DAVID ARCHULETA’S NEW SINGLE “CRUSH”

 

“Crush” is one of my favorite debut singles by any American Idol contestant. For David Archuleta, it was a perfect choice. It’s a refreshing ballad that’s sure to have all of his teenage female fans and their moms falling in love with him all over again. To be critical, the song is pretty safe. Archuleta definitely sounds good and his voice is one of the best aspects of the song. Hopefully, he will stretch himself and challenge his vocal abilities with his next single. Nonetheless, he’s off to a great start. 

Here’s his official video for “Crush” - 

WALKING ON AIR

I stumbled across an artist that actually caught my attention for more than a few seconds. I’d say she’s brought something new and different to the music scene and it certainly helps that she’s from Estonia. How many popular artists have emerged from Estonia? We can all learn something from Kerli.

I could try and sum her up, but I don’t think I could do her justice.

She writes it best on her official Myspace page --

“I don’t like writing about myself, but I’ll try. I’m from Estonia, nobody knows where it is. And it doesn’t really matter either. But I’ve started to appreciate my roots more since I started traveling a lot and recording this album. When I was little, my country was under the occupation of Russia. And they have this saying in Russia “If u don’t beat them up, u don’t love them”.So, I grew up being loved, but being treated like shit. Nobody respected their kids. And it’s amazing, cause it made me really strong and I feel like I’m able to see things in many different ways because I’ve seen people living and thinking in many different ways.

I always felt like an alien. I didn’t belong there. I knew where I wanted to be but I had no idea how to get out of there. People had no hope, no belief in things.

Yesterday, I walked across the street with a friend and she said “everything is what we believe it is. This street is here right now because we believe that it’s here”. And she is so right, I’ve always looked at things this way. And I’ve programmed my energy in a right way to get what I want…No, not really..it’s not about what I want…It’s more like…I’ve always felt like I had a mission..Like there was something I needed to say. But it’s not about me at all, I feel like I’m a little tool of god. Like a servant of something bigger. I just have the opportunity to be able to put what I’m shown into music, and deliver it to people. To make somebody smile, maybe change their mind before they start to kill themselves. Whatever. There’s something. At least I know that I am not doing music so I could pamper my ego with all the fake shit in the world. Like fame and money and admiration.

These are dead values
And what’s the point of chasing this and being miserable inside. We are gonna die anyway. Yes we are. And the world will be gone and there will be nothing left.
Just silence.
Like it never existed
So, why are u in this world?”