Achilles. Posted December 29, 2021 Author Posted December 29, 2021 Best Singles of 2021 Part Three 30. Baby Queen, Narcissist On “Narcissist,” Baby Queen delves into the intricacies of her mental health issues and how society influenced them. “I see the same magazine criticize my generation / and I find it kinda weird you’d critique your own creation” perfectly sums up the thesis of the song, and is the perfect rebuttal to nearly any inter-generational sparring. We’re only as fucked up as our parents made us! 29. Carly Pearce, Never Wanted to Be That Girl (feat. Ashley McBryde) “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” is a great collaboration between two of the best “new” women in country music. Thematically, the song is divided between a wife and a mistress. It’s a solid song, but the lyric could have been a bit stronger; as it’s written, it’s not so much a conversation between the women as it is a detached study in the similarities of their situations. 28. Barbra Streisand, I’d Want It To Be You (feat. Willie Nelson) Barbra Streisand dropped this collaboration with Willie Nelson from her vault, and it’s a lovely song dripping in nostalgia. They make frequent references to their iconography, and somehow it just works really well. 27. Olivia Rodrigo, Driver’s License A solid debut single. 26. Agnes, 24 Hours Bop. Bop. Bop. 25. Yola, Diamond Studded Shoes Yola veers away from the folksy music of her debut, but still put forth some very strong material including this song about class divides. 24. Snoh Aalegra, Lost You Great song. 23. Wolf Alice, How Can I Make It Okay The chorus is perhaps the most “Tegan & Sara” thing I’ve heard another artist do since “All You Had to Do Was Stay” and I love it for that. 22. Noname, Rainforest Noname raps about trying to cope with the anxiety of suffering the consequences of global catastrophes that the average person is too insignificant to do anything about. “How you make excuses for billionaires you broke on a bus?” she asks in the chorus, and it’s just so true. Also, love her adlibbed “man, fuck a billionaire” later on; she sounds so pleased saying it. 21. Japanese Breakfast, Be Sweet Excellency. Thanks for your comments! I’m gonna try to wrap up the singles list by NYD!
JGibson Posted December 29, 2021 Posted December 29, 2021 driver's license + Never Wanted To Be That Girl
Remmy Posted December 29, 2021 Posted December 29, 2021 Tried out Be Sweet at least two times and it didn't fully click with me Narcissist is a good one! Wouldn't put it over Raw Thoughts though
Sunderland 4ever Posted December 30, 2021 Posted December 30, 2021 7 hours ago, Achilles. said: 27. Olivia Rodrigo, Driver’s License A solid debut single. Agreed! Two other songs I like are Diamond Studded Shoes and... Be Sweet
Lazuli Posted December 30, 2021 Posted December 30, 2021 drivers license how can i make it ok is really cute and now that you mention T&S i hear the similarities nnn be sweet is so amazing
Mr. Loco Posted December 30, 2021 Posted December 30, 2021 I like Olivia, but driver's license is so overrated for me
TheWayWeWere Posted December 30, 2021 Posted December 30, 2021 Barbra making your list RM2 was a serve! 24 Hours
Achilles. Posted January 1, 2022 Author Posted January 1, 2022 Best Singles of 2021 Part Four Too lazy to do writeups, so here: 20. Glass Animals, Heat Waves 19. Agnes, Here Comes the Night 18. Olivia Rodrigo, Deja Vu 17. Torres, Don’t Go Putting Wishes in My Head 16. Griff, One Foot in Front of the Other 15. Halsey, I Am Not A Woman, I’m A God 14. Luke Hemmings, Starting Line 13. Baby Queen, You Shaped Hole 12. Lil Nas X, Industry Baby 11. Kylie, Kiss of Life 10. ABBA, I Still Have Faith in You 9. Lil Nas X, That’s What I Want 8. Reba, Does He Love You 7. Josef Salvat, I’m Sorry 6. Jessie Ware, Hot N Heavy 5. Billie Eilish, Happier Than Ever 4. Baby Queen, Dover Beach 3. MUNA, Silk Chiffon 2. Griff, Black Hole 1. Taylor Swift, All Too Well (10 Minute Version)
JGibson Posted January 2, 2022 Posted January 2, 2022 Silk Chiffon + All Too Well (10 Minute Version) + Happier Than Ever + Does He Love You + I am not a woman, I'm a God + Heat Waves + deja vu
Remmy Posted January 2, 2022 Posted January 2, 2022 Kiiiii not the rush release Never been in love with Ianaw,iag unfortunately. I Still Have Faith In You is the best out of the tracks I peeked at, but none of them hit me like their classics do. Starting Line + Hot N Heavy You Shaped Hole yesss a banger! Never heard of Black Hole before (listened to a bit & it sounds decent) but the rest of your top 5 had high placements on my lists You snapped!! Taylor #1 as she should be
Sunderland 4ever Posted January 2, 2022 Posted January 2, 2022 5 hours ago, Achilles. said: 6. Jessie Ware, Hot N Heavy 5. Billie Eilish, Happier Than Ever My faves off your Top 10. Happy 2022!
TheWayWeWere Posted January 2, 2022 Posted January 2, 2022 ATW10 is masterpiece tbh HTE Silk Chiffon is pop perfection Hot N Heavy Kiss of Life
Achilles. Posted January 4, 2022 Author Posted January 4, 2022 Top Albums of 2021 10. ABBA, Voyage They came back strong. I love them for randomly plopping a Christmas song in the middle of the tracklist; only a legend would dare! 9. Billie Eilish, Happier Than Ever A definite downgrade from her last album, this would be an absolute dud if not for its title track. 8. Sufjan Stevens, A Beginner’s Mind He did Sufjany things. 7. Yola, Stand for Myself Far less country than her debut, but just as soulful. 6. Bo Burnham, Inside ”White Woman’s Instragram” is a masterpiece and “Problematic” is pop perfection. 5. Agnes, Magic Still Exists It’s always nice to see some Swedish pop perfection produced by a Swedish pop star. 4. Lil Nas X, Montero We are so lucky he is the queen of the gays. 3. Baby Queen, The Yearbook Baby Queen is an incredible songwriter. I don’t know if she’s a swiftie or not but I’m going to assume that she is because one simply cannot write songs like “Dover Beach” and “You Shaped Hole” and not be influenced by Taylor! 2. Carly Pearce, 29: Written in Stone Carly Pearce made the Great Divorce Album of 2021 and not nearly enough people have taken note of it. 1. Halsey, If I Can’t Have Love I Want Power I literally never willingly listened to a Halsey song in my life before she dropped this absolute masterpiece. That cliche about motherhood inspiring great works of art holds true in Halsey’s case. The songwriting is sharp, poignant, and powerful—to say nothing of the brilliant art-rock production. And that short film! Whew! We appreciate a queen who appreciates high concept, high budget pop-art!
mylicious Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/2/2022 at 12:54 AM, Achilles. said: 20. Glass Animals, Heat Waves 18. Olivia Rodrigo, Deja Vu 15. Halsey, I Am Not A Woman, I’m A God 12. Lil Nas X, Industry Baby 10. ABBA, I Still Have Faith in You 9. Lil Nas X, That’s What I Want 5. Billie Eilish, Happier Than Ever On 1/2/2022 at 12:54 AM, Achilles. said: 1. Taylor Swift, All Too Well (10 Minute Version) Smash after smash, you had a great year jamming my friend!
Reverse Warholian Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 4 hours ago, Achilles. said: 1. Halsey, If I Can’t Have Love I Want Power I literally never willingly listened to a Halsey song in my life before she dropped this absolute masterpiece. That cliche about motherhood inspiring great works of art holds true in Halsey’s case. The songwriting is sharp, poignant, and powerful—to say nothing of the brilliant art-rock production. And that short film! Whew! We appreciate a queen who appreciates high concept, high budget pop-art! Your entire top 10 is a serve but this CROWN JEWEL definitely made me smile Another #1 for kween Ashley! @TalkThatRihanna
Remmy Posted January 5, 2022 Posted January 5, 2022 Gonna get into Agnes at some point (same with Yola, as I mentioned before.) "We are so lucky he is the queen of the gays." #NotMyQueen Lowkey can't stand him. Yeah HTE could've been stronger for sure, has some great highlights but WWAFA & dsam wash it. The Yearbook yup!! If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power #1 Definitely an improvement over Manic, and this feels like the type of music that she should've been making for a while!
Achilles. Posted January 6, 2022 Author Posted January 6, 2022 Top Limited Series Watched in 2021 8. The Chair 7. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 6. Landscapers 5. The Underground Railroad 4. Mare of Easttown 3. The Plot Against America 2. WandaVision 1. I May Destroy You Top Shows Watched in 2021 Honorable Mentions: The Flight Attendant (S1) Girls5eva (S1) The Good Fight (S4, S5) Hacks (S1) What If… (S1) The White Lotus (S1) 10. Pose (S3) 9. The Leftovers (S1-3) 8. The Handmaid’s Tale (S4) 7. Blood of Zeus (S1) 6. Ghosts (S1-3) 5. The Boys (S1-2) 4. Only Murders in the Building (S1) 3. Bridgerton (S1) 2. The Great (S1-2) 1. The Other Two (S2)
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