Gabriella Cilmi Debuts "Defender" Music Video

The Aussie-born, UK-based jazz and pop singer Gabriella Cilmi is out with the music video to her new ballad single "Defender," the third release from her second studio album "Ten," which has been in stores Down Under since March this year. The Invisible Men-produced track is a moving ballad which features a marching band drumline to emphasise its lyrical message.
Cilmi (pronounced 'chill me') was catapulted to global fame by her worldwide mega hit, "(There's Nothing) Sweet About Me," and her teen beauty and powerful voice may have quickly marked her out at the beginning of her career, but there was always a depth and variety about her that hinted at richer, wilder things. She has always taken luck into her own hands, and possesses a smoky, whiskey-soaked voice that belies her age and a feisty rock attitude that placed her on the inside fast track to pop stardom. The 19-year-old is set to surprise a lot of people with her bold, fresh musical direction and feisty attitude.
After 'Cilmi's foray into New Wave Disco flopped harder than Magikarp, the Aussie pop star has returned back to a more organic sound for her latest single "Defender." Her toned down the glitz & glamor for the song's music video, trading in her Barbarella space suit and 70's-era nightclubs for a dirty white tank top and the rape tunnel from "Irreversible." It's a touching and empowering ballad, and it fits Cilmi's unique vocal style a lot better than some of her underrated disco jams did.
From a feminine, the songstress transforms into a tomboy in this music video, which was filmed in Chelmsford's water factory. "There was lime scale falling from the walls and it was quite cold and lonely looking, but it had just the right character for the video," Cilmi explained about the filming location. The concept is to follow a girl leaving behind one world, stripping back everything that hides who she truly is and then going into battle to protect someone or something she believes in. In the video we see Gabi strip away from her popstar guise to prepare for combat mode. But who or what exactly is she defending in a wet tank top and baton, we'll never know.

Gabriella Cilmi Disco-inspired "Hearts Don't Lie"

After the top 10 UK success of her brilliant single "On A Mission," Australian singer Gabriela Cilmi is now back for a second serving and re-team with English pop production house Xenomania for "Hearts Don't Lie" from her latest disco drenched sophomore album "Ten," which Cilmi describes as "lots of uptempo funk and disco-inspired numbers designed to make people groove." The album is preceded by the single "On a Mission" and marks Cilmi's foray into more 1980s inspired music.
"Hearts Don't Lie" which she likens to a Bee Gees song, doesn't escape the 1980's sound Cilmi's trying to achieve. It's more of a soul-dance-jazz fusion. The track is got a touch of funk bass, a great disco beat and has one very big chorus. Clearly Cilmi's intent on conquering dancefloors across the world with this new sound. Another great 70's-inspired pop song, and I still love her new direction, which is absolutely spectacular and I can definitely see a future for her.
While everyone seems to be droppin' their draws left right and center, Aussie pop princess is bucking the trend and keepings things fun and flirty in her new video, which which was heavily inspired by seventies/eighties disco, Blondie and the gays. In the Studio 54 inspired video, Cilmi transforms herself into a modern day disco diva to get down to the sounds of the seventies, showing that it's easy to be utterly drop dead sexy and completely classy at the same time. It's important to enjoy the music for what it really is, meaningful and entertaining art.
Two years after she was catapulted from obscurity into the charts with breakthrough pop hit "Sweet About Me," Cilmi is channeling a more mature look for her new album. Having turned 18, and now based in England, the Melbourne-raised star has put her teen pop days behind her for a sexy new style. Promoting her new single "Hearts Don't Lie," Cilmi strikes a sultry pose in a skimpy yellow swimsuit. As part of her new disco diva image for her new album "Ten," Cilmi shows off her dancing skills in variety of colorful dresses in the fast-paced video for "Heart's Don't Lie."