With help from producers like Ricky Reed, she delivers wide-eyed pre-9/11 pop—and this throwback vibe suits her.
On Thank You she demonstrates real dance-pop agility. Some of these songs will be moving feet for a good while to come.
Taken on a track by track basis, it can be silly fun ... but as a collective, Thank You turns into something less than the sum of its parts almost entirely due to the Trainor's tunnel vision.
Self-empowerment can shade into self-aggrandizement when it isn’t delivered in a convincing way, and Thank You only periodically rises to the challenge.
Thank You is a major step forward from 2014’s unlikable Title, and someone you’re rooting against is in it to win it.
Structure is an issue within Thank You, despite its catchy beats.
In her attempts to capture the girl-power theatrics of early-aughts Destiny's Child, Trainor also misguidedly rehashes that era's urban-pop production, all chintzy beats and grinding synths.
Ultimately, much of Thank You is a bit of a hotchpotch, after her initial efforts were rejected and main producer Ricky Reed called on to conjure up some hits.
The reparative self-love that once propelled All About That Bass now feels more like straight narcissism.
GOD BLESS YOU MEGHAN TRAINOR YOUR MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE
I WAS IN A COMA AND THEN I HEARD YOUR MUSIC, WOKE UP AND I PULLED THE PLUG
WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH
Pros.
-Stepped up production from Title
-Only 39 minutes long
Cons.
- It was 39 minutes too long
-The writing sounded like a chubby spoiled white 6-year old was given a mic and a Starbucks and told to sing about her life
* Watch Me Do (5/10)
* Me Too (7/10)
* NO (8/10)
* Better (7.5/10)
* Hopeless Romantic (7/10)
* I Love Me (3.5/10)
* Kindly Calm Me Down (9/10)
* Woman Up (6/10)
* Just a Friend To You (6.5/10)
* I Won't Let You Down (6/10)
* Dance Like Yo Daddy (5.5/10)
* Champgne Problems (8/10)
* Mom (7/10)
* Friends (4/10)
* Thank You (5.5/10)
* Goosebumps (4.5/10)
* Throwback Love (6/10)
* Good To Be Alive (6.5/10)
Nota Final: 63/100
how did she make "NO" but then just.. never did that again..? she dropped one great song n went back to her usual tacky shit. ugh
fav tracks; no, kindly calm me down, woman up
least fav tracks; just a friend to you, champagne problems
When I listened to "Thank You," it felt like the album couldn't decide if it wanted to empower listeners or just focus on Meghan herself. And a lot of the time, it seemed to tip more towards talking just about her. It's like we've heard it all before, just with a different cover on it.
✅Kindly Calm Me Down 9
✅No 8
✅Me Too 7
✅Just a Friend to You 7
❌Champagne Problems 5,5
❌Better (with Yo Gotti) 3,5
❌Watch Me Do 3,5
❌I Love Me (with LunchMoney Lewis) 3
❌Woman Up ... read more
1 | Watch Me Do 2:49 | 44 |
2 | Me Too 3:01 | 60 |
3 | NO 3:33 | 62 |
4 | Better 2:47 feat. Yo Gotti | 35 |
5 | Hopeless Romantic 4:05 | 26 |
6 | I Love Me 2:47 | 32 |
7 | Kindly Calm Me Down 3:58 | 45 |
8 | Woman Up 3:28 | 35 |
9 | Just a Friend to You 2:44 | 31 |
10 | I Won't Let You Down 3:20 | 23 |
11 | Dance Like Yo Daddy 3:03 | 21 |
12 | Champagne Problems 3:42 | 39 |