Tove Styrke, maybe I should get into her since I see her on some of the lists here
You should! It took me awhile to get into her but I'm pleased I did.
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i just saw tofubeats in your hm omg
i will be perched from here on out now
Positive and Stakeholder both had their bops.
I hope you'll see some other things you like.
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Perched for the English lists
Slay at you stanning for some of these underrated bops
Magnets, Devotion, Take Me Away
Delirium not making it
Delirium was good but it's definitely Ellie's weakest album imo.
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Anyway! Time for the first Asian album!
Brown Eyed Grandmas make their somewhat anticipated return to music as a group, and what a comeback it was! The first half of the album is definitely the best as it features the disco bop and title track Brave New World, bottoming anthem Warm Hole, the somewhat funk inspired Wave and the Spanish influenced Obsession. The second half has its moments too, such as the closing number Fractal but overall the second half lacks extremely in comparison to the first, hence why it's last in my list.
This song is very haunting isn't it? To me, this seems like a relationship gone bad and the protagonist is trying to find themselves and free themselves from said relationship. The harmonies in this are hauntingly beautiful and the guitar definitely adds to the sombre and upsetting mood that the song tries to create.
The first of two Diplo entries, To Ü (Feat. AlunaGeorge) is the best song from his collaborative project with Skrillex, Jack Ü. The song production is all over the place and off-the-wall, which paired with Aluna's floaty vocals makes for a very good song. (Did George even get to do anything on it or?)
Charli makes an appearance next. After the abyssmal album that will not be named to not trigger anyone, this cover of Bleachers' Rollercoaster is actually really cute! This indie-pop instrumental fits Charlotte's voice extremely well imo, she especially sounds good in the chorus. I would love it if xbox went in this direction next after her SOPHIE produced album (which I am extremely looking forward) instead of whatever that noise was, but only time will tell!
To be honest, Basic kinda didn't tickle my fancy as much as I had hoped, oh well. And also the solo version of Rollercoaster >> but at least Bleachersus made an appearance.
You should! It took me awhile to get into her but I'm pleased I did.
I really enjoyed Kiddo. Thanks for the recommendation.
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SUCKER is not abysmal though. It had its hidden gems like Caught In The Middle and So Over You.
But yass at her version of Rollercoaster making it. One of my faves on that album.
This song is apparently a drag at someone called Lee Byung Hun, as the lyrics “There's tomorrow, you, romantic and success in my head” were from some leaked texts of his or something? Anyway, this R&B (supposedly) number is very synth heavy which is probably why I like it so much and the talk-rap-singing in the chorus also feels really effective with the instrumental. The video for this continues his trend of 69 second videos, and is a bit strange just like the rest of his stuff.
This LGBT summer smash that should have been is next. Although what appears to be a simple song at first with the main premise being the clapping in the instrumental, after looking at the lyrics this song seems to be one massive double entendre for a discrete sexual intercourse (Grindr who?) with “touch” and “clap” referring to different parts of sex respectively. Who would have thought?
The first of two late editions to the list, Yezi's solo debut lands here. Although vastly different to the original I've come to love from Unpretty Rapstar, this version goes harder than the original and Yezi's delivery is so much better than the version from Unpretty Rapstar. The lyrics are still fantastic and San E doesn't sound tragic for once making this a worthy last minute entry. I've also put the original there (on the right) to highlight how different the new one is!