you can feel the passion through her singing. the rock influence, the hook, the emotion, everything is woven perfectly to create an absolute banger of a track.

just like "Everybody", it's afraid of mixing things up a little. it doesn't have the catchiness of it though, so nothing worthwhile is going on aside from a solid vocal performance. fortunately, the album itself fixes many of the track's biggest faults, but this still ends up as a forgettable inclusion.

it doesn't go anywhere but it's enjoyable enough to accomplish what it set out to do: introduce one of the future heirs to the pop throne. the potential is there, it just hasn't been utilized yet.

lyrics are sweet, production is colorful and bright, but the melody is hands down the best part of it. although it may not be as original or personal as her later work it still has that trademark of her early days. if you're craving more disco, synth heavy Madonna then this is the song you're looking for.

she needed to let the cheesy, empowered tradwife shtick go. i guess she did? don't get me wrong, the production is as bland as always, but the lyrics aren't devoid of depth, which is already a huge step up. there is room for improvement, but at least it's a spark.

if it weren't for aomd this would be the best one

it's lacking the raunchiness that made the previous ones so addictive, but still, it's good. the video is awesome too.

QUIERO MASSS

her vocals feel off, lyrics are average, but production's good enough to not be a total disaster. hope this is kinda like the Midnight Sun rollout where "PRETTY UGLY" was the lead single just to make people pay attention and THEN we got to the good stuff.

i've always felt like producers are producers for a reason, that they're missing the substance and charisma you need for people to care about you. David Guetta, for example, falls into this category. He can make good songs, but without an artist by his side, he's simply not interesting enough.

this project is different. you can see the intentionality, the vision. the collaborators aren't on the tracks to finish it, but to elevate it. "Starlight" is interesting ... read more

i'm working on a better, longer review as we speak, but i just wanna say that even though i liked it, it's not the left turn she wanted us to think it was. they're pop songs with the occasional creepy string in the background. they're great, but not experimental.

why do guys in pop think they can get away with making the most mid, average, uninteresting, boring, radio friendly songs? you'd think they would at least try and create something unique or at least interesting, but not even one bit of effort feels like it was put into making this.

took 100 listens to get it but man was it worth it

me fascina que con la cantidad de artistas que se esfuerzan por hacer algo original, sea un tincho de 17 años con un cover el que hacemos famoso. me sorprende como hay amigos escuchando esto sin importarle (algunos sin saber siquiera que es una copia) el poco esfuerzo con el que se hizo. entiendo lo difícil de hacerte famoso, y lo importante que es capitalizar la oportunidad, pero copiando a otros artistas solo logrará que te tomen como un chiste. podría haber ... read more

in her debut, Madonna proved she already had her own sound figured out. here, she rejects that formula and tries to fire on all cylinders.

the singles are the standouts, obviously. "Material Girl" is clever satire and "Like a Virgin" has everything a great pop song should have: a catchy melody, those wonderful synths, an iconic VMAs performance and the occasional 'hee' before the chorus.

the other tracks differ in quality. "Angel" could easily fit in ... read more

jennie doesn't add anything, but she doesn't make it worse either. it's literaly the same song with more vocals in the mix and one more verse, production wise is exactly the same. if it were the original it'd be fine, yet if you're going to do a remix, you have to reshape the song in some way. just adding a talented vocalist is not it.

how the hell did she do this?

the record is very cohesive (sometimes too much for its own good) but it doesn't shy away from experimenting from time to time. "Burning Up" has an incredible guitar riff and a bit of a rock influence to it, and "I Know It" has this offbeat hook that is just so fucking fun.

If you take those two out, the album's fine but a bit repetitive in my opinion. many of the songs follow the same (albeit succesful) formula, but because of this, ... read more

it's almost perfect.

"Aerodynamic" is a bop with (what i assume to be) an electric guitar sample that goes HARD. "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" finds ways to shape a single line into basically a whole song, and despite "Something About Us" and "Digital Love" kinda having pretty uninspired lyrics, they feel as an experiment for the duo, as they rarely ever have a voice on most of the songs.

only thing dragging it down is the last song, as it ... read more

he thought he could pull a charli and write an album in weeks 😭😭 at least in the last one you could see the effort put into it. it is kinda catchy though.

you know magdalena bay are the goats when madonna names her album after their interlude

anyways, damn the 80s were really the peak of pop, like just try to resist those groovy baselines or that string on "Papa Don't Preach". she even managed to make a good ballad on "Live To Tell" (something she clearly struggled with) .

she combined what worked in her first two records, put it in a blender and sprinkled some latin influence to make it even better. her best so far.