A Cure For My Life: Ida Maria

The other night your lovely Editrixes were with their girls at the Black Cat in DC for the Razzmatazz dance party. We kindly requested the DJ play Ida Maria's "Oh My God."

"Oh my god! Someone was supposed to bring Ida Maria and she didn't!" he exclaimed. "I just listened to her! I thought, oh, another Kate Nash, Lily Allen, but she's awesome!"

That's a fact. I personally hate when people lump together female alternative pop singers like Kate Nash and Lily Allen, because they have very different styles. Just because you're female doesn't mean you're the interchangeable. They all have distinct styles and personalities. And Ida Maria is from Norway, which automatically makes her cool.

(Luckily Auntie A had "Oh My God" on her trust IPod, which the DJ happily plugged in to his amps. We danced away on the stage with our new hipster friends and all was well.)

Ida Maria is by no means underground at this point. Her (really awesome) video for "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" has over 1 mill views. But the whole "Fortress Around My Heart" album is really great and deserving of fanhood. It's kind of ADD, kind of quirky, very upbeat and danceable. Ida Maria's smoky voice is a nice contrast. Other tracks I love include "Forgive Me" (sample lyric: "I call you up to say I love you, you only call me when you're drunk") and Keep Me Warm, a slow ballad (sample snatch: "Pour myself a cup of coffee full of sober nights, cause nicotine and coffee are  my friends in this fight"). "Queen of The Night" is another good one–never did the words "I'm lonely forever" sound so joyful!

"Oh My God" is THE song of summer, for freaking out on the dance floor, blasting in the car with the windows down, and playing on repeat when you can't find a job and you just need a cure for your life. Maybe Ida can't give you one, but at least you have someone to scream with.