Things get more 1980s with the broody Cheyenne. The opener and lead single, Want to Want Me, gleams with its big hooks and retro-dance sounds – that falsetto hook, however, may sound a little bit too close to Maroon 5's Sugar for comfort. The charm of his biggest hits, from 2010's Ridin' Solo to 2013's Trumpets, lay in their winning hybrid of styles – and Everything Is 4 continues in that vein. It is a bright and confident work that should go a long way towards silencing critics who deride him as an Usher-lite.Ī large part of Derulo's success lies in his lack of fealty to pop or R&B. With his own victory lap well and truly complete, Derulo has re-emerged with a new album, Everything Is 4. That Snoop Dogg collaboration was his second of two singles he released last year and it did the business by topping multiple charts and adding a knockout punch to his live tour – which included a stop-off on the Abu Dhabi Corniche as part of last year’s Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix celebrations. Even when the 25-year-old pop star is only working part time, he can still deliver one of the year's biggest hits, as was the case with the insidiously catchy Wiggle.
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