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This Was Pop 2022 | Part 1 | Charli, Rina, Tove & Carly (Winner Revealed!)


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1 hour ago, greento said:

Put your lips on my lips, I'll remember your kiss on the nights when I miss you

 

 

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Kicking off this set is the collaboration between two artists who both have albums in this rate, “Beg for You”. Charli XCX and Rina Sawayama team up on this single to produce what is arguably one of the most lacklustre songs of each of their discographies. The song samples September’s iconic hit “Cry for You” yet neither Charli nor Rina manage to add anything of value to the song. A collaboration between two of the most exciting women in pop music could and should have been so much more and for that reason alone, it received my 0. Many ATRLers agreed that the song was a let-down: @cockatoo moaned “Charli's vocals are so bad on this. A great example of a sample that ruined the original song” and @beomgyu questioned “how did two of the most interesting artists in modern pop music come together and make the most boring and chewed out single of both their careers?”.

 

Lovers (10s and 11s):

10 - Matthew4815

10 - supaspaz

Haters (0s and 1s):

1 - Sanguine

1 - Born to Run

1 - cockatoo

0 - @greento

0 - @beomgyu

Oh, you all fucking INSANE for this.

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As I said in my commentary that for some reason greento isn’t using, “Beg For You” is what Ava Max wishes she could do and never will. It may be heavily reliant on a sample, but it’s an absolute bop.

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18 minutes ago, NewStanner said:

As it should, the best song from Dirt Femme did that :clap3:

 

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It would be the worst if not for ITB. That ugly ass chorus :deadbanana:

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So Nice and Sideways going out is disgusting :biblio:

 

Let's just get the rest of HTG out because it's just beating a dead horse atp :redface:

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1 hour ago, greento said:

Just tell me you need me side by side, the sweetest words of my whole life

 

 

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Carly Rae Jepsen finally takes her first loss (to the delight of some and to the dismay of other more tasteful users) with “Far Away”. The song depicts a breakup in which Carly realises she was the one to mess up, she explains that it was “it was nice to be the one who was humbled and to see that I messed up, and try out a song where I wrote from the bad perspective”. The song is cute and has nice production but it fails to stand out as anything special among the other tracks on The Loneliest Time. @supaspaz shows his love for the song “So many good lines – starting with “First, I just imagined all your qualities and that's my fault” – underpinned by a subtly sweet soundscape.”

 

Lovers (10s and 11s):

10 - supaspaz

Haters (0s and 1s):

None

How on earth is this the first Carly track out?

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True Romance out is a CRIME. Not some of you hating on her vocals while it are some of her best cause of how powerful and vulnerable they are :jonny3:

 

Can't believe Twice made it this far, can't even remember it. I'm rooting for Go Find Yourself, girl is holding on for life!!

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2 minutes ago, cockatoo said:

So Nice and Sideways going out is disgusting :biblio:

 

Let's just get the rest of HTG out because it's just beating a dead horse atp :redface:

I mean idk about you but I gave this hell and imagining 10s…

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I keep forgetting we're not in This Was 2022 with its 100 songs and being like "THIS IS SO LOW" but it's like only 41 sidhsiodhsoihds. Some of the songs still in tho.........

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Just now, madonnas said:

I mean idk about you but I gave this hell and imagining 10s…

Ok actually I did give those both good scores, but everything else...OUT!

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1 hour ago, greento said:

It's tough out in the real world, let's go back to our world

 

 

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Tove Lo loses her first song of the set with the haunting ballad “True Romance”. This is possibly Tove’s most emotionally raw track ever both vocally and lyrically. It slowly builds with an understated instrumental that allows Tove to express herself through her voice. It was inspired by the 1993 film of the same name and tells the story of someone willing to break the law to prove their love for their partner-in-crime and live a Bonnie and Clyde-esque lifestyle with them. @supaspaz gave the song his 11 and backs it up with “Absolutely stunning. This song changed my entire perception of Tove. I’d never felt such emotional fulfilment from her before”. @pavi also gave it their 11 and says the song is “CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED. The suspense and power in her voice, amazing!!”

 

Lovers (10s and 11s):

11 - @pavi

11 - @supaspaz

10 - greento

10 - creativity.

Haters (0s and 1s):

1 - Supervillain

1 - 4Real

0 - @Psycho

Okay, I’m out, y’all. This rate is severely lacking in taste. I don’t need to stick around to see the mess that awaits.

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Move me and Twice are both decent songs. There's definitely a few other songs on that album I'd have kicked before them

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Updated the first page post with results so far and links to each post :heart:

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I’m beginning to think crash title track won’t win :dancehall:  

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5 minutes ago, madonnas said:

I mean idk about you but I gave this hell and imagining 10s…

Holy Till You Let Me Go too :giraffe:

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Some of you overreacting acting like HTG has no great songs. It’s highs are super high, and it’s lows aren’t even awful tbh

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2 minutes ago, greento said:

Some of you overreacting acting like HTG has no great songs. It’s highs are super high, and it’s lows aren’t even awful tbh

People just misremembered how good Sawayama was.  It was good but it had some flops on it too like Tokyo love hotel, bad friend, etc 

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2 minutes ago, madonnas said:

People just misremembered how good Sawayama was.  It was good but it had some flops on it too like Tokyo love hotel, bad friend, etc 

not these masterpieces...

 

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22 minutes ago, madonnas said:

some flops on it too like Tokyo love hotel

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Glad to see Hold The Nobel Peace Prize lashings stopped for a round, y'all were doing too much on miss rina

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Not really upset about any of these elims except maybe True Romance and Twice!

 

The right Carlegend songs were axed first, hopefully Beach House goes soon too :celestial4:

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All my faves still in :gaycat1:

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When the top 2 is No One Dies From Love and Imagining

 

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Used to Know Me above Twice is an ATRL war crime

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Not mad about any of those

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Not Beg For You being out before 1 Carly song.

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