After yesterday’s preview of the new Eric Saade single, ‘Hotter Than Fire’, today the song makes its full debut online. Exciting times.
You can listen to the full track below. We here at scandipop have now had over 24 hours to digest the song, let it sink in, and get used to it – so we now feel it’s an acceptable time to give our full and accurate assessment of it! So here we go;
Well it’s bloody fantastic, isn’t it?!
As Eric himself said in our interview with him last week, it’s not a million miles away from the sound of what we heard on ‘Saade Vol.1′, just a little bit harder. It’s still very much sounding like a natural part of this ‘Saade’ album era, but at the same time it’s definitely a progression. It’s the sound of a young artist having already found his style, now putting the finishing touches to it. Perfecting it.
We know we bang on a lot about ‘international success’, but we’re going to address it again here. It’s clearly very important to him, it’s very important to his fans, and so it’s something that needs to be thought about with each new release. ‘Hotter Than Fire’ IS the best chance out of everything he’s released so far, of having some international success. Out of all we’ve thus far heard from him over two albums, ‘Hotter Than Fire’ does have the biggest hit potential outside of his regular fanbase. In Sweden at least he’s had a bonafide hit with ‘Hearts In The Air’ – it didn’t just make the sales chart (Digilisten), but also the chart that reveals what Swedish people are streaming on Spotify (Sverigetopplisten), AND it made an impact on the Swedish radio airplay chart too. Plus, it didn’t just make brief appearances on all three – it had staying power (in fact it’s still on the Digilisten and the radio airplay chart). So we know that Eric Saade can have a hit outside of his usual fanbase and outside of a Melodifestivalen context now. And if he can get it with ‘Hearts In The Air’, then he should have no problem getting one with ‘Hotter Than Fire’, which is an even better song. And it could well be the song to make things start to happen to him outside of Sweden too. Something which, in our eyes and ears, is long overdue.
And this is all a good thing of course.
This time one year ago, we wondered if Eric Saade would ever be able to lose the ‘Manboy’ tag. Yesterday though, while listening to ‘Hotter Than Fire’ for the first time, ‘Manboy’ never seemed so far away!
OOOOHHHHHH!!!!GREAT SONG!!!!!!!ERIC IS THE BEST SINGER!!!!
VERY COOL SONG!!!!
LOVE FROM LITHUANIA!!!
Oh!!! IT IS THE WONDERFUL SONG!!! I CONCEAL FROM THE VOICE!!! I AM HAPPY!
Woohoo, that *is* the correct pronunciation of “Saade” but I still have to giggle at some of the lyrics:
“Flyer than wind”
“Advance-vanced”
And I can’t believe I am saying theism, but the rap is bit short. Yes, really… Not usually a fan of raps at all but I quite liked Dev in that JLS song so we could have used some more of here here. But I hope this gets a proper international release and all, as it’s surely planned…
It’s not too bad.
So I advance-vance….a-advance-vance! LOVE IT!
OMG! This song is so incredible AWESOME!!! I hope it will be a huge hit in Germany! I want to buy his album in here!!
hahahaha! I can’t stop listening to this song!
A serendipitous 24/7 !!!
My definitions and interpretations are very subjective
and …
To me, art must meet the following criteria
E&E (Endless &Eternity)
I imagine this working somewhat like a morphic field
Thanks, Eric, for taking a chance !!!
#She´s cooler than ice, flyer than wind, hotter than fire# : )
“Well, that sounds like a pretty good deal. But I think I may have a better one.”"M****X”
A Snowstorm burning
What If
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8R4uxdu_Jw
Just a word: BEAUTIFUL! I love it *-*
I can’t stop listening to this song xD
“And it could well be the song to make things start to happen to him outside of Sweden too. Something which, in our eyes and ears, is long overdue.” Yes! LONG overdue. Could someone please explain to me what the problem is? I don’t understand. And I know I’m far from the only one.
O-M-G ! Is PERFECT!!!!
It’s Perfect! Ameeeeei <3 '
Eric Go! Meeu God …. The Voice of Dev're PERFECT! (That is pefeita <3)
I love Dev, I'm a big fan of it *-*
My Mama Goon!
I addicted to it, I want the lyrics too, but I do not think!
I am Brazilian, but I love both the Dev! : *
It’s Perfect! Ameeeeei <3 '
Eric Go! Meeu God …. The Voice of Dev're PERFECT! (That is pefeita <3)
I love Dev, I'm a big fan of it *-*
My Mama Goon!
I addicted to it, I want the lyrics too, but I do not think!
I am Brazilian, but I love both the Dev! : *
Eric, you do it again!!
You make the best songs <3
i can’t wait to see video…this song is fantastic..awsome, amasing ..love that
I ? this song ! I ? this singer !
Eric, come to germanyy!!! x3
I agree, it’s fantastic. And I live in the US (though I don’t tradionally like American music) and I think this could be a huge hit here. Only problem is that not enough people know who Eric is. But if a well-known American had sung it, people would be all over it. That gives me hope for Eric’s international career:)
And you are once again right…Manboy is a million away. But Eric is still Manboy to me (Popular Manboy, but Manboy nevertheless) and the song itself will always hold a very special place in my <3