Tim: Lila’s new around these parts; have a listen to her debut.
Tim: And that’s very impressive, agreed?
Tom: It is, although there’s something strange about that voice. Strong autotune? Nordic vowels? I can’t place it, although I swear I can hear some digital fixing on those wavering runs of notes.
Tim: Good, and now I want you to know that Lila’s twelve. TWELVE.
Tom: What. Well, that might explain the voice.
Tim: Last year she put a cover video online, big important people heard it, and now we have our youngest popstar since the sun off the Teletubbies had a cameo on their single. But blimey, does she not sound it, because that’s a very mature voice, and fortunately carries with it a very mature-sounding song (possibly made more so by the fact that the chorus is a tad reminiscent of Someone Like You).
Tom: It’s a Big 80s Power Ballad voice, and if she’s starting this well there’s a promising career ahead of her.
Tim: I like this a lot – great production, lovely melody, just a big ballad in all the right ways, and that return from the middle eight is just glorious. More of this if you’d be so kind, and can we hold the inevitable breakdown off for as long as possible, please.