Ellie + Tinie

Hanging On begins in a subdued atmosphere with the soft plucking of a harp audible beneath Ellie's enchanting soprano voice. I love the use of a harp. As the lyrics enter, the production slowly increases in dynamic and becomes thicker, progressing into soft dubstep. Tinie Tempah interrupts the captivating vocal with his usual high energy rapping, attacking the beat laid before him which gives a great contrast within the track. The constantly moving pitch of the vocal is reminiscent of The Weeknd but this is shunned by the ever changing range in production, as it grows and diminishes. It's just a really well produced track okay.

Earthquake

Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah // Earthquake

La-la-loving this song. Representing British music in it's best form, Labrinth and Tinie have created yet another tune to add to their ever-growing collection. I love the tetris reminiscent synth sounds, they're great to build upon, paired with the stripped down vocal chorus used in the bridge. The musical composition and layering of sound and voice is just pure perfection; from the 'musical onomatoepia' (oh yeah, new term) with the trumpets to accompany the lyric referring to Buckingham Palace as well as the all round mash up of just about every genre imaginable, from techno to rap to choir-like voices. Siiiiiick.

mollie xo