DANCE-CHARTS: "Coming Over" Review
Bad Boyfriend and singer Jaime Deraz have been releasing top-notch dance-pop tracks together at regular intervals for the past year. If you're hearing the names of the artists for the first time, it's about time with their new single "Coming Over". Released on May 7th, the song is a real hit that you shouldn't miss.
Bad Boyfriend is produced by songwriter and music producer Ambrose Henri, who also works behind the scenes on Jaime Deraz's solo productions. The singer-songwriter hails from Long Island and writes her lyrics based on her own life experiences and feelings. This is expressed in the lyrics through their picturesque language, paired with a melancholic note. She wants to create music that serves as an outlet for overcoming personal problems. Due to her mother's illness, she has since dealt with her grief in songwriting. Jaime's first single "My City" was released in 2018 together with DJs Barkley and Lanna. Since then, numerous releases have followed, both solo and collabs with renowned DJs: At the end of February, for example, we introduced you to "Sunsets" by Elephants Everywhere with Jaime's vocals. Her most successful track on Spotify is the Suzanne Vega cover "Tom's Diner", which was created in collaboration with WHOCARES and Tsebster last year and is now approaching 4 million streams. Her musical role models include greats such as The Japanese House, Bon Iver, Fleetwood Mac and Julia Michaels.
"Coming Over" is a soulful dance-pop song. At the heart of the lyrics is a reflection of a relationship that has left mixed emotions and heartbreak at difficult times. In its emotionality, the lyrics of the song ask the listener where the couple really stands and whether the relationship can be saved when the person responsible for the psychological injuries rings at the front door. The uptempo song gets an apparent light-heartedness through its feather-light, catchy melody, which claws into your ear canals from the first hearing. This is underlined on the one hand by the appealing and contemporary slap house guise as well as by the dreamlike voice of Jaime Deraz, which gives "Coming Over" that certain something.
Conclusion: With "Coming Over" Bad Boyfriend and Jaime Deraz continue their successful series of feather-light dance-pop tracks. Even if the lyrics tell an emotional story, the modern slap house sound makes you want to dance in your own four walls.