Rita Ora – How We Do (Party)

From Yugoslavia to England to Jay-Z’s investment portfolio…

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[3.57]Rebecca Toennessen: Even when I was relatively young and curmudgeonly, I hated the use of “party” as a verb. Apart from this, this song doesn’t know what it wants to be about – a snotty, snarling rockout about partying and bullshit or a soft put-your-arms-around-me ballad.
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Iain Mew: The gaping hole in melody and sense after “party and bull” is of course because there should be a “shit” in there, but what is meant to go in after “how we do”? “Shit” again? Surely it’s not actually meant to sound this half-arsed? Oh.
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Anthony Easton: I was in the waiting room of the dentist today, and listening to 96.5 Niagara’s Best Light Favorites, though the beat is a little more aggressive than most of what I heard, I would not be surprised to hear this during the drive time five at five, on 96.5. I left before 5.
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Katherine St Asaph: See, guys? She’s not just Rihanna redux. She can also be Jessie J.
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Brad Shoup: More party, less bullshit.
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Jer Fairall: Suggests “Last Friday Night” as written and performed by an actual person, though still not grounded enough in anything substantial that it ever risks losing its effervescent fizz. At best it might be relegated to second (or third) tier Summer Jam ’12 status, but given the state of such things in recent years, this one will deserve at least a little more respect that it will most likely end up getting.
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Alfred Soto: Shawn Carter, eagle eye on the market, knows that the market never tires of party fodder, especially when the guitar strums denote realness when the singer passes out.
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