Scarlette Fever - Black & White
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After a confident debut with her single Crash and Burn, which became a club favourite with remixes from Jason Nevins and Bearcraft amongst others, Scarlette Fever returns with her follow up single from her album Medication Time.
Dubbing it as her "I am what I am and I don't need anybody else song" Black and White is a pop anthem from a female artist who seems determined to get what she wants and to do things her own way.
Lyrically the song is the empowering account of a woman walking away from an ex-lover, "Shut up and you can hear me spitting you out, the party's over," she hisses, "Bye bye baby, I'm the one who's calling it quits".
But the musically accomplished track is enough to make the song appeal to a broader audience than the predictable cohort of angsty teenage girls.
With driving guitars and catchy hooks Scarlette Fever's maturity is apparent in the track, as are the polished production levels.
"I wrote Black and White to find my own voice," says Scarlette but the journey through the music industry machine has not left her unscathed and in fact, Scarlette Fever is at risk of losing her voice altogether.
While the music itself has its merit and lyrically the track is powerful, the two are difficult to marry up.
Listening to Scarlette's acoustic version of the track, while she visited Female First, it was evident that there is an honesty to her music and genuine emotion behind her lyrics, but as a highly produced track it is difficult to know where to stand with Black and White.
Despite the powerful performance from Scarlette, the track feels like little more than an empty pop song with a string of generic lyrics - which is a shame for an artist with unquestionable vocal talent.
FemaleFirst Antonia Charlesworth
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