Pixie's back, and guess who's up for villain of the year (again!)- 15/01/14

So, you might have been wondering whatever happened to Pixie Lott? The girl next door that was once the face of Capital FM's TV adverts (and the only thing you'd hear if you tuned into Capital FM). Well, she's back in the form of the video for the lead single of her self-titled third album. 'Nasty' is a raunchy, throwback number, that was originally recorded by the one and only Christina Aguilera, for the film Burlesque, but for one reason or another was never used. Of course that means that comparisons will be drawn, and as expected Pixie is never going to live up to the vocal powerhouse that is Ms. Aguilera.

After today saw the release of the video for the song, perhaps the comparisons might have gone away. Unfortunately not. The rather dull 2 minutes and 53 seconds has been drawing even more comparisons to Xtina for it's similarity to her video 'Dirrty'. Except, it's just not as good. Pixie does look very nice in the video, it's polished and it's shiny, but that can't cover up the lack of personality that is needed for such a song. It should be tongue-in-cheek, it should be sexy and it should ooze charisma, but it just doesn't. That said, the song is catchy enough, and I do see another hit on its way for Ms. Lott. The video is below for your viewing pleasure.

Other Pop news today came in the form of actual Pop acts being nominated at the 'supposed-to-be-cool' NME awards. American sisters Haim are up for the most of all the pop acts, up for 6 awards, with Lily Allen, Disclosure, Chvrches and Lorde all with nominations too. Welcome news for Chvrches after their undeserved snub from the Brits.

The much sought after 'villain-of-the-year' award, will be a tough competition this year with nominations for controversial artists Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke, alongside political figures Putin and one time winner David Cameron. Plus there's a nomination for the current holder Harry Styles, whose group One Direction are also up for 'Worst Band'. Will they win it for the third year in a row?

Other exciting happenings from the world of Pop today included a slight mishap from Leona Lewis, who tweeted to inform fans that she only went and used dry shampoo in place of deodorant. What is she like?!

Finally, 'Superlove' singer Charli xcx stated that she's been recording in Stockholm, with Robyn collaborator Patrik Berger, for her second album. Claiming, in NME, to have been staying up til 5am recording in a little hut. Whatever it takes. If she can produce anything as good as her debut then we'll be very happy indeed.

Charli xcx

And that is all for today folks.