Friday, June 21, 2013

Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop




This introductory single is by far the coolest summer release this year, from a mainstream artist, whose personal life gets more media attention than her actual art. You don’t expect much from Miley, even though I love her much. She’s a grown musician or you can say, a smart musician who knows which producer to hire and she did just the right thing with “We can’t stop”.

The song starts out with a BeeBoop style vocal phrase, moves to Miley’s very weird pipes, the bridge kicks in Disney style, “La La Di Da Di, we like to party” then synths build up, slows down again and the chorus kicks in hard on the bass, synths however lazy on the vocals. Even though her press release states that she mentions “Dancing with Miley” it would be nice of her to say “Molly” because let’s face it, molly’s fun, kids molly is beer ok? ;-). Periodically it phases with the same formula and then Miley or possibly a computer screams the high notes then the song progresses into the kicking chorus and teases you with so infectious in a California driving off the sunset way that you are possessed to hit repeat again and again. If you take the formula or the syntax of how the song is arranged, it’s very similar to Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own”.

Musically, the song is a synth pop song with elements of R&B. It’s cool to say the least with space for remixes to gain it’s entrance into the night clubs. The lyrics are all about being young, being independent and partying. Miley sounds grown up, with her Disney days well behind she comes off as a natural born skank who’s trying to act good for the book, being politically correct in other words. It also comes off as Miley finally legal to do stuff that grownups do, she’s the hot sweet teenage girl who’s experimenting with fashion hairstyles, substances, drinks and sexing a little bit recklessly at college. We love everything about the transaction; it reminds me of another hot teen queen that started the sex drive change thing, Ms. American dream since she was 17, ring a bell?

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