Since AOTY has like ZERO standards for what qualifies as a review, I think I can get away with stating that I found a longer comment some on social media somewhere, criticizing this tape as a jokey, unserious "mockery" of trap aesthetics, with a question to the reader to consider why Vylet chose to use hip-hop/trap sounds for her "ha-ha fun" project, and rock, electronic, and pop for a lot of her most serious and confessional songs moments. It followed with another paragraph ... read more
Day 153:
These three strange men have been invading my house non grata for five consecutive months now. Every morning, Fatty Spins barge into my room and wake me up by yelling the same vulgar, repulsive song...
“DOIN YOUR MOM, DOIN DOIN YOUR MOM
YOU KNOW WE STRAIGHT, WE DOIN YOUR MOM”
Every. Single. Morning.
I get out of bed and they follow me around my house. I go to the bathroom as I do every morning, and I see them in the mirror, dancing and singing this song. I sit at the ... read more
IN DEFENSE OF DOECHII'S WORST SONG
I'm making this the toughest of tough sells for that title alone. But I'm not gonna ease into this; I think the sensationalism surrounding this song has spiraled way out of control, and has curdled into something genuinely ugly. I'm sorry, but you all are blowing this song way the fuck out of proportion as if it's the fucking Antichrist or some shit. To have any chance at putting this into perspective, we need to understand where ... read more
I am VERY unhappy that Morgan Wallen is part of the American pop canon.
Like, his presence is a net-negative for popular music.
Between the i n c i d e n t that quite comically blasted him into stardom with the might of a thousand pasty suns, what it says about the type of people that like him, the fact that my collection of "pop country songs that I allow myself to like" has a lower acceptance rate than an Ivy League school, and the fact that he makes the absolute worst type of ... read more
I don't know why it is that I continue to keep an ear out for Teddy Swims. After a year of getting stomped on by Lose Control (which continues to sink towards "bane-of-my-existence" territory) and The Door (a successful follow-up only by sheer label force), and everything I said about his debut, you'd think I'd be more than ready to write him off.
Bad Dreams is the reason why I never did, and the keyword here is "improvement."
Teddy's voice sounds ... read more