Take Me to Wonderland

This one has been a long time in the making. This is Natalia Kills. She is an English singer/songwriter. She is chic. She is sexy. She is dark. And has a unique voice.

You may have heard of her recently being featured on label-mates LMFAO's song "Champagne Showers." Sadly this song does not do her any artistic justice. She is very much auto-tuned and really doesn't display her talents. I learned about her this past May from a friend after she released her album Perfectionist in France and Germany, where she has gotten much acclaim. She hasn't yet hit it big in her native UK, or in the US, after it's release early this past fall.

Her first single (at least for the Euro scene) was "Mirrors"

As you can see, it pushes the boundary. It also has a gothic feel. I like to think about Natalia Kills as a darker Lady Gaga. She fits into mainstream pop with her ever so subtle suggestiveness and sensuality. And she writes about what we all know and love: relationships and money.

What was smart of her (or her label) was that they released an acoustic version of "Mirrors"

I mean she's no Mariah Carey, but she actually has a good voice. She's definitely not a Ke$ha.

She released "Free" as a single in correspondence with her album release date in the US with some help from will.i.am (the guy who got her signed to Interscope) who wasn't on the original track on the European version:

I think I like it better without him. But it's got that catchy "Get your 5s get your 10s get your 20s out" and it just talks about that fashionista in all of us and how we all love to go shopping and look super fly, but the reality is the majority of us have anorexic walltes and may even identify when she says, "Wear it once, I don't pop the tag, the next day Imma bring it back." I don't know about y'all but THIS could get big.

She also included a new track for the US release called "Kill My Boyfriend." The idea is a bit morbid, but it's hard to think so when the piano is just so light-hearted in the song. And when it came out, I think I listened to it on repeat for like 2 days.

She has some slower tracks that I really enjoy like "Broke," "Heaven," and "If I Were God."

And then this last one talks about that fairy tale-like story that we all want. Well how we want a fairy tale romance, but don't need the fairy tale part of it. Just a real relationship. Now there are two versions of the music video, one is a little more twisted and you can find it here. If not, you can just watch the censored version, both are an interpretation of the Alice in Wonderland tea party.

Rating: THIS could get BIG!

I think she will pop up like Lady Gaga, who got big abroad first and then blew up here in the US. Give her time. Soon the first suggestion you get when you type "N-A-T" in the Google search bar won't be the National Harbor, it will be this girl!