Not feeling the impact…
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Will Adams: “SG” is a moombahton song and runs for three minutes and forty-five seconds. Ozuna opens the track in Spanish, followed by Megan Thee Stallion rapping and Lisa singing in English. Lyrically, the song explores the infatuation with a ‘sexy girl’, expressing a desire of wanting to spend a good time together.
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Ian Mathers: They presumably went with “SG” rather than “Sexy Girl” in order to get the slightest frisson of novelty. Just call me non-denominational Kevin Sorbo, because I am staring fixedly at the camera and saying “DISAPPOINTED” in an awkward way.
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Katherine St Asaph: Somewhere, someone finds this exciting and novel and world-expanding. I just want to understand.
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Nortey Dowuona: “Taki Taki” redo. Let’s get it. The drums are slamming, the bass is groovy, the synths are soft and pliant and buried. Ozuna is in his pealing falsetto, his best attribute, and he sounds wonderful over this. Even the “sexy girl” platitude can’t ruin him. The sax synths come back and are gorgeous. Megan dips with a dazzling but brief verse, sounding amazing, and references one of her greatest songs ever. Then LISA appears with the thankless Selena Gomez role but succeeds anyway, her reedy voice keening and piercing. She snatches the hook away from under Ozu, and the sax synths play once more, with trumpet stabs to close us out.
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Tim de Reuse: The summery plucks and crispy beat lend themselves surprisingly well to Ozuna’s part; his echoing vocals place him somewhere far above, overseeing the proceedings. The two guests of honor, meanwhile, put in verses of unflavored fluff between more repetitions of the chorus, stretching the track out to an interminable four minutes.
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Juana Giaimo: For being a party reggaeton song, this lacks excitement. The song doesn’t grow, and the sample in between the verses separates each artist instead of joining them. After Ozuna’s really long opening, Megan Thee Stallion and LISA’s parts seem to be stuck there as a compromise. It’s a shame, because the three of them know what loud is, and it’s definitely not this bland song.
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