Unlocked (Alexandra Stan album)

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Background and development

From a professional point of view, Unlocked is a musical and artistic testimony to all that happened to me during the last year. I transposed all the feelings I had in the lyrics and music featured on the album. It is called Unlocked because it means that I now feel without limits, creative, free and open. I worked very hard on the record and sometimes it seemed hard to sing all the sad verses in some songs. Now, when I see the finished product, I'm very happy.

—Stan talking about Unlocked on Adevărul . [2]

In 2012 and 2013, Stan released the singles "Lemonade", "Cliché (Hush Hush)" and "All My People" for her second album. [3] But the record's release was postponed following an alleged physical altercation with her manager Marcel Prodan, which led to Stan accusing him of multiple offenses in a court case. [4] A Japan-only reissue of Saxobeats (2011) was released in October 2013 with the addition of the singles—the singer's last album on Prodan's label, Maan Records. [5] [6]

In late 2013 Stan began working with another team—including record producers and songwriters Alex Cotoi and Erik Lidbom—on her second studio album, Unlocked. [7] She left Prodan's label and signed a record deal with Fonogram Records. [8] Work on the album continued during the FonoCamp 2013, the first Romanian international songwriting camp held in Azuga, where she was accompanied by Romanian singers and producers. [9] Stan was involved in the writing process for all the songs featured on Unlocked, except for "Thanks for Leaving", "Set Me Free" and "Trumpet Blows". [7]

Release and artwork

Unlocked was released to Japanese digital outlets on 27 August 2014, [10] preceded by a preview of the album lasting eight minutes and 34 seconds uploaded onto YouTube. [11] Digital and physical releases followed later that year in other countries, while a bonus DVD and deluxe edition were made available in Japan. [12] [13] [14] [1] The Spanish version of Unlocked incorporates both original tracks and remixes on two separate track lists. [12] For digital versions distributed in Germany "We Wanna" (2015), a track featuring Inna and Daddy Yankee, was added to the main track list. [15] Dimitri Caceaune photographed the cover art for Unlocked. It shows Stan wearing a multicolored jacket in front of a pink-purple background. In the alternative black-and-white artwork for the Japanese edition of the album, her eyes were made up to look larger as the singer felt that the Japanese were "very obsessed by big eyes." [2] [7]

Promotion and commercial performance

Unlocked was supported by the Cherry Pop Summer Tour and the Unlocked Tour. [16] [17] The first tour started in Russia on 5 July and continued to Mexico, Turkey, and Japan, ending on 29 July 2014. [16] Romanian dance group StanBoyz accompanied Stan for her Unlocked Tour, which visited the same countries. [17]

"Thanks for Leaving" was released on 28 April 2014, along with its accompanying music video as the lead single from Unlocked, [18] [19] peaking at number 42 on Romania's Airplay 100 chart, [20] number 83 on Italy's FIMI ranking. [21] "Cherry Pop", the record's second single, followed on 28 May 2014. [22] Khaled Mokhtar shot the official music video in Buftea, Romania, showing the singer playing tennis against herself in a futuristic setting. [23] The track charted at number 64 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. [24] The album's best-performing single on that chart, "Dance", was released on 18 July 2014. [25] [26] Promoted by a music video also shot by Mokhtar, [27] the recording peaked at number 25 in Japan, [24] and at number 70 on Austria's Ö3 Austria Top 40 chart. [28]

The album's fourth single, "Give Me Your Everything", followed on 20 August 2014. [29] Its accompanying clip, shot by Mokhtar, [30] caused controversy for a scene in which the singer is seen wearing a white robe with masonic symbols inscribed on its back; [31] [32] website Urban.ro called the visual "her most bizarre video ever." [32] "Vanilla Chocolat" was released on 24 December 2014, as the fifth single from Unlocked, [33] including vocals from Connect-R. [7] It was accompanied by a selfie video showing them singing and performing at various live shows and at their label Roton. [34] "We Wanna" — a bonus single available only on German digital editions of Unlocked, [35] and later included on Stan's third studio album Alesta (2016) [36] — peaked within the top 60 in Poland, Italy, Romania, and Slovakia, [37] and was certified Gold by the FIMI. [38] Unlocked itself debuted at number 21 on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart with sales of 3,859 copies, eventually selling 17,045 units by January 2015. [39]

Composition and reception

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"Dance"
A 20-second sample of "Dance", bringing a house influence to the album. [40] One reviewer noticed that the saxophone sound from "Mr. Saxobeat" (2011) returned on "Dance". [41]
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All the lyrics on Unlocked are in English, except for some French verses in "Vanilla Chocolat" and a couple of lines of Spanish in "We Wanna". [7] None are in Stan's native Romanian, though Hitfire suggested that her accent is strong enough that "Thanks for Leaving", a ballad written in the aftermath of Stan's violent breakup with Prodan, [42] [43] would have sounded better in Romanian. [44] The songs are a mixture of dance, techno, pop, and R&B, [45] [46] with influences varying from J-pop ("Cherry Pop") [41] to house ("Dance"). [40] A saxophone sound similar to that on "Mr. Saxobeat" (2011) is used on "Dance". [41] The songs on the album touch on themes such as freedom and new beginnings. [2]

Several reviews found the music danceable but criticized the songs for lacking originality. Hitfire described "Vanilla Chocolat" as catchy, but found the lyrics meaningless and the track unremarkable. [47] Pure Charts described "We Wanna" as "nothing new," [48] and another Hitfire editor felt that "Dance", while better than the earlier singles from Unlocked, was unoriginal. [49] "Thanks for Leaving" drew some positive comments and was described as a "grown up breakup ballad" and "a nice pop ballad, not too dramatic", [44] with further praise for Stan's vocals and the song's message. [50] RnB Junk's review was more favorable, describing the album as a major evolution in Stan's style beyond straightforward dance songs, and recommending "Thanks for Leaving", "Unlocked", "Set Me Free" and "Give Me Your Everything" as the highlights of the record. [51] In a retrospective review from 2019, the publication called the album "underrated"; writer Jan Bran noted that while Unlocked had its highs and lows, it is worthy to be listened to in full, advising readers not to snub it. [52]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Unlocked. [7]

Unlocked
Unlocked International.jpg
Cover artwork used in all markets except Japan
Studio album by
Alexandra Stan
Released27 August 2014
Studio
Genre
Length57:22
Language
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
Label
Producer
Alexandra Stan chronology
Cliché (Hush Hush)
(2013)		Unlocked
(2014)		 Alesta
(2016)
Alternative cover
Unlocked Japan Edition Cover.jpeg
Cover artwork used in Japan. The Japanese deluxe edition is a colored version of this photograph. [1]
Unlocked – International version [53]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Little Lies"
  • Crishan
  • Cotoi
3:41
2."Cherry Pop"
  • Stan
  • Lukas Hällgren
  • Lidbom
  • Hällgren (add.)
3:11
3."Dance"
  • Cotoi
  • Stan
  • Mika Moupondo
  • Lee Anna McCollum
  • Cosmin Basasteanu
  • Lidbom
  • Cotoi
  • Lidbom
3:41
4."Back to Light"
  • Nazarine Henderson
  • McCollum
  • Stan
  • Anton Kuhl
  • Cotoi
  • Kuhl
  • Cotoi
3:34
5."Give Me Your Everything"
  • Serban Cazan
  • Stan
  • McCollum
  • Henderson
  • Andrei Mihai
Cazan3:25
6."Kiss Me Goodbye"
  • Cotoi
  • Mika Moupondo
  • Stan
Cotoi3:18
7."Vanilla Chocolat" (featuring Connect-R)
  • Cotoi
  • Stan
  • Stefan Mihalache
  • Mika Moupondo
  • Sava Constantin
Cotoi3:17
8."Trumpet Blows"
  • Gabriel Huiban
  • Karen Amanda Reifer
  • Kerrie Thomas-Armstrong
  • Thomas-Ray Armstrong
Huiban2:52
9."Set Me Free" (featuring Grano)
  • Mika Moupondo
  • Cotoi
  • Radu
  • Cotoi
  • Radu
  • Moupondo
3:55
10."Celebrate"
  • Stan
  • Radu
  • McCollum
  • Henderson
  • Cotoi
Radu3:27
11."Happy"
  • Victor Bourosu
  • Stan
  • McCollum
  • Henderson
Bourosu3:30
12."Thanks for Leaving"
  • Cotoi
  • Jacome
3:36
13."Holding Aces"
  • Crishan
  • Angelica Vasilcov
  • Coleman
  • Stan
  • Cotoi
  • Radu
  • Crishan
  • Cotoi
  • Radu
3:23
14."Unlocked"
  • Cotoi
  • Bourosu
  • Stan
  • Mika Moupondo
  • Cotoi
  • Bourosu
8:14
15."Dance" (Grano Remix)
  • Cotoi
  • Stan
  • Mika Moupondo
  • McCollum
  • Basasteanu
Cotoi4:18
Total length:57:22
Japanese standard edition [10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Little Lies" 3:42
2."Cherry Pop" 3:12
3."Dance" 3:42
4."Back to Light" 3:35
5."Give Me Your Everything" 3:26
6."Kiss Me Goodbye" 3:19
7."Digital"
  • Lidbom
  • Claire Rodrigues Lee
3:50
8."Zoom Zoom"
  • Lidbom
  • Anne Judith Wik
  • Nermin Harambasic
  • Ronny Svendsen
3:26
9."Set Me Free" (featuring Grano) 3:55
10."Celebrate" 3:28
11."Happy" 3:30
12."Thanks for Leaving" 3:37
13."Holding Aces" 3:24
14."Dance" (Grano Remix) 4:19
15."Cherry Pop" (Sonic-E & Woolhouse Remix) 3:05
Total length:53:30
Japanese deluxe edition [1]
No.TitleLength
1."Little Lies"3:42
2."Cherry Pop"3:12
3."Dance"3:42
4."Back to Light"3:35
5."Give Me Your Everything"3:26
6."Kiss Me Goodbye"3:19
7."Digital"3:50
8."Zoom Zoom"3:26
9."Vanilla Chocolat" (featuring Connect-R)3:18
10."Trumpet Blows"2:54
11."Set Me Free" (featuring Grano)3:54
12."Celebrate"3:28
13."Happy"3:30
14."Thanks for Leaving"3:37
15."Holding Aces"3:25
16."Unlocked"8:14
17."Dance" (Grano Remix)4:19
18."Cherry Pop" (Sonic-E & Woolhouse Remix)3:05
Total length:68:06
Japanese deluxe edition DVD [54]
No.TitleLength
1."Cherry Pop" (music video)3:21
2."Dance" (music video)3:44
3."Give Me Your Everything" (music video)3:30
4."Thanks for Leaving" (music video)4:10
5."credits"0:18
Total length:15:03
Spanish standard edition [12]
No.TitleLength
1."Little Lies"3:42
2."Dance"3:42
3."Cherry Pop"3:12
4."Back to Light"3:35
5."Give Me Your Everything"3:26
6."Kiss Me Goodbye"3:19
7."Vanilla Chocolat" (featuring Connect-R)3:18
8."Trumpet Blows"2:52
9."Set Me Free" (featuring Grano)3:54
10."Celebrate"3:28
11."Happy"3:30
12."Thanks for Leaving"3:37
13."Holding Aces"3:25
14."Unlocked"8:14
Total length:53:12
Spanish standard edition (Remixes) [12]
No.TitleLength
1."Dance" (Geo Da Silva & Jack Mazzoni Radio Edit)3:16
2."Dance" (CryDuom Radio Edit)3:16
3."Dance" (DJ Kone & Marc Palacios Radio Edit)3:43
4."Dance" (Grano Remix)4:18
5."Cherry Pop" (DJ Kone & Marc Palacios Radio Edit)3:33
6."Cherry Pop" (Geo Da Silva & Jack Mazzoni Radio Remix)3:15
7."Cherry Pop" (CryDuom Remix Radio)3:13
8."Dance" (Geo Da Silva & Jack Mazzoni Extended Remix)4:03
9."Dance" (CryDuom Extended Remix)4:19
10."Dance" (DJ Kone & Marc Palacios Extended Remix)6:25
11."Cherry Pop" (DJ Kone & Marc Palacios Extended Remix)6:24
12."Cherry Pop" (Geo Da Silva & Jack Mazzoni Extended Remix)4:17
13."Cherry Pop" (Cry Duom Extended Remix)4:02
German standard edition [15]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."We Wanna" (with Inna featuring Daddy Yankee)
  • Schuller
  • Troelsen
3:52
2."Little Lies"  3:42
3."Dance"  3:42
4."Cherry Pop"  3:12
5."Back to Light"  3:35
6."Give Me Your Everything"  3:26
7."Kiss Me Goodbye"  3:19
8."Vanilla Chocolat" (featuring Connect-R)  3:18
9."Trumpet Blows"  2:52
10."Set Me Free" (featuring Grano)  3:54
11."Celebrate"  3:28
12."Happy"  3:30
13."Thanks for Leaving"  3:37
14."Holding Aces"  3:25
15."Unlocked"  8:14
16."Dance" (Grano Remix)  4:18
Total length:61:14

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Unlocked. [7]

Locations

Charts

Chart performance for Unlocked
Chart (2014)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [55] 21

Release history

See also

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  3. ↑ Citations regarding the release of the singles:
  4. ↑ Citations regarding the alleged physical altercation between Stan and Prodan:
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