kandicha Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 i'm here too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator madonnas Posted June 9, 2023 ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 First up, Zoë Kravitz will be writing a sternly worded letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 HIGH INFIDELITY Average score: 6.18 High score: 10 (@State of Grace., @Achilles.) Low score: 1 (@CBC) Does this Midnights (3am Edition) bonus track – about a marriage falling apart because of cheating, full of music imagery playing on the titular pun – represent a postmortem (non-)apology to an ex or just a bit of fantasy? On the one hand, April 29 apparently is a date of real significance in the end of Taylor’s relationship with Calvin Harris, and there’s certainly a score-settling tone that tracks with the ugly terms on which they broke up. But the second verse, a cliché sketch of a reluctant and forgotten wife, brings “High Infidelity” squarely into storytelling territory. Sound off in the comments below! Best bit: “You know there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love/The slowest way is never loving them enough” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 What slur do you all think was spoken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandicha Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 based off that hint i thought lavender haze was crashing out early high infidelity makes more sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, kandicha said: based off that hint i thought lavender haze was crashing out early Oh my god, I actually did not know that connection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 SOS Average score: 6.18 High score: 10 (@a_d_22, @Soda Pop Queen) Low score: 1 (@305, @jacklovesyou1, @Norte) After a lengthy hiatus, SZA returns gun blazing on this titular introduction to SOS, demanding respect, bragging about her Brazilian butt lift and promising candid observations. But there’s an underlying vulnerability that also suggests a woman crying out for salvation – the opening morse code, the instrumental built on a gospel hymn, the interpolation of Beyoncé’s “Listen” – hinting at the far more introspective album to come. Best bit: “All that sauce you got from me/All that shit I gave for free/I want it back, want it back” ATRL says…: @cockatoo called it “noise.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norte Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I couldn't enjoy listening to that song, worst track on SOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 Taylor Swift ratings killer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 Mariah Carey is out next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katamari Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 i thot lavender haze would be leaving thank god! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 OPEN ARMS ft. Travis Scott Average score: 6.21 High score: 10 (@305) Low score: 3 (@jacklovesyou1, @cockatoo, @V3$$3L.) Not a Journey cover! A year after the Astroworld Festival deaths, SZA welcomes Travis Scott back into her “Open Arms” for their fourth collaboration, a ballad celebrating that feeling between unconditional love and toxic codependency. It’s no “Love Galore,” but the opening advice from SZA’s late grandmother does offer a reminder of the glory of Ctrl. Best bit: “Who needs self-esteem anyway?” ATRL says…: “I like the outro,” @madonnas said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Katamari said: i thot lavender haze would be leaving thank god! I genuinely had no idea and I do apologize for unintentionally causing any heart attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator madonnas Posted June 9, 2023 ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 Not complaining so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator Ace Reject Posted June 9, 2023 ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 10 minutes ago, supaspaz said: SOS Average score: 6.18 High score: 10 (@a_d_22, @Soda Pop Queen) Low score: 1 (@305, @jacklovesyou1, @Norte) After a lengthy hiatus, SZA returns gun blazing on this titular introduction to SOS, demanding respect, bragging about her Brazilian butt lift and promising candid observations. But there’s an underlying vulnerability that also suggests a woman crying out for salvation – the opening morse code, the instrumental built on a gospel hymn, the interpolation of Beyoncé’s “Listen” – hinting at the far more introspective album to come. Best bit: “All that sauce you got from me/All that shit I gave for free/I want it back, want it back” ATRL says…: @cockatoo called it “noise.” Oh bullshit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan Chaos Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Yeah I'm sure some people got rid of that song for Travis being one it alone... not that it's great or anything but just something interesting. Not mad at anything being gone so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Ace Reject said: Oh bullshit! I can't tell if the voters have been punishing interlude SZA or emcee SZA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandicha Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Conceited is the SZA song that really needs to go tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Ewan Chaos said: Yeah I'm sure some people got rid of that song for Travis being one it alone... not that it's great or anything but just something interesting. Not mad at anything being gone so far. I gave it a solid score, because it is quite pretty, but it's a remarkably MOR moment for SZA! Like, I really could hear Mariah singing that in 1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 Just now, kandicha said: Conceited is the SZA song that really needs to go tbh About that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 SPECIAL Average score: 6.21 High score: 10 (@Norte, @Sanguine) Low score: 1 (@MP2K) We don’t come to SZA for Katy Perry rejects, so this lament about the man who made her into an ordinary girl – all soggy acoustic guitar and sentiments from a women’s magazine column – isn’t exactly one of the highlights of SOS. Nevertheless, Solána is a winningly earnest vocalist, and her deadpan jokes (“Heard Pilates is in, bash your windows out”) elevate “Special” above the trite. Best bit: “I gave all my special/Away to a loser” ATRL says…: @madonnas dismissed it as “corny.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator madonnas Posted June 9, 2023 ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 It is corny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 9, 2023 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 9, 2023 Just now, madonnas said: It is corny! But it still works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan Chaos Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Goodbye to the Lizzo cover! Actually thought the pop punk song would have left much earlier. I thought everyone was dragging it upon release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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