Eye Drops: Kate Nash – “Foundations”

How many times can you approximate an approximation before you’re left with a cardboard cutout? Musical influences often get sliced ever thinner until you end up with a 2D model that looks an awful lot like the real thing but plays totally flat. Considering that most pop stars start out cardboard and then try to work their way backwards into 3D, you probably deserve points for having your heart in the right place. That is to say, for having a heart at all.

Kate Nash has been done before. The first time we heard this cheeky attitude and confessional storytelling with a London accent we called it Lilly Allen. It wasn’t like Lilly was being overly original on her go round either. She was just the sunnier sum of darker UK parts before her. So with Kate obviously getting her moment on the back of Lilly’s earlier approximating, she runs the risk of slicing things too thin and falling flat. Then you watch the video for her single “Foundations” and she earns back some of your trust. She comes across real, from her body type to her expressions. This kid’s got heart and it’s her saving grace.

Kate Nash – “Foundations”