October 13, 2016

A Bit of Pop Music Reviews Janet Devlin’s New Single ‘Outernet Song’

Irish singer-songwriter Janet Devlin is celebrating the release of her highly anticipated single ‘Outernet Song,’ which as release on Friday, October 7th. The single has been receiving rave reviews worldwide. Music blog, A Bit of Pop Music has reviewed ‘Outernet Song’. Check out the review below, but visit abitofpopmusic.com for more!

We have to admit, social commentary has never sounded this catchy before. There are a few things the young singer-songwriter from Ireland is not happy with and she addresses this in the song’s lyrics. Firstly there is the beauty ideals girls have to live up to (“Endless beauty routines, brainwashing our teens, ruining self esteem”), then there is online bullying to which she has some sharp answers (“‘When you sing you sound like a ten year old. You’re that ginger kid from a TV show.’ If you don’t like what you hear then turn it off, it’s not like I’m being played on the radio”) and last but not least or fixation on being ‘liked’ on social media (“Anything for a like, anything for a share, anything for a retweet, where’s all my followers?”). Lyrically this song is very much on point and in combination with the cute sounding ukulele and the carefree sounding melody, she creates the right atmosphere to get her message across, without taking herself all too seriously.

I love how she mentions the lack of airplay in her career so far and refers to her time on the X Factor as her ’15 minutes of fame’. In the music video, in which Janet plays different types of girls, she even appears on screen in her audition outfit, poking fun at the shy girl she was back then. Although there is definitely truth in Janet’s message that we should take some more time off the internet and social media, we can’t help but play her video on YouTube once more!

Watch the music video for ‘Outernet Song’ on YouTube below:

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‘Outernet Song’ is available for digital purchase on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, andBandcamp. It is also available for physical purchase in Janet’s online shop. Stream the single on Spotify.