DOWNLOAD: Christina Aguilera – Birds of Prey (Reuben Wu Ladytron Remix)
Ladytron’s Reuben Wu makes Christina Aguilera actually sound menacing in this great remix of “Birds of Prey,” a bonus track from her last album, Bionic. Her voice—so often flashy and overly forceful—is restrained here, filled with the kind of quirky creepiness she hinted at on Bionic, but that was buried beneath the album’s hyperbolic production. “Birds of Prey” is the sound of Aguilera outdoing Lady Gaga at her own game, which as near as we can tell was the whole point of Bionic. The song’s slow fade-in of buzzy synths matched with Aguilera’s woozy voice is equal parts club anthem and horror movie soundtrack, at once beguiling and theatrical.
