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Natasha Bedingfield

I honestly don't know what to make of this one. Her first single (appropriately named 'Single') was the usual faux R&B rabid drivel of a million twelve year olds who dump their boyfriends every day.

I was quite preparing myself for the sort of mild bile i have for most teeny-angst-R&B-pop acts when i hear the follow up single and something strange happens; I can't decide whether it is good or evil. I have an emotion of some kind brewing up in my about it, but i can't figure out what the hell it is.

'These Words' is a strange beast, undoubtedly Nelly Furtado influenced (again, something i can't decide is good or bad), only really marred by Bedingfield's insistence on talking at various points in the song. When she's singing, her voice is tolerable. When she speaks, especially in that attitude-laden manner that any spoken vocals are in on an upbeat female R&B record, it is painful.

I've been trying to find a good reason to dislike the song, but i honestly can't. I even checked the credits on the single in HMV to make sure that she actually had a hand in writing it and she did. I would have been able to get her on the hypocrisy card if nothing else.

Maybe i'm going soft in my old age...

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