HIGHLIGHTS
Wildfire
Cool For The Summer
Confident
Stone Cold
FAVORITE LYRIC
A kerosene beauty queen / Looking for her matchstick king / To burn in to my heart / Hand into the flame / We could set the world ablaze
COMMENTARY
I'll admit that this album disappointed me a bit. As I mentioned earlier, I didn't love the lead single at first, and then the album itself didn't impress me much at first either. I think that's just Demi's fault for hyping the album so much and saying she was coming for GRAMMYs. However, much of it grew on me, and the four highlights listed above are some of my most played songs of the year. Wildfire is in my top 5 Demi songs ever and despite some misgivings about the production, Stone Cold is certainly one of her best ballads. Now she better come for GRAMMYs with her next release!
FAVORITE LYRIC
There's such a difference between us / And a million miles
COMMENTARY
Has a lead single ever been met with such hype?! Since 21 is my most-played album of all-time, I was naturally nervous about the lead single from 25. I immediately loved Hello. (I then got tired of it and stopped listening for weeks, though I came back to it later.) While Hello is certainly not as strong as the best song ever (RITD), I still love it for its vocals, epic final chorus, and its success
Confident has some great song Stan for Wildfire, it's so good
Hello is nice but there are better songs on 25 imo
Oh, definitely.
Water Under the Bridge
I Miss You
All I Ask
Love in the Dark
When We Were Young
>>>>>>>>>>>
Hello is one of my least played in fact. But I'm only doing SINGLES for my Best Of. If I just went off songs, only 2 artists would appear in the top 10
HIGHLIGHTS
Should've Been Us
City Dove
Expensive
I Was Made For Loving You
FAVORITE LYRIC
City dove, fly between the stars and the headlights / Passin' by the clouds and the street signs / Knowing that there's something to come, just holdin' on
COMMENTARY
Like most of the world, I slept on Tori Kelly for a while. I heard "Nobody Love" on the radio a couple times but didn't pay much attention to her. Then I stumbled across "Should've Been Us" on ATRL and the very first time I heard it, I screamed and pulled out every hair on my head. This led me to Unbreakable Smile, an imperfect album with a few really wonderful songs on it. While this album makes it on my list off the strength of my key tracks above, it's still a strong full-length debut that makes me excited for what Tori puts out next.