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POPJUSTICE review of the song:
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Her first single 'Beat Of My Drum' sounds like Daphne & Celeste vs Major Lazer vs Girls Aloud. It starts off outlining Nicola's early days in The Aloud ("two left feet I had no beat, baby in the corner keep up, keep up"), swooshes into an elegantly bonkers pre-chorus ("oh, don't it make your heart go wow, how I've turned this whole thing around?") then bursts into a massive chorus of "L! O! V, E! Dance the beat of my drum! Dance to the beat of my drum!" Like some of Nicola's other new songs it's a bit about what happens when you lose your confidence and a bit about what happens when you get it back and decide to run riot.
We've been able to get to know six songs from Nicola's album and they seem to be getting better with every listen. There is a depth and a humour to Nicola's lyrical imagery, and there's a warmth to the tunes that makes repeated listening a rewarding experience. The tunes are great and her vocals - singing, rapping, speaking, screaming - are top notch. Chuck this all together and the result is something really unique and interesting.
Well, beyond those of us who crumble the merest hint of "hello, did you call me", there's no proof that Nicola is yet quite as cherished by the world at large, so it's hard to say whether an initial burst of excitement from the Nicorati will give 'Beat Of My Drum' the chartwards shove it needs and deserves. Having said all that, if the last twelve months have taught us anything about Girls Aloud solo careers it's that you can't take anything for granted, and perhaps the longer the odds, the more exciting the win might be. Anyway the sales and the chart positions are for someone else to worry about. On the basis of what we've heard it seems like Nicola's made the album she wants to make - a really smart, confident, slightly eccentric and very British-sounding pop record - and for those of us who've been waiting since 'River Deep, Mountain High' for a Nicola Roberts solo album, it feels like everything we could have wanted.
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I have just visited her website and it says the single is out on June 5 .
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