base talk Was positions half-arsed?

[#Beautiful]

yes, but miles better than the two awful albums before it

[UnusualBoy]

Yeah, even the beats sound tired and half-arsed, a very watered down version of TUNA.

[Bindi]

Yes, her worst album clearly. It’s serving mixtape 

[mxoonlight]

11 minutes ago, channel orange said:

a relationship that starts with a hookup and progresses onto something deeper while she goes through the different emotions in the middle of the album. it’s not a Jane Austen novel but there’s a clear narrative in my opinion

 

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fling/careless fun - 34+35, motive, just like magic

falling in love/anxious - off the table, six thirty, safety net

coming to terms with it - my hair, nasty

taking it to the next level - west side, love language

loving relationship - positions, obvious, pov

 

I appreciate that coming to terms with it is her getting railed. She is many things but consistent is always one of them.

[Karla Cabello]

kinda, but it is still good. she rushed the release

[By the Water]

Yes. I said this when it first dropped but she got this habit of just dropping music without much thought. It worked with tun because the music was good

 

[Harry]

yuh. it’s not bad but meh

 

[Cherish]

2 hours ago, channel orange said:

a relationship that starts with a hookup and progresses onto something deeper while she goes through the different emotions in the middle of the album. it’s not a Jane Austen novel but there’s a clear narrative in my opinion

 

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fling/careless fun - 34+35, motive, just like magic

falling in love/anxious - off the table, six thirty, safety net

coming to terms with it - my hair, nasty

taking it to the next level - west side, love language

loving relationship - positions, obvious, pov

 

Ah, I kinda see it, I guess  no it’s definitely not Jane Austen big but yeah there is a cute storyline. I doubt that was ari’s intention though

[Tm4074]

42 minutes ago, Cherish said:

Ah, I kinda see it, I guess  no it’s definitely not Jane Austen big but yeah there is a cute storyline. I doubt that was ari’s intention though

It was intentional. 

 

 

32:11 - 33:48

 

OT: Yeah kind of. I think it was less to do with the musical content and more to do with the whole era being relatively short and uneventful. I think the album will age pretty well because of the minimalistic production though.  As an era it was lackluster, there are some tracks that could of been more well thought out (ex: six thirty) and the deluxe tracks offer nothing to the album. But the overall narrative is clear and it is sonically cohesive. I think it didn't connect to listeners as much as TUN did because an album about the emotional rollercoaster of going through a break-up and navigating grief  is a far more interesting and relatable narrative than what Positions offered. Ariana also wasn't all over the media & social media during Positions like she was during the Sweetener/TUN era which may have contributed to the initial lukewarm reception of Positions. 

[halcyonday]

yes, I literally have over 1k streams of every Ari album but this one I streamed like 100 times. It's a panned bomb in my book.

[Breathe On Moi]

Absolutely. 
 

career ending, just a big ole “meh”, no inspirations, disaster to an immaculate discography, forced to sell make-up and host singing shows because of it. 
 

truly unforgivable 

[Billionaire]

Music-wise? No  Like it's almost 2022 and y'all are still pushing the narrative that it's "half-arsed" & a bad album. It didn't age really well for me but I can at least acknowledge that there are gems like motive, my hair, nasty, safety net, title track, etc.

Like just give it up already, just say you want her to release more "pop bops" like Into You and go 

 

Regarding everything else, yeah but tbf she hasn't really put effort into promoting an album since sweetener. motive & pov definitely could've gotten some push & maybe music videos atfer both went viral on TikTok but oh well.

Edited April 26, 2022 by Billionaire

[ReH2o]

yes, a filler album 

[Theshigo Washidu]

Yes, by far.