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Confidence Man featuring Jade “Gossip”

“Gossip” is funky and frisky and forceful, and almost certainly directly inspired by Basement Jaxx in their early 2000s pop peak. Confidence Man approximates a similar paradoxical mix of sophistication and blunt rhythmic force, but with more emphasis on a fluid, groovy bass line. Confidence Man vocalist and Janet Planet and guest vocalist Jade, formerly of Little Mix, bring a coy and bratty attitude to the track. The premise is basically “gleefully gossiping on the phone,” and while it feels relevant to culture right now, there’s some turns of phrase that are noticeably retro – “phone ringing off the hook,” for example. It’s interesting how so many 20th century idioms about phones stick around in pop music long after they have much to do with how anyone today uses a phone.

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