It's crystal clear, I'm in love with Anastacia. Menyenankan mendapati ia merilis single terbaru dengan judul 'Stupid Little Things'. Yang kurang mengenakkan adalah lagu ini lebih ngena ke masa persis sebelum ia merilis Greatest Hits-nya, dimana ia menguasai genre poprock yang mulai mengelupasi citra black music di awal karirnya dulu. It's like bringing back the memory of 'Left Outside Alone' to sweep 'I'm Outta Love' away.
Untuk single ini, Anastacia bekerjasama dengan nama yang tak asing baginya. Louis Biancaniello dan Sam Waters. Mereka dulunya mengontribusikan balada pop 'You'lll Never Be Alone', dan sekarang berlaku out of the box dengan sound poprock ini, yang juga pantas diterjemahkan dalam ranah alternative maupun britpop. Melemah dari percobaan sebelumnya dalam "It's A Man's World", tapi menguat secara keseluruhan karya apik Anastacia.
Ga percaya? Untuk satu single ini saja, Anastacia meraup banyak pujian dari para kritikus, dimana ia masih mampu menyediakan vokal unik berkarakter dan bertenaga setelah untuk kedua kalinya perang melawan kanker. Tapi melihat demografi keberhasilan 'Stupid Little Things' perihal komersial, kejayaan Anastacia menyempit hanya sekitaran Eropa saja. Bukan hendak mengecilkan benua tersebut sebagai sebuah pasar musik, tapi justru membandingkan dengan bagaiman luasnya jajahannya di masa lampau, termasuk Amerika dan Asia. Ini mau tak mau menggeser Anastacia dari piramida kebutuhan a la Maslow, dari level kekuasaan kepada aktualisasi diri.
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(Ai Hasibuan / CreativeDisc Contributor)
LYRIC
Stuck on the wrong side of heaven
But I did it to myself
I did it to myself
Traded in my forever
But I did it to myself
I did it to myself
When I get too close to my someday
Every time I blow it away
Praying I will come to my senses
Won't be my own worst enemy
And I put my heart back together
Yeah I put my heart back together
Now I know what love is worth in a broken world
But I can't get past the hurt
'Til I give up on these stupid little things
I'm so hung up on these stupid little things
That keep me from you
Treated love like a bad religion
Yeah I did it to myself
I did it to myself
But I won't stay here unforgiven
When I did it to myself
I did it to myself
When I get too close to my someday
Every time I blow it away
Praying I will come to my senses
Won't be my own worst enemy
And I put my heart back together
I said, I put my heart back together
Now I know what love is worth in a broken world
But I can't get past the hurt
'Til I give up on these stupid little things
I'm so hung up on these stupid little things
That keep me from you
Hey, hey
Living in a world of fantasy
There is nothing left of me
Now I gotta face reality
Hold on trying to believe
I don't want to give up on you
Now I know what love is worth in a broken world
But I can't get past the hurt
'Til I give up on these stupid little things
I'm so hung up on these stupid little things
That keep me from you
That keep me from you
That keep me from you
That keep me from you
'Til I give up on these stupid little things
I'm so hung up on these stupid little things
That keep me from you