Zendaya "My Baby" Music Video

Zendaya, the only Disney Channel star that anyone should care about at the moment that isn't Hilary Duff or Demi Lovato, is starting to slowly but surely blow up. With "Replay" finally getting the attention it deserves on pop radio, she has gifted her loyal Z-Swaggers with a video for the closing track of her self-titled debut "My Baby".

Zendaya "Heaven Lost An Angel"

Zendaya would have definitely debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 once her game-changing self-titled debut dropped next week. Unfortunately, the saviour of teen pop's album leaked in full today but luckily Hollywood Records did damage control and uploaded it onto her Vevo. I've already listed to the album front to back (and it slays!!!) so I could do a thorough review in the next couple of days, but this song stood out so it had to be shared "Heaven Lost An Angel" is like a hybrid of a 2AM Club song (the spoken rap part) and something Justin Timberlake would have put on his "20/20 Experience" album. Zendaya comes off extremely confident and I can definitely see a music video for this in the future with Zendaya laying down her swagger (and some cool choreo) on some unsuspecting cutie. Support Zendaya and buy the album when it hit stores next Tuesday.

Zendaya "Bottle You Up"

Zendaya is redeeming Hollywood Records poor 2013 performance slowly but surely. Demi Lovato's "Demi" album was subpar compared to the intact and mature "Unbroken" and Selena Gomez's "Stars Dance" was terrible generic dance pop messiness and since Jesse McCartney and Hilary Duff aren't signed with Hollywood anymore, Zendaya will have to be their saving grace and that seems to be the case with the release of her of song "Bottle You Up". The song, a midtempo electronic-driven R&B/pop hybrid, has the "Shake It Up" star lamenting how she could bottle up her love interest so she won't feel so lonely. I'm loving that the song isn't all sunshine and rainbows, but is still teen appropriate as well. So far she's 2-2 for me and I can't wait to hear the rest of her self-titled debut, due September 17th.

Zendaya "Replay" Music Video

With Zendaya already distancing herself from her Disney contemporaries with her debut single "Replay", she has decided to up the ante by releasing a killer music video to finish the job! Miss Coleman channels Cassie's "Me & U" with a hint of Ciara's "Promise" and a light dash of Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody?" (all G-rated) as she breaks it down with a transparent male dancer then takes command of horde of them, mixed in with some fierce glamour shots with a teased curly do. Miley can keep the twerking, Zendaya can actually break it down!!!

Graded Song: Zendaya "Replay"

Since Selena Gomez left the Disney Channel machine, my eyes have been on Miss Zendaya Coleman as the next big thing (sorry China Anne McClain). She's is the whole package: an amazing dancer (which really isn't showcased well on her show "Shake It Up"), a good singer, and hopefully a good actress too because all Disney seems to do is rehash teen sitcoms rather than gives us anything substantial. The 16 year old is prepping to release her debut solo album in the fall and the lead single, "Replay" has arrived.
I can't believe that this is a Disney song. They usually start their artists off on pop/rock tunes, then slowly progress to dance-pop, but they gave Zendaya a R&B song. A legit R&B song at that! The production (helmed by the guy who did Jeremih's "Birthday Sex) is very sensual, yet icy: a blend of Cassie's "King of Hearts" and Usher's "Climax". Her vocals are also very mature, but it's kind of alarming that she's sixteen singing such a mature song. Hollywood Records must be trying to showcase that's she's not going to be like her peers and I'm glad. I was getting tired of her and mini-Ke$ha (Bella Thorne) doing generic dance songs together, though "Watch Me" and "Something To Dance For/TTYLXOX" are tunes.
Final Grade:B