base talk Why do ATRLers act like Accelerate by Xtina's a bad song?

[A-V-XYZ]

The song got mostly positive reviews by critics:

 

Cole Delbyck praised the single as a "comeback worth waiting for" in his review for HuffPost. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times called "Accelerate" "fantastically weird", stating, "Ty Dolla Sign's moans and yelps, sinuous keyboard lines, a charmingly staccato verse from 2 Chainz. Somewhere in there is Ms. Aguilera, under-singing and trying not to get pushed into a corner. And yet despite these disparate inputs, there's something loose and admirable happening here: everyone is trying new things, and the disarray verges on flamboyance." According to MTV's Sam Prance, "Accelerate" is one of Aguilera's "most experimental releases to date," as well as "an instantly memorable pulsating club bop." Billboard called the single "a stormy comeback" with high energy, while The Guardian regarded it as catchy and a "promising comeback", noting Aguilera's "incredible" vocals. The Fader praised Aguilera for "brave artistic choice" and assured that upon listening deeper into the song, its weirdest and most interesting sounds become "addictive". Brock Radke of Las Vegas Magazinebelieved "Accelerate" is a "pulsating, rhythmic track" that "defies categorization and reaffirms Aguilera's dedication to pushing past pop boundaries". Bradley Stern from MuuMuse considered "Accelerate" to be the antithesis of a pop song. He called the single "an aggressively fucks-free, polarizing hip-hop cut", as well as "a fresh and strange listen from start to finish".

 

The British magazine i-D ranked the song on a list of the Best Pop Comebacks of the 21st Century.

 

Critic/Publication	List	Rank	Ref.
The Guardian	50 Best Songs of May 2018	Ranked	[11]
	Top 100 Songs of 2018	82	[27]
i-D	Best Pop Comebacks of the 21st Century	70	[26]
Idolator	Christina Aguilera's 40 Best Songs	11	[28]
The Interns	30 Best Songs of 2018 (So Far)	9	[29]
Paper	Top 100 Songs of 2018	49	[30]
Pop Hates Flops	18 Best Songs of 2018	1	[31]
Stereoboard	7 Standout Christina Aguilera Moments	Ranked	[32]

 

Source: Wikipedia

 

Why are y'all biased to this acclaimed song?

[Kern]

Is anyone interested in signing my petition to ban any Accelerate threads on this forum? 

[Devin]

accelerate isnt bad just mid. ty ruined the song too.

[G.U.Y.]

Ajay's laugh is really contagious.

 

 

[supaspaz]

Raise your hand if you've thought about "Accelerate" in the past five years

[Prodigal Self]

Basicness

 

[Bhabylon]

Because we have ears sis 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Its just too much happening at once. 

3 minutes ago, G.U.Y. said:

Ajay's laugh is really contagious.

 

 

LMAO this video always makes me laugh

[Zombieboy]

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Pop Hates Flops

18 Best Songs of 2018

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[ontherocks]

It's not just bad. It is the worst song ever 

[Kayseri Mantisi]

i always LOVED it from the beginning, so catchy & fire beat. am i not an ATRLer? 

 

the instrumental between 1:40 - 2:30 is eargasm actually

Edited 10 hours ago by Kayseri Mantisi

[Totami Legend]

the fact that I remember where I was and what I was doing when this abort of a song came out 

[glitch]

Mostly because Ty Dollar Sign is screaming over the whole thing

[LovingDays]

12 minutes ago, supaspaz said:

Raise your hand if you've thought about "Accelerate" in the past five years

[Sugar-Rush]

[Rush]

Why do you pretend Xtina is still successful?

[BionicWooHoo]

[youresotoxic]

you guys just don't understand the excellence that song is

 

[Smarticle]

what are the streams rn...

[McNulty]

 

[Erreur2 La Nature]

Accelerate is objectively the worst song of all time, it does NOT sound like music, it's pure chaos, noise, screams, moans, it's unlistenable and Ajay's reaction was pretty much mine too, I was uncontrollably laughing and suffering at the same time 

[glitch]

2 minutes ago, Smarticle said:

what are the streams rn...

On Friday it achieved 1507 streams 

[ImpressMeMuch]

Bc yall bring it up all the time for no reason

[penguintim]

lemme listen and see if i can figure it out

[penguintim]

ah ok. i think it's because the song is not very good.