Tom: So here’s the first question, Tim: how many artists is she ripping o– er, “drawing inspiration from”?
Tom: I can hear the Eurythmics in there, plus Lady Gaga – obviously. Anyone else I’ve missed?
Tim: Hmm, I don’t know – there’s ‘ripping off’, but there’s also just ‘doing the same style as’ – as far as I’m concerned the music’s good, and so what if she’s not the first person to do this sort of thing?
Tom: It’s a pity that’s going to be the first thing anyone thinks when they hear this song, because it’s actually really quite good. It kept me listening throughout, and the production is note-perfect, as you’d expect.
Tim: Exactly – it could quite easily be a Lady Gaga track, and that should really be more of a compliment than a disparagement.
Tom: Bit of a disappointing bridge exit, but I can live with that because the guitar that comes in on that final chorus is just glorious.
A lot of people seem to be assuming that the lyric is “the mirror’s gonna fall tonight”, and it’s not – it’s “the mirror’s gonna fog tonight”. This is one of those rare pop songs that isn’t about love or romance: it’s entirely about how good the sex is going to be.
Tim: Also of note is the interesting approach to product placement in the video – shall we put effort into this, and think about how we can work someone wearing a pair of Monster Beats by Dre™ Studio White headphones into the video, or shall we just chuck them on a floor somewhere, cut to them once or twice and hope that’ll do?