Let's be honest: Leona has a pretty so-so past twelve months.Yeah, the British songbird scored a massive gig with Avatar and its theme track "I See You", but she has seen quite a number of troubles: she was assaulted at a book signing, her lead single "Happy" flopped, her album debuted at an abysmal #13 in the US, she injured herself after horseriding, and just recently she was caught in the middle of an L.A. shootout.
But all is not lost for one of the best voices of her generation; she's got a new single out!
The follow-up to "Happy" isn't the smash-in-waiting "Outta My Head" like I had hoped; instead she is releasing "I Got You", an uplifting slice of midtempo that fits perfectly into multi-format pop radio.
I won't even discuss Leona's vocals, because at this point, it is a given that she is flawless. The song itself, written by pop god Max Martin, is her most instant release since "Better In Time". It definitely helps that the two have a similar hopeful outlook, both lyrically and musically. The song's shimmering, string-laden production is a gorgeous compliment to Leona's powerhouse vocals. Things get a little schmaltzy with the lyrics, as she sings about going to heaven and crying, but the song's universal message of unconditional love can vouch for that.
Like "Better In Time", this is a great, if not perfect, second single off of Echo. It is just unfortunate that, unlike it's relative, "I Got You" didn't have a "Bleeding Love" to see it off to the top of the charts.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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