David Guetta Loves His New Album 'Listen' & You Know What, So Do We!
Three years since releasing his Grammy-nominated album NothingBut The Beat,David Guetta returns with an army of all-star collaborations for his long-awaited new LP Listen.
MTV were excited to be asked along to an exclusive listening party at London's iconic Abbey Road Studios last night (November 20), with theman himself hand picking a few of the tracks to walk us through.
Kicking things off, David hit play on What I Did For Love featuring the dreamy tones of Emeli Sandé, a piano-led, euphoric trackreminiscent of Avicii's Bromance days. Expect this to come on your radar this weekend when he unveils it on this weekend's X Factor.
Next, we were treated to one of the two Sia-featured tracks on Listen, Bang My Head. Asthe unmistakable vocals of theChandeliersinger rang out and familiarguitar plucks echoing the smash hit Titanium, a grin on David's face widened as the breakdown approached. Clearly this is Titanium 2.0 and it's a belter.
A slight veer from his usual realms, David played us No Money No Love, a Showtek collabfeaturing the UK's Ms Dynamite and Swedish singer/rapper Elliphant. "Reggae meets EDM" for this track which, while not the strongest on the album, is a refreshing blurring of the lines.
Title track Listen, however, featuring All Of Me soulman John Legend was a clear highlight. Taking tender, piano andstringmoments into a full-on hands-in-the-air breakdown, we're suremainrooms will be exploding to this for years to come.
Concluding the session, telling us"I love it" and that he feels "really, really good about sharing (the album)with the rest of the world", David played us Hey Mama featuring Afrojack and the one and only Nicki Minaj.
A style somewhere between trap and moombahton, Nicki, raps and sings,"I like the dirty rhythm you play"...and so do we Nicki. So. Do. We.
With Dangerousabout to give the Frenchman his 17th UK Top 10 hit this weekend (we think we counted that right..!), Listen is a dead cert to breedmore hits than ever before.We spy another Grammy nomination!
Listen is released November 24.
