Posted February 23, 201411 yr Apparently Shakira is releasing a new promotional single on Tuesday called 'Empire'. Not sure on the source, I just found it on ATRL forums. http://www.slacker.com/isv1/album/v8238c4d580f567e9/8661787/web/2/fill/5,0/472.jpg
February 24, 201411 yr another BUST good lord, shakira doing coldplay badly with a goat like vocal...why has she suddenly decided to descend into pure MoR territory?! i'd love to know who is making the single choices because it takes one listen to know none of it is very good.
February 24, 201411 yr Author 'Empire' is fantastic! :wub: Very instant and I agree with the comparison to Coldplay's 'Princess of China' that I've read on another forum.
February 24, 201411 yr Pleasantly surprised on first listen - it's interesting. Sounds like a cover though, rather than her own material. EDIT: Alright, I'm really liking this after a couple more listens :P. Edited February 24, 201411 yr by noahspike
February 24, 201411 yr I don't think Empire is a single, it's just a pre-order song at the moment...maybe it'll be a single at some point. It really reminds of Uninvited - the vocal delivery especially. I think it sounds very on point at the moment...that kind of theatrical sound. I'm not 100% sure I like it though...It's like the production is there but I'm not sure the melody is though. It's not really what I want from Shakira though. For me she's best when using more unusual sounds which is what makes songs like Men In This Town, La Tortura, She Wolf and Gordita so good.
February 24, 201411 yr I really like Empire, although it weirdly reminds me of Tori Amos at her mainstream peak. Not a sound I'd have ever expected Shakira to go for.
February 25, 201411 yr I really like Empire, even though it sounds like it's Alanis singing :lol:...much much better than CRTFY.
February 25, 201411 yr Empire is brilliant - SO much better than CRTFY! Definitely part Alanis, part Tori Amos, but that's not a bad thing at all, a really nice change in direction for her :)
February 25, 201411 yr Well I actually think that CRTFY is pretty awesome (and the Spanish version even more so!!) but Empire is on a whole other level entirely. Definitely in my top 3 of the year so far :wub:
February 26, 201411 yr Empire is horrible. And to think that her last album basically had my three favorite singles of hers on it. Edited February 26, 201411 yr by Atonement
March 1, 201411 yr Dunno if you've heard it yet, but I just came across a new song of hers last nit: Empire! :D I put off listening to it due to the shitfest that is Can't Remember to Forget You Guuurl, but I was taken aback. It's Shakmaaazing! Like the empires of the world uuuuunn-hiiiiite! But she sounds I dunno like early 90s rock, like Alanis Morisette? I had it on repeat, Shakmazing! So why'd she release that absolute cloptrop trip with Rihanna, which is only made bearable for the 30 seconds that Ri-Ri does her thang? A song we all remembered to forget and was only liked due to who was singin it? Maybe it was just for the scanty video so she could get everyone talkin aboot it like a buzz track then throw Empire like an ACTIVE GRENADE!! Glad she's gone back to this sound, and yes I say back as this was her original style :o Edited March 1, 201411 yr by Michael!
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