tournament ⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆ Arbitrary Song Contest S2: R1 entries are here! <3 ⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆

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Barbie Dreams

Let's leave this song in 2023

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Kiss Me More

Overrated but I don't mind it

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Wonderful Life

Never heard this bop and I'm loving it 

[♥jONE731♥]

Ranking sent for Group B

 

Love both Ariana Songs that was sent 

 

Someone like you, Kacey & Kygo for top 5 

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Long Live

I would have chosen a different Taylor closer but this is really cute 

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How Long

I was sucked in immediately with that beat, nice to know tove lo is still out here making bops

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Vogue

Ariana's new song made me appreciate vogue a lot more.... strike a pose!

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How To Be A Heartbreaker

Never got the hype

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hey you got drugs?

I think this will grow on me more, I like songs about drugs

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Ever Again

Felt longer than 4 mins in a bad way

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Help Me Lose My Mind

I would prefer to listen to an instrumental version

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Dancing's Done

Ava has a great voice but her songs are so mid imo

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Symphony

Feeling nostalgic now, I can't believe it's been 7 years already 

[brycehooha]

ariana grande - thinking bout you: like this is REAL music makes me FEEL

[brycehooha]

avril lavigne - keep holding on: fan edits were never the same

[brycehooha]

madonna - take a bow: more like take some nyquil

[brycehooha]

kacey musgraves - rainbow: like im crying

[brycehooha]

kali uchis - fue mejor: omg a rly pretty song this reminding me to do my duolingo streak

[brycehooha]

beyonce - check on it: quite literally the best song ever made

[brycehooha]

ariana grande - pov: this always makes me tear up 

[brycehooha]

doja cat - juicy: tyga ruins this song. like why take the best verse out for that man

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Come Around

Wait this song is annoying and enjoyable at the same time, let me give it another listen

[brycehooha]

mariah carey - fly like a bird: i have a crippling fear of birds 

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The Edge of Glory

Generic for Gaga's standards but it works in the gym

[smholiv]

group a

Spoiler

Lady Gaga - Applause - definitely campy, pretty alright~

 

Rihanna - Sex with Me - part of me sometimes wishes this had just a bit more energy to it but yeah I like it!

 

SZA - 20 Something - this album is not only a modern classic, it's one of my favourite albums of all time. this is a perfect closer, really summarizes the best parts of her songwriting for me, love it

 

FIFTY FIFTY - Barbie Dreams (feat. Kaliii) - I'm feuding with this soundtrack, very few of the songs fit the "barbie" theme to me and it felt like a lot of missed potential... but this is one of the few exceptions!! I think its super fun and breezy

 

Doja Cat - Kiss Me More (feat. SZA) - this was okay at the time but I like it less and less with age. it's not bad but idk. sza's parts are my faves, might've liked this more if it was more of her

 

Gwen Stefani - Wonderful Life - I've never heard this album in full but maybe I should check it out one day. the bits of new wave influence are really cool but the chorus is really repetitive without a ton of payoff and overall it didn't leave a huge impression on me

 

Taylor Swift - Long Live - this is one of my all time favourite songs of hers and probably in my top 3 for this group. absolute perfection

 

Tove Lo - How Long - it's fine, it's a Tove lo song. it's kind of nice!!

 

Madonna - Vogue - not a fan

 

Marina and the Diamonds - How to Be a Heartbreaker - incredibly shallow and boring, this whole album feels so hollow which some people say is the point but yeah im going to pass

 

Tove Lo - hey you got drugs? - you know what I was kind of pretentious with my last Tove critique but like both of these songs are pretty decent lkjsfslj. I wouldn't generally think to go for a Tove ballad/slower song but idk this works really well. its very much her style solidified and I think its polished in all the right places. My issue with some of this style of music is it can come across a little too perfected, but her delivery and the concepts on this album in particular give it a lot of heart/personality that is missing from some other alt-adjacent girls (see right above).

 

Robyn - Ever Again - this is probably the worst female pop album of all time

 

Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind - this album is such a throwback!! I really liked it a while ago and I think it's very indicative of a particular time in electropop's history. this song feels fuelled by nostalgia for me personally but its nice and I like the lounge approach it has (paired with the vocals), this MIGHT be on the lower end of my top ten but I did like it!

 

Ava Max - Dancing's Done - you know what she set out to do a pure dance disco album without pretence and she accomplished that right to the end  and I respect it. this bangs

 

Clean Bandit - Symphony - not a song I would listen to of my own accord by any means but its okay

 

M.I.A. - Come Around (feat. Timbaland) - it's cool but won't be getting points from me based on its competition this round. I like that you sent something kind of different though~

 

Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory - I like this less than Applause

 

Charli XCX - Track 10 - ohhh the intricacies... this feels like such a crazy experience and I love all of it tbh, such a cool song

 

Aaliyah - Rock the Boat - MEGA classic, incredible work