Maroon 5 is gearing up to release their 5th studio album, V, in September and the artwork and track listing has been revealed. The album features a track with Gwen Stefani which was written by Sia titled, ‘My Heart Is Open’. There are three bonus tracks as well. ‘ShootLove’ is Adam’s track from the movie, “Begin Again.” Check out the track listing below:
1. “Maps”
2. “Animals”
3. “It Was Always You”
4. “Unkiss Me”
5. “Sugar”
6. “Leaving California”
7. “In Your Pocket”
8. “New Love”
9. “Coming Back for You”
10. “Feelings”
11. “My Heart Is Open” ft. Gwen Stefani
B-Side:
1. “ShootLove”
2. “Sex and Candy”
3. “Lost Stars”
I’m still in love with the song and I didn’t even know that a video had been released and although it’s been roughly a week since it’s release (7.3.14), I thought that I’d still give my review.
I love the song and I love the video concept, the two just don’t match. Well I wouldn’t say that the concept doesn’t match because in a way it does, it’s more so the music doesn’t match the intensity of the concept.
Instantly when watching the video you can see that something is wrong as Adam Levine rushes into the hospital asking where the emergency room is. Excuse me, the fucking emergency room. He races around and finds his girlfriend bloodied and heavily bruised in a hospital bed which looks like she’s been in a car accident based off the injuries. Time to backtrack in the video. Flashback to Adam dangerously weaving through cars as he arrives to the hospital. Flip the screen to his girlfriend.She’s walking down the street with a tear stained face, when a drunk tries to touch and she pushes him off she stumbles into the street getting hit by a car. It’s clear to see she died instantly by the way her head violently hit the ground; very graphic.
Now switch back to how it all began, Adam went to a party with his girlfriend and they instantly get separated as soon as they come in. Insert members of Maroon 5. They’re both off talking to whoever when Adam heads to the kitchen, takes some shots, a girl feels all over him, and as she’s doing that of course his girlfriend would walk in and see it. As she leaves the house, Adam attempts to go after her yet he’s stopped by a friend.
The video ends with clips of all the scenes coming together, chronologically. It’s clear that a serious approach was taken with this one which I can appreciate because story lines in videos are hard to come by. I see where they were going with this, I guess I just wasn’t expecting something so drastic as such.
With Adam’s movie debut, Begin Again, in theaters (7.11.14) this video was a great marketing way to show he could be serious and act. I’m interested in seeing the movie (but of course). The video overall was a great visual just it seemed a little too upbeat for the concept.
Coldplay’s, Chris Martin, will be joining the The Voice for 3 episodes starting March 31st. The singer will take his place as a univeral advisor to all four judges. This is just another ‘tweak’ that producers are adding to the show. He joins quite a list of others that have mentored on the show including: Miranda Lambert.
Martin will appear on the sow March 31st, April 1st and April 17th. During this time he will be assisting the judges: Adam, Usher, Shakira & Blake along with mentoring the contestants.
In other Chris Martin news, Coldplay will be releasing their new album, Ghost Stories. The albums expected release date is 5.19.14.
Shakira will be releasing her 10th studio album, 3.25.14, and the official track listing has been released:
Tracklist:
‘Dare (La La La)’
‘Can’t Remember to Forget You’ (feat. Rihanna)
‘Empire’
‘You Don’t Care About Me’
‘Cut Me Deep’
‘Spotlight’
‘Broken Record’
‘Medicine’ (feat. Blake Shelton)
’23′
‘The One Thing’
‘Nunca me acuerdo de olvidarte’
‘Loca por ti’
‘La La La’
The Target edition will feature 3 bonus tracks:
‘Chasing Shadows’
‘The Way’
‘Mad About You’
We’ve already seen and heard her spicy song with Rihanna, ‘Can’t Remember to Forget You,’ but she also has a song with fellow The Voice judge, Blake Shelton.
We just recorded it — it’s a country, folk song … I kind of directed him. I wrote the song with some people from Nashville and I sent it to him and I was super-nervous. I was like, ‘Oh my god. What’s he going to think?’ And he loved it. He said, ‘Wow! This is exactly what you were talking about. I love this song.
Here’s the Spanish Version of her track ‘Can’t Remember to Forget You,’ ‘Nunca me Acuerdo de Olvidarte:
Shakira is one to push boundaries and not stay within what she is supposed to sound like. She takes it to the next level as a Latin artist and isn’t afraid to test boundaries. I’m excited to hear it.
Maroon 5 is gearing up to release their 5th studio album, V, in September and the artwork and track listing has been revealed. The album features a track with Gwen Stefani which was written by Sia titled, ‘My Heart Is Open’. There are three bonus tracks as well. ‘ShootLove’ is Adam’s track from the movie, “Begin Again.” Check out the track listing below:
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