David Archuleta Wants To Make The Girls Swoon

noah | August 1, 2008 11:00 am
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ARTIST: David Archuleta TITLE: “Crush” DEBUT: Aug. 1, 2008

ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: I finally “got” David Archuleta when he performed “Apologize” with OneRepublic on the American Idol finale. Not that I’m a big fan of that song, but its breathy, wistful feel allowed the timbre of Archie’s voice to shine through a lot better than any of the big quasi-inspirational tracks his father saddled him with during the initial weeks of the competition. Whoever is putting together his debut album must feel the same way, as “Crush” is a laid-back, dreamy ballad in the vein of “Apologize” and “Tattoo.” Archie even slips in some falsetto, as if to further make his combined fanbase of 12-year-olds and their mothers swoon in unison.

WHERE TO HEAR IT: Z100’s site. Inexplicably, Jive is waiting until Sept. 2 to make the song available commercially, perhaps because it wants everyone to illegally download radio rips of the track and be OK with that. Oh, major labels, will you ever learn?