tournament Diversity 5: Let's Celebrate! | Winner revealed (pg.154)

[Touch It]

hi

[Sanguine]

Already there wow

[thecptz]

CRITIQUES

ROUND 4

 

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On 2/9/2023 at 10:54 AM, Sanguine said:

ROUND FOUR CRITIQUES

 

 

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Billie Eilish - Male Fantasy: I was always surprised this resonated with me as much as it did, honestly her best song, deserved more recognition

 

Björk - I See Who You Are: One of her most interesting songs, not always pleasant, overall decent enough but one of the weaker songs here for sure. Works with the underrated narrative since this album is panned lol

 

Carly Rae Jepsen - Let's Get Lost: This is LEGITIMATELY one of my favorite songs ever, literally changed my life when I was fifteen I would listen to it all day, it takes what she did with RAWMe and somehow makes it even better?! And yes it’s underrated af because if there was any justice people would agree it’s her best song!!

 

Charli XCX - Lock You Up: MASTERPIECEEEE the fact that most of her new fans don’t care about True Romance is disgusting

 

Christina Aguilera - Get Mine, Get Yours: Idk I didn’t really get much out of this. It’s okay though, I found myself singing along a little

 

Demi Lovato - Hitchhiker: Forgot this bop existed! One of my faves on TMLYM. Definitely an underrated gem from her more recent stuff

 

Doja Cat - Options: This gets lost in the Planet Her conversation a lot and I don’t know why, one of the best songs on the album imo

 

Esperanza Spalding - Noble Nobles: Very different than the other song from this album, I like the folky elements a lot

 

FKA twigs - Ultraviolet: One of my least faves from her, it’s kinda boring :( but yeah her EP stuff is generally underappreciated, although I feel like she perfected that sound with LP1

 

Foxes - Forgive Yourself: A bop, yeah I know this is stanned by her fans but the album tanked so we will allow it

 

Kesha - Past Lives: Always loved this, her ballads are pretty great and always go underappreciated

 

Kylie Minogue - Feels So Good: So mid and goes nowhere djjdjfjdj sorry but underrated doesn’t have to mean panned!

 

Miley Cyrus - Rooting For My Baby: The guitar in this kinda squeaks on my ears at a couple points OTHER than that it’s very enjoyable, I like the melody. Makes a lot of sense as a choice since it’s so different from the rest of the album

 

P!nk - Hiccup: Cute and catchy, pleasant, and I’m sure it’s underrated since I have no recollection of its existence

 

Shygirl - Heaven: HER MOST UNDERRATED SONG PERIODDDD also the production lowkii sounds like Owl City to me jdjdjfj

 

Solange - Locked In Closets: Lovely amazing song, this whole EP is underrated it’s her best work… let’s talk about it

 

Usher - Superstar: A bit of a bop, don’t think I’ve heard it but it sounds familiar

 

Yerin Baek - Limit: Pretty and cinematic, not one of my faves from her but it’s nice
 

 

 

 

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On 2/10/2023 at 7:45 AM, Euterpe said:

 

 

I got confirmation that no one

submitted a single or promo single,

so congrats! Everyone was on theme,

therefore my critiques are only about

personal taste.

 

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Billie Eilish - Male Fantasy

Do I like it? I’m not a huge fan of her voice in the song itself, but the lyrics and melody really hit. Makes me want to curl up in my bed and sit with my thoughts. I think it did its job.

 

Björk - I See Who You Are

Do I like it? There was some… interesting folksy instrumentation in this, but overall, I think it’s a good song.

 

Carly Rae Jepsen - Let's Get Lost

Do I like it? There were parts of it I liked and other parts that I feel like were made for pre-teens that didn’t quite hit for me. It’s not bad, and it’s fun, but it isn’t fully for me.

 

Charli XCX - Lock You Up

Do I like it? (Surprisingly) I did actually enjoy this. Maybe it was the pop rock or nostalgia of the pop rock I used to listen to years ago, but this hits for me.

 

Christina Aguilera - Get Mine, Get Yours

Do I like it? Oh yes, this hits.

 

Demi Lovato - Hitchhiker

Do I like it? This song is as good as I remember it being, probably one of her best I’d say.

 

Doja Cat - Options

Do I like it? I’m trying to ignore the feature since it’s supposed to be about Doja for the round. I really enjoyed Doja on the song; it should’ve been on the radio.

 

Esperanza Spalding - Noble Nobles

Do I like it? This is one of those cases where it’s a solid song, but my brain just isn’t its biggest fan. Something about her voice and instrumentation is just something I’m not a fan of.

 

FKA twigs - Ultraviolet

Do I like it? I’m a huge fan of the beats and song structure itself, but I’m not a fan of her Billie whisper vocals on this.

 

Foxes - Forgive Yourself

Do I like it? Yes, I highly, highly enjoyed it.

 

Kesha - Past Lives

Do I like it? Kesha is usually good at ballad work and slower songs, but her voice wasn’t as polished as I hoped it would be on a song like this. It would’ve been a lot better if her voice was better for this song, because it could’ve been great.

 

Kylie Minogue - Feels So Good

Do I like it? I’m not its biggest fan.

 

Miley Cyrus - Rooting For My Baby

Do I like it? I really like it except the “OoOo” parts, which I think brings it down.

 

P!nk - Hiccup 

Do I like it? The first half I was iffy about, but the second half hits.

 

Shygirl - Heaven

Do I like it? This is an interesting one, because I feel like her vocals and the beat are two separate songs that somehow were over laced with each other, so I’m not sure how I feel about it.

 

Solange - Locked In Closets 

Do I like it? I really like the vibes, and her voice is good. Not a fan of some of the beats in it, but I did like it.

 

Usher - Superstar

Do I like it? His alleged high notes were not very convincing, but the song was decent.

 

Yerin Baek - Limit

Do I like it? Oh, this was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Oh wow, oh wow.

 

 

On 2/10/2023 at 1:03 PM, Tom Vercetti said:

 

 

 

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Billie Eilish - Male Fantasy: Not too shabby. I'm just not too big on her folky moments. 

Björk - I See Who You Are: Interesting era to represent this theme. I've never been into Volta but this was listenable. 

Carly Rae Jepsen - Let's Get Lost: This used to be one of my favorites from her years ago. Listening again it's still up there. 

Charli XCX - Lock You Up: This sounds like a neon-indian cut. Love this choice. 

Christina Aguilera - Get Mine, Get Yours: Haven't heard this before but I really liked it. Great job with the assignment. 

Demi Lovato - Hitchhiker: Hmm, this was average for me. Not that bad. 

Doja Cat - Options: I like the production here! Don't care for JID but she kinda delivers. 

Esperanza Spalding - Noble Nobles: I like this more than the other song from this album you chose at least. 

FKA twigs - Ultraviolet: Still good. EP2 used to be my favorite twigs release. 

Foxes - Forgive Yourself: I think this is one of her more interesting songs. I like the melody. 

Kesha - Past Lives: I've seen this song being called underrated before so it fits that bill. I like how it gets pretty interesting towards the end. It was something different for her at the time. 

Kylie Minogue - Feels So Good: It's fine. Doesn't stand out all too well for me here. 

Miley Cyrus - Rooting For My Baby: I don't like bangerz as an album so I expected worse here but it's not bad. It has some appealing moments. 

P!nk - Hiccup: This is perhaps my favorite p!nk entry so far. Her 00s r&b era has always been a tad underrated to me. 

Shygirl - Heaven: Kinda perfect.  

Solange - Locked In Closet:  Haven't heard this before either but I enjoyed it. 

Usher - Superstar: Haven't listened to confessions deep cuts in forever. This is fine enough. 

Yerin Baek - Limit: Hmm, A little boring for me i'm afraid.

 

 

judge entry:

underrated I think 

 

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On 2/10/2023 at 6:52 PM, Hikari said:

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Billie Eilish - Male Fantasy

My song of the year 2021, need I say more? Always overshadowed by the title track of this album, this song deserves to get its own flowers. 

Björk - I See Who You Are

This album as a whole is underrated, not sure how it will fare with the some of the songs here but it was quite nice.

Carly Rae Jepsen - Let's Get Lost

I've always liked this song. The cow in the end always gets me. I mean it gets overshadowed by songs like Warm Blood and Boy Problems so there's that.

Charli XCX - Lock You Up

Underated gem from an underated album. True Romance >> Crash easily 

Christina Aguilera - Get Mine, Get Yours

The album track that stood out the most to me in Stripped when I first listened to it. We stan!

Demi Lovato - Hitchhiker

I kinda forgot about this song ngl so this was kinda a surprise to me and a really good one at that.

Doja Cat - Options

It is kinda forgotten but this surprisingly has more streams than Love To Dream, anyways it was decent.

Esperanza Spalding - Noble Nobles

I don't remember this song as well, it was quite pleasant.

FKA twigs - Ultraviolet

Hmmm not familiar with EP2 that much since I don't listen to it a lot but I do know papi pacify and water me. There were a few rough moments but the good parts of the song were really good.

Foxes - Forgive Yourself

This is an album highlight for me but that's just me I guess, I did enjoy the song.

Kesha - Past Lives

Wish I could hear the male vocals less at times in the chorus but aside from that a really good song.

Kylie Minogue - Feels So Good

The album is underrated in general, the song wasn't bad just a lil bit lowkey I guess.

Miley Cyrus - Rooting For My Baby

This does sound different from the rest of the album, a true hidden gem at that.

P!nk - Hiccup 

This reminds me of Most Girls but just the inferior version, still good tho. 

Shygirl - Heaven

I guess I gotta revisit the album more since I kinda dont remember this bop being on it.

Solange - Locked In Closets 

Yeah I'm not familiar with this EP as well but we are bopping, we are stanning!

Usher - Superstar

I was expecting the Carpenters cover but this was much even better.

Yerin Baek - Limit

This was a bit borderlining on kdrama OSTs, the song is pretty but I guess I need to be in the right mood for this.

 

On 2/10/2023 at 10:12 PM, Element said:

 

ELEMENT'S CRITIQUES
 

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Billie Eilish - Male Fantasy
Her vocals are quite nice in this stripped down setting. Is it the most interesting song ever? No, but it’s nice enough.

Björk - I See Who You Are
This was pretty cool actually. I liked the instrumentation! She had a lot of passion with her vocals, but I didn’t find them to become annoying like in some other songs

Carly Rae Jepsen - Let's Get Lost
This is such a bop! Love the feeling of freedom evident throughout.

Charli XCX - Lock You Up
I enjoyed this overall and definitely connect better with Charli’s pop songs, as opposed to hyperpop. It was a fun moment for me.

Christina Aguilera - Get Mine, Get Yours
I’ve never heard this before, but it was quite enjoyable! I really liked the production and her vocals were shining for me… but didn’t veer into obnoxious territory.

Demi Lovato - Hitchhiker
This was nice enough. I feel like it left less of an impact on me than some other songs this round.

Doja Cat - Options
This is fun. It has a nice rhythm and vibe… overall, it’s a song that I don’t really revisit from Planet Her.

Esperanza Spalding - Noble Nobles
A very unique atmosphere. Gives me some vibes from the 90s.
 
FKA twigs - Ultraviolet
This didn’t really excite or intrigue me. Her voice was pretty but it was nothing to write home about.

Foxes - Forgive Yourself
Yup yup yup this is a hit!

Kesha - Past Lives
Not me having to give this critique the day of our show ladskj don’t hate me! I don’t know about this one tbh. It kind of feels like filler and she has so many other amazing songs on these early albums :( let me listen a few more times

Kylie Minogue - Feels So Good
Oh I’m a sucker for that kind of pulsating pop production from Do What U Want / Style / etc. What an era that was tbh. This works for me!! I like it. Very sleek and melodic.

Miley Cyrus - Rooting For My Baby
There are pleasant elements to this song, but it doesn’t go anywhere for me in the end.

P!nk - Hiccup
Mmmmmmmmmm I don’t think I enjoy this that much. I wanted to bc the production was up my alley, but the melody and repetitive “hiccup-cup-cup” lyric was just not clicking with me.

Shygirl - Heaven
Very nice and very pleasant. I could definitely see myself vibing to this on a night drive and just disassociating a little.

Solange - Locked In Closets
Yep this was hitting for me. I love her voice and the production was nice!

Usher - Superstar
A lovely R&B track. The chorus melody was a bit of an earworm.

Yerin Baek - Limit
Another beautiful song from Yerin! Her vocals are so striking + the melody here is so airy and heavenly.

 

 

 

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[thecptz]

 

RESULTS

 

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On 2/12/2023 at 9:12 AM, thecptz said:

in 13th place...

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Usher with Superstar!

@Dessy

 

 

congrats!!!

in 12th place...

with the average of 8.54

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Björk with I See Who You Are!

@CBC

 

 

congrats!!! i see who you are, my queer friend!

On 2/12/2023 at 9:15 AM, thecptz said:

in 11th place...

with the average of 8.56

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P!nk with Hiccup!

@Rotunda

 

 

congrats!!!

in tied 9th place...

with the average of 8.6

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Yerin Baek with Limit!

@Alena

 

 

congrats!!!

  

On 2/12/2023 at 9:18 AM, thecptz said:

in tied 9th place...

with the average of 8.6

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Doja Cat with Options!

@EscapismRoars

 

 

congrats!!!

in 8th place...

with the average of 8.7

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Demi Lovato with Hitchhiker!

@Noah

 

 

congrats!!! demi their comeback???

On 2/12/2023 at 9:21 AM, thecptz said:

in 7th place...

with the average of 8.72

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Billie Eilish with Male Fantasy!

@K$Ellie

 

 

congrats!!!

in 6th place...

with the average of 9.04

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Christina Aguilera with Get Mine, Get Yours!

@Auburn

 

 

congrats!!! finally, the deep-cut slayed!

 

On 2/12/2023 at 9:23 AM, thecptz said:

in tied 4th place...

with the average of 9.28

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Foxes with Forgive Yourself!

@Delirious

 

 

congrats!!! look at how you're SLAYING, WOW!

in tied 4th place...

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Carly Rae Jepsen with Let's Get Lost!

@Staryu

 

 

congrats!!! another slayage, yup!

On 2/12/2023 at 9:28 AM, thecptz said:

(the only one that i can break the tie, wHEW)

 

in 3rd place...

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Solange with Locked In Closets!

@Not Like The Movies

 

 

congrats!!! YAS!

in 2nd place...

with the average of 9.3

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Shygirl with Heaven!

@minho

 

 

congrats!!! a legendary song!

On 2/12/2023 at 9:34 AM, thecptz said:

in 1st place...

with the average of 9.5

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Charli XCX with Lock You Up!

@Future Lover

 

 

congrats, a deserving winner!  

TRUE ROMANCE SO UNDERRATED.

 

On 2/12/2023 at 9:38 AM, thecptz said:

 

in 14th place... and SAFE

with the average of 8.44

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Miley Cyrus with Rooting For My Baby!

@wish

 

 

congrats!!!

in 15th place... and SAFE

with the average of 8.32

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Kesha with Past Lives!

@Lucky#17

 

 

congrats!!!

On 2/12/2023 at 9:43 AM, thecptz said:

 

in 16th place... and SINGING OFF

with the average of 8.22

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FKA twigs with Ultraviolet!

@Touch It

 

 

good luck!

in 17th place... and SINGING OFF

with the average of 8.04

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Esperanza Spalding with Noble Nobles!

@ATRL Username

 

 

good luck!

in 18th place... and SINGING OFF

with the average of 7.56

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Kylie Minogue with Feels So Good!

@Seffers

 

 

good luck!

 

 

 

 

[Touch It]

did I dream my elim why are these crits here woah

[Touch It]

I mean dream my bottom

[Dessy]

Ratings

[Dessy]

1 minute ago, Touch It said:

I mean dream my bottom

Thats hot

[wish]

[thecptz]

SING-OFF ENTRIES

 

welcome to our fourth sing-off of the season! this time, our bottoms consist of esperanza spalding, fka twigs, and kylie minogue

based on what the judges have said, this is the best sing-off yet. and they all brought THAT energy.

unfortunately, only one can stay.

 

but first ... lets see what they performed!

 

first up, Kylie Minogue with a performance of Can't Get You Out Of My Head!

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next, FKA twigs with a performance of cellophane!

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and closing with Esperanza Spalding who performed Jazz Ain't Nothin' But Soul!

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next post, we will announce the results of the fourth sing-off!

 

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@Euterpe @Sanguine @Element @Hikari @Tom Vercetti

[Delirious]

💀

[Rotunda]

Purr

[Touch It]

good luck all

[wish]

no duds here  all 3 performances are so good omg

 

Kylie with this ICONIC moment tho

[Dessy]

Oh wow oh wow 

[Ttoki]

we're here, we're queer

[thecptz]

SING-OFF RESULTS

 

let's begin with our first judge, Caroline Polachek!

here's what she had to say:

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Kylie: The beginning is iconic, rest of the performance is pretty good as well, she manages to keep you entranced for it

 

Twigs: Her vocals in the first half are so impressive and already sell it for me, the stripper part is good too I loove the dance

 

Esperanza: Her vocals [2] they're great in this, in a completely different way than Twigs' are. The instrumentation is also impressive, and the whole thing feels intimate and personal to her audience in a way?

she also said that all 3 were great, so you better be proud of yourself

with that being said, she has made her decision... and she voted to save..

Esperanza Spalding!

 

next up, it's judge Lexie Liu!

here's what she had to say:

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Kylie: The intro was amazing, she kept the performance lively throughout the song. Not a single dull moment.

 

FKA twigs: This performance just totally blew me away. I mean her vocals had always been great and the pole dancing here was just the icing on the cake (not to mention she was singing while doing the pole dance thingy).

 

Esperanza: She just didn't showcase her elegant vocals here but also her musicality that shows how gifted/talented of an artist she is.

damn another praise from the judge to all three of you, WHEWWW yall served

with a hard decision, miss lexie has decided to save...

FKA twigs!

 

1-1 now!!!

 

now, it's the british queen, judge Ellie Goulding!

here is what she had to say:

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Kylie: Incredibly fun + visually engaging

Twigs: Both halves of this are stunning and entrancing

Esperanza: Gorgeous overview of her genre + excellent artistry

keep it very simple and sweet  but who will she save??

well she did save one person and that is miss....

Kylie Minogue!

 

we're 1-1-1 omg....

 

with two judges left, what's gonna happen in this BLOODBATH singoff???

#staytuned

 

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[thecptz]

2 minutes ago, Hikari said:

we're here, we're queer

we know

[Rotunda]

Oh wow

[Ttoki]

*gasps

[Dessy]

Inb4 a tie

[Touch It]

woah

[thecptz]

gasps

[Ttoki]

1 minute ago, Dessy said:

Inb4 a tie

tie from the thai

[Ttoki]

59?