I don't think I'd heard of Lutricia McNeal's songs before this one, but, if I can take Wikipedia's word for it, she's an American singer who's done a lot of recording in Sweden, first as the vocalist for some Rob'n'Raz early '90's dance songs and then moving on to a solo career still supported partially by Swedish songwriters.What we're here to discuss, though, isn't any of the songs from her past, but rather the song that's been said to be the lead single for her latest album but has been in limbo for months.
Same Same Same--from what I YouTubed of Lutricia's music, I'd say this is a surprisingly poppy mid/up-tempo sound from her. The opening isn't the most auspicious thing in the world, but if the good verses or great bridge fail to totally win you over, I think the chorus just might do the trick--it's not a big declarative statement sort of song, but that chorus is really catchy, lovely and poppy at the same time. There's a little vocal processing going on at moments, in a way that kind of reminds me of Donna Summer's latest album, but it's not at the level that the song opening makes you think it's going to be; more just little tweaks in the answer-back part of the chorus to make the preceding and following multi-layered "You're the same same same"s seem even stronger. Maybe it makes sense that this song hasn't come out yet--in today's environment, I can't really imagine it getting loads of radio play in the UK or U.S. (though I don't think she'd even be targeting those markets--I get the feeling she's now one of those Japanese release sort of artists), but it's the sort of thing I definitely play a lot.
Since this single hasn't been released anywhere yet (to my knowledge), I can't recommend anywhere for you to buy it, but you can pick up Lutricia McNeal's greatest hits album here (physical).
Next up: maybe that Italian song, boy band song, or a Swedish song.
