When we get bored and flick on the TV on a Saturday night we are often greeted by a poor soul stood on stage in front of thousands, willed on by family and friends; only for us to soon learn that actually they aren’t that talented after all and are swiftly met with laughs from the crowd and snide jokes and remarks from the judges. It’s highly publicised that the rich and famous do have their struggles; we often put them up on a pedestal and stare at them with wide and envious eyes wishing for their fortune and fame, but really it’s not the dream we make it out to be. The tabloids exploit personal hardships and document their fall from grace, suggesting that fame is fleeting.

What you’ve always considered a great dance tune suddenly has an entirely new inflection; a tale of a singer worried that they are moving closer to the label of ‘one hit wonder’, that their star is dying and that they still haven’t found the happiness they always craved. The chorus questions why someone would want to put "starz in their eyes," implying that seeking fame leads to negative consequences.Whilst I could pick out more of the lyrics to dissect they all tend to suggest the same two things; that fame isn’t what it's cracked up to be and that the industry uses and abuses talent. To me, the producers of these kinds of shows are the users who laugh in their sleeves whilst setting up innocent people for a live and televised downfall.

Although I’d never worked that way before, everything flowed so naturally that day, all the parts complementing each other perfectly. The main issue is that often the people who do take a stand are the rich and famous and it’s very hard for the general public to empathise. Sure, we can all recognise that the famed life is far from perfect but how are we to ever fully understand the pressures that these people face?It encourages listeners to question the allure of celebrity culture and highlights the importance of staying true to oneself. The song itself depicts "flop stars" and the negative side to fame and explores the idea of others benefitting financially from the fame of celebrities.

What they don’t show on TV however is that these shows usually require video auditions and face-to-face off-camera auditions before people are even allowed onto the stage.Jay Reynolds, who produced the whole of Overtones, then worked tirelessly, tweaking, editing, honing, even re-recording the drums, to get the best out of this tune. Starz in their Eyes” attacks talent shows and ‘get famous quick’ schemes which abuse the contestants and then drop them at a moment’s notice when they quickly become irrelevant.

He’s played and recorded with a crazy list of legends including Whitney Houston, Richard Ashcroft, Cher, Maxi Priest and Tina Turner. I remember it taking Jay a long time to get the track to slow down and speed up to segue in and out this section. Harking back to my review of Justin Bieber’s 'Lonely', 'Starz in their Eyes' gives us a look into the life we all think we dream of but that really isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. I went from being a low key, left of centre, bedroom producing, rapper/singer/stoner, to being on Top Of The Pops, and Conan O’Brien in NYC, and countless other places I would never have expected.

In the press she was being simultaneously lauded for winning the contest and derided for being ‘overweight’ and not what a ‘normal’ pop star should look like. The thing I love about that song though is that there is a tipping point; the moment when you first notice the lyrics. The way these shows are set up gives the impression that these people have turned up on the day hoping to try their luck at a new life of stardom and of course therefore some will be better than others. Although probably not the original intention of the lyrics, I am also reminded of television talent shows at this part of the song. In the first verse, the lyrics suggest that once someone becomes famous ("VIPerson"), their problems worsen and their paranoia grows.