album Kim Petras - 'Problématique'

[Subzero]

Dirty Things is such a bop

 

IF YOU WANNA COME, COME THROUGH

ANYWAY YOU LIKE, I'LL DO

BED OR ON THE FLOOR, YOU CHOOSE

I JUST WANNA DO DIRTY THINGS TO YOU

 

 

My favorite track on the album

Edited September 27, 2023 by Subzero

[Lady Claire]

She performed the title track, Something About U and TMLAH at the tour. Wish there was more but unfortunately she did over 30 songs already

[CroNich]

7 hours ago, Subzero said:

Dirty Things is such a bop

 

IF YOU WANNA COME, COME THROUGH

ANYWAY YOU LIKE, I'LL DO

BED OR ON THE FLOOR, YOU CHOOSE

I JUST WANNA DO DIRTY THINGS TO YOU

 

 

My favorite track on the album

Definitely the best track on the album even tho its literally Say So 3.0

Edited September 28, 2023 by CroNich

[Supervillain]

3 hours ago, Lady Claire said:

She performed the title track, Something About U and TMLAH at the tour. Wish there was more but unfortunately she did over 30 songs already

Those 3 over All She Wants, Dirty Things and Je T’Adore…  

[Daddy]

4 hours ago, Lady Claire said:

She performed the title track, Something About U and TMLAH at the tour.

I absolutely LOVE Something About U and TMLAH is a certified bop but damn... choices.

[Bubble Tea]

11 hours ago, Subzero said:

Dirty Things is such a bop

 

IF YOU WANNA COME, COME THROUGH

ANYWAY YOU LIKE, I'LL DO

BED OR ON THE FLOOR, YOU CHOOSE

I JUST WANNA DO DIRTY THINGS TO YOU

 

 

My favorite track on the album

YES! I'd never heard the leak of this song so I'm only just hearing it since she released the album. HOLY!!!!!!!!!

[Saint James]

4 hours ago, Lady Claire said:

She performed the title track, Something About U and TMLAH at the tour. Wish there was more but unfortunately she did over 30 songs already

shes a troll wbk

[TrueBlood]

The setlist is a bit messy, but the tour looks like a blast!

[Alex]

we need something about snooze scrapped for Deeper / Dirty Things / All She Wants

[Freaky Prince]

If only she toured Europe first, maybe I would’ve gone. The tour looks so fun 

[Alrest]

I like All She Wants the most!! 

[zasderfght]

After listening to Problematique and Feed the Beast all the way through, I have to admit, I am becoming like ATRL and switching, which I thought wouldn't happen with Kim, but here we are. 

 

I actually think Feed the Beast is the better album and here's why: the album feels like it never lets up, despite not being the most forward-thinking pop album or the most creative/inventive. You just have Thousand Pieces and Minute that are really the "slow" songs. The other songs actually have a pulse. Yes, Unholy was unnecessarily tacked on, the Problematique tracks feel awkward in the track list, but I actually find myself gravitating towards that album more. 

 

With Problématique, I do like All She Wants, Born Again, Deeper, and Dirty Things, but the other songs are kind of mid, if I am being 100% honest. 

 

That being said, I'm glad we have both. 

 

And if I'm being super honest, I do think Turn Off the Light and Clarity are Kim's best bodies of work. 

 

Anyone else agree with at least one of my takes? Or am I just completely off my rocker? 

 

I came to this conclusion after listening to all of Kim's albums (whether they're compilation albums or full-length LP albums). 

Edited September 28, 2023 by zasderfght

[Daddy]

2 minutes ago, zasderfght said:

And if I'm being super honest, I do think Turn Off the Light and Clarity are Kim's best bodies of work. 

I am 100% with you on everything, especially this quoted part. Her peak so far.

 

My ranking would be: 

 

TOTL = Clarity > Era 1 > Feed The Beast > Problematique > **** Pop

[zasderfght]

1 hour ago, Daddy said:

I am 100% with you on everything, especially this quoted part. Her peak so far.

 

My ranking would be: 

 

TOTL = Clarity > Era 1 > Feed The Beast > Problematique > **** Pop

It's been a while since I've heard all Era 1 songs, but I'll listen to them tonight. I like some gay bops when I'm done with work and stoned at my apartment 

 

S-Pop is hard to place. I would probably put S-Pop below Problematique just because I really only care for XXX on the S-Pop EP. 

Edited September 28, 2023 by zasderfght

[oshyms]

1 hour ago, zasderfght said:

 

 

With Problématique, I do like All She Wants, Born Again, Deeper, and Dirty Things, but the other songs are kind of mid, if I am being 100% honest.  

i agree

 

they really took the highlights off it and tacked them onto feed the beast, where they sound totally out of place. 

 

also, future starts now is the heart and soul of this album and it doesn’t feel complete without it sorry

Edited September 28, 2023 by oshyms

[zasderfght]

30 minutes ago, oshyms said:

i agree

 

they really took the highlights off it and tacked them onto feed the beast, where they sound totally out of place. 

 

also, future starts now is the heart and soul of this album and it doesn’t feel complete without it sorry

Future Starts Now really is better than most Problematique tracks. 

[Europe]

4 hours ago, zasderfght said:

And if I'm being super honest, I do think Turn Off the Light and Clarity are Kim's best bodies of work.

So true. She is soooo stupid for not releasing volume 3 like what, WHAT is she waiting for

 

 

Edited September 28, 2023 by AbeHicks

[PopKills]

We want TMLAH (Extended) 

[Mke1979]

Your time to cry is better than most songs on this “project” 

[Mke1979]

Is their an album survivor yet for this?

[EDEJtheArtist]

My ranking of Kim’s Debuts 

TOTL

Problematique

Clarity 

Era 1

feed the beast 

S**t pop

 

[Schami66]

Era 1 > Clarity > TOTL > Feed The Beast > Problematique >>> Slutpop

for me

 

Era 1 had MASTERPIECES. Heart To Break, Hillside Boys, Can't Do Better and If You Think About Me are classics.

[Mke1979]

1. TOTL 

2. Era 1 

3. Feed The Beast 

4. Clarity 

5. Problematique

6. S**t pop

[GoodDog]

On 9/28/2023 at 10:47 AM, zasderfght said:

Future Starts Now really is better than most Problematique tracks. 

this lowkey spill

 

i see why they went with FSN as the lead single. it just gives full french ***** energy. it's also one of her few uplifting songs that aren't corny. it feels fresh and Kim in her full pop star element 

[zasderfght]

8 hours ago, GoodDog said:

this lowkey spill

 

i see why they went with FSN as the lead single. it just gives full french ***** energy. it's also one of her few uplifting songs that aren't corny. it feels fresh and Kim in her full pop star element 

My thoughts exactly! 

 

I'm known for flip-flopping on my opinion in regards to music. Obviously, there's albums/singles I've always loved (or always hated, or felt indifferent towards), but with the case of Problematique, I liked it a lot as a 17-track leak (we didn't get Dirty Things). I think neutering the project to 10 tracks (maybe her label only allowed certain tracks-- who knows?), surprisingly, reduced the fun. I think this project works best as a huge French/Europop album. Even with some tracks being more underwhelming than others, I don't know, the 18-track album Kim would've released if she had permission to, just hits differently than the brief 10-track version. 

 

Also, she chose Love Ya Leave Ya, Problematique, and Confession over Your Time to Cry and Dance to Forget, and because Feed the Beast had to be released, Revelations (a great track), Sex Talk (which I find really fun), and Hit it From the Back were robbed of being on Problematique. What a shame.