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Tournament: PLΔTINUM HIT 7
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Glad you like it 
Here's my song if anyone wanted to give it a read. Like I said, I'm really really proud of it.
 Birdsong
VERSE 1:
Greying clouds, float like a sea
Rusted gates have an iron grip over me
Thorny vines tied in rough knots
As the snow ceases to drop
Frostbitten heart, longing for a flame
A soft restart, beginning again
A hymn of sorts, pulses through the woods
Reassurance from where I stood
PRECHORUS:
And a note of life
Billowing through the grove
Guardian spirit
To deepest depths I dove
CHORUS:
I知 not alone, i知 not alone,
I知 not alone, not anymore
The isolation lifts
I知 feeling my life shift
I am home, I am home,
I am home, and its thanks to you
A tiny messenger
The life in you I heard
VERSE 2:
in the silence, i was lost
Spent days and nights, viewing life as a cost
But the pale glow of the sun
Tells me my life痴 just begun
In restlessness, I sought signs of light
Guiding path for the darkest nights
In welcoming you into my world
I have found my most treasured pearl
PRECHORUS:
Through your note of life
Drifting in evening air
Guardian spirit
A sign that someone cares
CHORUS:
I知 not alone, i知 not alone,
I知 not alone, not anymore
The isolation lifts
I知 feeling my life shift
I am home, I am home,
I am home, and its thanks to you
A tiny messenger
The life in you I heard
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Let me triple post by saying I just saw the video/heard the remix and...
Got damn
EVERYTHING I ever hoped for and more. Right when I start to doubt her a bit she reels me back in. Such a perfect improvement on the song and easily her best video from this era.
I'm having a stan moment my god. This is two of my absolute favourite artists collaborating and I just... I can't  Excuse me while I hyperventilate.
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I like the video and I like Kendrick, but I don't know if I'm feeling the actual remix itself. I'll have to listen with headphones to really hear it out.
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I bought the remix right away. I'll need some time to get back to normal. 
This is the second time that two of my faves have collaborated together like this. First was Bey + Drake with "Mine".
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I'm the opposite. 
I LOVE the remix, it kinda slayed me. The verses have always been the weakest part of BB and Kendrick's are definitely an improvement so I'm happy with that. Plus the new trap influenced production is great. Although it just kinda confirms that the entire Bad Blood single campaign is exactly like the E.T. single campaign... fourth single, remix with rapper, urban-influenced change of pace, larger-than-life video etc.
In saying that, the video itself was okay. It was well done, and I LOVED the first minute of it, but then it got kinda redundant as it went on. There were probably a dozen too many characters, it would have been better with a smaller number and focussed on each of them a little bit more so we knew what their actual purpose in being there was. The entire video felt like it was leading up to this final battle, and then it just... never happened. They should have gotten to the approaching Selena scene during the bridge, then cut the audio and had the massive fight scene and finished with the final chorus once Selena and her camp had been conquered and they were being taken as prisoners or something, that would have been better. It's definitely a video that could have benefited from being 5-6 minutes rather than 4 minutes, but eh.
Overall it was alright. Better than I expected.
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Originally posted by lovesong
I bought the remix right away. I'll need some time to get back to normal.
This is the second time that two of my faves have collaborated together like this. First was Bey + Drake with "Mine". |
Mine is the reason I bought Self-Titled. I heard the clip and pretty much emptied my wallet straight into iTunes
I didn't know the BB remix was up. Let me purchase.
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Originally posted by Sam
I'm the opposite.
I LOVE the remix, it kinda slayed me. The verses have always been the weakest part of BB and Kendrick's are definitely an improvement so I'm happy with that. Plus the new trap influenced production is great. Although it just kinda confirms that the entire Bad Blood single campaign is exactly like the E.T. single campaign... fourth single, remix with rapper, urban-influenced change of pace, larger-than-life video etc.
In saying that, the video itself was okay. It was well done, and I LOVED the first minute of it, but then it got kinda redundant as it went on. There were probably a dozen too many characters, it would have been better with a smaller number and focussed on each of them a little bit more so we knew what their actual purpose in being there was. The entire video felt like it was leading up to this final battle, and then it just... never happened. They should have gotten to the approaching Selena scene during the bridge, then cut the audio and had the massive fight scene and finished with the final chorus once Selena and her camp had been conquered and they were being taken as prisoners or something, that would have been better. It's definitely a video that could have benefited from being 5-6 minutes rather than 4 minutes, but eh.
Overall it was alright. Better than I expected. |
Huh. I didn't even think about E.T.
I do agree that it would have been nicer if it were longer and more developed. Maybe there will be a sequel if it does alright.
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Originally posted by Bloomers
Mine is the reason I bought Self-Titled. I heard the clip and pretty much emptied my wallet straight into iTunes
I didn't know the BB remix was up. Let me purchase. |
Apparently in the U.S. its already in the top 5
It was #30 in the Canadian store but now its up to #26, I contributed nnn
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It's one of those nights where I SHOULD be going to bed but I'd rather just watch Katy's Super Bowl performance on repeat
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Originally posted by lovesong
Apparently in the U.S. its already in the top 5
It was #30 in the Canadian store but now its up to #26, I contributed nnn |
I went to check it and was going to come back and say: "it's not there  Hey Mama is number 5" but Bad Blood is number 3 now and I just contributed also.
Have you listened to your copy? Are you sure you got the song and not white noise?  
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It's one of those nights where I SHOULD be going to bed but I'd rather just watch Katy's Super Bowl performance on repeat
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It was a good performance and I will always love her for bringing out Missy.
But whoever left Ciara out...
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Originally posted by Bloomers
I went to check it and was going to come back and say: "it's not there Hey Mama is number 5" but Bad Blood is number 3 now and I just contributed also.
Have you listened to your copy? Are you sure you got the song and not white noise? |
Still can't believe that was a thing 
I listened to it and its heaven.  The only thing is it scrobbled but its in all lowercase for some reason. I also wish the single cover was a polaroid for consistency sake.
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In more important news, the album Blurryface by twenty one pilots just came out
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When are we getting the challenge, damn it?
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Originally posted by lovesong
Still can't believe that was a thing
I listened to it and its heaven. The only thing is it scrobbled but its in all lowercase for some reason. I also wish the single cover was a polaroid for consistency sake. |
Maybe that empty track was just stealth promo for Blank Space but that story is one of my favorite music related moments of the last year
Huh, my scrobbler Now Playing is showing all caps but my profile shows lower case. After a couple listens, I miss the drums of the original, but I'm on board with this 
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When are we getting the challenge, damn it?
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I believe I saw something about morning-afternoon time (probably Eastern Time). So probably anywhere from 6-16 hours from now. Patience 
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Originally posted by Bloomers
Maybe that empty track was just stealth promo for Blank Space but that story is one of my favorite music related moments of the last year
Huh, my scrobbler Now Playing is showing all caps but my profile shows lower case. After a couple listens, I miss the drums of the original, but I'm on board with this |
I think I might swap out the album version for the new remix for when I listen to 1989 in full.
I think its just the Kendrick-ness
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Band-Aids don't fix bullet holes
You say sorry just for show
If you live like that, you live with ghosts
If you love like that, blood runs cold
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Oops, haven't heard the Kendrick remix or watched the video.
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Here for the challenge tbh.
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