single Dawn Richard - "Bubblegum"

[Mornings]

sounds like Kpop. kinda goes no where. I wish I liked it, I've seen her live som many times. She used so sound ahead of the curve. LMAO and like can give her props for learning to animate, but was that avatar supposed to be lip syncing? 😳

[professor2000]

32 minutes ago, Mornings said:

sounds like Kpop. kinda goes no where. I wish I liked it, I've seen her live som many times. She used so sound ahead of the curve. LMAO and like can give her props for learning to animate, but was that avatar supposed to be lip syncing? 😳

Yeah the execution for her recent stuff just hasn’t been the same.  
 

I will say…after 3-4 listens, I actually like the song now.  

[professor2000]

On 4/7/2023 at 9:52 AM, OnlyRealMusic. said:

So because you guys prefer Electronic Dawn, it means that she should say in that register? Even though we all know she's never satisfied with one genre... and she includes electronic elements in all her work...

 

Like what do you mean "return to form" @ChapelHooker? Return to your form, the way you like her?

 

Those comments make no sense to me...

 

Sorry I'm just rambling, because people pick on the smallest things... She's been doing incredible things as an independent artist, and now Merge is about to catapult her into something bigger and better.

 

And this era seems like a more pop era, I'm excited for it.

I mean…her Electronic stuff has always been more interesting, imo 

 

I started listening with Armor On.  But obviously I liked DK and Dirty Money too.   So I know she’s versatile.  
 

But BH and Redemption was her peak (so far), imo.  I’m talking visuals, performances, production and all.   
 

Just felt like she had a good thing going…and then she circled back to R&B.  Maybe it was just that one project that was weaker (New Breed).  
 

While I like her vocals, her R&B stuff production-wise has always been just OK to me.  

[madonnas]

I love this.  One of her strongest leads.  

[madonnas]

5 hours ago, That Bad Eartha said:

Yeah this is cute. I think my main thing with her recently is I just vibe with her more experimental stuff WAY more than I do with her "mainstream" leaning releases. Like Pigments for me was my favorite project she's been involved with in years.

 

Not that New Breed/Second Line weren't also experimental in parts. But they lacked that sort of epic mythos that was built into the trilogy albums and the non-album singles/EPs. It's the same problem that it seems like we're heading for with Janelle Monae's new album and the same problem that plagued a lot of Janet's 2000s onward output. Often the music itself is/was still good, it just lacks the grandeur of their previous outings so it feels disappointing by comparison.

 

I also think she's an incredible vocalist and the vocals on Second Line in particular are so buried under the beats that it makes for a harder listen.

 

I don't blame her for any of this because I'd imagine navigating the electronic world as a black woman, especially one who is coming from the pop world, was very difficult to find a long term foothold. And it seems like even if I'm not vibing with it, this new lane is getting her bigger opportunities in terms of festival bookings, etc.

I actually disagree with you strongly here.  Yes it’s catchy but this + her 2021 singles are far from as radio friendly DC was.  They’re still very very left field even if they are in fact bops.  

[Future Lover]

A bop

 

[Joyride]

miss richArd coming

[Hooligan]

I don't know, it had the potential to be fire but it sounds like all chorus or something. Idk, it doesn't really go anywhere for me.

[fountain]

Dawn always delivers a bop 

[OnlyRealMusic.]

On 4/13/2023 at 5:35 PM, Future Lover said:

A bop

 

exactly!

[goldstargay]

Giving ha a stream, i think this is a grower for me, she is definitely giving Missy on those verses

[Theshigo Washidu]

Hm, not feeling it.