The lyrics makes me feel like I'm Sarah in the nuclear blast in Terminator except the extreme heat is diarrhea instead engulfing me.
The thing that hits me the most is that the views/popularity doesn't matter. A billion views and not once did I get a whiff of some trope/cliche these songs have to do to make it that commercially successful. Just pure talent and excitement that everyone can come around and enjoy the song. Probably the most beautiful aspect to The Weeknd in general.
Having rented an apartment with a view of the Mississauga skyline and seeing these towers with red lights will forever taint me knowing its Drake's aspiration for his continuous efforts in making the lamest music to date.
As if him with Views and the CN Tower wasn't enough.
I owe one to the dev from Black Box for NFS: Undercover that chose Like Knives.
Just realized this is just a more punkish version of STRFKR.
I'm so fking glad that Blinding Lights has taken the throne. I swear had One Dance or Shape of You had retained them...
Solid retakes and a few new songs.
Although yeah Lost! with Jay-Z sounds like a fkin mashup from Soundclowns lol.
Wished the more synthpop/electronic stuff was expanded on. Mistakes, I'll Try and Headspace are just amazing.
The worst album cover in history. I ain't playing any songs because of that shi-
Just meh, the hook is kinda good-ish.
But absolutely have to deduct points for the play/view botting marketing he was trying to pull off.
How TF is Liberation not bolded over everything else, genuinely incredible lounge 90s song.
I'm so glad we collectively shat on a kid singing in 'Raconte-moi une histoire', but tbh 2nd half is great. Also bigger grudge since that made me turn off the album for a while before giving it a second try.
Lush AF hip hop.
Worst track: Hide and Seek (sorry, the autotuned only vocals gave me Whatcha Say PTSD especially with how memed that beginning part got)
No amount of somberful JRPG soundtracks pulling heart strings on impressionable teens can match the absolute influence and meme worthiness of this game's soundtrack. For something that amounts to midi music, it packs so much damn character.
Seems like an alternate world where an artist approaching for a more pop/mainstream take led to their best album. I couldn't care less if its the most accessible Animal Collective album, the production and back to back flow is absolutely wet.
Best Tracks: Brother Sport, My Girls
Took a relisten after years of dismissing the album, nostalgia didn't lie, still got some absolute gems.
Gonna get absolute hate but its not that bad, I would much rather be forced to listen to thing song 20 times than listen to all of Tones and I's discography.
AI is good when it can remove the incessant terrible lyrics for my own good.