Candice, "Hello"

[George Tropicana]

Bio:

South African born singer songwriter Candice is all set to release her debut single entitled ‘Hello’ on September 13th. Candice has spent the past year writing and recording songs for her forthcoming album in a number of different UK and US studios, and has recently completed a string of acoustic shows across London debuting new material.

‘Hello’ is a cleverly crafted slice of guitar pop, but don't let the perky title, radio friendly guitar licks or Candice's insanely catchy barrage of upbeat, distinctive vocal hooks fool you. The song may find it way onto many a summer sountrack but it's as deceptive as the hall-of-mirrors world of fame and imposed celebrity status many of today’s stars try to avoid.

"It's so easy to assume that some people have picture perfect lives," Candice explains, "but this is a song that admits things aren't always as they seem." As it happens, behind closed doors the song's "luckiest girl in the world" dwells in an aimless world of solitude and despair: "There's nothing that's real, there's nothing she can touch / She's making a plan but it slips through her hands, it splinters and shatters and bursts".

Having already had success in her home country and known that feeling of being in the public eye, Candice now has her sights firmly set on the UK music scene. And with enough songs in her armoury to make most of today’s ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ artists green with envy, she’s certainly ready to say ‘Hello’ - it is me your looking for!

EDIT: Apparently, this single has been delayed 3 times already. It was suppose to be released last week but fans couldn't find it at any stores... Strange.

United Kingdom : 675001 1 : CD Single
Hello
Dumb

United Kingdom : 675001 2 : CD Maxi Single
Hello
The Sweetest Kiss
Hello (insects Mix)
Hello (video)
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Dotmusic reviewed the single this week and trashed it, comparing Candice's look to Shakira and her sound to Avril/Alanis. I agree. Something about Candice's "Hello" doesn't work even though it's so formulaic that it shouldn't fail.

You can watch the full video here: www.sonymusiceurope.com/cgi-bin/multimedia/wmwax?snymusicaomawm.fplive.net&snymusicaoma/video/900020000010893.wmv

It doesn't help that it reminds me of Skye Sweetnam's "Hypocrite."

[Andy]

I caught a bit of this the other week and it was ok, how did dotmusic review it, I thought dotmusic dies in 2003? ???

[George Tropicana]

I meant Yahoo Launch UK or whatever. I still access it through Dotmusic.com.:)

[Andy]

Mineable1004 said:

I meant Yahoo Launch UK or whatever. I still access it through Dotmusic.com.:)

Oh right!
Evil takeover people that destroyed our forums >:(

[ashley]

The reason this song won't work is that it's just too formulaic. And it's not even a good example of the formula. Also, what does Candice offer us as an audience. Absolutelty nothing, because we can find the same songs but done much better on albums by Alanis and Sheryl like the dotmusic review says.