The first single from Nelly Furtado’s Spanish-language album, “Manos Al Aire,” is a decent piece of guitar-pop that brings to mind a slightly harsher mutation of Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn.” But it’s probably not a good sign that the first thing I thought of upon seeing this cover was lead Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger’s ill-fated (yet reportedly still-in-the-cards) solo album Her Name Is Nicole, no? I guess since that never came out, the Universal suits figured they could get away with this imagery…
Nelly Furtado: Mi Plan Official Cover [Music Is The Heart Of Our Soul]
Nelly Furtado – Manos Al Aire (Official Video) [Dailymotion]
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>it’s probably not a good sign that the first thing I thought of upon seeing this cover was lead Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger’s ill-fated (yet reportedly still-in-the-cards) solo album Her Name Is Nicole, no?
I’m pretty confident you and Nicole Scherzinger are the only two people still thinking about a Nicole Scherzinger solo album. That said, it is a hideous cover that I can’t believe was approved, by Furtado or anyone else. And she’s Portuguese! Why is she putting out a Spanish album? She should do a fado album; that would be impressive.
Blah, I really don’t like that new song. Or maybe it’s because I don’t like the video? Either way, kind of disappointing.
@pdfreeman: She’s actually releasing the same album in portuguese later in the year.
@michaela: Yeah, underwhelmer!
This is kind of apropos of nothing, but has anyone heard that singer Anjulie that VH1/MTV seem to be pushing pretty hard (without much of a stick, it seems)? I don’t know if I like her, but she sounds like a dead ringer for early Nelly Furtado.
heeeeyyyyyyy sexy wanna come spend some time with me.