The Saturdays have everything they need to be a popular band: five beautiful girls, dancey music, and even a reality TV show, “Chasing the Saturdays.” Just check out their music videos if you don’t believe me.
Scrolling through iTunes, the release of their new album, Living for the Weekend, came as an exciting surprise. Why don’t more people know about them?
“Gentleman,” actually takes a brilliant spin on an old lesson. “You are not a lady if you are always on your knees… Why would he buy the milk if he already had the cow?” Honestly, the lyrics are very humorous, but also have great points.
Most famous girl groups, the Spice Girls and Pussycat Dolls for example, achieve fame by over-sexualization.
The Saturdays don’t need to do that; their music speaks for itself.
“What About Us?” had me surprising myself. As someone who always is annoyed by repetitive lyrics, the beat actually had me overlook this flaw. The song has the perfect mix of pop and techno to drag in the listener’s attention completely.
The same goes for “Not Giving Up.” Some parts actually resembled the mesmerizing Ellie Goulding, which makes the track hypnotic and just overall amazing.
“You don’t have the right to hold me, acting just like nothing really changed,” is a great line from “You Don’t Have the Right.” What makes this song unique is that it neither pretends to be strong nor rush back to him. It speaks of genuine pain and being torn between the two. It is not vengeful, just realistic.
Anyone in a long distance relationship, “30 Days,” is for you. Like all of the other tracks, the song is dancey and fun. “I’m spending each second thinking what I want to do when I get to you.” It is a much more optimistic take than the cliché song about missing someone.
“Problem With Love,” is not as enjoyable as the rest of the album. For one, single words are repeated many times. That’s right. Forget about annoying repetitive phrases; the same words are repeated. The message is also cliché; singing about how it is so hard to live without love.
I hate to say this, but honestly “Leave a Light On,” was slightly annoying. The lyrics were repetitive and the high pitched lines are quite overdone.
“Lease My Love,” is a stereotypical girl song; she wants the guy to be hers forever, and demands that he not love her only some of the time, while he wants a break and is indecisive; basically, he is a guy.