TEEN TITANS
WHERE IS THE LOVE

RELEASE DATE: December 9th, 2012
GENRE: Dance Pop, Ballad, Synth Pop
LABEL: Titanic Records
WRITER(S): Martina Downtown, Den Walnut, Tanya Stephenson, Laurence Vegas, Joey Frankson
PRODUCER(S): Laurence Vegas, Den Walnut

TRACKLIST:
-Where Is The Love
-This Sunday
-Where Is The Love (Instrumental)
-Where Is The Love (Acoustic Mix)
-One Night (Neon Lights Mix)

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THE SONG:
INTRO
It begins with a kick, a pad and some synths playing a bitter-sweet kind of melody.

VERSE #1
As soon as the pad begins to play the melody alone, Martina sings the first verse in a smooth and slow falsetto.

Hello
I've been waiting for you
For so much time
That I lost my hopes
I am changed
I feel like
I don't want you anymore

PRE-CHORUS
When the verse ends, the beat gets more rhythmic as a percussion joins the instrumentation and Laurence sings the pre-chorus, fitting perfectly with the sort of tribal beat.

But you don't know
Don't know
You just don't know
Don't know
Yeah you don't know
Don't know

CHORUS
As the chorus begins, the percussion leaves the instrumentation with only a Dance drum made of kicks, claps and hats, but the syths and the bass join to create a deep climax behind the high and powerful Tanya's notes and the robotic Den's vocals that do a sort of faster echo to Tanya's ones and also seem to have a bit of a 'phone' effect.

Where is the love
Where is all I need
Where is my soul
Where is the other half of me
Where is the love
Where is all I need
Where is my soul
Where is the other half of me

VERSE #2
With the end of the chorus, the climax fades but leaves the bass and the kick to play along the pad for the second verse, which is sung again by Martina in the same way of the first.

And so
I can't believe it's you
Too perfect to be you
I feel blind
I feel like
I'm in another illusion

PRE-CHORUS
The pre-chorus is repeated in the same way.

But you don't know
Don't know
You just don't know
Don't know
Yeah you don't know
Don't know

CHORUS
The chorus is also repeated in the same way.

Where is the love
Where is all I need
Where is my soul
Where is the other half of me
Where is the love
Where is all I need
Where is my soul
Where is the other half of me

BRIDGE
When the second chorus ends, the bass plays a solo instrumental and after a few measures, Joey sings a sort of rap that fits well rhythmically with the bass.

Where is the love, where is my soul
The answer still I don't know
'Cause I know, I know you are not
What I'm looking for
All I need is more
All I need is love

CHORUS
As soon as Joey's rap finishes, the third chorus of the song is repeated again.

Where is the love
Where is all I need
Where is my soul
Where is the other half of me
Where is the love
Where is all I need
Where is my soul
Where is the other half of me

ENDING
After the last chorus, all the instruments leave the pad playing alone its melody one last time, ending the song.

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COMMENTS:
LAURENCE
The song is always been a band's favourite since it was recorded and personally I think it's another perfect 'Titan' song. Each one of us gets to sing a part and we all have the part that we can sing the best. Den wrote the lyrics and produced the first demo for it, which sounded seriously bad to be honest but we decided to work on it and change some parts in the lyrics and add Joey's rap, which he managed to write by himself. Tanya also did a great job with her high notes and we always joke about how much she screams in this song, but then again we kind of always joke about her screams.

MARTINA
I adore 'Where Is The Love'. The way we all sing in it is just pure perfection this time. I usually hear fans saying that a song has this vocal leader and another song has that vocal leader, but I am sure I won't hear anything like that for this song.
Also the lyrics are beautiful and is a bit of an anthem for all the single people, who will hopefully appreciate the song.

TANYA
'Where Is The Love' is really amazing. I scream a little bit too much, but my screams are fine to hear though. The fact that I am single and the song is about singles is what motivated me to scream so well in the studio. I was glad when Den made us hear the demo and I heard that was a song for the single people.

DEN
This is definately one of my favourites from the new album and I made the first whole demo of the song this summer when I was still looking for love because I kind of found it now, but anyway I can tell you that there is a difference between a solo song that pretends to be a Teen Titan song and an actual Teen Titan song - I could never sing a Teen Titan song alone!
We all wanted to release this one as the lead single, but then decided to use this as a single to release during Winter, because the timing would be just perfect, it fits the season quite well.

JOEY
This song kinda got it all, ya know, but of course one of the best parts is the rap, written and sung by yours truly. Everybody was doing something for the song and they wanted me to sing a boring bridge with me repeating Tanya's lines only in a lower tone, but I was like 'What is this shit? Lemme sing a rap!' and yeah, it worked!

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REVIEWS:
Digital Spy (4/5)
After 'Bang Bang Bang', the Teen Titans are back and this time they sing about looking for love in 'Where Is The Love', the new single that shows more of their new darker sound made of pads and synths. This time they show the world a new ballad, which still keeps our feet on the dance floor a bit though.

Culture Uncut (3/5)
The Teen Titans' new single 'Where Is The Love' is another song about empowering people and this time the five sing to single people who haven't found their love yet, but how credible can they sound when one of the is married, another one engaged, another dating and the other two that live with rumors of flirts around them?

NME (9/10)
With the new single 'Where Is The Love', the Teen Titans give single people their new anthem and with the powerful Tanya's notes and the catchy Den's ones, the chorus can be sung by everyone and maybe sung together it could finally give love to two singles. Who knows if it's the Teen Titans' actual secret plan to make everyone find love?

Mirror Online (3)
The new Teen Titans' single is called 'Where Is The Love' and as much as the five tried to be innovative with the song, they still used their usual formula of verse-chorus-bridge, which is the only shame about the song.

TEEN TITANS
THIS SUNDAY

GENRE: Ballad, Synth Pop
WRITER(S): Martina Downtown, Den Walnut
PRODUCER(S): Den Walnut

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THE SONG:
INTRO
It begins with a guitar riff and a flute with a lot of reverb that plays an indie melody behind the guitar.

VERSE #1
When the flute ends the melody, the bass and the drums begin to play and Martina and Joey sing the first verse slowly but with passion.

Still sitting here in my room
Still watching out of the window
It's raining and I need un umbrella
If I want to get out
But if I meet you, the umbrella I could lose
And I'd still feel safe
And good, with you

VERSE #2
With the second verse, a pad plays the same melody used with the flute at the beginning and Tanya sings with much anger the second verse, which ends with a reverbered echo of Tanya's last word.

If I don't meet you, I'll be lost in the rain
With the sky I will cry tears of pain
And if I get lost, please remember me
Remember that all I wanted to do was
Meeting you this Sunday (Sunday, Sunday, Sunday)

CHORUS
The chorus starts right after the echo and among the instruments that play there are the drums, the bass, the guitar, a light arpeggiator and the pad with the flute that both play the same melody creating an even deeper sound.
The five all sing together creating a good harmony that fits well with the bittersweet mood of the beat. Tanya eventually ends the chorus almost screaming.

I've waited all the week
The patience is now gone
I need to know
Where are you now
So now I need to meet you this Sunday
Hoping that you will be there

VERSE #3
As Tanya screams, some instruments stop playing and after a short instrumental made only of the bass and the guitar, the drums can be heard again and Martina and Laurence sing the new verse.

They say
Wait for the rainbow after the storm
But I don't need to wait anymore
I got my rainbow
My rainbow is you
When you give colors to my life
In black and white

CHORUS
As Laurence sings the last word, the kicks is the only instrument heard behind his voice and then another chorus comes, repeated in the same way as before.

I've waited all the week
The patience is now gone
I need to know
Where are you now
So now I need to meet you this Sunday
Hoping that you will be there

BRIDGE
When Tanya screams, the song goes on an instrumental made of a new melody of the pad and the flute. As it ends with a reversed cymbal, Den sings two lines with a deep tone but still keeping it soft, having only the claps, the guitar and the bass in the background.

If I get you this Sunday
I'll make you mine forever

CHORUS
With the end of the bridge, the beat gets stronger again and the chorus is repeated twice.

I've waited all the week
The patience is now gone
I need to know
Where are you now
So now I need to meet you this Sunday
Hoping that you will be there

I've waited all the week
The patience is now gone
I need to know
Where are you now
So now I need to meet you this Sunday
Hoping that you will be there

ENDING
The song eventually ends with Tanya screaming her line.

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