''The Movement'' is the debut

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(EP) by Australian-American singer-songwriter

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. The EP was self-released on 16 April 2013 as a free download. The EP received favorable reviews from several magazines and blogs upon release.

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described the EP as "A spine-tinglingly euphoric 80's pop nugget," Indie pop blog All Things Go claimed she was "charting new musical territory," and the UK outlet

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called it "the best proper EP so far of 2013." ''

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'' named her "Your Next Pop Obsession" on 5 August 2013, and ''TIME'' chose Newham as one of 14 Musical Acts To Watch in 2014. On 15 September 2013, it was announced Who had signed with

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. The EP was re-released digitally via RCA Records on 17 September 2013.

Reviews

Sam Lanky of

gave the EP a positive review saying; "The four-track EP is led by single "Somebody Loves You," a spine-tinglingly euphoric '80s pop nugget with a singalong chorus catchier than most of what's on mainstream radio. Weirder still is that the other three tracks are equally impressive: The luminous "You're In Love" evokes the new

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album, while "Right Here" is dreamily lush; "High Society" is an injection of New Order

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with a rich, cinematic chorus. It's absolutely perfect pop, and it's absolutely - incredibly! - free".

Track listing

All production done by Peter Thomas. All songs were included on Betty Who's debut album, ''

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'' (2014).

Charts

The extended play debuted at number 22 on the ''

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'' Heatseekers Album chart for the week commencing 26 April 2014.

References

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