It's been hard to tell whether or not Norway's Annie venerates plastic pop or views it ironically; the video for "I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me" - mysteriously embargoed by her label, so get it while it's hot - decisively places her in the former camp. It's a cross between Destiny's Child's color coded "Say My Name" video, and those Verizon Wireless commercials for the LG Chocolate: simple, bold, effective, and completely devoid of subtext. This isn't a knock unless you need your art complicated; after all, it's not like brilliant disposables "Chewing Gum" or "Heartbeat," the singles that first brought Annie internet fame, have a third dimension either. Sure, she'll never be famous in America (something she has in common with fellow blog sensation M.I.A.), but so what? Hopefully she'll continue to enjoy enough success in Europe to keep her in the music business - after all, we subsidize most pharmaceutical research, so fair's fair.
28 April 2008
Oh No, Oh No/You've Got It All Wrong
It's been hard to tell whether or not Norway's Annie venerates plastic pop or views it ironically; the video for "I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me" - mysteriously embargoed by her label, so get it while it's hot - decisively places her in the former camp. It's a cross between Destiny's Child's color coded "Say My Name" video, and those Verizon Wireless commercials for the LG Chocolate: simple, bold, effective, and completely devoid of subtext. This isn't a knock unless you need your art complicated; after all, it's not like brilliant disposables "Chewing Gum" or "Heartbeat," the singles that first brought Annie internet fame, have a third dimension either. Sure, she'll never be famous in America (something she has in common with fellow blog sensation M.I.A.), but so what? Hopefully she'll continue to enjoy enough success in Europe to keep her in the music business - after all, we subsidize most pharmaceutical research, so fair's fair.
