Tim: Let’s put Christmas aside for a bit, because we probably should, and you may or may not remember Cazzi Opeia’s most recent outing, Batman & Robin; if you don’t, there’s not much need to revisit it.
Tom: I do remember it! It was like Icona Pop’s “I Love It”, except significantly weirder. And not quite as good.
Tim: Sounds about right, yeah. This one’s a good deal more sensible, though not necessarily any more…standard? Possibly the closest word…oh, just press play.
Tom: Less of a not-quite-Icona-Pop, more of a not-quite-Sia. Including a child actor starring as “younger version of singer”. And the title “Wild Ones”, now I come to think of. Hm.
Tim: String samples, vocal twists, what sounds like reversed audio in there, a good beat all coming together to make a song that’s unexpectedly enjoyable. Unexpected, that is, because it really is quite a mish mash of elements, and it takes a hell of a skilled producer to make it sound good.
Tom: Enjoyable? Alas, it was just a bit dull for me: I’ll admit the chorus is burned into my head, but that’s because it’s a bit slow and repetitive. The mishmash keeps it from being a complete non-starter, but I just can’t get excited about it. Why’s it enjoyable for you?
Tim: Hard to say any immediate reasoning, other that it really just does it for me. Though if I did have to pick one specific moment, when it’s coming back in for that final chorus, it got me instinctively moving my head back and forth, in a good way. This…this is nice.