“I’m the life of the party/ Dance on your table, while I’m kissing your aunty…” – Peking Duk’s Adam Hyde initially described his Keli Holiday alter ego as “a very confused, heartbroken man that still thinks he's the shit”.
Holiday has since recovered from said heartbreak (see: luv’d-up banger Dancing2).
Written about Hyde’s real-life meet-cute story with his current partner in life – media personality Abbie Chatfield – Dancing2 is tonally derivative of All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem, condensed for the short-attention-span generation. Its opening atmosphere and sultry, extended “IIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiii” also brings Bowie’s Heroes to mind. Still, we’re powerless to this #1 hit song’s undeniable appeal – especially once the bongos kick in.
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(“A pocket full of…”) Ecstasy, with its whistling refrain, will get you dancing, too.
Champagne on ice, Armani suit – hold tight, Somebody, we’re on our way! This brooding, The Cars-esque electro highlight channels ‘80s chic.
Listen out for a recorded snippet of Hyde and Chatfield having actual sex during the horny More’s bridge.
Melodically, the closing Favourite Stranger – a ballad on a bed of sparse keys and elongated strings – evokes Barry Manilow’s exquisite Mandy.
Music for partying, pashing and popping off, Holiday’s second album serves shimmering synths, lashings of sax and banging beats interspersed with some soft serenades.
Capital Fiction documents his romantic dream boyfriend era: “Call me Chalamet ’cause I’m in my P/ Limping out the party like I’m Timothée.”
