Will he or won't he? (lol)

Disclaimer: this article was originally written for publication in the September 2011 issue of Attitude. As its author also writes for this fabulous blog, it's also on here, however regular readers may note a change in style and voice. Just go with it, pretend you're reading the mag.

The second most fabulous Pop Idol winner (Michelle McManus, never forget) has strolled back into our hearts and replaced his increasingly dated - and frankly, fucking boring - piano ballad formula with a much more topical electro-sob story sound, taking pointers from the likes of Hurts and Robyn along the way. Considering prior to hearing the album we were convinced it could be confined to the wet blanket basket along with everything else he's ever done, yet we emerged bona fide fans, well, make of that what you Will (lol). A vast improvement and an exciting new direction for our Will, whose merciless vocal delivery never fails to weaken knees.

This is ages old but we only bothered to watch it this morning when it came on tv...

So... Will Young. QUITE THE DICHOTOMY.

*decides to check dichotomy in the dictionary to see if it has a) been spelt correctly and b) used in the correct context but decides actually can't be bothered*

Anyway Will Young is very confusing because he is a gay and he is in the public eye (no, not the LONDON eye, that's different) and he's not completely closeted so therefore he should be likeable but he's actually so BORING all likeability plummets faster than Solange Knowles' last single did in the charts. Anyway he's released some listenable (if incredibly snore-worthy) songs in the past so let's see what all the fuss is about RE his new one.

*Watches*

D:

Well aside from the fact that Gareth Gates has already had a [failed] comeback single called Changes and [very boring indie band] Athlete not only had a song called it but, if our memory serves us correctly, named an entire album of boring songs after it... the song is COMPLETELY forgettable. The video is arty in the kind of middle-of-the-road WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? (answer: nothing at all) sort of way. What a waste of time!