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Originally posted by cheap
Show me a recent song by a pop girl similar to Rich Boi. Which pop song has def leppard/glam hints in pop music like Rich Boi does.
btw oprahisblack you seem to want innovation in pop music yet you have pink in a pedestal? kind of contradictory, good you found Porcelain.
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Where are those? The chorus is a bit anthemy but not that much, not really enough to make up for the cookie cutter sound of the verses. And that particular way the chorus is sung would seem A LOT more authintic if the lyrics weren't some of the most disgustingly shallow stupid pop lyrics I've heard anyone sing. You want def leppard/glam sound in pop music, though, just look at several tracks off of Warrior. Ke$ha did it more and better. The verses sound exactly like 90% of pop songs since 2000 have sounded, and the bridge sounds like it was ripped from a horrible r&b song. In fact, that bridge specifically gives me teas from that Gwen song off her 2nd album - the part that goes "don't get it twisted, don't get clever, this is the most craziest **** ever." Generic much?
I don't necessarily want innovation, but I want pop girls to write their own lyrics, have their own distinct flavor, and for their personality to be reflected in their music rather than sounding like everybody ****ing else. It shouldn't be that hard - they ARE all different people, so why do half of them sound as alike as, hmm - i dunno, as mannequins assembled on a factory line? P!nk is her own person, and her music is her own. Ke$ha, too. No surprise they're my 2 favorite pop girls.
If you remove Rich Boi and OWA from Porcelain's discography, she too did a remarkable job of being her own artist, making music that does not sound like I've been hearing different iterations of that same song for over 10 years. The lyrics were personal and poignant, and the music sounded like thought was put into it. Those two sound like she was given a song written by 5 men in suits sitting in a conference room and told "sing this" and then they went and found the instrumental for a song from 5 years ago, tweaked it, and set the vocal to that.
It gives me Megan McCauley being told to sing Tap That and Break You teas, tbh. Except this time it seems like it might be the artist herself pushing herself in a ****** direction for the sake of fame, in which case, bye girl.
I feel the need to clarify that I don't think Rich Boi is a BAD song. It's a catchy little bop. It's just that unlike most of the people in my sig, Porcelain actually HAS THE TALENT to do so much goddamn better.