Sound Snack: Nicola Roberts
13 Oct 2011 Comments Off
in Uncategorized Tags: Beat of My Drum, Cinderella's Eyes, Girls Aloud, Ke$ha, Lucky Day, Nicola Roberts, Shut Up and Let Me Go, Sound Snack, Ting Tings
Nicola Roberts, a member of the popular British girl group Girls Aloud, released her debut solo album Cinderella’s Eyes in September. I haven’t heard it yet, but I did just stumble across her first two singles on YouTube.
I quite like Nicola. Mostly because she’s the ginger one. But also because I like her voice and she has such a sweet face. It’s that face that really does it for me in her “Lucky Day” video. The song is very catchy, but her video lends it certain cheekiness that makes it more fun. I do wish she would put on some jeans, though. Or at least some shorts?
I’m still undecided about her other single “Beat of My Drum.” It felt a little too monochromatic in the beginning and the “oh don’t it make your heart go wow” lead-in to the chorus sounds like sandpaper on skin, but the chorus totally pops. It reminds me of the Ting Tings but with more actual singing than talk-singing (and at least Nicola’s talk-singing is better than Ke$ha’s. But I repeat, does this girl not own any trousers?
