This (this) is the new Leona Lewis single. It is called 'Happy'.
You can of course just listen to it and form your own opinion, but we've fed it into the Love Machine and the analysis is as follows:
1. It is very good. Quite how good will only become clear when you hear it on Radio 1 for the hundreth time and either think "gosh this still sounds surprisingly fresh" as you (we) still do with Bleeding Love, or quickly switch over to Magic where there is at least a 65% chance of hearing a Lionel Ritchie track at any given moment.
2. It starts off sounding like Nothing Compares 2 U, but soon settles into more of a mid-tempo stomp. Aside: Sinead was really ahead of her time with the txt speak, eh?
3. The gist is that Leona's a bit miffed about something non-specific, but really just wants to be happy. Well, don't we all when it comes down to it?
4. There's a bit where she says "don't you love in vain, 'cos love won't set you free". N-Trance would certainly have something to say about that.
5. There's a bit where it sounds like she's saying "this rubber dog's a victim" but it's likely to actually be something else.
6. It's crying out for a key change at 3.18 but it doesn't happen.
7. There is however a great kitchen sink moment at 3.31 where some fireworks should go off in a video or something.
So there you go.
Edit: Removed :(
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