Hold on a second, why on earth did Focus received mixed reviews from music critics upon its release? Then it got ugly, the critics think that Focus's structure has been heavily compared to Ariana Grande's previous lead single, Problem, from her album My Everything. Wait a minute, why did the critics think the song's structure has been heavily compared to Ariana Grande's previous lead single, Problem, from her album My Everything? I bet Brennan Carley of Spin calls Focus, "male howling the faux-chorus" for "[getting] grating quickley" and for making "Focus" too similar to Grande's previous lead single "Problem". Time's Nolan Feeney also commented it for being similar to "Problem", buy noted that this might not be a bad thing saying: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it-no need for Grande to check her vision here". The song is about controlling a vision and focus on one thing at a time as the song's lyrics describe. That's why the title is called Focus. Seriously, critics. It's just a song. And of course, Billboard editors rated the song two-and-a-half out of five stars, commenting "Grande has never released a less-than-great single - until now, with "Focus," a rehash of 2014's "Problem.""
Here's my thoughts: Why did the critics called Focus, "a Problem rehash?" Also, why do critics think Focus is similar to Problem? I bet it was Max Martin to make Focus, Problem 2.0. When I hear Focus, it's pretty different. It's not a Problem rehash or a recreate the sucess of Problem. I personally think Focus does seem to be different than Problem. The pop music sound heard like it feels more like a jungle pop music. So I personally think that the pop sound is very jungle feel for a pop single. I bet there's something wrong with Focus. The "song recieved mixed reviews" stigma killed Focus, not the song itself. Seriously, Focus is the first lead single that is not a collabo and yet people like critics called the song a Problem rip-off. What the fart? What's wrong with you critics? I think the song is fine.
Anyway, the song was very lucky. The song debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Ariana Grande's sixth top-ten single in the United States (as well as fourth top-ten debut); the song sold 113,000 downloads in its first week on the market. With the release of Focus, Ariana Grande became the first and only artist to have all lead singles from her first three albums debut in the top-ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition to that, it also became her first top-ten song in the US unaccompanied by another artist. So that's darn good for a singer like Ariana Grande. But the way critics called a new single a clone from another single released by the same artist is not a good way to represent the single. Let's move on.
The music video for Focus has arrived. The director, Hannah Lux Davis directed the song's music video, which was released on October 30, 2015. She had previously directed the music videos for Ariana Grande's Love Me Harder and her joint single, Jessie J's Bang Bang. The music video is awesome. I love that video, it's nice to see Ariana Grande gets to show her butt in the music video. Let's not forget that the dance moves and blowing a trumpet too. Also, her eyes has a star symbol in it. Overall, this is a better music video than what Problem and Love Me Harder did last year. So I take this video over Problem's or Love Me Harder's any day. The music video has gained more than 83 million views on Vevo. So that's good for an Ariana Grande music video like this one.
Oh yeah, one more thing. Focus was recorded in May 2015 and it's Ariana Grande's first track to have a swear word. Lol. She sang the sh word in the lyrics. Of course, this isn't the only thing Ariana Grande did that. Demi Lovato did swearing in Cool For The Summer and Confident on her single titled fifth album. Selena Gomez did this similarly on her single Same Old Love.
After Focus was released, the pop singer will be working on rock music and R&B music as future side projects. Hopefully the pop singer will tackle new genres later on like metal as side projects. That would be awesome if it's gonna happen one time. Well then, here's my final thoughts: shame on you, critics. That makes Ariana Grande sad.
What do you think? Do you think critics calling Focus, Problem 2.0 have misrepresent the single itself? Do you think critics calling Focus a Problem knock off is not the best way to promote the single? Sound off below!
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