Before I left for Korea, I read in the newspapers how some readers wrote in to lament about this year's National Day theme song sang by Electrico, claiming that it was a difficult tune to sing along, that it lacked the feeling of patriotism...

Entitled "What Do You See", I must say it is a really different one compared to classics like "Home", "Where I Belong" or "Count on me, Singapore".

Having heard the song one day on TV, I've concluded that like all advertisements, this new national day song is targetting a niche audience - the new emo music generation.

LOL.

If you listen to the song, you will realise it sounds like some song from Coldplay or the Killers, but with a strange family-infused MTV.

Obviously, obviously... this new national day theme song is meant to attract the new generation of young people, to get all of us young people to dream big for Singapore.

And personally, I quite like the song.

But I don't like the MTV. The lighting's a tad too dark throughout the whole video. Very emo.
The lead singer was just walking and walking, ignorant to the families and couples he is walking past. I think the video makes me feel detached rather than patriotic. Only towards the end did the pictures brighten up.

Well, for the true Singaporean song, maybe you can try Mr Brown's spoof of "What Do You See". Mr Brown's entitled "Lekuasimi", loosely translated "you see what see" in Singlish.
It's hilarious!

Lekuasimi by Mr Brown and his band, Electrician