The new Dolly Rockers single is quite possibly already the best song of the year

It's been a hot second since I last wrote an installment of Getting Dolly Rockered. I guess now I won't have to, because A NEW DOLLY ROCKERS SONG JUST LEAKED!

No, it's not from an old recording session with their UK label, it's it's produced RedOne! The man who produced the newly-released "Starships" by Nicki Minaj also produced this song. And let me tell you one thing...

Starships x 100 < Get You Alone

"Get You Alone" is an electro-pop ditty with bubbly beats and thundering synths. The lyrics are step up for the girls who, although already great lyricists, learned a thing or two in the area of theme-setting. The way the girls harmonize in certain areas to emphasize a certain word is glorious and is a nod toward their old material.

Although this song isn't instrumentally similar to any of their old material one bit, it still shows the same Dollytude these girls are known for. The chorus is also reminiscent of "Boys Will Be Boys" and "Automatic Girl" in the fact that the euphoric energy present in all three of these choruses are not present in any other song on the radio right now, or in the last few years for that matter. The girls sing their hearts out in a top-40 radio-friendly song, which is highly unusual nowadays thanks to the double-sided phenomena of auto-tune. Vocals: perfect.

The Dollies have never been ones to shyly wait in the corner to be picked up, and they're not about to change that now. The same care-free attitude towards hooking up found in "Je Suis Une Dolly" is refined into an ambitious, feministic exclamation as the girls confess they can't stop thinking about getting that certain somebody alone. These girls are cute as kitties but ferocious as lionesses!

Although it is unfortunate when a song leaks prematurely, especially a demo like this one, it's amazing how great just a demo from these girls sounds. The mastered version will probably leave me in tears, surely. Remember when the demo of Gaga's "Bad Romance" leaked and it was pretty good but then the real version came out and it just blew everyone away? That's what I'm expecting with this puppy, and I'm sure the girls won't disappoint!

I hope this leak gets the ball rolling on releasing material from The Dollies. Even if they're not done recording their album, they can at least release some singles periodically ala Neon Hitch (who is still releasing singles, five so far, no albums yet) or Paramore (a "singles" club is a bit annoying, but it's better than nothing). I don't know whether or not this song will be on the album, but I can tell you if it is it would be amazing. I don't know if this song will be a single, but I can tell you if it becomes one then the Dollies can say "hello" to their first No. 1 single in the states.

Out of respect I will not post a download link, but you can listen to the song below.

These songs are pretty much all I want to listen to this week

"Part of Me" - Katy Perry

When this song originally leaked back in 2010, shortly after the "California Gurls" and "E.T." leaks, I immediately fell in love with it. The song sounded like a dark version of Teenage Dream's lead single "California Gurls," but it really shows off Katy Perry's vocals amazingly. "This is the part of me that you're never gonna ever take away from me," she exclaims in the explosive chorus. The song was re-written in order to fit better with Miss Perry's current emotional struggle: her divorce with comedian Russel Brand. "You can keep your diamond ring," she bitterly sings to Brand. If this song is an omen to her future offerings, we might have ourselves a new, more radio-friendly Adele.

Listen to Katy Perry's new single here.

"Starships" - Nicki Minaj

Ok here's the deal with this song: it's actually three different songs. There's the beginning which is very "let's go to the beach" and kind of makes one think of Selena Gomez & The Scene's "Summer's Not Hot" but for adults. Then there's that little Jamaican-esque part that's really like a cheap rip-off of Rihanna's "Man Down" except not about killing people. And those are both rubbish. There's a part in between all that junk that's actually good. Very good actually. The RedOne produced track boasts a monstrous dance breakdown that is just so good you must hear it for yourself. Imagine Lady GaGa's "Bloody Mary" mixed with Kat DeLuna's "Everybody Dance." Yeah.

Listen to Nicki Minaj's new single here. 

Getting Dolly Rockered: "Redbull and Lipgloss"

Time for the latest installment of Getting Dolly Rockered! This time around we're going to talk about an amazing slow-jam (or at least slower than usual) by the Dolly Rockers called "Redbull & Lipgloss." 

I know, the name in itself is makes me want to listen to the song, but I'm still gonna talk a little about it.

"I'm textin' and I don't know why the tears are fallin' on my eyes," a Dolly Rocker sings in the song's opening bars. The laid-back production is rather odd for the Dolly Rockers, but it serves them well here. Some of the production and noises make me (pretty) sure that the same person who produced "Je Suis Une Dolly" produced this puppy.

Quite frankly, I can't quite decipher much of the Britishly-sung lyrics on this song, and apparently neither have people online, as I haven't been able to find the lyrics anywhere. But anyway, I suffice. Even when I don't know the lyrics I know that it's quite magical when the girls sing "Redbull and lipgloss waitin' at the [] show" during the song's chorus.

The guiatar and synthesizer production of this track gives a very distinctive, Blondie-esque feel, but it's still obvious that it's The Dolly Rockers we're listening to here.

Their voices are flawless, the production is top-notch, and the song as a hole is one of my faves. 

What do you think of "Redbull & Lipgloss"? Comments greatly appreciated!

Getting Dolly Rockered: "Boys Will Be Boys"

Welcome to the third installment of Getting Dolly Rockered, a series of articles for us Dolly Rocker fans so desperate for new material that we have to think about the old stuff to keep us from insanity. This time around we'll be talking about the almost released single, "Boys Will Be Boys." The single was scheduled for release before the complications with the girls' record label began, and thus the release never meterialized. Which is sad because, I mean, listen to the song!

"Boys Will Be Boys" marks a huge change for the girls. While their previous singles featured fun production and spoken vocals, this song saw the girls in an epic, almost anthemic, production with sung-screamed vocals. The song is lyrically about that "boy in love with his own reflection." The song begins with a crunchy synthesizer beat to which more layers of synths are added as the girls begin the first verse.

"They never listen and they talk too much about stupid stuff, they're so freaking boring," the girls sing in unison in the track's amazing chorus. Their bratty and sassy vocals are complemented perfectly by the song's drastic production, creating an interesting contrast between the two.

"Boys will be boys will be boys will be boys," they all sing in the song's hook. The song's synthesizers and beats all collapse into eachother in the song's chorus creating a pop masterpiece that would have served as a great No. 1 hit for the girls. Sadly, it never came to be released. On the bright side, you can download it above! Enjoy!

What do you think of "Boys Will Be Boys"? Comments greatly appreciated!

Getting Dolly Rockered: "Gold Digger"

The Dolly Rockers first gained popularity with their song "Je Suis Une Dolly," but it was "Gold Digger" that really showed the world what the Dolly Rockers were made of.

"Gold Digger" was the first and only single the Dolly Rockers released via Parlophone, "Je Suis Une Dolly" serving as a B-side. The care-free ditty talks about one those girls who is, well simply put, a gold digger. "She's out for a prey if you're straight or gay she won't end up alone" they sing in the pre-chorus.

The song samples heavily from "Stool Pigeon" by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, but makes it a million times better! "There's a brand new girl that's goin' round, turnin' the boys upside-down. Gold digger!" The chorus sees the girls in n extremely British-sounding pop situation where they cooly sing the hilarious lyrics of the track.

"Fit blokes don't count for much unless they've got money to pay for the glitz and the refurb' tits" they sing in the song's second verse. The Dolly Rockers' ability to turn any situation into a hilarious pop song is unheard of in the pop world. These girls are like Garfunkel & Oates on an acid trip!

Sadly, and unfairly, "Gold Digger" peaked at 46 on the charts.That doesn't count for much though: this song is good enough to be No. 1 and in my head it always will be the song that changed British pop music for the good.

Stay tuned for the next issue of Getting Dolly Rockered: "Boys Will Be Boys"!

What do you think about the Dolly Rockers?

Getting Dolly Rockered: "Je Suis Une Dolly"

Meet the Dolly Rockers.

One Day I'll do a formal introduction piece on them, but today let's just get down to the music!

The Dolly Rockers are currently working with RedOne after parting ways with their British record label. And it's a painful wait. The good thing is that these girls left us quite a few tracks from their old recording sessions to keep us happy until their material with RedOne is released. In Getting Dolly Rockered I will be exploring every single one of these songs, in a desperate attempt to not explode from impatience while waiting for their new single. Enjoy!



Above is "Je Suis Une Dolly," arguably the band's most popular song. The song is a careless little ditty that's just so damn feel-good you can't help but dance around to it like an idiot. The track shows the Dolly Rockers getting a "little wild on holiday" and doing all sorts of fun shenanigans. The track's title means "I Am A Dolly" is English.

One of the song's best assets are the girls' adorable British accents. They're literally almost indecipherable to the American public during the bridge! "Thinksjkhfkdsfhkshfdkgkfhgf for a beer, do you fancy it?" is about as much as I get out of it. It's amazing.

The girls visit a bar full of married men and drink a little too much, then later wake up to realize they've slept with with a "garden gnome with platform shoes and a shiny dome" whose "hands look French, but they're Roman."

The song is extremely fun to sing to, and the video is equally fun!

The girls strut around London town in there extremely cute Dolly Rocker attire and "flash their pants" (pants means underwear in England) while they can-can. These girls all look like a hoot and half, who wouldn't want to hang out with them?

If you like the Dolly Rockers make sure to stay tuned, I'll be posting another Getting Dolly Rockered post very soon!