naval23 Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 My Future and Therefore I Am outlasted drivers license That was a choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 26, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 26, 2022 7 hours ago, naval23 said: My Future and Therefore I Am outlasted drivers license That was a choice The wrong one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 27, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 Hide contents @ultraviolence.xx @Insanity @Saddy @MP2K @madonnas @Lucas32 @Ewan Chaos @Fitzswiftie @Invisibility @Ace Reject @BnPac @McNulty @creativity. @Eric. @Taemira @Norte @Quicksand @Reverie @Born to Run Shall we take it to the top 30? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 27, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 13 hours ago, naval23 said: My Future and Therefore I Am outlasted drivers license Speaking of these, Billie better watch out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator madonnas Posted July 27, 2022 ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 I am here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 27, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 THEREFORE I AM Average score: 6.93 High score: 10 (@Norte) Low score: 1 (@Ewan Chaos, @creativity.) A rare fun moment on Happier Than Ever, its swaggering second single – which was actually released half a year before the album was even announced – is a biting dismissal of an unwanted hanger-on. In the René Descartes-quoting chorus, Billie Eilish reasserts control over her narrative, taking it back from those who have tried to write it for her. “Therefore I Am” quickly became one of her biggest hits, leaping to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in its second week, while ultimately topping pop radio and reaching #2 in rock and alternative airplay. Its playful music video, shot on an iPhone in two lengthy unbroken sequences, finds Billie causing havoc overnight in the Glendale Galleria mall before she is chased out by a security guard. Best bit: “Top of the world, but your world isn't real/Your world's an ideal” ATRL says...: “Always hated this,” @Ewan Chaos seethed. “Maybe because it takes me back to the 5 minutes a week I’d be in my car going to the grocery store in late 2020/early 2021 and this was all they played.” @creativity. shared that he “was driving my sister’s old car that doesn’t have aux capabilities when this song was big, meaning I had to listen to the radio, meaning this song got shoved all the way down my throat to my stomach. I despise it.” I sense a theme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 27, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 @madonnas, was "Therefore I Am" overplayed for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creativity. Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Excellent, justice is served Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 27, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 Just now, creativity. said: Excellent, justice is served It cracked the top 40, so I guess it's still technically a hit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 27, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 MISS UNDERSTOOD Average score: 6.95 High score: 9 (@Invisibility) Low score: 3.5 (@Quicksand) No, it’s not a surprise Pink appearance. “Miss Understood” is the final track on Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, which finds Little Simz reflecting on her strained relationship with her sister over a plinking piano instrumental. Though perfectly pleasant, it’s an odd choice for a closer of an album that is so focused on interrogating her relationship to fame and her place within the music industry. Best bit: “No receipts, can't return the gift I was sent” ATRL says...: “I ended up really liking this album but it definitely could have been trimmed down a bit,” @creativity. suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator Ace Reject Posted July 27, 2022 ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 Like how could you hate this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator Ace Reject Posted July 27, 2022 ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 9 minutes ago, supaspaz said: THEREFORE I AM Average score: 6.93 High score: 10 (@Norte) Low score: 1 (@Ewan Chaos, @creativity.) A rare fun moment on Happier Than Ever, its swaggering second single – which was actually released half a year before the album was even announced – is a biting dismissal of an unwanted hanger-on. In the René Descartes-quoting chorus, Billie Eilish reasserts control over her narrative, taking it back from those who have tried to write it for her. “Therefore I Am” quickly became one of her biggest hits, leaping to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in its second week, while ultimately topping pop radio and reaching #2 in rock and alternative airplay. Its playful music video, shot on an iPhone in two lengthy unbroken sequences, finds Billie causing havoc overnight in the Glendale Galleria mall before she is chased out by a security guard. Best bit: “Top of the world, but your world isn't real/Your world's an ideal” ATRL says...: “Always hated this,” @Ewan Chaos seethed. “Maybe because it takes me back to the 5 minutes a week I’d be in my car going to the grocery store in late 2020/early 2021 and this was all they played.” @creativity. shared that he “was driving my sister’s old car that doesn’t have aux capabilities when this song was big, meaning I had to listen to the radio, meaning this song got shoved all the way down my throat to my stomach. I despise it.” I sense a theme! I meant THIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 27, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 Another top ten single up next. And it's not even the last one for today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wish Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Therefore I Am deserved to be the first elimination from HTE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultraviolence.xx Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 the fact that TIA outlasted your power… and several other songs… it went from worse to worser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 27, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 Just now, wish said: Therefore I Am deserved to be the first elimination from HTE. Say more. Do the Eyelashes not like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 27, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 OH MY GOD Average score: 6.95 High score: 10 (@creativity.) Low score: 1 (@BnPac) What are those fluttering, squiggly noises that initiate this frisky second single from 30? For a brief moment, they portend one of the most magnificently curious songs in Adele’s oeuvre – before it settles into a more conventional Greg Kurstin production about stepping back into the dating pool after divorce and the anxiety of trying to find love again. After “Oh My God” debuted at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of the album’s release, it quickly replaced “I Drink Wine” as the next single, ultimately becoming a solid pop and adult contemporary radio hit and reaching the top ten in 20 other countries. The black-and-white music video, helmed by “Rolling In the Deep” director Sam Brown,” features a cadre of dancers, references to past Adele clips and, of course, the queen of sitting in chairs sitting in a lot of chairs. Best bit: “What is the likelihood of jumping/Out of my life and into your arms?” ATRL says...: “They should have just made it an EDM song like it obviously sounds like it was intended to be,” @madonnas proposed. @Ewan Chaos called it “the Rebecca Ferguson-ification of Adele.” @BnPac could not understand how it was chosen as a single instead of “Can I Get It.” “It's bad, just bad,” she ranted. “It's not even guilty pleasure-level bad that is good. The pre-chorus doesn't work, the chorus is not punchy and the verses are weak. What's there to like?” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator Ace Reject Posted July 27, 2022 ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 Everyone hating the actual hits... not cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddy Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, supaspaz said: MISS UNDERSTOOD Average score: 6.95 High score: 9 (@Invisibility) Low score: 3.5 (@Quicksand) No, it’s not a surprise Pink appearance. “Miss Understood” is the final track on Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, which finds Little Simz reflecting on her strained relationship with her sister over a plinking piano instrumental. Though perfectly pleasant, it’s an odd choice for a closer of an album that is so focused on interrogating her relationship to fame and her place within the music industry. Best bit: “No receipts, can't return the gift I was sent” ATRL says...: “I ended up really liking this album but it definitely could have been trimmed down a bit,” @creativity. suggested. This one is higher than Two Worlds Apart??? disappointed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 27, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 Just now, supaspaz said: @BnPac could not understand how it was chosen as a single instead of “Can I Get It.” I do agree with this part. But I like "Oh My God"! Gave it a 9.5 myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 27, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 Just now, Ace Reject said: Everyone hating the actual hits... not cute! I have never hosted a rate with such a bias against singles before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator madonnas Posted July 27, 2022 ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 TIA is kind of reductive but I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 27, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 Up next, the first real song from Heaux Tales bites the dust. What will it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wish Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Just now, supaspaz said: Say more. Do the Eyelashes not like it? It was Billie's clear attempt at releasing a pop hit, easily the least inspired track and just felt like she was trying to recreate the commercial magic of Bad Guy. It lacks melody & would stick out like a sore thumb on HTE if it weren't for the NDA transition. And it's overplayed We don't hate it, but it's like *THAT* song that gets side-eyed by fans of her more alternative work. It's her Boom Clap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted July 27, 2022 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 minute ago, wish said: It was Billie's clear attempt at releasing a pop hit, easily the least inspired track and just felt like she was trying to recreate the commercial magic of Bad Guy. It lacks melody & would stick out like a sore thumb on HTE if it weren't for the NDA transition. And it's overplayed We don't hate it, but it's like *THAT* song that gets side-eyed by fans of her more alternative work. It's her Boom Clap. Boom Clap > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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