Kai Se Thelo

"Kai Se Thelo" (stylized as "+ Se Thelo") is a single by popular Greek singer Sakis Rouvas from the album Irthes, released as a radio single on June 17, 2008 in Greece and Cyprus.

Background information

Production history

Dimitris Kontopoulos was the composer of the song along with lyricist Vicky Gerothodorou. The duo had previously produced Rouvas' massive 2007 hit "Ola Gyro Sou Gyrizoun" as well as "Stous 31 Dromous". Rouvas' last album release was in late 2006, and with the exception of "Stous 31 Dromous", the theme of the show of the same name, and the recordings for the Alter Ego he had not produced any new album material since the release of Iparhi Agapi Edo. This was due to Rouvas' work on both his début film and the filming of a new English-language psychological thriller that was being filmed on Los Angeles, so for the majority of the past two years, Rouvas had been living outside Greece and was unable to record.

With filming nearly completed, as well as taking a break from international projects, Rouvas returned to Greece in Spring of 2008. It was then when he started doing performances in Thessaloniki with Peggy Zina. He premiered his new song at the Video Music Awards 2008 where he also won the award for Best Male Artist on June 17, 2008. Kontopoulos and Rouvas decided to release the song as a digital download in order to test the market.

Thelo

"Thelo" (Greek: Θέλω; English: I Want) is a song by Greek singer Despina Vandi. On October 10, 2007 (10/10), Despina released the song simultaneously on all radio stations and TV stations across Greece at 10 AM. It marked her 10th anniversary of collaborating with the composer Phoebus. The song topped Nielsen's Radio Airplay chart for 8 consecutive weeks in Greece. It is the first single released from the album 10 Hronia Mazi.

Music video

The music video was directed by Kostas Kapetanidis by special permission from Kalivourgiki. It took 48 hours to complete and throughout the duration the cast were provided with gas masks to protect themselves from the fumes and smoke from the pyrotechnics used. The video features Vandi as the frontwoman of a rock group, with Phoebus playing piano. In continuation the setting begins to catch fire including the piano and area where the band is performing.

Critical reception

Phoebus accused that this song samples the song Clocks by Coldplay. Also TV presenter Guy Krief from TV show "Ninja TV" on MAD TV presented a mixed video, which has been sent by a viewer about the song "Thelo" by Despina Vandi and "Clocks" by Coldplay. Although, the song grown high popularity.