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Special Event: atrlcritic | Ed Sheeran's new songs after the upgrade
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New format looks nice!
Also I know Kiesza didn't get all the reviews needed and I did one of her recently if it needs to be posted or anything.
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I want to request Love Me Harder by Ariana Grande 
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Originally posted by Mastamaind
'Love Me Harder' all the way!!!!!!!
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i'll second love me harder
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I want to request Love Me Harder by Ariana Grande |
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Can we review BWET next week?
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Love Me Harder it is! I'll start it sometime this afternoon.
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Shouldn't we review Selena Gomez new single?
Also, when we get the 2 Beyoncé singles, drop everything and put them on top 
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^ It doesn't matter how relevant or irrelevant an album/song is, it needs at least 3 requests to be reviewed.
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Should we use the BEYONCÉ rerelease as an opportunity to review the album instead of the future single?
I'm sure the wasps will try to ruin it but it will be great for the thread. And I think once people write 2 or 3 reviews, it will become a habit and it will encourage them to write more reviews in the future.
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Originally posted by Superpower
Should we use the BEYONCÉ rerelease as an opportunity to review the album instead of the future single?
I'm sure the wasps will try to ruin it but it will be great for the thread. And I think once people write 2 or 3 reviews, it will become a habit and it will encourage them to write more reviews in the future.
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It depends on what people request. I'm open to both ideas.
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| Love Me Harder - Ariana Grande f/The Weeknd
Ariana Grande f/The Weeknd | Republic | Release Date: September 30, 2014 | Review Period: November 6, 2014 - November 10, 2014
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Universal acclaim
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7.2 | Experimental Top Critic Score
Generally Favorable Reviews
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| | dddddddddddddd | Summary: The third single off of My Everything features Canadian R&B singer The Weeknd. | Record Label: Republic
Genre(s): Pop |
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| Member Reviews | | d | .iPositive: ████████████████ 5 | | d | ....iMixed: ███ 1 | | d | Negative: 0 |
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| | Top Critic Reviews | | d | .iPositive: ████████████████ 4 | | d | ....iMixed: ████ 1 | | d | Negative: ? |
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I'll have Love Me Harder up later, but we're doing Broke With Expensive Taste right?
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I'll have Love Me Harder up later, but we're doing Broke With Expensive Taste right?
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You're the 2nd request I think. I wouldn't be surprised if I got a 3rd later tonight.
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will third BWET and get started on a lmh review
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Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd - Love Me Harder
The juxtaposition between the saccharine, lolita image of Grande with the almost predatory The Weeknd is something which, in theory, is odd, and yet it works perfectly on the track. Between the delicate imagery of Grande biting her lip "in the moment" with The Weeknd's pressure-inducing, the sexual tension on the track is all the more heightened. The listener is presented with the sexual vacuum between pleasure and pain, something which wills to be filled, thus inviting the audience into this pulsing, dark world of lip-biting, hip-pressuring and sex. It remains both enthralling in sex and authentic in tension.
Some may find Grande's ostensible leaps between different genres too convenient to be genuine, however Love Me Harder undeniably works. Given her background as an actress, it's an ironic habit of Grande's to remain aloof - emotionless even - on her work, however the deeper irony is how this iciness existing on a slow-burning sex jam is fundamentally what makes it so great. While the velvet texture of each vocalist's contribution melts slowly over the pounding mid-tempo beat, the back and forth drama between the personae intensifies: thus inspiring and realising the darker - and yet remaining a Disney-certified authentic - microcosm of sexual tension, with Grande now willing for someone else's "everything".
4 out of 5
Review archive
Taylor Swift - 1989
Tinashe - Aquarius
Calvin Harris ft. John Newman - Blame
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang
Azealia Banks - Heavy Metal and Reflective
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ATRL Contributor
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If we're going to review the Azealia Banks album, can we get to move BLUE to next week? Or at least wait until we finish Motion to review Broke With Expensive Taste? Because I don't want another Kiesza happening with iam.
Honestly, TRF.
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Member Since: 11/18/2011
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Originally posted by THERihFan
If we're going to review the Azealia Banks album, can we get to move BLUE to next week? Or at least wait until we finish Motion to review Broke With Expensive Taste? Because I don't want another Kiesza happening with iam.
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I second this, especially since BLUE isn't even technically out until next week I'm pretty sure.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Here's the current review schedule:
Calvin Harris - 'Motion' [November 3rd - November 9th]
Ariana Grande f/The Weeknd - 'Love Me Harder' [November 6th - November 10th]
iamamiwhoami - 'BLUE' [November 7th - November 13th]
We'll start Azealia Banks' album right after Motion ends on the 9th.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Yeah do the new Selena song
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by bluth
Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd - Love Me Harder
The juxtaposition between the saccharine, lolita image of Grande with the almost predatory The Weeknd is something which, in theory, is odd, and yet it works perfectly on the track. Between the delicate imagery of Grande biting her lip "in the moment" with The Weeknd's pressure-inducing, the sexual tension on the track is all the more heightened. The listener is presented with the sexual vacuum between pleasure and pain, something which wills to be filled, thus inviting the audience into this pulsing, dark world of lip-biting, hip-pressuring and sex. It remains both enthralling in sex and authentic in tension.
Some may find Grande's ostensible leaps between different genres too convenient to be genuine, however Love Me Harder undeniably works. Given her background as an actress, it's an ironic habit of Grande's to remain aloof - emotionless even - on her work, however the deeper irony is how this iciness existing on a slow-burning sex jam is fundamentally what makes it so great. While the velvet texture of each vocalist's contribution melts slowly over the pounding mid-tempo beat, the back and forth drama between the personae intensifies: thus inspiring and realising the darker - and yet remaining a Disney-certified authentic - microcosm of sexual tension, with Grande now willing for someone else's "everything".
4 out of 5
Review archive
Taylor Swift - 1989
Tinashe - Aquarius
Calvin Harris ft. John Newman - Blame
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang
Azealia Banks - Heavy Metal and Reflective
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So well written 
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