{"id":271745,"date":"2025-06-11T11:41:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/?p=271745"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T18:40:20","slug":"orianthi-attention-single-rock-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/rock\/hard-rock\/orianthi-attention-single-rock-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Orianthi Releases New Album June 27th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Though the lyrics of Orianthi’s latest fiery, kick-ass single \u2013 and fourth on Woodward Avenue Records \u2013 “Attention,” expose an annoying ex lover’s habit of drunk texting to rile up her cooled passions, its title, on a deeper level makes us think about the kind of attention we’ve been paying to the singer\/songwriter and virtuoso electric guitarist over the past 20 years. Seems nothing can ever be written about the multi-talented veteran artist without mentioning her longtime collabs with Alice Cooper, Dave Stewart and Richie Sambora \u2013 and of course the fact that Michael Jackson hired her for his London performances the year of his untimely death. 

Yet equal “Attention” should also be paid to her success as an artist in her own right, starting with her Top 20 Billboard pop hit “According to You” and gold-selling Geffen album “Believe,” released in 2009. While playing with legends over the years, she’s continued to build her discography with numerous albums on different labels. Her prolific streak of stylistically diverse singles in 2024 on Woodward Avenue \u2013 “First Time Blues” with Joe Bonamassa, “Ghost” and “Some Kind of Feeling” \u2013launches a fresh, adventurous new phase of her solo career, an era of exciting creativity and powerhouse contemporary rock and roll. 

Penned by Orianthi, Don Miggs and Gregory Hansen, “Attention” is a classic styled power rocker that marks her second track produced and mixed by the legendary Kevin “The Caveman” Shirley, whose surreally extensive resume includes Bonamassa, Journey, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Dream Theater and countless artists from his home country of South Africa and his later adopted home of Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After an edgy, rhythmic electric guitar intro, Orianthi uses her silky, sultry vocal tone to bring us into a compelling scenario where she’s free from a complicated relationship and living life on her own terms now: “I ain’t at the Whisky\/Waiting on you\/Or staring at the ceiling\/Sitting in a hotel room…” Then the groove, propelled by bassist Justin Andres and drummer Demian Arriaga, kicks up, and over more rhythmic, crunchy guitar energy, she tells her former significant other, “I’m sipping on tequila\/With someone you knew\/And you’re out on tour\/Doing what you always do.” She doesn’t specify, but it feels like code for “screwing around like you did on me.” 

As the track develops, Orianthi’s increasingly emotional vocals convey frustration and exasperation, then everything explodes on the killer hook where she really lets the guy have it: “You’re so predictable\/You do it every time\/Drunk checking on me\/In the middle of the night\/You know what you put me through\/U just want attention.” She wraps the chorus with the mic drop line: “I’m done thinking about you,” which is followed by a cool melodic earworm of wordless background vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch Orianthi’s “Attention” on YouTube:<\/p>\n\n\n

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