Isac Elliot is a finnish 12-year-old
singer who has released his first album a few weeks ago. I found out
about this artist through facebook and I heard his first single on
the radio in Finland during the easter holidays. Being only that
young and having an album out, is quite an achievement. He is still
in school but sometimes he has to miss out because of his new career
as a singer. Isac has already a fan base that follow him where ever
he goes. In school he is asked for autographs and he already has
shows and even sold out ones. He is often compared to Justin Bieber
but he doesn't mind because Justin is his inspiration and role-model.
Isac used to sing in a boy choir and that's where he has learned to
sing, he says.
The album has 10 songs all very
different to one another and they are all in english. The first song
on the album is the first single “New way home” and thanks to
that he has become popular because people liked it. I think that song
is very catchy and I heard the song before knowing who this new
singer was, and I went immediately to look for it on the internet.
That song has a video on Youtube which was filmed in Florida and it
has more than a million views and the number is growing all the time.
The video reminds me of Justin Bieber's video: Boyfriend as they are
both filmed on a roof and there are dancers behind the singer making
a nice choreography. The song was on replay for a long time on my
computer, I really enjoy the beat, it makes you want to dance and I
like the build up from the bridge to the chorus.
The second song is “First Kiss” and
it's the second single which has a video coming up very soon, and
this time it was filmed in New York. When he recorded the he had a
crush on a girl and he wanted to sing about it. There is a funny
noise in the beginning which makes the beginning of the song very
interesting. That noise was made by the producer. The lyrics fit well
the singer as he is young but this not one of my favourite songs as
it's half way through being rhythmic/catchy and slow/emotional. There
are parts of the song that I really like and others that I don't. For
example I don't like in the beginning where there are barely
instruments and he sings in a kind of rap style. Compared to toward
the end there is a part where he sings with only a piano and one can
here well his very good voice.
The third song is called “Let's lie”
and it's one of my two favourites and it is also Isac's one of his
absolute favourites in his album. He enjoys singing the melody in the
chorus and I think the chorus is the best part of the song. He sang
the song in Florida and for him it brings back memories of warm
summer nights. It starts off with a just singing and piano and it
slowly builds up until the chorus.
The fourth song is “Are you gonna be
my girl” and it really makes you want to dance. Isac said it took
quite some time to get it right as it has a lot of harmonies
especially in the end. That what make the song very professional.
The fifth song “No 1” has very
strong lyrics, they are about even if one is young one can sing about
love. I must agree, because he is young and he sings about love very
affectively. It has an R&B feel to it and there is a rapper in
the song called “Johnel”. Isac has said that he listens to a lot
of R&B and this is a very typical R&B song which fits him
very well.
The sixth song “Party Alarm” is
about when school is over and it's time to have fun. In this song
there are a bunch of his friends singing with him which makes the
song very youthful.
The seventh song is “Sweet talk”
and it's my favourite, me and Isac have the same favourite's, it's
quite rare to like most the same songs as the artist. He likes
dubstep and this song has some dubstep in it, that is something
different to the other songs. I really like the chorus when he uses
his falsetto but in a very talented way as it doesn't sound weird or
out of tune like very ofter. Apparently he has learned to use
falsetto when he was younger and sang in a choir. It was more of a
classical choir and that's why he changed into solo singing. But he
still says that he has learned basically to sing in that choir as
they had practice three times a week.
The eighth song is “Can't give up on
love” and it was the last song that was recorded. In the bridge
there is a cool heavy metal solo while he sings “gotta go, gotta
go” which is not expected at all in this kind of song. He worked on
the last harmonies just before a show in his hotel room. The ending
of the song is very cool as it uses synthetic sounds and his voice is
mixed to a great tune.
The ninth song “Paper plane” is the
slow and calm song of the album. It has the sweetest lyrics ever: “I
build a paper plane so I can fly over the skyline...”. They are not
straight forward love song lyrics. They had to change studio to
record this song because there were too many screaming girls outside
the studio. Imagine then later on when he is older and is not just a
cute boy but a attractive teenager. He'll maybe end up like Justin
Bieber.
The last song on the album “A.N.G.E.L”
is a ballad and as the singer says it: “Every good record has a
ballad”. It uses a lot of instruments for example strings and it
has something very unusual: gospel singers. It builds up slowly from
a calm beginning and a very full ending.
All in all I think this album is very
good and has a lot of different parts in the songs. I would give a
9/10 for this album.
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