Curaga Posted September 18, 2024 Posted September 18, 2024 (edited) On 9/18/2024 at 5:31 AM, Kyle-x said: Oh absolutely this one is cute too The cropping they did on these 8cm single covers is crazy Expand not R U S T whoa, but when I went in the app it looked like the full pic all squashed edit: Oh, here's the full pic from Spotify, but yeah, the way their platform handles non-square images is really something Edited September 18, 2024 by Curaga 1
Kyle-x Posted September 18, 2024 Posted September 18, 2024 On 9/18/2024 at 5:35 AM, Curaga said: not R U S T whoa, but when I went in the app it looked like the full pic all squashed Expand Her face is barely visible or entirely cropped out on the other 7 1
AlbumOfTheYear Posted September 18, 2024 Posted September 18, 2024 Thanks for the help on the rate everyone! By the way, this song never gets her flowers or even a mention and its sad because its lyrically, vocally and musically more interesting: TBH it skeeves me out a bit that this song might be about Max Maatsura's old creepy ass, but as someone with daddy issues I guess I understand her 2 2
Suilen Posted September 18, 2024 Posted September 18, 2024 What song isn't about Matsuura is the question 3
Graves Posted September 18, 2024 Author Posted September 18, 2024 This is kinda cute. A BALLADS lowkey doing the damn thing. 3
Graves Posted September 18, 2024 Author Posted September 18, 2024 On 9/18/2024 at 5:35 AM, Curaga said: not R U S T Expand and if I said that was a more accurate title for it? 3
Curaga Posted September 18, 2024 Posted September 18, 2024 On 9/18/2024 at 3:51 PM, Graves said: and if I said that was a more accurate title for it? Expand On 8/23/2024 at 10:47 PM, Graves said: I'll give you POWDER SNOW, Trust and the title track. Expand wait I thought you liked that one I'm kind of afraid to see your scores for her debut lol 1
Graves Posted September 18, 2024 Author Posted September 18, 2024 oop, not the clocking. you got me gal, I just wanted to throw some shade. 1
Curaga Posted September 18, 2024 Posted September 18, 2024 On 9/18/2024 at 4:00 PM, Graves said: oop, not the clocking. you got me gal, I just wanted to throw some shade. Expand I learned from the best On 9/18/2024 at 3:48 PM, Graves said: This is kinda cute. A BALLADS lowkey doing the damn thing. Expand The melodies from her debut are just so good 1
Invisibility Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 The melodies of the debut might be cute... but then the vocals and the infomercial / AM news broadcast instrumentals come up and... you're snapped back into reality 2
Curaga Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 Aw I think the instrumentals are charming Even if they're dated... part of the charm for me, but I also get it nn 1
Kyle-x Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 On 9/18/2024 at 3:48 PM, Graves said: This is kinda cute. A BALLADS lowkey doing the damn thing. Expand A BALLADS is that girl 1
Kyle-x Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 Naturally "dolly remix" is truly one of the best remixes of ha career whew. They need to sort it out on streaming so I can link a better quality version than this video ddd. 3
Suilen Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 I don't care about vocals that much but A song for xx would greatly benefit from a Taylor's Version, I'll say that 1
Kyle-x Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 On 9/19/2024 at 6:44 AM, Suilen said: I don't care about vocals that much but A song for xx would greatly benefit from a Taylor's Version, I'll say that Expand The new vocal versions on A BEST are so good, wish she would've added POWDER SNOW to the line-up 2
Kyle-x Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 But there is something special about the debut album's unpolished vocals. Really speaks to where she was at the time and how she was such a true ingénue, it's charming in its own way. The narrative arc of her career is very compelling 4
Graves Posted September 19, 2024 Author Posted September 19, 2024 I can get over the vocals on debut. It's the production killing half of the song cold dead for me. 1
Suilen Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 Well, I think that Kikuchi has the best songs on the album (Depend on you, As if...), and he also produced Kumiko's TAKE BACK and Trust Your Love. But then he was responsible for that Kana-sounding song on MY STORY and Beautiful Fighters, so I have to cast doubt on his genius. 1
Curaga Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 On 9/19/2024 at 5:11 AM, Kyle-x said: Naturally "dolly remix" is truly one of the best remixes of ha career whew. They need to sort it out on streaming so I can link a better quality version than this video ddd. Expand omg and that still alone remix right after it never seen an artist with so many killer remixes before! 1
AlbumOfTheYear Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 Any NOTHING from NOTHING stans? I'm compketing the rate to A Song for XX, but I'd be lying if I didnt admit it lost some points due to NfN existing. Its funny because she sounds so much more like she does in Duty vically compared to her official debut imo. Limit, Paper Doll and the title track are the standout tracks for me. There's charm to these songs, and it being an Ayu rap album is kind of crazy but it works. 1
Invisibility Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 On 9/19/2024 at 11:13 AM, Suilen said: Well, I think that Kikuchi has the best songs on the album (Depend on you, As if...), and he also produced Kumiko's TAKE BACK and Trust Your Love. But then he was responsible for that Kana-sounding song on MY STORY and Beautiful Fighters, so I have to cast doubt on his genius. Expand Beautiful Fighters, if there was an example of a way to kill all momentum in an album, you'd just have to press play on that song 1 2
Graves Posted September 19, 2024 Author Posted September 19, 2024 We'll get to pineapple madness in part two, don't make me acknowledge her before then
AlbumOfTheYear Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 On 9/19/2024 at 1:59 PM, Invisibility said: Beautiful Fighters, if there was an example of a way to kill all momentum in an album, you'd just have to press play on that song Expand I'll raise you one: Liar-HOPE or PAIN- Happy Ending. That section is midtempo ballad hell and brings MY STORY to a slogggg 1
Graves Posted September 19, 2024 Author Posted September 19, 2024 ntm on Liar, I like that one but yeah, MY STORY track list has a few points where you're listening to the same boring song like three times in a row 1
Kyle-x Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 HOPE or PAIN is one of my fave songs on MY STORY dd. I like the MY STORY songs individually but taking it down in one swing your interest can't help but wane a bit 2
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