Audio + Review: Amelia Lily - "California" (New Single)
Welcome back, Amelia Lily! The ‘X Factor UK’
alum recently inked a new deal with Warner Music - after getting dropped by
Sony last year - and will be releasing her new single 'California' on iTunes UK
on August 24th! But in
The departure from Sony also meant saying
goodbye to Xenomania. The production group produced Amelia’s flaw-free debut
single ‘You Bring Me Joy’ in 2012. The dance-pop tune reached #2 in the
I’m still shocked at how Sony let Amelia Lily
go. Surely ‘something’ happened. Creative differences? A fight erupted? Was
Amelia perhaps tired of all the push backs?
Whatever the reason was, thankfully, Ms. Lily
has found a new home in Warner Music.
The first single she’s releasing with her new
label is ‘California’,
a track co-written with Tim Woodcock (John Newman, The Vamps, The Wanted).
Review: I definitely ‘like’ the song but I’m not loving it. The chorus IS very catchy, and the ‘you’re in California’, ‘I’m in London’ story will certainly be very relatable to a few couples. It’s just that I’m not completely sold on the verses, and the pop/rock production – whole sound of the song just doesn’t scream 2014 to me. Hopefully it’ll grow on me later, and makes want to buy the song on iTunes in August. ‘California’ is a new sound for Amelia – I wonder if Warner chose this new sound for her or if it was Lily' decision? - and it's definitely going to take some time to adapt it.