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Snap judgment: New singles from Natasha Bedingfield, Kelly Sweet

Oct 9, 2007, 11:06 AM | by Michael Slezak

Categories: Music, Snap Judgment

There's no better cure for a mid-afternoon bout of writer's block than listening to Natasha Bedingfield's ubiquitous hit "Unwritten." Seriously, when the gospel chorus explodes into the refrain — "Staring! At the blank page before you! Open up the dirty window!" — I never know whether to stand up and sway, or stay in my seat and type frantically. However, her new duet with Sean Kingston, "Love Like This," leaves me feeling, well, absolutely nothing. It's as if two people who I'm not entirely convinced can sing got together and recorded a heavily focus-grouped song, then ran their vocals through a giant computer. As for the late-in-the-game command to "rock side to side, one finger in the air"? I most certainly will not.

On the flip side, Kelly Sweet's new single, an Enya-fied take on Aerosmith's "Dream On," doesn't sound very promising on paper, but it's actually a soothing little musical treat. Press play on the embedded YouTube clip (I don't think it's the official video, unless Sweet purposely wanted to mouth the words to some other tune while the vocals to "Dream On" started playing) and find yourself transported to a land of pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and AC hits. The share your thoughts on both singles with your fellow PopWatch readers!

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Betsy Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 01:34 PM EST

I LOVE sean kingston and alll of his songs, they all put me in such a good mood. his beats are sick and he has a great and unique voice when it comes to singing. i just watched his newest music video in fact and loved it as well! here check it out on YouTube.com its called "Gotta Move Faster"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XX0vpWUyn0U

Stephen to melissa Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 08:55 PM EST

Yeah I just aught that about Sting. Popwatch will probably have something about it. They recently had a post about the best songwriter a few weeks back. To the first song, it sucks. Hopefully it's the first nail in Kingston's career coffin

beb Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 05:30 PM EST

Ouch, Phil!!! ;-)


I don't think Sean Kingston adds any value on this song. He's there because he's the "it" boy right now (see Fergie's remix of "Personal" on iTunes) and she needs another hit to keep the momentum going in the U.S. that her brother lost. I actually like a few of the tracks on N.B. -- "Soulmate" is simply fantastic, "Say It Again" and "Not Givin' Up" have great hooks, and "Pirate Bones" and "Tricky Angel" capture that quirkiness that made us pay attention to her in the first place.

dom Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 04:17 PM EST

Do new singles Natasha Bedingfield and Kelly Sweet even matter when we're mere hours away from the new Radiohead album?

Phil Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 02:06 PM EST

I concur with Michael, Natasha's "LOVE LIKE THIS" with Sean Kingston doesn't do a damn thing for me. Its just kinda EHH, but then again, so is her entire "N.B." cd which was released over in the U.K. this past June, but isn't getting a U.S. release until Dec. 18th, JUST IN TIME FOR X-MAS! Its hardly a gift I'd want any of my friends to give me. Even the track with Eve, "(No More)What Ifs" sounds forced & kinda blah. Although I've heard that Natasha recorded a 2nd track with Kingston called "POCKET FULL OF SUNSHINE" which is a much better song. Will that track be on the U.S. version come Dec.? Who knows if "Love Like this" never takes off...

Melissa Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 12:39 PM EST

Even though the first song gives off a "Disney-channel-filler" vibe, I'm sure it will be a great success for Natasha. Why, you may ask? Because they've used the #1-sell-out tactic: The robot voice. Think about it, Phil Collins, Cher, Linkin Park, Britney, Faith Hill - all made huge singles out of the Robot Voice.

In total randomness, has anyone read that Sting was just named worst lyricist? Are they kidding? Have they heard Avril's "When You're Gone?"

eric Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 11:07 AM EST

This is the official kelly sweet video it's just that the video and the audio aren't synched up, the video's about a second too fast.

Matt Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 10:49 AM EST

Eh. Natasha can certainly sing, but Sean Kingston cannot. He was on some crappy reality show, maybe whatever that show was where the puppeteer won? And he was a mess. Lip-synched to the recording playing, and every so often yelled something out, which sounded awful. This song is pretty boring. (And doesn't really DO anything with Kingston. It would actually be better without him.)

Gringo Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 10:22 AM EST

I'm really disappointed with Natasha's new album. 'i wanna have your babies' was cute, but that's about it. the rest just lacks any of the excitement the first album contained. what she needs to do is put out an album of remakes, since she never misses when she visits BBC's Live Lounge. Just check out her renditions of 'chasing cars', 'somewhere only we know', 'the scientist' and 'ray of light'

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