Regina Spektor - Bleeding Heart (Single Review)

Regina Spektor is a singer-songwriter from New York, USA. She is notoriously known for her song 'You've Got Time' that was played as the theme tune for the hit US TV show 'Orange Is The New Black'. The song that made me fall in love with Regina Spektor way back in 2011 was her 2006 release called 'Samson' her gentle angelic distinctive voice made me fall in love with her. Spektor has not released anything since her 2012 album 'What We Saw From The Cheap Sets' so as you can imagine I was thrilled when I found out a few days ago that she had released a new track and is releasing an album in September! Anyway, the track is called 'Bleeding Heart' and it was released on the 22nd of July 2016.

Immediately dislike had hit from the first word. This isn't Regina! Her angelic high pitched voice with a brilliant vocal range has alternated to a bland pop voice. The distinctiveness of her voice has vanished into thin air! The lyrics are mediocre but the chorus is sung that many times you don't really catch watch she is actually saying in the verses. The only verse I really like out of the whole track is;

"You can't help but stare at everyone there. It's you versus everyone else. Your outfits a crime. You feel their cold minds placing you under arrest. And you serve your time drinking all night long."

I like this line as a bleeding heart indicates suffering and this line explains the suffering. The suffering sounds like paranoia and she is drinking excessively in order to stop the paranoid thoughts or at least calm them down to a point where she is that plastered that she eventually does not give a fuck. The chorus sounds as though she is struggling to sing the high notes, and the track as a whole sounds very rushed as some of the lines don't even make sense!

In conclusion, I understand that artists may change their style/genre/voice over time but she had something good going for her and it is a shame she has decided to try and get into mainstream pop music because her voice was brilliant! I think from now onwards I am just going to listen to her previous work as it is much better than this new crap she is bringing out now, does not tickle my fancy at all. Not necessarily excited for the album release anymore, I shall give it a listen but chances are I won't like it if it is all like this subtly weird pop/electric track. I would recommend Regina herself but not her new work - her old work. This song will be a waste of your time, there is better music out their to listen to - put it that way. Disappointed. I can't even give this track a rating out of 10, sorry Regina.