Classic Man is cute but forgettable.
Feeling Myself, Fight Song and Focus are all good.
Somebody was a bop for a hot minute.
Til It Happens To You would be brilliant if the vocals were better.
Time Of Our Lives, Truffle Butter and Uptown Funk are all okay-good.
At 15th place is Tove Styrke's Ego. I don't quite remember how I came across this artist but I remember being intrigued because she has the same name as underrated queen, Tove Lo. Turns out they're both from Sweden, land of musical geniuses. I even remember pronouncing it "Strike" until I saw her perform on Late Night: Seth Meyers where he pronounced her last name "Steer-keh". I never realized the "y" comes before the "r"
The tribal-inspired production and the smooth synth-ridden chorus make for a very relaxing listen. It also helps that the message of the song is about dealing with a guy with a HUMONGOUS ego and I was dating someone like that back then. Looking back now, the dude wasn't really in the position to be narcissistic 'cause he was lowkey hideous af! I guess we just go blind sometimes
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Just another masterpiece to add to Little Mix's resume as pop geniuses. Love Me Like You is a groovy little track with pretty sad lyrics. It has an overall melancholic feel with hints of sexiness sprinkled all throughout. It's the perfect song to listen to when you miss your ex but don't wanna feel too sad about it. Hold up I'm starting to miss my ex boo now too (no not the fugly narcissistic one and yes im a thot) I dated a handful other guys after him and noone even comes close to him! Why did he have to cheat ugh!
I was a little skeptical about this song, at first, because the title is too similar to the Ellie Goulding single. But who'd have thought it would turn out to be the better track?!
Sadly, there wasn't a song as good as Black Magic or this on their album. But that's only on my first listen, maybe I'll try again next time.
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Remember that time we all thought #R8 was finally coming?
My bestfriend and I are huge Rihanna fans and we were so excited the day it came out. We met and had a small listening party and about halfway through the song she was like "dafuq?!" She really didn't like it. I thought it was pretty disappointing, too, but I never thought it was bad. A couple more listens after and I was HOOKED! My bestfriend still hated it although she stans for Halsey now so her opinion is irrelevant
There's just something so relaxing and chill about this song. It may be Rihanna's weakest lead single post-mixtapes but it has something special the other ones don't have: it has vulnerability and benevolence. It's honest and laidback and something Rihanna doesn't usually make.
I haven't seen my bestfriend in months, too, and this song makes me miss her so much!
Focus: I don't really hate this song that much although it can be pretty grating at times. This is an occasional bop but Ariana needs to know that it is NOT okay to rehash your last lead single unless it's for your second single then you can get away with it 'cause it's just your debut era *cough Meghan cough*
Oh well, not bad, I expected worse Love Me Like You and Style better snatch!