It's a big week for David Archuleta music fans as the first song from his new album "The Other Side of Down" became available for download from iTunes, Amazon.com, and David Archuleta's official website. The song is titled "Something 'bout Love" and features a different sound than us fans are accustomed to. But it's a very radio-friendly song and I have no doubt in my mind that it'll be a big hit. It's definitely upbeat and a very fun song. The song touches on the subject of love and the difficulties that encounter it. From tearing you up, to breaking your heart, and it bringing you to your knees, but yet don't give up because it'll set you free when everything works out right. I enjoy it because it's the perfect positive message from David Archuleta. No matter how bad things might be, always look to something positive because usually things work out in your favor.Since the song has been released to the public for download, it has managed to sneak its way up on the iTunes top downloaded chart. Right now there are several incredible songs that "Something 'bout Love" will have to overcome. But as excitement continues to build over the album's release later in the year and as more radio stations play the song, more and more people will enjoy listening to the songs and the downloads will gradually increase. Right now, you have the hardcore Archie fans downloading the song and soon, you'll have the casual music fans begin to download the song. Hopefully, the song will become a big hit and it'll become David's second platinum song. Time will tell.
I mentioned that "Something 'bout Love" features a different sound than what we're used to. I was reading up on a few websites that mentioned the song incorporates an auto-tune feature. Auto-tuning is used to enhance an artist's voice in a particular song. It is believed that Cher was the first artist to use the feature back in 1999 when her song "Believe" became a mega-hit world-wide. Do I necessarily believe that David's voice needs to be auto-tuned? Not in the very least because his vocals are so pure and stunning as it is. However, to make the song radio-friendly and fun as it is now, the auto-tune feature was used. I don't think it's a bad strategy in the least and it could produce great results for David with this song and the album as a whole.
So if you are a fan of David Archuleta and his music, be sure to check out his new song "Something 'bout Love" now available from iTunes, Amazon.com, as well as DavidArchuleta.com . His sophomore album is expected to be released sometime in September or October so you can bet that the song will continue to get increased exposure as more radio stations pick it up and David starts making more appearances across the country discussing the album. David remains my favorite contestant ever from American Idol and you can bet when the album is released, I'll be buying it. I still enjoy his self-titled debut album to this day.
1 comment:
awesome post - i think 'something bout love' is the perfect song for david at this juncture - it's current sounding, very catchy, has a propulsive dance groove that will play well on top 40 radio, and in dance clubs. and david vocals still stand out, and shine throughout. the effects do nothing to detract from his unique and very identifiable vocals. everyone tends to sound the samre to me on radio, especially top 40 due to the excessive autotune used to cover up mediocre singing. david doesn't need it, and that is his biggest strength. looking forward to his cd, and this song taking flight.
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