I'm a bit late reviewing this song, but that's mainly down to not being able to turn it off (if that's not a
hint to the direction of this review I don't know what is?). Jessie J has her fair share of haters and pop animosity thrown her way, this is possibly due to her flamboyant stage personality and (flawless) vocal gymnastics. Maybe some of it is jealousy, after all she's 25 and worth £5 million... I'm 26 and worth negative £££; shit.
Disregarding all of the negative feeling she's bombed with, Jessie J is one of our finest pop acts - if not the finest considering the likes of Leona Lewis, although sound fantastic, are pretty uninteresting. Her vocal range is off the scale and she's brought us some brilliant tunes, need I mention behemoth super hit 'Domino'?
Having loved a number of her 1st phase tracks, I was excited and a little apprehensive about phase 2 JJ. Thankfully, new single 'Wild' doesn't disappoint. With her newly shaved head she bites the sass packed verses before blasting into the ridiculously infectious chorus, 'if this is a dream won't open my eyes/am I asleep no I'm alive/ I just can't believe that this is my life/ in my fantasy we're running wild'. It even has not one, but two guest rappers (Big Sean & Dizzee Rascal). Normally I'm opposed to a guest rap and I always opt to buy the non rap version. However, having two seems to keep things more interesting and the Dizzee segue is one of the track highlights. It's a song about performing in front of a crowd of thousands, about the exhilaration that comes with fame. It's something fresh and non 'dirty', although the bass drum laden beat is pretty filthy by production standards. I'm just glad that I didn't predict the direction she was going in correctly.
5/5
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