Mohombi ft. Nicole Scherzinger - Coconut Tree

Mmm… It even smells like a Hawaiian sunrise!

I've had this review typed up for a while now, but for some reason I never published it. So—I'm going to submit it now!

I ran into this song some time ago while I was looking for some new music to add to my summer vacation playlist. What immediately got my attention was the summery feel of the single cover, complete with a coconut tree (oh, I see what you did there~!) and a motel-like building in the background. (Having Nicole Scherzinger's name on the cover also helped a little bit.) And so I decided to give "Coconut Tree" a spin to see if I like it.

And the single cover did not lie. Basically, this song is one of those summer-themed songs that are released during the summer because they are for, well, the summer. If you are looking for something deeper, you will be sorely disappointed. The generic RedOne dance-pop production with random island-themed sounds inserted here and there; the typical summer love-esque lyrics ("Under the coconut tree, you be chillin' with me/Making love to you in a [bedford?] room made of sand and sea"); the usual summertime video story line (typical getaway setting with sunny skies, a little exoticism, and some sex appeal)… Basically, "Coconut Tree" follows the summer-song formula so well that you will probably download this song with the intent to add it to your sex-on-the-beach playlist, only to forget about it for some time because it sounds so generic, and then not come back to it until months later when the summer feeling is long gone and delete the MP3 file because you can't even remember why you downloaded the song in the first place.

But what else would you expect? It's simple, playful, and carefree—it's a summer song. So at least "Coconut Tree" does its job, and does its job right.

Watch the video for the song below, and tell me what you think about it!