Christie and the Dream Beats - Wasn't My Fault

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There is pop music you look forward to - that of your favourites, teased by soundbites and video clips, until the full force of something hopefully brilliants invades your speakers, taking you to cloud nine. Then there is pop music you learn to love - you don't necessarily get it straight away (perhaps you are not in the right head space for it), but it's charm offensive is relentless and you are soon strolling hand in hand, skipping away down Melody Lane. Then there is the type of pop music that you didn't know you were looking for yet takes you with such passionate force that it satisfies every nuanced need and leaves you begging for more. This is the type of pop that Christie and the Dream Beats have crafted with Wasn't My Fault. Co-written by the lovely Bianca (read more about her music here), it's a thrilling roller coaster ride through every thing that makes pop so magnificent whilst also being a exhilarating journey into what happens when you are gloriously unapologetic about the choices we make in life. Hand clap beats underscore the verses, which allow for Christie's gleeful vocals to sparkle while you shimmy along; this soon gives way to the onslaught of guitars, synths and percussion that coalesce exquisitely as the wall of sound that becomes the chorus. Like diving into icy cold waters on a hot summer day, it's a breathtaking experience that stimulates every part of your body and enlivens the senses. It's almost like the writers of the song saturated themselves in the massive power-pop choruses of the 80s, taking note of lessons given by the likes of Belinda Carlisle, Roxette and The Bangles. It's retro with a contemporary sheen so that it never sounds dated or like a carbon copy, it's just beautifully fresh and effortlessly timeless. From conception to creation to execution, every moment of this is blissfully flawless - and we should all thank the music gods for the line "I was there, he was there (looking gorgeous)", because, quite honestly, who can't relate to that?! A definite contender for song of the year - now get to it and watch the exciting video above where, with very little, Christie conveys all the energy and vigour you find in the song (and looks & sounds bloody amazing doing so). SMITTEN.