I've been telling the girls they need to work with Jamie XX, close enough!

4 minutes ago, James_Dean said:

KING

My aperature is open for him

Edited January 23Jan 23 by Rush

May this help normalize longer songs as singles

Finally listening, wow this is a psychotic choice for a lead single. Good for him!

Gives me Lorde deep cut vibes in a good way. Brave of him to release this as a long anticipated comeback. I think it'll do well initially because it's him but totally collapse.

Edited January 23Jan 23 by DevilsRollTheDice

we belong togetheeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrr

It's cute and refined and well executed. At first I was a little underwhelmed but a few plays later I am impressed tbh. It's not an explosive earworm like As It Was, but it's kinda a step up from that. Definitely promising for the rest of the album.

Ugh I love the end minute and a half soooo much

Doesn't sound like it'll be the big hit of the era, but a very nice introduction to his new sound. Love that he's experimenting.

Waaiitttt this is incredible.

Literally transcending while I'm listening to this.

16 minutes ago, Burqa said:

atrl hates it so it will smash

exactly!

I don't know why some of you are on calling it bad or way too long, it didn't feel that long. Will it be a hit? Idk since it's long but with a nice radio edit, it may.

23 minutes ago, Mythical said:

Oh this is gonna flop hard

With the 2016 trend in full force this will smash. This sounds like alternative and electronic music in 2015/2016

This is surprisingly great, I appreciate the somewhat experimental structure and production. The length doesn't bother me at all, in fact I think the slow build-up at the beginning adds a lot to the quality of this song. Overall it sounds like a return to form after his underwhelming last album.

Oh wow, this is a big swing… totally the opposite of Bruno (being safe)

Reminds me of Shouse meets Jungle

I like it! I love the experimental-ish production for him — however, I cannot envision radio playing this AT ALL. Besides the first few days out of curiosity/hype (however, I hope I'm wrong. Pop music/radio needs a little bit more of a "newer sound" I mean it's 2026 after all!)

Edited January 23Jan 23 by ARTPØP

this is such a bop, really benefits from stretching out as well, looking fwd to hearing this a lot over the next few months

If this is the direction the album is going to, then it's pretty fine. The song is cute, that's all.

Just now, ARTPØP said:

I like it! I love the experimental-ish production for him — however, I cannot envision radio playing this AT ALL. Besides the first few days out of curiosity/hype

they'll play it round the clock here lol

Aperture lets the light in

It's okay, I definitely can see it growing on me. Doesn't sound like it was meant to be an instant connection type of song.

I very much appreciate and commend the clear artistic growth and risk he's taking on this track though. More of that from male artists. Especially from my fave Abel.

and bruno but i've been over bruno for nearly a decade now after the same bs time and time again

Okay I'm feeling it

It's 100x better with headphones

this being the first song by him i like

3 minutes ago, perfectillusion204 said:

It's 100x better with headphones

that bass hits directly to the chest bones!

Reminds me a bit of Tame, Currents.

Excited to listen with headphones. It sounds experimental enough while still being palatable and catchy for mainstream appeal