Lat year’s winner of UK’s X-Factor, Alexandra Burke, first single was premiered yesterday. The Phantom Boyz produced “Bad Boys” features US hip-pop artist Flo-Rida and was described by Popjustice as “Literally amazing & phenomonal”. The popular site also said the intro of “Bad Boys” is a cross between Girls Aloud “Biology” and Britney Spears “Womanizer”.
Let’s start with the positive. After taking a few listens to the CDQ this song will have you hooked. The hook is incredibly catchy and the Flo-Rida verse fits well with the song. On the contrary, this is not what we thought Alexandra would release as a first single especially how she said she wanted to go the urban route, from what she displayed on X-Factor and citing Beyoncé as her favorite artist. Stepping aside from the fact that this will score #1 someplace it really is very generic when compared to what is being done by those other striving artists. We doubt this will have the international appeal “Bleeding Love” did. We’ll see what else Alexandra comes with in the upcoming months.
Alexandra Burke – Bad Boys feat. Flo-Rida
