29 July 2016
‘Cold Water’ gives Justin Bieber his fourth Irish number one single and a total of 22 weeks at the top of the Irish charts, all within twelve months. It’s also the second chart-topper in Ireland for the partnership of Major Lazer and MØ in just over a year.
All these tracks sound pretty much the same: the familiar trop-house confection of a dancehall rhythm, Balearic trance, wibbly instrumental chorus hook, and Biebs in sad-boy puppy-dog mode and sounding especially Sheeran-esque since Ed is one of the co-writers here. None of it is bad, but by now none of it is fresh or interesting, if it ever was. And 2016 isn’t done yet with chart-topping trop-house moping.
