Music Review: Hoku "Another Dumb Blonde"
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Another Dumb Blonde
Album: Snow Day Soundtrack
Year: 2000
Hoku dumps her superficial boyfriend in the turgid “Another Dumb Blonde.”
An automated vocoder and a simple keyboard open the single, setting a dense tone. In the first verse, she says breaking up with him in person. It’s something she wants him to hear. She tells him that she had the impression he was a decent guy. However, she found out he was only interested in her for her looks.
In the chorus, she says losing him isn’t a loss and she’s better off without him. She tells him he wouldn’t expect her to speak up and have opinions, given his stereotype of pretty girls. She says she won’t pretend to be shallow and stupid for him to like her.
In the second verse, she heard he was going to one of her friend’s parties. She made it a point to be there and to look out for him. However, she spotted him leaning in close to a girl her friends nicknamed “Trixie Dust” for her outwardly flaky, princess behavior. Word for word, he recited the same “but you’re my favorite of the girl in the clique.” Sure enough, she bought it and they left, with her hanging onto his belt.
The chorus is sung again.
In the bridge, she says she’s not a statue to show off and brag about. His friends will think he’s awesome for getting such a beautiful girl to go out with him. She prefers guys who want to get to know her and love her for her and not for what she looks like.
The chorus is sung again.
In the adlib section, she says she’s ok with leaving him.
The chorus is sung twice to close the single.
Hoku works hard to fight the blonde girl stereotype. She’s interested in reading classic novels and traveling to landmarks. She likes to volunteer for charity. However, to be reduced to her golden, long hair and clear face upsets her. She’s more than that and expects to be treated like a person, not a doll.
Her apt, self-assured vocals are rangy and clear. Due to overproduction, her voice is flipped and turned like a tin can. It eventually melds to the overproduction, causing her to sound like a robot.
The embellished arrangement is bedazzled with a mechnical vocoder, a sweeping keyboard which darts in the verses and several layers of Hoku’s vocals are in the background. It cobbles every trend at the minute and tries to spruce it up. But the wrinkles still show.
The gaudy “Another Dumb Blonde” is too much.
Album: Snow Day Soundtrack
Year: 2000
Hoku dumps her superficial boyfriend in the turgid “Another Dumb Blonde.”
An automated vocoder and a simple keyboard open the single, setting a dense tone. In the first verse, she says breaking up with him in person. It’s something she wants him to hear. She tells him that she had the impression he was a decent guy. However, she found out he was only interested in her for her looks.
“I think that it’s time that I should just let you go (let you go)/So I'll tell it to your face instead of tellin’ it to you on the phone (on the phone)/You see I thought that you were special, baby/Something unique but lately I've come to find/That you’re not really interested in my heart or mind (or my mind).”
In the chorus, she says losing him isn’t a loss and she’s better off without him. She tells him he wouldn’t expect her to speak up and have opinions, given his stereotype of pretty girls. She says she won’t pretend to be shallow and stupid for him to like her.
“ That's alright, that’s okay/You never loved me anyway/And I think it's time for you to just move on/That's alright (that's alright)/That's okay (that's okay)/I bet you never thought you'd hear me say/That I think it's time for you to find another dumb blonde/'Cause it's not me no, no /'Cause it's not me no, no, oh no.”
In the second verse, she heard he was going to one of her friend’s parties. She made it a point to be there and to look out for him. However, she spotted him leaning in close to a girl her friends nicknamed “Trixie Dust” for her outwardly flaky, princess behavior. Word for word, he recited the same “but you’re my favorite of the girl in the clique.” Sure enough, she bought it and they left, with her hanging onto his belt.
“Last night I went to a party hoping I'd see you there/And sure enough you were hanging on some other girl playin’ with her hair/And I overheard you tellin’ her the very same thing you said to me that night before/Hook, line, and sinker you were walking with her out the door.”
The chorus is sung again.
In the bridge, she says she’s not a statue to show off and brag about. His friends will think he’s awesome for getting such a beautiful girl to go out with him. She prefers guys who want to get to know her and love her for her and not for what she looks like.
“Come on just a little trophy hanging on your arm so/All your friends are seein’ you got it goin’ on/When I see what you are so clearly/But baby, baby that's not alright with me.”
The chorus is sung again.
In the adlib section, she says she’s ok with leaving him.
“ It's alright, it's alright/It's alright, it's alright (it’s alright, it’s alright)/Go ahead and find whatcha need (it’s alright, it’s alright)/'Cause it's alright with me (then I think it’s time for you to just move on).”
The chorus is sung twice to close the single.
Hoku works hard to fight the blonde girl stereotype. She’s interested in reading classic novels and traveling to landmarks. She likes to volunteer for charity. However, to be reduced to her golden, long hair and clear face upsets her. She’s more than that and expects to be treated like a person, not a doll.
Her apt, self-assured vocals are rangy and clear. Due to overproduction, her voice is flipped and turned like a tin can. It eventually melds to the overproduction, causing her to sound like a robot.
The embellished arrangement is bedazzled with a mechnical vocoder, a sweeping keyboard which darts in the verses and several layers of Hoku’s vocals are in the background. It cobbles every trend at the minute and tries to spruce it up. But the wrinkles still show.
The gaudy “Another Dumb Blonde” is too much.