Tom: Each single by Little Mix has been rather different from the last. Cannonball: winner’s single cover. Wings: talky-shouty self-help. DNA: obsession dubsteppy love-song. Can they keep that going?
Tom: Hmm. Well, we’re back to the talky self-help lyrics, which I’ll admit I’m not a fan of.
Tim: Possibly not (though I’ve got no issue with them), but the rest of it’s just brilliant. Ish.
Tom: This time they’re backed with strings, and the whole thing seems a bit more… well, traditional. I was almost hoping for a key change.
Tim: You know, I had the exact same-thought, which is why I had to stick an “ish” in there earlier. It’s a shame they’ve gone out of fashion, because my word, one would have fitted there perfectly.
Tom: Still, a connection’s just been made in my head: are these four the new Spice Girls?
Tim: What?
Tom: Manufactured group, wide variety of songs, and – while the phrase itself hasn’t been used in a long time – ‘girl power’.
Tim: Huh. Not a bad argument, actually.