Ger Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) Personally, it took me some time to fully appreciate 'Post'. Don't get me wrong, I have always considered it a really strong pop album, it's beyond well executed, it's fascinating as a pop project as a whole. However, I must admit that it wasn't instant to me to click with all the songs. "Hyperballad" was always some sort of highlight, but that didn't necessarily mean it was one of my favorite Björk songs. That might change today. Out of the sudden, I started thinking into this track while starting to walk in a boulevard, truly crowded, noisy, etc. I decided to well... it felt right to me to play this song. Put my headphones and it started. Damn, it hadn't clicked so well to me till today, it was such AN UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. All the building up, the production is mesmerizing, and my God, the outro is simply breathtaking. I swear I felt I transcended to another dimension and wasn't even on Earth with that bunch of people around me. I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here wichuuuu I geniunely did not want that MUSICAL JOURNEY to end, when that occurs all I can say is: brilliant! Do we think "Hyperballad" is one of the best pop songs of all-time? Edited June 20, 2023 by Ger-55 3
Cruel Summer Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 Hyper-ballad is THE song. The pinnacle of pop music IMO. I show it (in multiple versions!) to literally every person in my life who expresses any interest in hearing more Björk It just does something that no other song I've ever heard does. I want to say something like "it still sounds fresh today!" but that's just a lie, it still sounds ahead of our time today. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, I see Björk as the greatest creator in pop music, the greatest mind with the most awe-inspiring ideas. In a few years I've gone from my first curious plays of songs like Jóga to actually appreciating whatever the hell is going on with Ancestors. I've cried to Stonemilker realizing how it actually feels like what I feel most days, I've drunk myself into a stupor with Unravel on repeat, I've imagined entire worlds to entire albums like Vespertine and simple tracks like The Anchor Song. I ******* love Björk - so much my boyfriend hates it because he still can't deal with her vocal idiosyncrasies and my friends groan whenever I have a chance to put her on in the car. I still think Hyperballad is the single moment where she's at her best. It's just so pure, so perfect, every note and lyric, and it captures a feeling that I don't know can be captured any other way. And actually, what got me into it at first was the Brodsky Quartet version on Telegram. I've never been hit in such a full force, immediate way as the first time I heard that track and every time I've heard it since. Talk about transcending - it's out of body every time. 5
NoOneDiesFromLove Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 It randomly starts playing in my head from time to time
Relampago. Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 It’s an experience I’m glad the first time I heard it I was high Genuinely a perfect balance between pop and art
bestfiction Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 Loona outsold but she's cute Spoiler jk. A masterpiece obviously!!
punisher Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 The same thing happens to me where sometimes it just feels right to play a song from post and then I GET IT
flower moon Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 she has the mind of a master, honestly. it didn't click for me either at first but oh wow, what a life changing experience it was when it did. was one of the songs that made me want to hear the rest of her discog.
lachiqui_klk Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 one of the best songs ever tbh truly a masterpiece 1
Virgos Groove Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 Her best song and an absolute masterpiece. That house breakdown puts me in a trance every time. 1
Punky Rooster Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 One of the best alt-pop songs ever to be released
Mikeymoonshine Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 I'm a notorious Post hater but Hyperballad is still one of her best songs (so is army of me). It's just so good! I never get tired of it. 1
The Second Coming Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 Among top 10 best 90's tracks. Truly a masterpiece
conatus Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 It's good, but I probably wouldn't put it in my top 10 or even 20 Björk songs personally.
sunbathinganimal Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, conatus said: It's good, but I probably wouldn't put it in my top 10 or even 20 Björk songs personally.
Babydoll. Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 its sosososososososo beautiful IMO there's nothing that could be added to or taken away from it to make it better. creates such a unique feeling <3
Ibrahim Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 It's such a sad song about the inability to feel like your genuine self but communicated through the eyes of someone speaking so openly through such a simple and childlike sense of exploration and wonder. It's really one of her best pop songs. She's become so esoteric and academic as of late, I find it hard to connect to any of her recent work. But her first few albums have cemented such a unique footprint as actual pop albums that defy traditional production trends; it's really such a treat of a soundscape.
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