POWERS, "Just Kids"
The latest single from LA duo POWERS is the kind of song that, if picked up by a major label and given some radio promotion, could blossom into a big hit. Not only is it a good song, with a talented vocalist and a slew of interesting little production touches, but it’s on trend with 2017 pop fashion (without sounding completely generic). It’s got tropical elements in the instrumentation, sultry female vocals, and lyrics about erotic desire. But like a lot of Trump-era pop (“I Took a Pill in Ibiza,” “Closer,” anything by Alessia Cara), there’s also a sense of melancholy pervading the song, from the ghostly choral effects at the beginning to the singer’s pleading “You and me” refrain toward the end. Is it a sadness that they won’t be “just kids” for long, or a desperate urge to shut out the rest of the world, leaving just “You and me/ You and me babe”?
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