Super Critical (Track Commentary)

Hi, I'm Jules

I'm Katie, and we are 'The Ting Tings'

We're gonna talk a little bit about Super Critical, the album

We recorded and wrote this predominantly in Ibiza for about a year and a half

We really wanted an album that was analogue sounding

We got obsessed with Studio 54 whilst being in Ibiza

And seeing how their clubs were functioning there

With all the EDM and stuffs like that

And so, the first track is called "Super Critical"

This track is really influenced by Jackson 5

We used a lot of sliding notes in the vocals

And, kind of the arrangement and the chords are not a million miles away

From something they would have used

We were inspired by that type of music and rhythm

And being a drum and vocal band

It was really important for us to focus on these elements

Uhm, we're really pleased with this track

Particularly when, uhm, we got the brass section involved in New York

When we were mixing the track

The lyrics are around the word Super Critical

And we, we wanted to play on that word

And how it could mean two completely different things