Lars Ulrich unavailable for comment on this one…
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[4.08]
Matt Cibula: I hate it when anyone says I can’t change their mind. I also super-hate it when singers I’ve never heard of before tell me how stupid I am with my shiny shoes. YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS OF ME EITHER.
[2]
Chuck Eddy: Poop8008135 (4 days ago) “She is so cool. No extensions, brown eyes, glasses, and her cool piercing… Could be a role model: be yourself.” muuuh30 (2 days ago) “another oke trying to make money by singing in english, but while doing that, she hasnt got a clue about whar shes singing haha” “oke 32 up, 1 down South African synonym for ‘person’, usualy male.” What she am is what she am. Are you what you are, or what?
[5]
Erika Villani: She sings like she wants to be Amy Winehouse, she dresses like she wants to be Avril Lavigne, and she seems to have stolen Ingrid Michaelson’s glasses — maybe that’s why, when she tells me she’s got her own style and she’s not going to change it just to make me happy, it feels so half-hearted.
[5]
Tal Rosenberg: Can’t remember who it was, but didn’t someone here compare Taylor Swift to Lisa Loeb? This seems much more Loeb-esque, and especially in the look: same glasses, hair, complexion, winsomeness, breath, ears, teeth, jewelry (though not the same piercings), clothes, shuffle, amiability, strings, rooms, pillows, fluff. A whole lot of same!
[3]
Andrew Casillas: A bit faceless? Sure. But this is also quite charming, particularly when she hits the perfect tone during the bridge. It’s obvious that this girl has a bit of talent in her, but the music leaves her grasping for something to hang her hat on.
[5]
Anthony Miccio: Perky, pristine, ebulliently smug, guaranteed to lift the spirits of any faithful GOOP subscriber.
[3]
Ian Mathers: Well, it’s not as bad as her brutally awful Metallica cover, but she’s still a completely charmless singer and I actually think this falls prey to Martin Kavka’s complaint about that Alien Beat Club single; this is a perfect example of a breakup song where I walk away feeling like the dumpee just dodged a bullet.
[1]
Martin Skidmore: I really liked her last one, and her cute, light, soulful voice still appeals, and this is a fairly bright pop number. I do wish the playing and production were less thin, simpleminded and devoid of ideas, but I still enjoy this.
[7]
Alfred Soto: The chorus attempts sass and results in incoherence. She’s stubborn because she’s a brat and has no idea what she’s so stubborn about.
[4]
John Seroff: A sloppy R&twee revision of “Hot and Cold” that amps up the jazz hand hokeyness and PIZAZZ! to near-unbearable levels. Heinzmann’s impossibly vague lyrics and would-be brassy attitude ring totally false; “if you don’t like my hair and you don’t like my clothes/you can pack your shit and go” comes off way less “Tyrone” grrl power and more as helpless, huffy vapidity. The final product is akin to what I imagine Nicole Scherzinger covering “1-2-3-4” or Natasha Bedingfield on “21” would be: a kernel of something listenable obscured by paste, spangles and broad, brittle talent show smile.
[4]
Additional Scores
Pete Baran: [7]
Michaelangelo Matos: [3]