4.17.13 - New Music - Skylar Grey

Skylar Grey’s album has been a long time coming, and we keep getting treated to more and more of it. But, when is the actual LP dropping?

“Final Warning” is the latest offering from ‘Don’t Look Down’, and it solidifies the sound we’ve come to know Skylar for – dark, dreary, but oddly catchy. Remember – this is the girl who wrote Eminem and Rihanna’s “Love The Way You Lie” – so she ain’t singing about clubbing and rainbows and puppies.

In fact, “Final Warning” takes a much darker turn than her previous single “C’Mon Let Me Ride” (which actually featured mentor Eminem). The song is all about how “someone’s gonna get hurt / but it ain’t gonna be me”. If that doesn’t sound menacing enough, wait until you hear the gunshot.

While this may sound like too much, Skylar pulls it off. Not many people can do the whole brooding thing, but she can actually make this work. I don’t always love it, and it is certainly only a tune you can listen to at certain times, but when you are ready, it hits the spot.