The Singles Jukebox

The Jukebox finally casts its eye over Cashmere Cat when he’s in the lead role…

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Megan Harrington: This is the tropical house version of hanging a postcard of Bermuda above your desk during a blizzard. 
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Katie Gill: Selena Gomez has had a hard time carving out her niche in the list of former teen actresses turned pop stars. Singing on a Fifth Harmony reject track that sacrifices meter with a shove all the words together before the next measure style doesn’t help. The song does absolutely nothing for Gomez or Lanez’s voices, confining them to a breathy one-octave range hell over a plunking backing that sounds like a GarageBand preset.
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Will Adams: Fifth Harmony could have added more bite to this; Gomez subsumes too easily into Cashmere Cat’s nimble production, while Tory Lanez almost provides that necessary contrast but ends up saying “body” approximately 3,000 times. It’s pleasant in the way that staring out the window as light rain patters on the pane is pleasant.
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Tim de Reuse: The sound design here is true ear candy. There are tons of nice details hiding in a misty layer of reverb (a distant few notes from an electric guitar, barely perceptible dripping synths, percussion that clicks and chirps like it’s too shy to show its face) and they all wrap themselves around Selena’s crisp, breathy delivery in a way that suggests a lot of thought went into thinking about how to best complement her voice rather than just show her off for the sake of having a big-name feature. Tory Lanez’s verse is a little less mesmerizing, but it’s an interesting scratchy contrast and isn’t any less cute or clever than the rest of it. 
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Thomas Inskeep: I’m not sure exactly what Cashmere Cat was able to draw out of Gomez, but this is the most confident, sexy vocal I’ve ever heard from her. And “You must be somebody/’Cause I don’t trust nobody/But if I touch your body/I might trust somebody” is a lyric that Tory Lanez makes work. That said, “Trust Nobody” is a sly, surprisingly subtle come-on that works on just about every level, made effective especially by Cashmere Cat’s light touch behind the boards.
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Ryo Miyauchi: Tory Lanez probably thinks he’s showing Selena a thing or two on what to do with steel drums. Shame on him for never listening to “Me & The Rhythm” off Revival. Restraint was her thing then, and it’s what places her above now because, here, it’s more about what’s not being said. She carefully reads the other while flashing subtle hints; he gets too comfortable in the conversation, a little intrusive even, proving her point on why she remains guarded.
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