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For Fifth Harmony, 2014 was a whirlwind year that started strong and never let up. The all-female five-piece headed out on the road with Demi Lovato in February, kicked off their own headlining tour in late spring, joined Austin Mahone (along with The Vamps and Shawn Mendes) for a national summer tour, and in August claimed the much-coveted Artist To Watch prize at the MTV Video Music Awards. In the midst of all the frenzy—which also included Mattel’s launch of a line of Barbie dolls made in the likeness of each Fifth Harmony member—Dinah Jane Hansen, Lauren Jauregui, Ally Brooke Hernandez, Normani Kordei, and Camila Cabello took to the studio to create their full-length debut for Epic Records. Featuring the fierce, gold-certified lead single “BO$$” and its follow-up “Sledgehammer” (a synth-pop powerhouse penned by Meghan Trainor), Reflection offers up a gutsy, groove-heavy brand of dance-pop built on the most dynamic vocal performances Fifth Harmony have delivered so far. Like Better Together—Fifth Harmony’s 2013 debut EP—Reflection flawlessly spotlights the vocal synergy Fifth Harmony first revealed in their rise to third place on the second season of X Factor. But this time around, the group worked with lineup of producers that includes Stargate (Beyoncé, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Iggy Azalea), Dr. Luke (Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, will.i.am, Ke$ha), and Rock City (T.I., B.o.B, Nelly) to fuse their breathtaking harmonies with an edgy hybrid of R&B, hip-hop, and electro-pop. Showing off Fifth Harmony’s newly sharpened versatility, Reflection dives into EDM territory on the epic club anthem “This Is How We Roll,” turns fiery on the sultry and horn-soaked “Worth It,” and gets sweetly starry-eyed with the throwback R&B-pop of “Everlasting Love.” Fifth Harmony also pay loving tribute to their musical idols on Reflection, with “Like Mariah” borrowing its breezy vocal melody from Mariah Carey’s “Always Be My Baby” and the unstoppable “Brave Honest Beautiful” encouraging girls to reclaim their confidence and flaunt their fearlessness a la Beyoncé, Rihanna, Madonna, and Shakira.
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