40 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!
Stream Santa Bring My Baby To Me here (Spotify)
Ace pop star Lija Ajax is on a festive mission to bring magic and sparkle back to the most wonderful time of the year. It is true that the Yuletide experience can lend itself to periods of melancholic reflection so you need a song that has pep, exuberance and cheer baked into the core of it to keep your spirits merry and bright. Santa Bring My Baby To Me , Lija’s joyful new single, is the perfect specimen to kick off your holiday season with a gleeful bang. The lyrics are all about putting your wish out into the world in the hope that you will get exactly what you want. In Lija’s case it happens to be the object of her affections and while unrequited love may be the most painful and sorrowful type of love of all, she’s nothing but a euphoric treat in the way she embraces the possibilities that Christmas brings. Her infectious vocal makes you believe that miracles can happen and has you falling in love with the idea of love all over again. A slowed down, yearning intro recognises the aching longing that Lija feels but she chooses not to dwell on this so a percolating groove ushers in a vibrant, up-tempo jam that is fuelled by jingling bells, brisk percussion that is like a sleigh whizzing over freshly fallen crunchy snow and a glorious finger clicking that is surely the musical equivalent of the bang a cracker makes once pulled. All cynicism is left at the door as Lija implores Santa to make this one essential item on her present list materialise on the big day. Add to this cooing backing vocals that add a dream-like quality to the track and you’ve got an earworm of a track that you will be singing way into new year. Never has desperation for turning sadness into happiness sounded so uplifting, so inspiring and so gosh darn achievable. Because to quote the greatest film of all time (Love, Actually) “the thing about romance is… people only get together at the very end”. Christmas heralds the end of the year but opens up a whole new adventure. If Santa Bring My Baby To me is anything to go by, Lija’s going to have a very happy new year…
**Ghosts of Christmas Past**
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