?
It sounds like a girlband pileup.

Not sure what this means. Who wrote this song?
Mutya and Keisha and Siobhan, plus Richard ‘Biff’ Stannard, Shaznay Lewis and Ash Howes.

Hang on, does this mean…
Yes this does mean that the Origibabes, the man behind all the decent Spice Girls songs and the woman behind all the decent All Saints songs, and the man who did some fiddling around with Girls Aloud’s ‘Whole Lotta History’, have collaborated on this song, making it a sort of ‘best of the girlbands’ effort.

Who produced it?
Richard Stannard and Ash Howes, along with your friend and ours Mnek.

Hang on again, doesn’t this mean…
Yes, Mnek worked on both ‘All Fired Up’ and ‘Wings’, which throws Little Mix and The Saturdays into the girlband pile-up.

Bloody hell. So does it sound like Girls Aloud, All Saints, the Spice Girls, Little Mix and The Saturdays?
This song doesn’t sound like Girls Aloud, All Saints, the Spice Girls, Little Mix or The Saturdays. It doesn’t really sound like any girlband songs, but at the same time it doesn’t sound self-conscious in trying to sound different. Like all the best bits of ‘One Touch’ it sounds quite relaxed in its both its difference and its amazingness, although it probably wasn’t really that relaxed at all when you consider the weight of expectation.

What year does it sound like it was recording in?
2013. It was in fact recorded in 2012, meaning that the song is officially ahead of its time if only by a few months.

It is ‘fashionable’?
You could argue, at a push, that there are elements of so-called

in the production. But it also sounds like

, a bit. There’s a lot going on in the song but it’s very sparsely produced, and despite some trickery with the production there’s no horrific Auto Tune nonsense going on.

 

[Men]

Elles étaient déjà super talentueuses à 15-16 ans à leurs débuts mais elles ont incroyablement progressé en 12 ans (bon, en même temps, le contraire m'aurait étonné). Ca fait du bien de les voir chanter Overload 12 ans plus tard et j'adore leur reprise de Diamonds.

[SugaChups]

Harmonies harmonies harmonies

[Mistaken]

Elles sont radines sérieux! Elles auraient pu lâcher un extrait plus long de la version studio.

[ElWeon]

Il y a une vraie harmonie dans les timbres, c'est chaud, c'est bon, je suis tout excité !!!!!

 

[Spencer]

La fraîcheur intense de Siobhan.

 

 

Les harmonies finales.

 

 

La chanson a l'air cool.

 

 

J'espère en revanche qu'on n'est pas partis pour une longue et chiante série de teasers inutiles et qu'elles vont balancer le single rapidement. On est en janvier, les sorties ne sont pas légion, c'est le moment !

 

[£oco]

Siobhan, ça faisait tellement longtemps! J'en ai eu des frissons. Elles gèrent toutes en fait. Magnez vous la fesse maintenant pour nous sortir le titre en entier. Bisous bisous.

 

[Ghetto Princess]

Les "ouuh-ouh" à la fin sont super.

[Derf]

News people: Siobhan s'est mariée hier.

 

[Flocon]

Avec Quiche ?

[Shiva*]

Elles sont encore en studio.

 

[Shiva*]

Le label doit surtout leur mettre la pression pour enregistrer quelques tubes à mon avis.

L'annonce officielle de la reformation datant de l'été dernier, les reports continuels d'enregistrement n'annoncent rien de bon.

[Shiva*]

 

Espérons qu'elles n'y soient pas pour les anges 5.