While most music today is about falling in love or breaking up, Natasha Bedingfield, in the midst of her growing popularity, attempts to sound like an average girl on her latest album, N.B. Bedingfield is known for popular hits such as ""Unwritten"" and ""These Words"" and will most likely capture the attention of pop music fans again this time around. While she is extremely well known in the U.K., N.B. has the potential to give her global stardom.
The first song, ""How Do You Do?,"" is easily the best song, with its catchy chorus and positive message. Bedingfield tells girls it's okay to make the first move when meeting a guy. She asks, ""Is it wrong to be the instigator / Is it bad to make the move maker?"" ""How Do You Do?"" not only has an empowering message, but also the same repetitiveness of her other hits.
Bedingfield has a few other songs that are potential hits and won't get old if they are played over and over. ""Who Knows"" has a unique feel and sound and actually talks about the beginning stages in a relationship. ""Say It Again"" also gets better as it goes on and is easy to sing along to.
While Bedingfield's different song ideas help her stand out, she borders on weird a few times. For instance, ""Pirate Bones"" is a metaphorical song that takes too much thinking to make it worth listening to. The last track is 17 minutes long because it includes three separate songs with breaks in between. Although the first one, ""Smell The Roses,"" is an interesting tune, having such a long track is completely unnecessary and somewhat annoying.
The other weak song that really stick out is ""I Wanna Have Your Babies."" The title is pretty self-explanatory, and the first words, ""What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas / but what if it don't?"" compelled me to click onto the next song. While I applaud Bedingfield for admitting what some girls really think about, the song is pretty ridiculous and reminds us of Gwen Stefani's sometimes-insane songs.
Even in this song, and throughout the album, Bedingfield's talent is evident; her voice is completely unique and full of emotion. However, it seems that after her success from her previous hits and the best songs on her newest CD, her ballads won't really be listened to. There isn't anything wrong with the slower songs, but they just don't show Bedingfield's true style and probably won't become her more popular songs.
Each song on N.B. sends a positive message and has its own unique sound, much like Bedingfield in the world of music. Her music isn't strictly one genre and can definitely be enjoyed by a variety of people. Although Bedingfield at first seemed like a one-hit-wonder, she is definitely here to stay.
