TRACK OF THE WEEK
Drake ft Giggs: KMT
Giggs may feature on this new Drake record but it feels wrong to call him a guest; he’s the kind of visitor who’d bowl up to your house, sit in your favourite chair, have a look through the fridge and put his feet up on the sofa. He grunts, growls and pervs his way over the track, dropping references to everything from Game of Thrones to Batman, leaving Drake to trail behind like a lost dog. The Peckham rapper has never sounded more confident – and it’s incredible to hear.
Lorde: Liability
Blimey, Lorde’s new stuff is sad: this track’s a heartrendingly emosh account of being told she’s “a little much” and then discarded like a “toy”. Liability is walking that line between being honest and a six-white-wines-in confessional. It makes you want to hug Lorde and tell her, “Look, if a boy says you’re too much, maybe it’s him that’s not enough. Next time, just tell all his mates he was a crap shag and unfollow him on Instagram.”
Machine Gun Kelly ft Hailee Steinfeld: At My Best
Great, a rapper who specialises in emo whining with yet another actor-turned-singer on the chorus. What’s that, mate? Everyone makes mistakes? Don’t be afraid to fail? Keep your head up high? Wow – this is original advice right here! Is anyone writing this down? I think he might have discovered the cure for teenage angst!
Kasabian: You’re in Love With a Psycho
Words that strike fear into anyone’s heart: no, not “You’re in love with a psycho” but “A new Kasabian single” and, oh God, they haven’t changed one bit – mainly because lyrics such as “I’m like the taste of macaroni on a seafood stick” and “I’m tight with Axel Foley, that’s just how I feel” still sound like a sixth-former’s attempt at rewriting The Mighty Boosh.
Clean Bandit ft Zara Larsson: Symphony
Clean Bandit have developed an allergy to releasing a track that doesn’t feature at least one guest artist – the last single had Anne-Marie and Sean Paul, another two had Jess Glynne on them. Basically, if both your names sound like first names, you’re in. Symphony is like everything else the band have ever made: radio-friendly tropical house with a violin on it. For all we know they’re just switching up the vocalist to distract from the fact they haven’t made a new track in three years.
