It happens to the best of us…
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Alfred Soto: A brassy number about loving an imbecile who gives good lovin’. I’m especially pleased at the respect she showed mangera.
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Juana Giaimo: The contradiction of the title is present in the song: the resentment is in the roughness of her voice but she can turn quite vulnerable when remembering her pain of not having him by her side. But while being conscious of the ambiguous feeling in herself, Raquel Sofía doesn’t seem to be sure if she either wants to cause empathy or laughter in the listener.
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Iain Mew: Affection! Conflict! Humour! From the first guitar clatter draw right through Raquel Sofia’s whole expressive, elastic performance, this provides everything I would hope for in a song called “I love you idiot” in large quantities.
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Jonathan Bogart: The first single where her ambition to be Shakira sounds even vaguely plausible. She’s not nearly as eccentric in either lyric or vocal delivery, but she’s got the magpie sensibility, the ear for dynamics, and the literate-erotic playfulness down.
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Brad Shoup: The creeping torch song is mostly played out for me; thankfully, Sofía treats it like a chore: springing to life in the refrain, where it’s needed the most. I don’t really feel for the guy, but I suppose I’m not intended to.
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Edward Okulicz: Raquel Sofía throws so much acting into this song, and I appreciate how lively her performance is. Her exasperation during the verses is palpable, but the contempt dies out by the chorus as if she’s completely tired from dealing with, and loving, the titular idiot. I recommend this one highly if you think the best Shakira single is “Objection (Tango),” which it is.
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