Tinchy Stryder feat. Pixie Lott - Bright Lights

Now here's something - a Pixie Lott track with real, proper maturity to it. But look who's teaming up with her on the track - Tinchy Stryder. The rapper has been of something of a limbo of late; his latest LP Third Strike was packed with great tracks (in particular the five-minute epic Game Over, featuring a who's who of British rap stars), but commercial success was not to match the critical acclaim.

Instead, the general consensus seems to be that Tinchy has slipped to a lower gear beneath the fresher, newer echelons of UK urban stars: your Tinie Tempahs and Labrinths.

But Bright Lights is exactly the kind of record that highlights why Tinchy remains relevant; if anything, it injects Pixie Lott (who's been dealing with some commercial worries of her own recently) with the kind of purpose and credibility she's been lacking for a long time.

Tuneful piano chords and strings drive a classic Pixie chorus, the kind of indelible melody that ensured that even if you hated the likes of All About Tonight, you eventually succumbed to its impossible charms. Bright Lights feels like an anthem to new horizons, the very best of second chances - and for both these artists, Tinchy and Pixie, it could just be the record to revitalise and refresh.

Bright Lights is released on the 27th February.