Written by Tia
Aly and AJ Michalka (of Disney Channel
The song, "Take Me
But first: What have Aly & AJ been up to?
Aly and AJ's recent stints in television and film
AJ, on the other hand, has also been in a couple shows and films, but most notably (to me at least), she voiced Stevonnie in the hit Cartoon Network show, Steven Universe
The two sisters also starred in the movie Weepah Way for Now
Their attempt at rebranding with 78Violet
On the music front, the two formed the group 78Violet, which confusingly was just the two of them and really was just a name rebrand from Aly & AJ to escape their Disney image. It was their version of, well, Bangerz and Miley Cyrus's "I'm not a kid anymore" moment. 78Violet definitely didn't have the success of Bangerz, but Aly & AJ's transformation from Disney kids to non-Disney-associated adults did happen more smoothly or, perhaps, just less publicly. The two were really focusing less on music it seemed, and more on acting and other ventures.
I personally found their 78Violet music video for "Hothouse Flower" to be silly, overly insistent, and extremely similar to the trend in "monologue then music video" style popularized by Lana Del Rey in "Ride," and popularized again through Taylor Swift's copy, "I Knew You Were Trouble."
I'm sure Lana Del Rey was far from the first to have this type of music video, but it was after she really brought it into the pop mainstream that weirdly similar versions of the style appeared via Taylor Swift and 78Violet. Let's just say, 78Violet gave a small push that just didn't land. But maybe a return to their Aly & AJ roots will give the sisters the right traction they need to make the comeback they have the talent to achieve.
Listen to "Take Me" below
You can buy "Take Me" on iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play, or stream it on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, and YouTube.
And here is the video, which is very The Love Witch meets... Instagram vampires:
And here is the video, which is very The Love Witch meets... Instagram vampires:
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