Into The Void Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 2 hours ago, clue said: OPENERS Rank the entries from your group (Excluding your own entry, of course) Judges will be ranking/critiquing every song GROUP 1 Contestants: Rank songs 1-19 Reveal hidden contents Alena Billionaire Drifloon dweebz Guero Hikari Jai K$Ellie Kavish kipperskipper Moonlightbae Noah PinkBox Psycho Rotunda Stevie Touch It touya kinomoto ughgabriel Valtersen Reveal hidden contents Apink - Dumhdurum BANKS - Gemini Feed Björk - Army of Me BLACKPINK - How You Like That Céline Dion - It's All Coming Back to Me Now Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom Doja Cat - Go to Town Hole - Celebrity Skin Jessie Ware - Spotlight Kari Faux - Medicated Kelela - A Message Kesha - Your Love Is My Drug Liz Phair - 6'1" Lorde - Tennis Court P!NK - Stupid Girls Rita Ora - Anywhere Sam Smith - Young The Knife - Heartbeats TWICE - I Can't Stop Me WILLOW - T r a n s p a r e n t s o u l Spotify Playlist GROUP 2 Contestants: Rank songs 1-18 Reveal hidden contents Auburn Dessy Element Future Lover Insanity Jay-Zicario Lucky#17 luckystrike Mr. Duff Not Like The Movies Pendulum Sanguine TayDine1989 Taylucifer Thanatos Tom Vercetti TruGemini worldwide angel Zolvnski Hide contents Black Dresses - Peacesign!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Charlie Puth - The Way I Am Doja Cat - Cyber Sex Doja Cat - Woman Erika de Casier - Drama L Devine - Priorities Madonna - Survival Mitski - Happy Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker Rihanna - Phresh Out the Runway Rihanna - SOS Sade - Smooth Operator Sara Bareilles - Brave Shakira - She Wolf St. Vincent - Pay Your Way in Pain SZA - Supermodel TeaMarrr - Chasing Amy Wolf Alice - The Beach Zara Larsson - Love Me Land Spotify Playlist Mandatory: Post your critiques for your group's songs in the thread. And send your rankings to @Overprotected DEADLINE: FRI, AUG, 27 @ 9:00AM EDT - 48 HOURS Reveal hidden contents @Sanguine @Touch It @Kavish @Hikari @Alena @Auburn @Noah @Tom Vercetti @Drifloon @Dessy @Taylucifer @Pendulum @Thanatos @Valtersen @Lucky#17 @luckystrike @kipperskipper @Jay-Zicario @Billionaire @Not Like The Movies @ughgabriel @Stevie @TruGemini @Future Lover @Moonlightbae @Insanity @Jai @K$Ellie @TayDine1989 @touya kinomoto @Zolvnski @dweebz @Guero @Mr. Duff @PinkBox @Element @Psycho @Rotunda @worldwide angel why r these tags not coming lol
Thanatos Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 TeaMarrr - Chasing Amy I like the instrumental but that's about it
Dessy Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 St. Vincent - Pay Your Way in Pain Good song. Dont get the hate. I like it. Not the best song here tho. Etc.
Thanatos Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 Wolf Alice - The Beach Ugggghhhh this was too short, I wanted this song to continue forever, so good
Dessy Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 SZA - Supermodel Not gonna lie. I usually skip this song and go straight to Love Galore. But it's cute.
Thanatos Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 Zara Larsson - Love Me Land The first few seconds J'adore
ABYSIL Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 (edited) Zara Larsson - Love Me Land I just don't liked it at all. Underwhelming way to end the Round. Edited August 25, 2021 by Jay-Zicario
Dessy Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 TeaMarrr - Chasing Amy Wait this is great. Lowkey it gives me like older Broadway vibes but make it modern. I might need to get into her.
Dessy Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 Wolf Alice - The Beach Oh wow, oh wow. This is actually excellent. Very strong song for me
ZORBIT Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 (edited) Bagels showing taste I'm expecting the other Judges to follow the same Edited August 25, 2021 by Zolvnski
clue Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 15 minutes ago, Insanity said: why r these tags not coming lol They’re not??? Oh hell nah
Dessy Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 Zara Larsson - Love Me Land Virtually unlimited choices and you give us Zara? You're lucky this is a whole damn bop tho
Staryu Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 Group 1 Apink - Dumhdurum - Cute tropical vibes BANKS - Gemini Feed - I really like the chorus x Björk - Army of Me - Bjork's music just gives me Matrix characters walking like bad asses in slow motion vibes sometimes BLACKPINK - How You Like That - I love some black in my pink area personally Céline Dion - It's All Coming Back to Me Now - An epic classic ballad, one of my faves from the 90s and from Celine Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom - LETS RIDE, I love playing this while playing as Peach in Mario Kart Doja Cat - Go to Town - A bop it's a fun song, playful Hole - Celebrity Skin - I love this banger, also one of my 90s faves Jessie Ware - Spotlight - This serve :winnie: a modern classic Kari Faux - Medicated - This album cover and name an interesting choice, it was something different I guess Kelela - A Message - This was fine, the production was not my favorite Kesha - Your Love Is My Drug - One of Kesha's best :praise: I get good nostalgia vibes from this song Liz Phair - 6'1" - This seems risky for round 1, I'm more of a Sheryl Crow stan Lorde - Tennis Court - One of Lorde's best :praise: love when she raps P!NK - Stupid Girls - Cute, this song's production has always sounded rough to me Rita Ora - Anywhere - A little basic, a little bop, don't love the vocal effects after the chorus Sam Smith - Young - I wouldn't listen to this again, it was okay tho The Knife - Heartbeats - I like the production TWICE - I Can't Stop Me - Love this fun bop WILLOW - T r a n s p a r e n t s o u l - One of my favorite songs released this year :oprah:
Staryu Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Guero said: what is THIS hunny it matches my trash taste
Into The Void Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 47 minutes ago, clue said: They’re not??? Oh hell nah no it did i just didnt notice mess
Staryu Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 Group 2 Hi, I like too many of these songs, sorry if you're ranked low Black Dresses - Peacesign!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - This is loud and confusing Charlie Puth - The Way I Am - This is my first time hearing this and I actually like it, a bit of a bop Doja Cat - Cyber Sex - Iconic, fun, I love cyber sex too Doja Cat - Woman - This smash Erika de Casier - Drama - One of my faves from Erika L Devine - Priorities - Yas Element, spread the gospel about this song Madonna - Survival - It's all about survivallllll :winnie: not one of my top faves, but it's still Madonna and I like it Mitski - Happy - Indie darling, I don't love the stanky saxophone on the song but the rest I use Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker - Yas Drag Race's impact, I actually love Pat Benatar, Love is a Battlefield :winnie: Rihanna - Phresh Out the Runway - Rih's iconic VSFS runway walk made this song better Rihanna - SOS - Timeless bop Sade - Smooth Operator - ugh this is so good, so chill, so cool Sara Bareilles - Brave - This is the song is iconic on ATRL b/c of Mary's Roar premonition, it's kinda basic tho x Shakira - She Wolf - This song makes me want to do splits on a dick St. Vincent - Pay Your Way in Pain - I like when she screams SZA - Supermodel - SZA is gorgeous in this video, the song is pretty too TeaMarrr - Chasing Amy - Never heard of this artist but I liked it, kinda gave me SZA vibes, maybe b/c I listened to them back to back tho Wolf Alice - The Beach - I like the vibe of this song Zara Larsson - Love Me Land - Zara did that
mokitsu Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 GROUP 1 Spoiler Apink - Dumhdurum: these ladies did the almost impossible task of remaining relevant and releasing consistently amazing music for 9 years. this song concluded their trinity of excellent, sugary title tracks and revamped their image to a more mature audience. it's not my favorite of the three, but it's still a hell of a good song! the big but calm chorus is super addictive and there's a synth line throughout the song that's infectious as hell. BANKS - Gemini Feed: this is one of the few songs where i can stomach BANKS. she's probably one of the most talentless people in the industry, but i think the excessive vocal production works for this song, and the production and lyrics are pretty cool as well. i love how the synth arpeggio keeps building up and drowning out the vocals towards the end. Bjork - Army of Me: not a fan of her music at all, and this isn't an exception. BLACKPINK - How You Like That: excellent song. i'll just copy paste my blurb from my best of 2020 lol. i know this song is like... universally panned but i don't care! the first few notes in their comeback single recall "kill this love", with its triumphant horns and their iconic callout. but if "kill this love" was about a toxic romance that needed to be ended, "how you like that" is its triumphant follow up - the girls are alone and better than ever. every section in this song is different, but obviously the drop in the chorus is so present that it should be the 5th member. it's noisy but it gives me a buzz, and when it mutates into its final form during the outro, it's genuinely chill inducing. Céline Dion - It’s All Coming Back to Me Now: this is how you make a power ballad. It’s epic, full of emotion, and slightly creepy. I just can’t not imagine Céline singing this in an empty castle in the 13th century with a storm raging outside. Also a masterclass on pacing: it knows when to build up and when to slow down, depending on the emotion she’s conveying, so that no second of its almost 8 minutes is wasted. Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom: WHO else listened to this when it premiered on Beats One (?) and it was all censored and only had that version to listen to with ****ty Soundcloud quality for some months??? It’s a great song, and a peak Charli has been trying to reach again ever since. Doja Cat - Go To Town: a quirky bop, it’s fun and that’s about it. It has a certain undercooked, pre-fame charm about it, though. Hole - Celebrity Skin: to a certain other song in this group I listened to before this… this is how you make good rock!! Catchy and radio-friendly but still full of edge and personality. A big win for Ms. Love. Jessie Ware - Spotlight: A song we all know and love. If I was a contestant I’d be fuming very theatrical, groovy, mysterious, classy… it has an Agatha Christie aura about it, like there’s a murder about to happen in the dancefloor and the rich beautiful lady in furs is guilty. I could say so much more - it’s just a beautiful song that pulls you into its world and doesn’t let you escape. Kari Faux - Medicated: Not the best of vibe-y soundcloud R&B Kelela - A Message: the best of vibe-y soundcloud R&B. probably the first song of hers i heard because of the Arca credits (i miss this era of her productions) and was instantly in love. Love the sass and emotion, coupled with the amazing but restrained vocals. Kesha - Your Love is My Drug: of course it sounds straight out of 2011 but it doesn’t sound dated? I don’t know, the melodies are timeless and the production is still sharp. Could very well be a Slayyyter tribute to that era. It’s not one of my faves here, but still a good entry. Liz Phair - 6’1”: Terrible. Don’t like her voice or the instrumentals. Soccer Mommy did her shtick much better. Lorde - Tennis Court: I like the nostalgia i get from this more than i like the song itself. It’s good, but was definitely better 10 or so years ago. P!nk - Stupid Girls: Very cringe and of its time. It’s not much, but she has way better material. Rita Ora - Anywhere: Rita was my pop savior in 2017 and this was my anthem. I love the themes of running away and being free and being her birthday twin i can relate to that as well. I think it’s aged a bit though, especially the drop. Definitely not my favorite song anymore. Sam Smith - Young: I appreciate the message but I honestly prefer when they were doing the Adele impersonation gig. This is fine, but forgettable within this group. I like the vocoder, it’s just that there’s literally nothing else going on production-wise. The Knife - Heartbeat: Don’t think I’ve listened to this before but i like it! I know the singer’s solo work so i was expecting something more pretentious and horrible, but this was very melodic and cute. TWICE - I Can’t Stop Me: it’s okay, but does not stack up against the majority of TWICE’s title tracks. The physical/blinding lights era came late to kpop (as it usually does), and the results were underwhelming. This one in particular can get very grating with the screeching going on in the chorus. WILLOW - transparent soul: I hate hate HAAAAAAAAAAATE this song. Such a bad attempt at a All We Know-era Paramore tribute but with terrible vocals. Spoiler @Touch It @Kavish @Hikari @Alena @Noah @Drifloon @Valtersen @kipperskipper @Billionaire @Stevie @Moonlightbae @Jai @K$Ellie @touya kinomoto @dweebz @Guero @PinkBox @Psycho @Rotunda Group 2 will arrive later today :riri:
Kavish Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 Apink - Dumhdurum This jubilation is such a contrast to my emotion, but the song gets better as it progresses. Wish I could say the same for my state of mind.
Kavish Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 BANKS - Gemini Feed I always thought she was a moody artiste so imagine ma surprise when that chorus hit. Nice discovery for ME!
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