blackstonetyler

impressively bad

teenage dream sees katy perry fulfill her potential. this is truly the gold standard of pop music, though it’s not without its flaws. it goes without saying that katy and her team chose the absolute best arrangement of singles possible. smash hit after smash hit, evident by her five no. one singles from this record alone. the problem with the album doesn’t lie in the tracks themselves, but in the arrangement of the track list. this is an album of singles, not of cohesion. you can ... read more

as always, billie’s vocals are great and haunting but this is definitely an improvement over her previous two records. usually i’d get quite tired of hearing the same artist-producer pairing, but eilish and finneas obviously work very well together and their creativity grows together. an overall gorgeous record that feels more fully-realized than anything they’ve made before.

favorite tracks: chihiro, wildflower, blue

ah, a surprise double album. this time with aaron dessner at the forefront (and thank god for that). these tracks certainly highlight just how much jack antonoff is holding her back. while these tracks don’t entirely save the album overall, they’re a vast improvement over the standard tracks. better production and better lyricism. if swift must choose someone to heavily collaborate with, dessner should be that person over antonoff.

that being said, i’m still not terribly fond ... read more