for sure my guilty pleasure album of the year. last year was tate mcrae, niall horan you have the honor this time. boys are fun kinda left a bad taste in my mouth, but other than that, i liked this a lot.
"The best sequels keep what you really like about the first thing, but they aren't afraid to do their own thing for the next season and kind of grow, in a way" - Djo Keery
started off strong with sideways, then fell off, then picked back up at you and forever, then took a nosedive. The Mumford and Sons weird country thing that pops in every other track is not working for me. This is coming from someone who loves her some Bleachers.
Yes, she is lowkey cosplaying Ariana, especially with "locket theme extended." She needs to lean more into EDM as that is definitely her sound, but she has the vocals to back up the Ariana style. These new tracks are solid. Also where is 15 minutes????
Not even paying attention to those demos lowkey. The Answer is pretty good. That's all I got.
Every song runs together, like all them horses, all 17 of them. When do they change? No one really knows. They have done it... Noah, Gabe Simon, and Aaron Dessner have polymorphed into a music deity of the most predictable Singer-Songwriter Americana the world has ever seen. They fuse music and lyrics into one great machination of PURE NOAH KAHAN. We are one. We are Noah Kahan. We are the Great Divide.
NialL please save us from the one direction solo project slump of 2026
been re-listening to a lot of the fray, goo goo dolls, etc. Realized "oh my god, new album??? huh??" I was excited until about 20 seconds into the album, then I realized I'd probably be bored for another 35 minutes. I was.
This man needs features in order to break out of cookie-cutter corporate pop, and thankfully there are a lot of features on this album. Still doesn't mean this album is anything special or boundary-breaking for Mr. "I used to be cringe" Puth. Saying "I used to be cringe" automatically puts you back into cringe womp womp.
Hate that I like her sound because her lyrics are becoming more and more insufferable with each project