Tim: I got sent this video on Twitter last week with a few Spanish words; no idea if it was a spam account or a genuine suggestion, but I had a listen anyway and it’s not bad; his current single, though, is downright good.
Tom: My Spanish is basically non-existent, but I reckon even I can translate the title of this one.
Tim: Probably. You should also know that this is the first track I’ve ever heard to feature not one but two Wilhelm screams.
Tim: And yes, they’re on the studio version as well. Now, knowing nothing about Aldrey, I donned my Investigative Journalism cap, and discovered that it’s actually an aluminium/magnesium/silicon alloy; I could tell you more, but the website registration expired last month.
Tom: Full-on journalism, there, well done.
Tim: And there I’ll choose to assume you’re not being sarcastic, so thank you very much. Let’s focus on the song, shall we, and how it’s tracks like this that gets me incredibly annoyed that British radio entirely ignores foreign language music, because it’s brilliant.
Tom: Yep, I can’t disagree with that. Apart from those Wilhelm screams, mind. But I can’t help feeling it reminds me of something else.
Tim: It does, yes, and I’ll tell you what that something is in a moment, to build TENSION. First off, though, to justify its brilliance, I’ll say I always think positively about a song that tells a story, and secondly, well, just listen to it. It’s fantastic pop music – a great voice, a chorus/verse relationship that dips just enough to set a boundary but not so much that you lose the momentum, and a tune that, accidentally or otherwise, uses a similar main line to (here it comes) Live While We’re Young, and builds well on it.
Tom: And that’s it: it’s startlingly close in a couple of places — and there’s a few notes that I suspect are inspired by other big boyband tracks. But it’s certainly original enough — and there’s no shame in taking inspiration from the masters. And can we talk about that middle eight? Because it’s absolutely glorious from start to finish.
Tim: Oh, yes, it very much does deserve a mention. My only dislike at all, in fact, is those screams, because once you notice them, they really do stick out. Other than that: WONDERFUL.