I found it, ironically enough, in "Mi Mi Mi", a song that on the surface seems little more than a pop throwaway extolling the grotesque trappings of the artistically barren, image-obsessed, materialistic age we live in.
But whoa, Nelly...easy girl...unless you're one of those individuals completely bogged down by taking your music (and yourself) too seriously, there's really nothing not to like about this song. Fatally infectious, confident, sassy, bratty...almost a little sinister (as in, this just may be the music playing in Hell's waiting room)...I like its funky, freak show vibe. It's considered Europop (ish), but there are subtle musical shades of the girls' Russian heritage found embedded in its rhythm, moments when it sounds less like a pop song of any kind, more like the bed music to Tetris. And really, what could be wrong with that? Definitely nothing here to get bored by. The song is, in a word, bewitching.
It's largely the construction of the song itself, but also partly the women of Serebro. I like the fact that the singers - Elena Temnikova and Olga Seryabkina (who also has a writing credit) - seem to have a tenuous grasp of English at best, or none at all. Maybe I'm wrong, but they sound like I might sound singing a song in Russian, merely saying the memorized words without being able to convince people that I fully understand them, and in some strange way, for some strange reason, it totally works. And no, we're not talking strong vocals here, but that's okay. For what the song is, and what the song isn't, neither woman needs to be bellowing in three dimensional color like Adele. Their combined nasal attack works just fine.
And yes, they are astonishingly attractive women in my opinion. Not just "hot", which makes appearances throughout the world every day, but truly fucking stunning, all three of them (with Anastasia Karpova) totally rocking their cossacks with carefully crafted moves that for better or worse have become what the group's known for.
But it wouldn't matter if they weren't attractive, and that's the point here, that's why this song will come along on 1/48/50. Serebro could consist of three old Russian woman, their wizened faces peering out from underneath kerchiefs as they huddle in the sun, waiting for their cream to curdle, and all else being equal, musically speaking, "Mi Mi Mi" would still be a fantastic jam. Very super pupper drupper. ;-)
"I am so cool with my awesome big tits on the ground..."
"The tears are always clouding your eyes, when you're without love, baby..."
