If you live in the UK or Ireland you probably already know who Wonderland are, but I only just discovered them and followed on their twitter today. At first glance, Wonderland's arrival on the pop scene seems almost rocket-fuelled. It's another sub-par manufactured girl group set to rival The Saturdays, the part-Irish, part-English quintet managed by X Factor judge Louis Walsh and Westlife's Kian Egan. Wonderland are out with the first music video to their debut single "Not A Love Song," off the five-piece girlband's upcoming debut album on Mercury Records. The single will be released on March 7.The all warbling, all smouldery looking girl band Wonderland was put together after auditions were held for five females in July 2008, and they spent the past two years making their hotly anticipated debut album. The new girlband will release their debut single "Not A Love Song" in March 7, which was written by Shep Solomon, Adam Argyle and all five girls and was produced by Eliot James. I've spent all of about 10 minutes analyzing the lyrics of the new song and learned they aren't in the mood for love songs, don't want their name to be repeated over and over again, but they do want a big juicy snog.
The group member and Egan's wife, Jodi Albert described the song: "It's a fun and cheeky song about girls having fun. It's got a rocky edge and I'd say there's a bit of country in it too! People have said it sounds a bit like Fleetwood Mac, The Corrs, The Bangles and Taylor Swift, all of which is completely overwhelming and incredible!" The girls filmed video in Los Angeles, and have been talking about it for weeks but now you can watch the girls first music video for their debut single "Not A Love Song" after the Jump.
Honestly, "Not a Love Song" isn't a bad little ditty. It's an acoustic bubblegum-pop record with a slight AC slant, and would make for the perfect background noise when the radio is on and you're driving in your car. But seriously, this is 2011 - Who is checking for acoustic-pop sung by a bunch of clearly-manufactured, completely regular mid-to-late twenty-somethings? You'd think Egan, a member of one of the best selling British bands of all time, and Walsh, one of the UK's most successful music managers ever, would have a better grasp on the marketplace for Wonderland.
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