Fefe Dobson - “FCKN IN LOVE”
The name Fefe Dobson may bring to mind TRL countdowns, that early millennium era in pop when it went “punk”, and Dobson -- alongside the likes of Avril Lavigne and Stacy Orico -- being viewed as the reaction to the glossy plasticine sounds of Britney and Christina a few years earlier. The major label system had no idea what to do with Dobson, though, as it constantly tried to make her evolve with trends where as she would stand firm in her own sense of self as an artist.
As she discussed in length with Billboard, after her biggest hit in 2003, “Take Me Away”, albums got shelved, singles weren’t promoted because label A&R were confused on marketing her, and while her own recordings never came as close to the surface as her previous releases, her songwriting has still been heard in the credits ever since. With a new wave of alternative pop among us in the likes of Olivia Rodrigo and WILLOW, and her Canadian peer Avril Lavigne mounting a return-to-pop-punk form, so is Dobson.
“FCKN IN LOVE” is the first single from her as-yet-announced return album. The listen, which traces its origins back to her 2012 era during the creation of an album that was to be entitled Firebird, oddly sounds more of this moment than it did then with it being scorched neon, playfully lustful pop-rock that puts her maybe in better company with Tegan and Sara and Shamir in the art of making incredibly polished hooks through songwriting that could only be sung in her story. Check it out below...
Fefe Dobson’s “FCKN IN LOVE” single is available now on 21 Entertainment.
