Let It Go (Devlin Song)
| Let it go | |
|---|---|
| Devlin feat. Labrinth | |
| publication | January 28, 2011 |
| length | 3:39 minutes |
| Genre (s) | British hip hop |
| text | Devlin, Labrinth |
| music | Devlin |
| album | Bud, Sweat and Beers |
Let It Go is a song by British rapper Devlin in collaboration with British musician Labrinth . It was first released on January 28, 2011 and is the third single from Devlin's album Bud, Sweat and Beers .
Music video
The music video for the song was first released on December 3, 2010 on Devlin's official YouTube channel. You see Devlin and his girlfriend, matching the text passages, who had an argument but are still in love. Devlin sings appropriately, "It's time to let it go" ("It's time to let go"). As of August 2012, the video had around 3.5 million views. Henry Schofield was the director of the video. A writer from The Sun described the video as "mind-bogglingly brilliant". Devlin said he was happy to be an actor one day.
reception
Charts
Let It Go made it to the UK UK Top 75 and UK R&B Charts. In the R&B charts, they stayed in the top 40 for a total of 12 weeks. The highest ranking was 19th on February 5th, 2011. The last top 40 placement was two weeks later, on February 19th, 27th in the UK top 75 you entered 65th place on January 22nd, fell to 70th place the following week, rose to 59th place the next, and fell back to 70th place a week later, which is the last place in the top 75.
criticism
BBM's Maddie Daniels says the song sounds like a boy band song for the first 16 seconds , but once Devlin starts rapping, the song becomes interesting. Sarah Bargiela from entertainment-focus.com says that the song has a catchy chorus, good lyrics content and a great production, but the song lacks the “X-Factor”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Let It Go. Amazon.com , accessed August 16, 2012 .
- ↑ Let It Go - EP. iTunes , January 28, 2011, accessed August 16, 2012.
- ↑ a b Devlin - Let It Go (Ft Labrinth) [Official Video] , YouTube , December 3, 2010, accessed on August 16, 2012 (English).
- ↑ a b c Devlin acts up in brill new video , The Sun , December 2, 2010, accessed on August 16, 2012.
- ↑ UK R&B Charts on February 5 and February 19, 2011, accessed on August 16, 2012 (English).
- ↑ Devlin - Let It Go ft Labrinth , Chart Archive, accessed on August 16, 2012.
- ↑ Maddie Daniels: DEVLIN FT. LABRINTH: LET IT GO. (No longer available online.) BBM, formerly in the original ; Retrieved on August 16, 2012 (English): "The first few seconds of this single start out sounding like a boy-band single but forgive that because it only lasts 16 seconds at the beginning. Devlin then starts spitting his lyrics and you're instantly reassured that this may well be a bit of a tune after all. "
- ↑ Sarah Bargiela: ft Devlin Labrinth - Let It Go.. (No longer available online.) February 2, 2011, archived from the original on February 5, 2011 ; accessed on August 16, 2012 (English): "Let It Go could be a great track and many ways it is, its got a great production, smart lyrics and even a catchy chorus and yet its seems to be missing the x factor." Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
