![]() ![]() So how do killer spiders figure into all this? The lyrics: A relationship has gone seriously sour, with both parties – once madly in love with each other – now finding themselves unable to stand each other anymore: “it’s like I loved you so much and now I just hate you / Feeling stupid for all the time that I gave you.” She doesn’t really have much to say about it except for “my word, how you suck,” but this sort of thing is still fertile ground for a pop song, provided you can take an original look at it. You know, those rising inflections, that weird accent, all those, er, rhymes… look, I don’t know much about hip hop, all right? Meet me halfway here. What else? Should I comment on Azalea’s flow here? Okay, well, if you like Azalea’s flow you should like what she does here, because it’s the same attitude-inflected rap style she used on “Fancy”. That’s about it for the music, to be honest: mostly that lifeless beat bubbling under a simple verse-chorus-verse structure, simmering on until it ends without ceremony. The bridge is decent – I quite like that – but overall the whole thing is just a bit flat and dull. Unfortunately it feels like it’s building to something much better that it can’t deliver on – which, as it turns out, it doesn’t, because instead of rising and exploding it just drops back to that beat. ![]() The chorus doesn’t really do much and isn’t particularly memorable to my ears, but I could see why someone would like it: Ora’s a good singer and she handles what semblance of a melody is here well enough. Am I supposed to sit and wait for this black widow to come and attack me? Am I a fly now? Is that what the music industry thinks of me? Charming. What am I supposed to do with this music? I can’t dance to it – there’s not enough groove or swing for that. It’s just not very interesting or catchy for a pop single. The music: Oh, I suppose there is music here, isn’t there? Well, the minimalist beat is obviously trying to convey a creepy, sinister vibe, because that’s what people associate with venomous spiders but the creepiness wears off pretty quickly because the beat is so repetitive. Given the buzz this song’s been getting I expected more, honestly. Note: skip ahead to about 1:42 for the actual song.įirst impressions: Wait, was that it? Er, all right then. ![]() Quite the stretch, that, wasn’t it? I’m very sorry. Speaking of “fancy”, today it’s “Black Widow” by Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora. Fancy another pop song review? Sure you do. ![]()
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