Music Review: Natalie La Rose & Jeremih "Somebody"

Natalie La Rose & Jeremih

Somebody

Album: TBA

Year: 2015

                Jeremih and Natalie La Rose close the bar down in the limp                “Somebody.”       

                In the intro, La Rose announces it’s her song. The synths bounce and forth, setting a shabby tone.

           He opens with the chorus, which samples Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” He’s looking to get drunk and have a one-night stand. (“I wanna rock with somebody (whoah yeah)/I wanna take shot with somebody (shot, shot, shot, shot)/I wanna leave with somebody (somebody, comm'on, comm'on)/And we ain't gonna tell nobody, we ain't gonna tell nobody (nobody.”)

                  La Rose strolls around the club, trying to find hot guys. Some women glare at her but she doesn’t care. It’s how she has her fun. (“Walking everybody knows what's good/But some gonna hate, what's new?/We just do our thing, no time to waste/Always playing cool.”)

                 In the pre-chorus, the bartender says last call. She and Jeremih stay right where they are, as though they didn’t hear anything. They are going to have to be kicked out. (“And at the end of the night when the lights go out, will we turn down?/Oh no we won't (we'll never turn it down, we'll never turn it down)/And when it try to make this leave, we turn to say we never going home/And you know just what I wanna do.”)

                 Jeermih sings the chorus again .

                  She has her entourage of her friends and they do her bidding. It’s the only way to party. (“Walking everybody know what's good/We are only block/Bring us everything we think we need/Tonight is going up (tonight is going up.”)

                   The pre-chorus and chorus are sung again.

                    In the bridge, she says everyone is impressed by them. Everyone wants to be them. (“And the club like whoah/We'll be in the party in the club like whoah/And the club like/We'll be in the city going down like whoah/And the club like whoah/We'll be in the party in the club like whoah/We'll be in the city going down like whoah/We'll be in the party in the club like whoah.”)

                  The pre-chorus and chorus are sung again to end the single.

                   Jeremih can’t keep up with the single. He draws out his words to match it and it sounds strange as a result.

                   La Rose is smug and stuck on herself. It borders on delusional. By the bridge, it’s clear the only person she will ever be in love with is herself.

                     The  wrinkled  “Somebody” invites comparison from its iconic sample and it can’t hold up.