If you bought tickets for Olly Murs’ cancelled concert…. then you won’t have to hear this song. Rejoice!

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Claire Biddles: The headline act at Straight Pride 2017
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Iain Mew: Adding Louisa Johnson as partner for the single release recasts “Unpredictable” compared to Olly + backing vocals. Rather than a jarringly jolly tale of relationship Stockholm Syndrome, it’s now a song about two people who may possibly be happy together, but will definitely tell you how ker-azy and random they are until you never want to hear from them again.
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Alfred Soto: I come down hard on songs with titles like “Unpredictable” because, fairly or not, I judge them by the title. Nothing on this duet rises to the level of “unpredictable” unless I refer to the tuneless singing and chorus worthy of a Doritos commercial.
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Will Adams: I can’t stop chortling at the idea that anyone involved thought this sub-“Good Time” packing peanut of a song could be anything more than an anthem for the most boring couples on the planet, whose idea of “unpredictable” is probably whether they’re gonna buy regular or light mayo from the store.
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Katie Gill: Man, the jokes just write themselves. ‘There’s nothing unpredictable about this.’ ‘Unpredictable? More like cookie cutter!’ ‘I like us when we’re unpredictable, which this song certainly isn’t.’ It’s every song about a hot and cold relationship sung by two people with a combined charisma that barely gets higher than lukewarm.
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Thomas Inskeep: If “midtempo stomper” is a thing, then this is a midtempo stomper. X Factor alumni Murs and Johnson’s voices blend quite nicely on this (slightly) lyrically unconventional love song; it’s not gonna change the world, or music, but it sounds good enough. Wish they’d turned up the bass, though.
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Scott Mildenhall: Some questions for the UK music industry: why was Olly Murs’ stirring last single, “Years & Years”, AKA “Dear Darlin’ (Stg. V) Acceptance”, not number one for seven weeks? And why was it not subject to a cover, by Years & Years, retitled “Olly Murs”? Whoever is to blame, this is the consequence: a doubling down on the runaway success of Murs’ Demi Lovato-assisted supermarket jingle “Up” with a somehow naffer, strictly in-house collaboration. Granted, there’s a nostalgic charm to it being effectively a Frankie & Calvin kids’ TV theme, but it’s still very, very dull.
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Hannah Jocelyn: I went back and heard the original version of this song upon learning that there was one, and was surprised to learn how much it feels like album filler; it’s just as polished but without much energy or soul to back it up. This new version of “Unpredictable,” feels more like a lead single — it’s possible to hear the guitars, the synth effects feel louder, and even details like the piano in the first verse feel jarring in the first version and smart in the remix. The chorus in the original is bloodless; the chorus here is as explosive as a pop chorus should be. The way Olly Murs and Louisa Johnson bounce verses off each other shows some good chemistry, too. I could do without the actual lyrical content, but in its current form, “Unpredictable” is a total joy to hear.
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Stephen Eisermann: As unhealthy as the subject relationship sounds, the song is worse.
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