Over the weekend, the Sugababes played the Midlands Music Festival in Staffordshire, England, and they previewed a couple of new songs from their seventh album, a.k.a. their forthcoming attempt to break America with the assistance of Jay-Z. “About A Girl,” penned by the Moroccan-Swedish Lady GaGa collaborator RedOne, and “Thank You For The Heartbreak,” written by the Norwegian Ne-Yo collaborators StarGate, are both way better than the Pussycat Dolls-ish mess that was the album’s first single “Get Sexy.” But will it be enough for them to catch the ears of fickle U.S. radio listeners? Decide for yourself after the jump.
“About A Girl”]
First impression: Love the vocalizing on the chorus. Hate that people will say “oh they’re just GaGa ripoffs” if the studio version leaves in the song-opening shoutout to RedOne.
“Thank You For The Heartbreak”
First impression: Not as good as “About” to these ears, but I think the studio version will sound way better.
[HT: Vicki]
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In the future, the law will dictate that all songs be preceded shouting the name of the songwriter and/or copyright holders.
Speaking of rip offs, I just realized that “Sugarbabes” would be a great name for a Spice Girls cover band. Or maybe the antagonists in a second Spice World movie.
Do the Sugarbabes have personalities? I really want to like them, but can’t seem to remember them once they’re done.
@k-rex: The Sugarbabes aren’t a Spice Girls cover band?
@How do I say this…Throwdini!?!: “Cute.”
The “RedOne… SUGABABES!” thing is pretty horrifying if I do say so myself. The only time I’ve ever liked the RedOne producer tag is when Heidi Montag did it.
@NunyaB: For a few months last fall my blog got two or three hits a day from people Googling “why does lady gaga say red wine?”