Music video: Crystal Kay - Busy doing nothing

I like this song. The Prince throwback vibe does it for me nicely. Ever since Spin the music Crystal has dabbled with this fusion of pop, funk and rock and I really like it. It brings out the sass and the soul in her vocals. The production on this song is stellar and brilliantly arranged, continuously building to a climax, with there not being a dull moment throughout the entire thing. And those high note runs Crystal catches at the end!? *DIES*

I don't know how well this will do commercially for Crystal, well...anywhere. Crystal can't even fall back on the hopes of this being a hit in Japan. But as a fan I'm glad to hear new music from CK and think that "Busy doing nothing" is a great choice of song for her to be introduced to Western audiences with. It showcases her nicely and feels completely organic.

Vivid featured much stronger songs for sure, all of which would have made great emissary's for English releases. But still, I like that this is Crystal doing Crystal without any compromises to her sound. Free of gimmicks. This makes a change from the likes of Hikaru Utada and BoA who did complete 180's on their sounds and tried to emulate what they thought Western audiences wanted to hear from them, which stripped away many of the essences of who they were as artists and what made us love them when they were releasing Japanese studio albums. Also, the songs which could have made good lead singles for them, weren't the ones which were chosen. In this regard, the cards are definitely in Crystal's favour.

Some fans are getting bent out of shape over the video, but I liked it. Crystal's video are as basic as the instincts of Sharon Stone. So if you ever go expecting anything more from Crystal in the ways of concepts, fly special effects, outrageously amazing wardrobes and an actual budget which has more than 2 zeroes in it before the decimal point, you've lost your mind.