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diamond life was the one that got me into them but honestly i think they're just really consistent.  like i could listen to any of their albums and stan.  also stan dolphin noises!

i still need to get into their discography properly. i only listened to diamond life and lovers rock and i was not so much into the latter.

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i actually don't like roisin at all :dies: i have not listened to her album though!

LOVE sugar on the rim :clap3: 

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On 12/12/2020 at 12:34 PM, Madame X said:

57.  annie - dark hearts

genre: synth pop, synth wave

for fans of: early 10s indie music

annie always flirted with slowcore and sad girl music, but she finally went 100% of the way this year, but what makes this so good is the whole synth wave and new romantic vibes.  the chorus creeps in on you, and once you finally begin to love it it gives you a ***well deserved*** key change.

Say it louder for the people who expected something more upbeat in these end of times!

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On 12/12/2020 at 12:47 PM, Madame X said:

whats your rym!  i might have added you on it already

What's your username? I made an account recently and I have zero friends.

 

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Baby a big bop, I like her last few singles so the album should be good :duca: the way people hate her for being pretty :rip:

Dark Hearts is nice but my least favorite single (and probs song) on the album :keir: Futsal isn't bad actually :jamming:

Alice one of the only decent songs on that album :mandown: I Want You To Love Me was an OPENER :katie2: 

2 songs called Body back to back :oh: Megan's is a banger, it's dumb but reaaaally catch :jamming:

Murphy's Law great :clap3: my hair and Brooklyn cute :jamming: I Can't Stop Me overrated :-*

I've pointed out the Hayley/Vincent similarities before, that's the only reason I like SOTR :fan: 

 

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really!  what are your fave chromatica songs

fun tonight (call me basic idc!!!)

1000 doves

sour candy

free woman?

 

body :WAP: 

murphy’s law is disco goodness but jessie outsold :fan: 

i can’t stop me :clap3: i wish the song was a BIT slower tho 

sweetener is my favorite album but i did NOT like a lot on positions :mandown: 

wait.... the st vincent thing for sugar on the rim makes sense wtf i’m shook

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also seeing Guilty Conscience here was the last straw for me, I've been avoiding this album since I've posted my album list already but I know I'm gonna like it so I'm streaming now :fan: kinda wanna edit my song list now to include Guilty Conscience :keir:

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magdalena bay's body is a bop omg let me listen to it again :alexz: way too short tho

la di da will forever be the best blinding lights ripoff! :fan:

rockstar was a cute #1 song!

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gonna comment on yalls lists then will have the update after it.  lemme do replies first.

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1 hour ago, ikiru said:

magdalena bay's body is a bop omg let me listen to it again :alexz: way too short tho

la di da will forever be the best blinding lights ripoff! :fan:

rockstar was a cute #1 song!

!!! im glad i could get someone into it.  ill always be team i can't stop me bc of the rap part near the end it sends me. 

3 hours ago, K$Ellie said:

also seeing Guilty Conscience here was the last straw for me, I've been avoiding this album since I've posted my album list already but I know I'm gonna like it so I'm streaming now :fan: kinda wanna edit my song list now to include Guilty Conscience :keir:

glad i could be the last straw :jonny: honestly i was pretty late to this song too.... and it was one of the earliest songs, if not the earliest on my list.  jan 8th :rip: 

3 hours ago, Lazuli said:

 

fun tonight (call me basic idc!!!)

1000 doves

sour candy

free woman?

 

body :WAP: 

murphy’s law is disco goodness but jessie outsold :fan: 

i can’t stop me :clap3: i wish the song was a BIT slower tho 

sweetener is my favorite album but i did NOT like a lot on positions :mandown: 

wait.... the st vincent thing for sugar on the rim makes sense wtf i’m shook

mess, im a fun tonight/1kdoves hater.  though, free woman... i love the original demo.

 

i feel like roisin did good artsy fartsy disco so they both filled a niche that the other one didn't :-*  i wanna know what user compared it to masseduction!! i will curse them forever tbh.

3 hours ago, K$Ellie said:

Baby a big bop, I like her last few singles so the album should be good :duca: the way people hate her for being pretty :rip:

Dark Hearts is nice but my least favorite single (and probs song) on the album :keir: Futsal isn't bad actually :jamming:

Alice one of the only decent songs on that album :mandown: I Want You To Love Me was an OPENER :katie2: 

2 songs called Body back to back :oh: Megan's is a banger, it's dumb but reaaaally catch :jamming:

Murphy's Law great :clap3: my hair and Brooklyn cute :jamming: I Can't Stop Me overrated :-*

I've pointed out the Hayley/Vincent similarities before, that's the only reason I like SOTR :fan: 

 

i heard that she was a HUGE bitch during filming of rpdr :rip: thats kinda my only conception of her personality lol.  my least fave dark farts song is prob the 2nd to last one? it kinda has that syndrome where it feels like its ending 3x in a row.  oh well, a lot of good albums have that x.  

 

OK SO IT WAS YOU!  :mad: i can't unhear it now.

5 hours ago, Chamoy said:

What's your username? I made an account recently and I have zero friends.

 

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my username is hagdonna 

https://rateyourmusic.com/~hagdonna

 

classy, i know.  add me!!

5 hours ago, Chamoy said:

Say it louder for the people who expected something more upbeat in these end of times!

!! plus, its not like annie hasn't done **** like that before.  out of reach, HEARTBEAT?

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actually considering username  changing back tbh...

16 hours ago, Legend E said:

i still need to get into their discography properly. i only listened to diamond life and lovers rock and i was not so much into the latter.

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i actually don't like roisin at all :dies: i have not listened to her album though!

LOVE sugar on the rim :clap3: 

oh, well, i was actually being nice in my previous post.  yeah lovers rock is their weakest.  if you liked diamond life, you might like love is stronger than pride cuz its got a good blend of gorgeous ballads and funky bops.  their other classic album aside from DL is love deluxe though, its the one with no ordinary love.

 

whaaaaaaaaaat!  roisin is a legend!  give her album a chance!  do you at least like overpowered?

17 hours ago, JGibson said:

The Strokes :party:

looking forward to them being high on ur list :-* 

17 hours ago, Green said:

body, my hair and rockstar  :clap3: 

 

my hair is one of the highlights of positions. It sounds like one of those classic R&B songs from the 90's

yeah i think it actually sounds fairly convincing in its inspirations which is why so many people like it, esp people who weren't a fan of the album overall.

17 hours ago, Sunderland 4ever said:

The love for The Strokes music this year :clap3:

 

Brookling Bridge is not even on my Top 3 favorite tracks of the album, but I still enjoy it a lot. :jamming:

 

Shout-out for including On and Body.

really!  yeah i feel like im in the minority for it being my top strokes song.  but i do love the adults are talking/on the door as well.  pretty good album overall. 

20 hours ago, TheWayWeWere said:

nnnn :rip: I hope she makes money out of this :rip:

 

Murphy's Law is disco gold :jonny: 

My Hair snatched my wig basically with these vocals

Sugar on the Rim :clap3: 

im sure kelis is making a lot of money tbh.  she seems content w her life.  its not like her last album did well critically or commercially :doc: BUT FOOD IS UNDERRATED

 

glad you enjoy roisin and the otherz :-* 

20 hours ago, ARTPØP said:

Rockstar, a bop! :WAP:

glad you enjoy it!  it was hated  by too many atrl gays

20 hours ago, BlackoutZone said:

So you let ICSM win? I mean, its GOOD!

Murphy's Law and Sugar on the Rim of course big stand outs on their albums, but I know you'll have more Roisin huh :fan: 

i did let it win and IM PROUD.  yeah im gonna have more roisin duh.  she's been one of my faves since i was in my FIRST year of my undergraduate.  mess. 

20 hours ago, Tom Vercetti said:

guilty conscience > post malone. I tried to get into Kelly's recent music but her pop stuff doesn't work for me :sad: 

 

That Twice song isn't better than the stuff it's ripping off but it is among the most tolerable they've been so i'll give them that. 

hm, i still need to atually give post a chance, but maybe its not worth it.  i feel like only a few of her new songs were pop, like on and the final cut.  but i get why its not for everyone.

 

hmmmmm, i dont know if its better than likey.  a lot of their old stuff kinda becomes classic.

21 hours ago, GreatestLoveofAll said:

Body has yet to grow on me but Rockstar is probably the one of the only male rap songs I cared for this year. DaBaby is fine as hell. 

yeah dababy does it for me too, hes kinda sexy.   i get why people would hate body but like i mentioned it reminds me of old songs like laffy taffy, pop lock && drop it etc in its repetitiveness. 

21 hours ago, Blue Rose said:

Love this update.

Sugar On The Rim is in Hayley’s trinity.

Murphy’s Law is talent obviously.

On :jonny:

The Strokes’ album was meh but I liked a couple of their songs. I don’t remember this one but they do have a song coming up in my countdown :duca: 

Rockstar & Body are awful tho. 

you should listen to BBTC again its great for ppl who dont like them :duca: 

21 hours ago, Blue Rose said:

People have speculated about Moses’ sexuality and gender but he has not said anything official. People either assume he is asexual or gay. He says he is still discovering. Whatever he/they are, we will support :heart: 

 

the Futsal Shuffle was supposed to be a dance but it never took off. Ive seen some clips of people trying it :lmao: 

ohhhhhh maybe ten years from now someone will do a retrospective and a deep dive into all the failed tiktok dances from this era.  honestly, i'd love to see it :rip:  and yeah... moses should have the right to privacy.  

 

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40 minutes ago, Madame X said:

BUT FOOD IS UNDERRATED

OMG YES, it was a classic!

 

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40.  too free - elastic

genre: nu disco, art pop

for fans of: hercules and love affair

honestly?  this entire album (which will do fairly well xoxo) sounds like, if hercules and love affair took blind featuring anohni as their template for everything else they did.  so yeah, if you like that song, you will like this song, and possibly the whole album.  the vocalist does sound a little like anohni.  like, anohni lite, which probably is unimpressive to fans of her, but to those of us who have mixed emotions on her vocals, its just fine.  its super catchy and i like the percussion on it a whole bunch.

 

 

39.  charli xcx - anthems

genre: bubblegum bass

for fans of: y2k revival

i remember her teasing the main instrumental hook on this album and immediately thinking "yes i will stan this one more than the other."  close, but not quite.  its a super fast paced sugar rush.  but what makes the song special is that, well, its pandemic-specific lyrics.  she wants bops to free herself from boredom in the pandemic.  relatable enough, thankfully many artists including charli herself obliged. 

 

38.  lynks - i dont know what i want

genre: new wave

for fans of: soft cell, b52s

i already explained his appeal in the eps list, where he was third place.  this is just his best offering, a bouncy new wave anthem that would not sound out of place with the early 80s synth pop scene.  its about, well, not knowing what you want.  its funny and really charismatic.  the breakdown (?) near the end adds to the songs comedic charm, but really, the "i dont know what i want" hook repeated over with that childish sounding synth line is the song's biggest strength. 

 

 

37.  allie x - super duper party people

genre: dance pop

for fans of: kesha

yeah, if you have any nostalgia for the early kesha era, uffie, etc.  this song is for you people. allie is talk singing about a fairly interesting party and all the different personalities at it.  this seems to be basically the albums only "uptempo" (barely...), and so for those of us who enjoyed her last few EP, it was its saving grace.  yeah, its really fun to sing along to the almost cringe but not quite lyrics, and you get your fair share of *mwah* voiced sound effects.

 

36.  slayyyter - self destruct

genre: dance pop, hip pop, industrial?

for fans of: 100 gecs

okay, i have NO IDEA whats up with the genres on rateyourmusic for this.  metal? METAL? anyway.  so, if you heard slayyyters mixtape last year, you will obviously notice a huge difference between self destruct and the tracks on that mixtape.  what caused the change? well, its kind of obvious.  i ****ing love the change in sound though.  the maneater type lyrics never sounded better on her, and we get a shouted chorus :heart: 

 

35.  yukika - soul lady

genre: city pop revival, kpop

for fans of: city pop, lady by yubin

yeah, we at the best of section stan yukika don't we? this was my pick from her stellar debut album.  actually, my favorite might be cherries jubiles, but that was from another year.  it was really hard to pick a single standout because of how consistent this album is from front to back!  but i ended up going with this song because of the sing-along chorus that gives me a feeling of nostalgia.  its got that amazing city pop feeling with gorgeous synths and a nice horn section carrying it.

 

34.  sevdaliza - wallflower

genre: trip hop

for fans of: massive attack

i was always a fan of sevdaliza, even if a hesitant one, but she sold me completely with this new era.  it had her doing a ton of new and interesting sounds and succeeding at literally all of them.  on wallflower, she summons the gods of 90s trip hop to make a gorgeous track that would make portishead proud.  

 

33.  poppy - dont go outside

genre: pop metal, art pop

for fans of:  honestly, you have to be into other poppy songs to appreciate this one.

the outro of i disagree is a brooding 60s style dark ballad, and actually has a double-meaning in the pandemic era, but while the brooding ballad is effective its kicked into high gear when it all of a sudden becomes a medley for all the singles on the album.  the song itself switches from half time to full time without missin ga beat, too.  its a reward worth the wait, a completely perfect closer for the album, and just all around a good listening experience.  like i said though, i dont know if this is the best introduction to poppy so if you have not gotten into her new era/album, i would suggest concrete/bloodmoney/anything like me.

 

32.  cindy - never let me go

genre: dream pop, synth pop, hypnagogic pop

for fans of: any chromatics-adjacent project

yeah, this is a super memorable synthy hypnagogic dream pop song.  the album has a lot of great sounds but the simple "look at me right now x2 / never let me go x2" is the most satisfying moment on the album for me. its got that nice dancing in your bedroom while youre still kind of sad feel to it.

 

31.  lou hayter - my baby just cares for me

genre: hypnagogic pop, synth funk

for fans of: um, the chromatics [2]

sometimes when im making these lists, it seems like  similar songs always get put next to each other.  this is another dreamy bedroom pop style synth song, but this time, its not sad and desolate, its downright sexy and alluring.  i know she made the rounds with the song cherry on top, which was underrated, but this song is wildly better.  its just more to my tastes and my liking.  i kinda phoned it in with the comparison to chromatics but yeah idk.  its hard for me to pin down who this song is for, besides me of course.  she was apparently in the new young pony club, which is pretty surprising since they're old news at this point.  well, please listen to this bop.  

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this update has a lot of unknowns, please listen to the songs :heart2:  if you do, i promise ill listen to any song of your choosing on your list. 

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omg, YAS I LOVE SOME CHARLI ACCLAIM :alexz: I can't at HIFN being hated on atrl :rip: Anthems :clap3: 

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1 hour ago, Madame X said:

yeah dababy does it for me too, hes kinda sexy.   i get why people would hate body but like i mentioned it reminds me of old songs like laffy taffy, pop lock && drop it etc in its repetitiveness. 

It is very repetitive and too simlar to most of her music which I love btw. Ion i'll give it time and sis yes he IS! :WAP: serving looks in that video indeed

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we love anthems & soul lady in this house

 

slayyyter's outputs this year are alright. not as much a fan of her trappier sound tbh

 

listened to the Lou hayter and that's a fun one

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i don't know all too many of these :rip: will listen tomorrow

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Soul Lady of course flawless.

Super Duper Party People is such an odd choice to me, this song is literally an opposite of what the rest of the album reflects on, it also indeed stands out sound-wise in the worst way possible and it's not like it's reminiscent of her past EPs either! But to each their own!

Also didn't like Self Destruct at all, but I've heard her album and she has better gems waiting there (sadly nothing Alone-level)

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only heard Allie X’s song :giraffe:

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5 minutes ago, Blue Rose said:

only heard Allie X’s song :giraffe:

not even poppy or yukika?!

8 minutes ago, BlackoutZone said:

Soul Lady of course flawless.

Super Duper Party People is such an odd choice to me, this song is literally an opposite of what the rest of the album reflects on, it also indeed stands out sound-wise in the worst way possible and it's not like it's reminiscent of her past EPs either! But to each their own!

Also didn't like Self Destruct at all, but I've heard her album and she has better gems waiting there (sadly nothing Alone-level)

sdpp was definitely a controversial choice but its one of those love it or hate it.  i remember when the album dropped there were arguments over whether it was a standout or a turd.  

 

oh her album leaked?! im not surprised.  does it even have a release date?

9 minutes ago, Valtersen said:

i don't know all too many of these :rip: will listen tomorrow

yay!

17 minutes ago, pinknblue said:

we love anthems & soul lady in this house

 

slayyyter's outputs this year are alright. not as much a fan of her trappier sound tbh

 

listened to the Lou hayter and that's a fun one

i was surprised how much i liked her trappier sound and i think the fact that throatzillaa was kinda bad reinforced my love for self destruct tbh.  i dunno if i want a whole album of it tho.  

 

are you gonna do one?

56 minutes ago, GreatestLoveofAll said:

It is very repetitive and too simlar to most of her music which I love btw. Ion i'll give it time and sis yes he IS! :WAP: serving looks in that video indeed

i like him in levitating.

1 hour ago, TheWayWeWere said:

omg, YAS I LOVE SOME CHARLI ACCLAIM :alexz: I can't at HIFN being hated on atrl :rip: Anthems :clap3: 

is she really hated here!?  well, she doesn't deserve.

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2 minutes ago, Madame X said:

not even poppy or yukika?

no. I just saw Sevdaliza. I played her album a couple of time but it didn’t stick :noparty:

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1 minute ago, Madame X said:

sdpp was definitely a controversial choice but its one of those love it or hate it.  i remember when the album dropped there were arguments over whether it was a standout or a turd.  

 

oh her album leaked?! im not surprised.  does it even have a release date?

I guess I can see why it has some appeal + you seem to be a fan of talk-singing :fan: 

It didn't, I just had a chance to listen to it and I don't think it has a release date set yet either :toofunny3:

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4 minutes ago, Blue Rose said:

no. I just saw Sevdaliza. I played her album a couple of time but it didn’t stick :noparty:

well get into some others if you have a chance :-*  i actually enjoyed sev way more this year than i used to. 

3 minutes ago, BlackoutZone said:

I guess I can see why it has some appeal + you seem to be a fan of talk-singing :fan: 

It didn't, I just had a chance to listen to it and I don't think it has a release date set yet either :toofunny3:

i like gaudy stuff, its my niche sometimes.  i feel like sdpp fits it.

 

ugh.  why not just release it now? what is she waiting for honestly?? lol.  either way ill be checking it out

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Previous update:

 

Murphy's Law yeah it's like my #2 favorite Roisin song ever now. Which is funny because it actually had to grow on me (idk why, maybe the voice processing thing). My Hair is 100% my favorite from Positions. I still give it lots of spins. The Guilty Conscience/Post comparison sdnskshkds **** maybe I should listen to Post too now.

 

I can't BELIEVE that people still think/thought upon release that Sugar on the Rim is a "filler"........ Hayley said this song is for the GAYS and that's IT. My favorite bit from Sugar is the belting at the end of the second and third choruses. I think Pure Love just barely is above Sugar for Part III songs but... idk I see Sugar overtaking it.

 

This update:

 

Yeah Charli easily made the best pandemic-related bit of content and Anthems (and c2.0) is the true testament to that. Allie trash, but I think that song was my #2 from the album, so.

 

Soul Lady :heart: Cherry Jubilees is actually my favorite too and I didn't listen to Yukika until this year so I can claim it as my #1 pick from the album this year tee hee.

 

Oh also since I think you asked I'm not gonna do a top songs list, this was hard enough for albums nnn. Doing standalone songs so I could highlight non-album songs was enough for me.

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Just listened to these songs, Sevdaliza is my fave. I need to listen to her album.

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13 minutes ago, Wicked said:

Just listened to these songs, Sevdaliza is my fave. I need to listen to her album.

for a 15 song hour long album its very very good.  i think she grew leaps and bounds.  glad u enjoyed. 

33 minutes ago, Ewan Chaos said:

Previous update:

 

Murphy's Law yeah it's like my #2 favorite Roisin song ever now. Which is funny because it actually had to grow on me (idk why, maybe the voice processing thing). My Hair is 100% my favorite from Positions. I still give it lots of spins. The Guilty Conscience/Post comparison sdnskshkds **** maybe I should listen to Post too now.

 

I can't BELIEVE that people still think/thought upon release that Sugar on the Rim is a "filler"........ Hayley said this song is for the GAYS and that's IT. My favorite bit from Sugar is the belting at the end of the second and third choruses. I think Pure Love just barely is above Sugar for Part III songs but... idk I see Sugar overtaking it.

 

This update:

 

Yeah Charli easily made the best pandemic-related bit of content and Anthems (and c2.0) is the true testament to that. Allie trash, but I think that song was my #2 from the album, so.

 

Soul Lady :heart: Cherry Jubilees is actually my favorite too and I didn't listen to Yukika until this year so I can claim it as my #1 pick from the album this year tee hee.

 

Oh also since I think you asked I'm not gonna do a top songs list, this was hard enough for albums nnn. Doing standalone songs so I could highlight non-album songs was enough for me.

i loved murphy's law on first listen but yeah it did grow to become one of my faves... dunno if i'd even put it in her top 10 though, but she's one of my absolute absolute faves SO.

 

pure love and cinnamon were ALMOST my hayley picks, but i went with sugar like the gay that i am!  yeah the people who hate it i think just think they're better than dance music? IDK lets ask!

 

nooo you're not doing songs lists!!!!! well, im still looking forward to your tp albums, ngl i felt like i was behind and was like "at least ewan isn't even finished with his albums, we'll finish late together" mess. 

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