Keeping Up With The Charlies: "Tickin' Like A Bomb" in filming

As you all know The Charlies are quite a favorite around this blog. Here's some stuff that they're up to, for those of you who love them as much as I.

Their new single "Tickin' Like A Bomb" is getting the video treatment this week! Listen to the song below.

We don't have much in sneak-peek material yet (ahem, girls you can e-mail me a sneak-peek anytime at popisabloodsport@gmail.com or hit me up on twitter!) except for this:

I can't get over the fact that the index finger is actually a bomb. Like her finger is literally tickin' like a bomb...'cuz it is a bomb!

The girls have not revealed what the video will be about, but I'm totally gonna take a wild shot on: lots of explosives, some fire, a man, a broken super 8 camera, and a half-eaten banana. But that's just me. Also: girls this video is not filmed yet, is it too late to through the half-eaten banana in there? Yes? No?

What do you think about The Charlies? Is their song "Tickin' Like a Bomb" going to be playing on your iPod? Comments greatly appreciated! Also: what random objects do you predict will appear in The Charlies' new video?

Download The Charlies' free mixtape Start A Fire here!

Just a pop thought with The Charlies



What if The Charlies, the sirens behind amazing pop songs like "Let That Body Breathe" and "Tickin' Like A Bomb," were to collaborate with some very, very amazing producers and other artists. I have fantasies about what these girls could accomplish and I got sick of keeping them to myself, so I'm gonna let 'em fly.

What if the girls collaborated with will.i.am. in an electro-hop single with glitchy beats and seriously demented synthesizer sequences? Then will.i.am. would undoubtedly spit a few verses in during the bridge, which would be ok. But imagine the voices of Klara, Alma, and Camilla ina mega-autotuned state over a big slice of hip-pop pie? Simply amazing. I'm thinking it would sound a little like a more energetically-sung "Big Fat Bass" (by Britney Spears, duh) and with a really amazing melody.

Or what if they worked with Bloodshy & Avant? I mean seriously, those guys are responsble for the best songs by Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, and Sky Ferreira, now imagine what they could do with The Charlies! It could either be a really chill semi-ballad with elements of grimy electronica and delicate, quivering vocals or it could be a full-blown, rave-happy adventure with synthesizers and everything but the kitchen sink thrown in with the girls' amazing, powerful vocals. It could be the dance anthem of the century! Picture a mash-up of Kylie Minogue's "Speakerphone" and Britney Spears' "Radar" but with better vocals and a stronger backbeat. Mmm!!

Now, I know that this is less of a fantasy and more of a waiting game, but a David Guetta collab would be great. I mean, no matter what he did with them, it would be great. Well, so long as it resembles anything but Jessie J's Guetta collab "Repeat," because it's quite shoddy. There would be an amazing breakdown, which The Charlies are no strangers to. It could be like a mix between "Let That Body Breathe" and "Monster (EAT ME!)" taken to the next level, killed, and risen to heaven. I could scream of excitement; this man collabs with everybody, it's only a matter of time till The Charlies get to take a turn on the Guetta train (not to be confused with the Ghetto train, in which Ciara is the queen).

Also, about the D. Guetta collab, it could also include these people as featured artists: Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, Jason Derulo, or a mixture of all the above. Why not?

I'm also thinking a RedOne production, but that might sound like his work with The Dolly Rockers and the last thing I wanna do is have to choose between my two favorite girl bands. Let's keep this one in the backburner.

I would also lurve to see the girls show my home country of Mexico some love. A bilingual collab with Mexican Pop Princess Paulina Rubio would be really nice. The electro-pop niche these women all swim in (albeit in different languages) would make a great collab. A duet (is it called a duet if it includes a band a solo artist?) with Alek Syntek as he's quite good at those bilingual songs, as shown in Kylie Minogue's "In My Arms" remix. Then if I really wanna get cray, we could have The Charlies collaborate with Tropi-pop Queen Fanny Lu in a very ranchero-tinged track about a fanfarron or something of the such. It would just be so good!

Also, a collaboration with any member of Girls Aloud or Sugababes would be kindly received here at PIAB.

What are some of your crazy Charlie collab ideas? Post them in the comments below!

Download The Charlies' FREE EP "Start A Fire" here.

Hot Songs of The Week: 1/30

"Tickin' Like A Bomb" - The Charlies

The girls are currently filming the music video for this song, their album's first single. "Tickin' Like A Bomb" is pure fire! Imagine Britney Spears' "I Wanna Go" but with euro-trash instrumentation and with much more...err...normal-sounding voices. "I'm about to go oh-oh-oh-oh-offfffff," the girls scream in the glitchy chorus. It's a slice of heaven, y'all. Out of the album I personally would have chosen "Let That Body Breathe" as a single before, but then again who am I, right? Hopefully "Let That Body Breathe" will serve as the album's second single because if not, that would be a huge injustice.
Download the girls' FREE EP "Start A Fire" here!




"Stupid Hoe" - Nicki Minaj

Her Minajesty has done it again. This song was originally received to thoughts of hatred (by me) but now it's managed to make it's way into my head. The song sounds like it was produced by one of Minaj's buddies in a ghetto internet cafe. What with the "whoop" repetition and the beats that repeat and repeat and repeat, this song is not amazing production-wise. But then she starts to talk and it's just addicting! "I'm Angelina, you Jennifer. C'mon b*tch, you see where Brad at!" Minaj says in the song's first verse. This song was supposed to be a diss to Lil' Kim, which at first seemed like a bad attempt, but now it's starting to look more and more like a third degree burn. TUNCHI!



"National Anthem" - Lana Del Rey

While her debut album leaked in full last week, this song was one of the initial leaks. "National Anthem" has all the classic elements of a Lana Del Rey song, but it also has even more. During it's mesmerizing chorus Del Rey screams "Tell me I'm your national anthem!" in a very Sky Ferreira-esque manner. The backing violins and militant-style drums create a beautiful ambiance for Del Rey's whispered vocals. I could really go on and on about this song, so I will. Stay tuned for my review of Lana Del Rey's album to be posted later today or tomorrow. This song is hands-down a highlight from "Born To Die."
Purchase Lana Del Rey's "Born To Die" on iTunes.
Read the Pop Is A Bloodsport full albm review here


"Turn Up The Music" - Chris Brown

It's not a mystery that Chris Brown is not the best person in terms of role models, but this song makes all of that ethics stuff not matter for about four minutes. In the wake of the release of the Pitbull single he is featured on, Brown releases this amazing techno-house song that blows "Yeah x3" out of the water. The beats are sick and new, the lyrics are about music only (no innuendos for a change), and the overall result is a stunning song a couple of years in the future of music. "Turn up the music" Brown screams over the techno beat that later escalates until it finds Brown screaming at the top of his lungs to be heard over it. Quite the pop banger.
Purchase this song on iTunes.


"Warzone" - The Wanted

While the boys of The Wanted are busy taking over the US (no biggie) with their hit single "Glad You Came," my iPod is currently blaring another tune of theirs. Their latest UK single "Warzone" is a lush power-ballad in the styles of their boy-band predecessors N'Sync and The Backstreet Boys. "I know I just gotta let go. I should've known," the boys sing in unison in the track's explosive chorus. This song is by far the best song on the album; everything from the vocals to the powerful, dubstep-y production is top-notch. This song will do just great here in the states. Of course, we should wait and let "Glad You Came" get to No. 1 first, no?

Pop Is A Bloodsport Introduces: The Charlies

Meet The Charlies.
They're formed from the remains of formerly-famous Icelandic pop group Nylon.
And they're about to change your life forever.
Nevermind the history, here's the facts: The Charlies have released the best pop EP to ever be released (yes it's even better than Sky Ferreira's As If! EP).
The track that first turned me on to these girls was "Let That Body Breathe." (below)



This song is anything but coy. "I'm just a girl with the nerve and I do what I want. Make a boy wanna beg on his knees for my love" one of the girls sings (I honestly have no idea which) in the song's first verse over some nice pop production. then things get serious in the pre-chorus where the production grows into a tense "hit me up boy, hit me up boy boy boy!" part. Then there's the oh-so-delicious chorus "So baby baby please just oh yeah yeah yeah let that body breathe!" they sing in the chorus over some sick synthesizers that would make any pop producer jealous. As if this wasn't enough to give Max Martin a run for his money, there's a dubstep breakdown. And it's magnificent.
Ok, so these girls are good, but how good? That's when you listen to "Tickin' Like A Bomb."