Rita Ora's All-Star 'Girls' Anthem Is a Bust, But Charlie Puth Gives Us Sweet, Sweet Harmony
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No, don’t like it: Rita Ora, Charli XCX, Cardi B & Bebe Rexha, “Girls” — When Rita Ora teased the release of this anthem over the past week, I was hoping for a nice, delectable summer banger, but this is more like the song you play after everyone’s left the house party and there’s a bunch of beer cans laying around haphazard. This ode to sexual curiosity basically takes Katy Perry’s “I kiss girls” template and adds a few more people. Unfortunately, it’s uninspiring from the jump when Rita Ora sings, “Her name is Lara/We learned a lot ah.” Cardi’s inclusion doesn’t make it any more interesting ah. –Clover Hope
I like it, like it, like it, like it?: GOT 7, “The New Era” — GOT7 is one of the biggest K-Pop boy bands on the planet, a septet that usually reserves themselves to bilingual, energetic R&B-pop, complete with larger-than-life visual concepts and mind-blowing choreography. Their latest Japanese single, “The New Era,” is, well, just that—the band adopting a new sound most reminiscent of ‘90s hip-hop—the moves are still there, but there’s it appears the sweet boys of K-Pop yore have developed some edge. As the chorus makes all too clear: I like it? –Maria Sherman
I like it, like it, like it, like it?: GOT 7, “The New Era” — GOT7 is one of the biggest K-Pop boy bands on the planet, a septet that usually reserves themselves to bilingual, energetic R&B-pop, complete with larger-than-life visual concepts and mind-blowing choreography. Their latest Japanese single, “The New Era,” is, well, just that—the band adopting a new sound most reminiscent of ‘90s hip-hop—the moves are still there, but there’s it appears the sweet boys of K-Pop yore have developed some edge. As the chorus makes all too clear: I like it? –Maria Sherman