Today's Pick: Tinchy Stryder & Pixie Lott won't lose their way with 'Bright Light'

Tinchy Stryder & Pixie Lott won't lose their way with 'Bright Light'

Posted by Kevin Z. Rong Monday, January 9, 2012

Teamed up with another UK artist Pixie Lott, Tinchy Stryder has unveiled a new music video for his latest cut "Bright Lights," the third single from UK Rapper's upcoming 4th LP "Full Tank," which is due for release this year. An alternate version of the track, entitled "Bright Lights (Good Life) Part II," also features on Lott's recent sophomore record "Young, Foolish, Happy," which has little of the magic that characterized her debut's highs and Lott opts for a more soulful direction this time around, something that works better with her wind tunnel of a vocal.
Ever since he dropped his latest EP "The Wish List" on Christmas Eve, Stryder, the up-and-coming musician has been on everybody's radar, and returns with another one aimed at the pop charts. Stryder has been burning the UK music scene up, and today is no exception. Stryder succumbs to Lott's charm in ale Rage Ratseghini-directed Video, the 25-year-old talented MC hooks up with 20-year-old sexy pop princess reminiscing over his career so far with Lott singing alongside him.
Follow up to "Off The Record" with Calvin Harris, "Bright Lights," is a more beat-heavy vibe with pop/dance perfection. Big hooks, a bold chorus intertwined perfectly with Stryder's accomplished delivery guarantees that yet again, the star in the hood is onto another winner. It's the latest in a long line of collaborations for Stryder, who will no doubt be hoping to replicate the success of his previous collaborations with N-Dubz and Sugababes' Amelle Berrabah. Stryder is hoping to up his game with his fourth album.
"Bright Lights" is exactly the kind of record that highlights why Stryder remains relevant. The tuneful piano chords and strings drive a classic Lott chorus, the kind of indelible melody that ensured that even if you hated the likes of All About Tonight, you eventually succumbed to its impossible charms. "Bright Lights" feels like an anthem to new horizons, the very best of second chances, and for both these artists, Stryder and Lott, it could just be the record to revitalize and refresh.