2013 might be a bit of a stretch, this song has been rattling along for a little while, with the UK’s release coming over a year later than its original release in Sweden. But it was worth the wait, giving Icona Pop their first No.1 anywhere, selling over 100,000 downloads in its first week.
Those Swedes are at it again, with more top-class pop music. But it’s not the usual Max Martin flavoured pop, this is more of a hands-in-the-air dance anthem than anything (sidenote: I hate how everything always has to be an ‘anthem’, but I don’t know what else to say. I should buy a thesaurus).
It’s just far enough away from the sort of Katy Perry & Lady Gaga pop music to not sound like we’ve heard it all before, but close enough for radio stations to lap it up. It reminds me a bit of Shampoo really, a pair of crazy outspoken girls just having a lot of fun. Continue reading
Verbal Diarrhoea 