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A future (maybe) Number One single you must listen to immediately

  • April 17, 2009
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Say hello to Kristinia DeBarge. She is a woman from America. 

Here is a song she has done — it's called 'Goodbye' and it's got a good bit in it which the pen­sion­ers among you might recognise from the 80s hit parade.

[audio:goodbyeclip.mp3]

Yes it's basically Rihanna's 'SOS' Part Two and yes Rihanna probably turned it down and yes it's not rein­vent­ing pop but please take the following into account:

1. It really is quite a toetapper.

2. You can totally imagine it being a massive hit in every country except perhaps Belgium but that says more about Belgium than it does about this song innit.

3. If this was a Rihanna comeback song everyone would go "this is a bit like 'SOS'" but they would also go "this is the perfect Rihanna comeback tune for reasons too obvious to go into". 

More inform­a­tion about Kristinia DeBarge (how amazing is that for a popstar name): she's worked with various inter­est­ing people, she's from California, she's signed to Island Def Jam in America (you'd probably already guessed that) and she's currently featured in a Nivea skincare com­mer­cial (?!) in the States, and there is another great(ish) song called 'Make A Girl Happy' on her MySpace.

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