Before I start this post I would like to apologize for making a mistake earlier this year; I claimed that Katy Perry's next single would be "Peacock" (which was the rumor) when in actuallity it will be "E.T." Sorry about that.
Anyways, this song is something a little different from mainstream pop, but definetly has a chance to become something. "Price Tag" fuses together a few differnet styles such as pop, R&B, and several other sounds. Jessie J has a distinct R&B sound through the song, yet is also has bouncy pop beats which work very well together. The entire song is underlined with a lax island like tune which again adds a great effect to the song. Plus the song features a surprise appearance from B.o.B. which really seals the songs perfection at mixing many different styles.
Lyrically the song takes the path of commenting on how our world and music industry is too material and money-based. You may have heard this message before, yet it is presented in an original sounding fashion. Unlike many similar songs, "Price Tag" isn't lamenting or angry, it's simply a statement of facts and what this singer believes. Jessie states that she's paying with love tonight, which might sound cheesy and fake, actually sounds like a true sentimental feeling. The song is still bouncy and fun and makes a nice dance out of what could be a serious topic.
With the use of R&B, pop, rap, and an island beat this song successfully makes a compilations of several great forms of music. Overall the song resembles Natasha Bedingfield's "Strip Me" and VV Brown's "Shark in the Water" two of my favorites. How it will fare in the future is uncertain for me; it is defintely a great song, but these styles don't always do so great. Still it's already charted on the Billboard so I'll take that as a sign of a good future for Jessie J.
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