Sanguine Posted October 28, 2023 Author Posted October 28, 2023 Pleasee I just noticed nostalgic's votes aren't in the sheet, gonna update them and distribute their points! This isn't going to change placements
Not Like The Movies Posted October 28, 2023 Posted October 28, 2023 Ngl I expected higher based on the critiques I got but my fellow contestants weren't feeling me based on the voting. I'm grateful though, not complaining, just being honest. Thank you ❤️
Not Like The Movies Posted October 28, 2023 Posted October 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, stupidjock said: let me see who gave me -2 Sorry x 1
MusicLoverDude Posted October 28, 2023 Posted October 28, 2023 Thank you for the points @stupidjock @nostalgic and @Psycho 2
Sanguine Posted October 28, 2023 Author Posted October 28, 2023 (edited) Choose The Album, Then a Song Round 4 Spooky Szn Top 13: Halloween is on Tuesday so obviously we're doing a Halloween theme!! For this round, we took the top ten most popular costumes of 2023, removed a couple that crossed over too much with the light/dark theme from last round, and added @Staryu's favorite Heidi Klum's Earthworm, thus creating our list: Barbie Princess Spider-Man Dinosaur Cowboy Ninja (Sexy) Bunny Heidi Klum Earthworm Minion You will choose one of these and assign a song to it. Explain how your choice fits this costume by deconstructing the archetype you selected and associating their most common traits with elements of your song. Word limit has increased... 175 words or less. You can now re-use your audition or round one song. SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY HERE ^ link You may only send once, but edits of the submission are allowed. Cumulative bottom two will be eliminated. ~36 hour deadline DEADLINE: Monday, October 30th at 2 am EST @Psycho @ATRL Username @luckystrike @MusicLoverDude @minho @Not Like The Movies @stupidjock @EriKills @Post Malone @ultraviolence.xx @Auburn @wehavetostan @PinkBox Edited October 28, 2023 by Sanguine 1
Kern Posted October 28, 2023 Posted October 28, 2023 Not me using Follow the Leader already, the only song that would fit
nostalgic Posted October 28, 2023 Posted October 28, 2023 Not unexpected - this was a tough round for me with the theme. It was fun, thank you judges and @Sanguine for making my first game on here a great experience - I really enjoyed it! good luck to everyone. 4
ATRL Moderator Element Posted October 28, 2023 ATRL Moderator Posted October 28, 2023 Congratulations @Post Malone! You knocked it out of the park 1
MusicLoverDude Posted October 28, 2023 Posted October 28, 2023 @Sanguine where do we find the archetypes for each costume? I'm a bit confused on what to do. Maybe it's just my autistic brain overthinking but I also just need clarification
Sanguine Posted October 28, 2023 Author Posted October 28, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, MusicLoverDude said: @Sanguine where do we find the archetypes for each costume? I'm a bit confused on what to do. Maybe it's just my autistic brain overthinking but I also just need clarification Look up “characteristics of _” to find more detail, and you can use your own knowledge as well since these are pretty common character types. Example There are a few places you could go with any example so I didn’t want to limit you! Edited October 28, 2023 by Sanguine
Sanguine Posted October 30, 2023 Author Posted October 30, 2023 On 10/28/2023 at 1:45 PM, Sanguine said: Choose The Album, Then a Song Round 4 Spooky Szn Top 13: Halloween is on Tuesday so obviously we're doing a Halloween theme!! For this round, we took the top ten most popular costumes of 2023, removed a couple that crossed over too much with the light/dark theme from last round, and added @Staryu's favorite Heidi Klum's Earthworm, thus creating our list: Barbie Princess Spider-Man Dinosaur Cowboy Ninja (Sexy) Bunny Heidi Klum Earthworm Minion You will choose one of these and assign a song to it. Explain how your choice fits this costume by deconstructing the archetype you selected and associating their most common traits with elements of your song. Word limit has increased... 175 words or less. You can now re-use your audition or round one song. SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY HERE ^ link You may only send once, but edits of the submission are allowed. Cumulative bottom two will be eliminated. ~36 hour deadline DEADLINE: Monday, October 30th at 2 am EST @Psycho @ATRL Username @luckystrike @MusicLoverDude @minho @Not Like The Movies @stupidjock @EriKills @Post Malone @ultraviolence.xx @Auburn @wehavetostan @PinkBox Hi an extension has been requested please get your entries in by 3 pm EST (17.5 hours from now) ty @Psycho @ATRL Username @luckystrike @Not Like The Movies @EriKills @ultraviolence.xx @Auburn @wehavetostan @PinkBox
ATRL Moderator wehavetostan Posted October 30, 2023 ATRL Moderator Posted October 30, 2023 This round has been a bit difficult for me. I'm intrigued to see the archetype distribution
Sanguine Posted October 30, 2023 Author Posted October 30, 2023 Choose The Album, Then a Song Round 4: Spooky Szn ENTRIES AND EXPLANATIONS HERE CONTESTANT VOTING LINK HERE Quote ATRL Username Beatopia - Ripples Cowboy auburn The Velvet Rope - Accept Me Princess EriKills Trouble - Rabbit Hole Bunny luckystrike Bloom - Lucky Strike Princess minho HYPNOS - Where I'm From Princess MusicLoverDude Midnights - Vigilante **** Ninja Not Like The Movies CTRL - The Weekend Spider-Man PinkBox Rebel Heart - Unapologetic ***** Dinosaur Post Malone Unapologetic - Half Of Me Dinosaur Psycho Emotion - All That Princess stupidjock Mercurial World - Secrets (Your Fire) Princess ultraviolence.xx Raven - Contact Barbie wehavetostan The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess - After Midnight Bunny If you do not complete this by the deadline, 30% of your score will be deducted. The bottom two players CUMULATIVELY will be eliminated. Remember placements are very much volatile at this point in the game and could still drastically change with a single strong/weak entry! ~48 hour deadline! DUE: Wed, Nov 1 @ 3 pm EST @Psycho @ATRL Username @luckystrike @MusicLoverDude @minho @Not Like The Movies @stupidjock @EriKills @Post Malone @ultraviolence.xx @Auburn @wehavetostan @PinkBox
MusicLoverDude Posted October 30, 2023 Posted October 30, 2023 Five princesses, two dinosaurs and the rest being one costume entry a piece except the Earthworm
shelven Posted November 1, 2023 Posted November 1, 2023 SHELVEN'S CRITIQUES Spoiler ATRL Username – Beatopia – Ripples I appreciate the nuanced interpretation of the cowboy character that you go for here, instead of just relying on a generic caricature. I’ll admit on my first read of your explanation, it felt like you had tried to force this character description and this song together, but I re-read it when I was almost done listening to the song and it started to work for me. I think your last sentence in particular is where your entry really shines – the folky and storytelling feel of the song definitely evoke the image of a sad, reflective cowboy. __________________________________________________ Auburn – The Velvet Rope – Accept Me Like ATRL Username’s entry, on my first read of this, the connection between the song and the character felt a bit forced. Unlike his, though, I’m still not convinced of this fit by the end. I think what I’m struggling with here is you shove in a lot of different princess-related ideas in here that don’t feel all that connected to each other, so because of that, no one idea feels fleshed out enough that I can clearly tie it to the song. I’ve said this to a few other players throughout this game, but oftentimes picking one or two strong points to discuss is more effective than trying to fit four or five different ideas all into one entry. __________________________________________________ EriKills – Trouble – Rabbit Hole Screaming at your album basically having one of the costume names directly in a song title. Anyways, this entry meets the theme, although it’s admittedly a bit safe. The trap of picking the bunny costume this round is you risk producing a fairly generic “this is a sex song” entry, and there’s parts of this entry that feel like that. That said, the bridge of this song in particular is SO incredibly on-the-nose that it’s hard to argue against pairing this song and this costume. So you lucked out here a bit with such a clear choice on your album! __________________________________________________ luckystrike – Bloom – Lucky Strike Ahhh we finally get the luckystrike Lucky Strike round!!! Anyways, this is a creative approach to this round, connecting the costume to the person the artist is singing about instead of the artist himself. You do a good job using specifics from throughout the song to sell why various aspects of the princess archetype, like royalty and the object of worship, are represented here. I think this is one of your stronger entries in the game so far! __________________________________________________ minho – HYPNOS – Where I’m From Like a few other entries above, I can tell you struggled with this theme a bit because parts of this explanation do feel a bit forced. Despite that, I really like the bloodline focus towards the end of this entry – I think that was a really creative way to connect this song to a more nuanced, human version of a princess. I think you could have further improved this entry by putting bloodline and questions of identity even more at the centre; for example, the quote you use from the second paragraph could have tied directly to your point about ancestry instead of you using it for a more vague point comparing being otherworldly to down-to-earth. __________________________________________________ MusicLoverDude – Midnights – Vigilante **** An excellent pick – as soon as I saw your song next to your chosen costume, I was like “YUP.” You hit great points from start to finish with your explanation, drawing out different aspects of the ninja character in a cohesive way and tying them to specific, clear examples from the song. What would have elevated this to a perfect entry for me is if you had commented on the song’s production – I would have loved to see an acknowledgment of how the song’s minimalistic sound further contributes to the stealth and sneakiness of a ninja. But besides that, you definitely understood the assignment this round. __________________________________________________ Not Like The Movies – CTRL – The Weekend Similar to Auburn, I think your entry suffers from being overstuffed with ideas and losing focus as a result. You start and finish your entry talking about how the man in this song is the Spider-Man equivalent because of his double life and his web of infidelity, which I think is a creative and convincing approach for this round. But you spend too much time in the middle trying to throw in every possible comparison to Spider-Man you can think of, so the strong idea you start and end with gets a little lost along the way. __________________________________________________ PinkBox – Rebel Heart – Unapologetic ***** I mean I actively would have been disappointed if you hadn’t used this round as an opportunity to equate Madonna to a dinosaur, so good job jumping on that opportunity. Anyways, in past rounds, I’ve told a few people (including you) that leaning too far into the pure entertainment factor of an entry can cause it to ultimately lack substance, but I actually think you do a great job here balancing camp with meeting the theme. You stick to two main dinosaur comparators here (age and dominance/aggression) and connect both of them well to the song. I really enjoyed this! __________________________________________________ Post Malone – Unapologetic – Half Of Me Not gonna lie, I giggled when I saw dinosaur as your choice and then a midtempo piano-backed song started playing dfkghkdf. There’s a strong thesis in here that’s mostly fleshed out – drawing a parallel between a dinosaur’s perceived villainy/destruction and Rihanna’s public image works for me. To tie this all together better, I would have liked a bit clearer of an explanation of why that perception not being true for Rihanna is relevant to the dinosaur comparison. Is your suggestion that dinosaurs are actually misunderstood like Rihanna is? If so, in what way is that true? __________________________________________________ Psycho – Emotion – All That This is an excellently written explanation, and if I weren’t listening to the songs, I would consider this to be the model of what an entry this round should look like. But what’s holding me back from viewing this as an excellent entry is that I’m experiencing a disconnect between what the lyrics actually say and what you’re telling me they say. You cherry-pick some relevant lines, but overall the song is really just about Carly offering her friendship and support to someone, which isn’t really what your explanation is about. I still like a lot about this entry – your discussion of the sonic elements is great and you convince me of this song’s magical/fairlytale-like quality – but be careful not to focus solely on crafting such a theoretically strong explanation that it ends up having a shaky connection to the song you picked. __________________________________________________ stupidjock – Mercurial World – Secrets (Your Fire) This explanation feels very rushed to me and almost seems like you gave up on the theme and quickly put together some vague comparisons at the last second. Some of your points feel very forced (like the tower and dungeon comparisons), while others are too high-level and leave me not really seeing what you were going for at all (like comparing the seductiveness of the song to a princess “hiding her identity”). I don’t think you’re the only one who struggled with this theme, but the others who seemed to struggle all at least made a solid effort to try to find some meaningful connections they could flesh out, whereas I don’t see that same effort in this entry. __________________________________________________ ultraviolence.xx – RAVEN – Contact There’s another universe where I would have called this “Barbie = party or dance song” approach overly safe, but you’re the only one who picked this costume out of 13 players, so I guess it wasn’t! I think this works overall, although I think you do your own comparison a bit of a disservice by actively drawing attention to some of the more overtly sexual parts of this song, even though any sexuality the Barbie character has is more so put on her by others than commanded by her. But that aside, I like the rest of your points here, like how this song is mostly a carefree dance song but with a slight hint of film Barbie’s existentialism and that the song’s narrator, like Barbie, is in full control. __________________________________________________ wehavetostan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess – After Midnight I think this entry does a much better job than the other bunny entry this round of avoiding the trap of treating the bunny option purely like a sex song round. You’ve approached the sexy bunny character from multiple angles here, still hitting the sex point while also hitting the more general social aspects of bunnies in general. There’s a few things throughout this entry I could nitpick (fun fact: rabbits actually aren’t nocturnal and they sleep for a good chunk of the night) and it does ever-so-slightly veer into the overstuffed criticism I’ve had for a few people, but overall I like the approach you took to this round and I think you did a good job connecting that approach to specific elements of your song. @Psycho @ATRL Username @luckystrike @MusicLoverDude @minho @Not Like The Movies @stupidjock @EriKills @Post Malone @ultraviolence.xx @Auburn @wehavetostan @PinkBox 2
Staryu Posted November 1, 2023 Posted November 1, 2023 Star "critiques" Spoiler ATRL Username Beatopia - Ripples Cowboy I like that you seemed to research cowboys or just know details about them, either way good job, almost great job, if only you chose Heidi Worm. auburn The Velvet Rope - Accept Me Princess Very cute, Princess Jackson, I can see it. The "no woman can take my place, baby" is kinda giving pick me vibes though. TBQH tho.. reading the lyrics to the chorus and all I can see is an earthworm, a missed opportunity tbh. EriKills Trouble - Rabbit Hole Bunny Bunny for Rabbit? Groundbreaking. Also the smart choice, I always go for easy, it's the American way. Rabbits/*******/sexy bunny/Playboy, perfect tbh. The only instance where Earthworm Heidi would not be appropriate. luckystrike Bloom - Lucky Strike Princess Cigarettes = **** = princesses, I can see your vision, it's not the strongest vision, maybe kind of blurry, but I can squint and see what you're going for. You know what is kinda shaped like a cigarette? An earthworm. minho HYPNOS - Where I'm From Princess I think the bloodlines and ancestry aspect of your song is the strongest connection to your princess costume, as royalty are all about incest and mixed bloodlines and pure blood etc. Deep in the World/Heidi Earthworm were right there though. MusicLoverDude Midnights - Vigilante **** Ninja Another choice that fits perfectly with one of the presented costumes your explanation is great, you slayed, even worm Heidi wouldn't have been better here. Not Like The Movies CTRL - The Weekend Spider-Man I appreciate you trying to connect this song to Spider-Man, I like the relationship web being weaved part, but overall it felt like a grab bag of reasons thrown together and hoping something stuck (to the web? :weee:) Also Supermodel + Supermodel Heidi 'Earthworm' Klum was a valid option here! PinkBox Rebel Heart - Unapologetic ***** Dinosaur omg is she really 65 I thought she was just 60/61, this feels like another grab bag of reasons thrown at the wall here but I did laugh @ the dated synthesizer joke, so points for that. I probably would have went with Iconic and Earthworm Heidi here. Post Malone Unapologetic - Half Of Me Dinosaur Screaming @ "Rex was mother, mind you" and it being completely serious. I think you were creative here and you mostly convinced me tbh, so good job. Earthworm Heidi would have fit here too imo. Psycho Emotion - All That Princess I like the vulernability connection to the princess, this is one of Carly's most vulernable sounding songs, so that works for me. The production is also very fairytaley, so it works on that level too. stupidjock Mercurial World - Secrets (Your Fire) Princess I feel like you just went with some bare bones, surface level connections to a princess and didn't really dive deep at all into anything meaningful here. Earthworm Heidi perhaps would have been a better choice for you to try. ultraviolence.xx Raven - Contact Barbie Well Contact is THAT girl on the album, so I see the Barbie connection from that. Barbie could certainly dance the night away to this song, I do feel like maybe there were more creative options available for you this round, like perhaps Sorbet/Earthworm Heidi? wehavetostan The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess - After Midnight Bunny I think you presented your case for "Bunny" here very well, you really sold it to me tbh, I love the connection to bunnies being active at night and the promiscuous stereotype, good job @Psycho @ATRL Username @luckystrike @MusicLoverDude @minho @Not Like The Movies @stupidjock @EriKills @Post Malone @ultraviolence.xx @Auburn @wehavetostan @PinkBox 1 1
MusicLoverDude Posted November 1, 2023 Posted November 1, 2023 Yessss at the praise from both @shelven and @Staryu I actually hadn't thought of the production even adding on to it as well. But still, this makes me happy ❤️
Sanguine Posted November 1, 2023 Author Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) On 10/30/2023 at 2:34 PM, Sanguine said: Choose The Album, Then a Song Round 4: Spooky Szn ENTRIES AND EXPLANATIONS HERE CONTESTANT VOTING LINK HERE If you do not complete this by the deadline, 30% of your score will be deducted. The bottom two players CUMULATIVELY will be eliminated. Remember placements are very much volatile at this point in the game and could still drastically change with a single strong/weak entry! ~48 hour deadline! DUE: Wed, Nov 1 @ 3 pm EST @Psycho @ATRL Username @luckystrike @MusicLoverDude @minho @Not Like The Movies @stupidjock @EriKills @Post Malone @ultraviolence.xx @Auburn @wehavetostan @PinkBox Original deadline is three hours away but since I'm still missing a bunch of you + Element it'll be extended to... who knows when, but rn I'll aim for midnight EST @Psycho @Not Like The Movies @stupidjock @EriKills @Post Malone @wehavetostan Edited November 1, 2023 by Sanguine
Sanguine Posted November 1, 2023 Author Posted November 1, 2023 40 minutes ago, stupidjock said: I mean I obviously lost Well the eliminations are cumulative so you could still make it you’re eighth overall! 1
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