The side-chained synth at the beginning, slightly more atmospheric production, and slightly more emotive vocals. She took notes from the total flop that was 143's singles, but it still just feels SO derivative and boring. Why should I listen to this over an AI generated pop song? There's no personal or creative redeeming quality to this song.
What's weird is she has done cool stuff before. Even pop bait like 'I Kissed A Girl' has cinematic but incredibly tight guitar, ... read more
Love the instrumentation, there's a point to be made it gets a little fatiguing near the end
This feels like a snippet, it's a great concept that goes literally nowhere. Almost feels like the beat drop was made for tiktok clips.
Hayley Williams continues to crush it nearly every time
I actually really wanted this to be good. I loved the idea of Taylor dropping the antonoff slop, picking up her iconic pop collaborators, and making something more confident and fun. This is not what I hoped, it feels so washed. It feels extremely lazy. There is zero cohesion, there's zero loyalty to the visual or conceptual aesthetic she attempted to set up here. There's lyrics that truly begin to show her age, even though there's brilliant 30 year old female writers that can ... read more
Madison Beer seen kicking, screaming, thrashing at Khia Asylum locks as Demi clocks her nachos and takes off with the key
maximalist but clean, narrative driven, lots to dig into, but i feel like one thing that was neglected was just making a bop or two. These songs are good in their aesthetic and purpose but sometimes music is about strong emotions and it struggles to make me feel strong emotions. Like you ever listen to a song and its almost savory, it tickles you in a way that begs a replay, there isn't really one of those here, and i think that's a vice.
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