best of Unoriginal's Best of 2017

[Unoriginal]

1 minute ago, cdschart said:

you didn't lie

says the one whose sig is still the one from the Halloween stan swap

 

jk ly  

[Tsareena]

loved Burn it Down

[Bubble Tea]

"Now or Never" is good by Halsey's standards. 

[Unoriginal]

Updated the OP with a recap of the first five songs  obviously not too useful yet but later on down the line 

[madonnas]

Halsey's change in direction paid off but she shouldn't have released such a rehash of a Rihanna song as a lead even if its really not that bad.

[Lazuli]

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This is Camila's best song so far imho

I don't even like Canola but...

 

Now Or Never is tragic  

[sumthintoxic82]

Now or Never grew on me toward the end of the year

[Diarrhoea]

OMG and Now or Never are cute, Dead is a bit funny

 

[Wondy Lust]

I liked the Daughter song the best out of those, thought the rest were not for me. 

 

Excited for your EP's tho

[JGibson]

Now or Never 

[Unoriginal]

UNORIGINAL'S BEST OF 2017

2017's 50 Best Singles

50 - 46

#45

Sigrid - Strangers

 

We love a nice bit of pop perfection greatness. The lyrics and the song's basic premise are pretty self explanatory and it's actually very similar to Halsey's Strangers in the way it plays out (there would've been two Strangers on this list if Halsey's was a proper single but alas). Kind of a laugh-and-dance-at-the-same-time song that works very well. The production borders loud for being the sake of loud but it doesn't cross the line so I'm a fan. I'm looking forward to seeing more of Sigrid in 2018 with stuff hopefully just as good as or better than this.

listen here

 

#44

Ry X - Bad Love

 

I really like this. Bad Love gives me dark Years & Years vibes and Ry's voice is like a more emotive darker Olly too (no shade to Olly I like Y&Y a lot). The buildup to the chorus is very slow but equally so rewarding. The entire song exudes a feeling of deep want and it's just so simply yet stunningly effective and the by the end of the song another play is pretty much guaranteed.

listen here

 

#43

Allie X feat. VÉRITÉ  - Casanova

 

In all honesty I prefer the solo version to the VÉRITÉ version because the solo feels like it has a bit more oomph but the collab was the single version so there's not a lot I can do about that. Casanova's an excellent slice of deep snythpop that's dense and heavy and has some excellent use of vocoder effects. In a way, VÉRITÉ almost overshadows Allie slightly because her vocals are that tiny bit more powerful and VÉRITÉ seems to give her verse her all but I can't really bash either one for it. The Xs truly won this year with back to back entries huh?

listen here

 

#42

Drake - Passionfruit

 

Drake's musical output in 2016 was a no from me but Passionfruit was less a step in the right direction and more a leap. I honestly love this. Nana Rogues' production is easily (and obviously) the highlight of the song but Drake's lyrics are also pretty decent (maybe the similes are slightly odd but it's a petty minor complaint. I'm really only talking about the picket fences bit) and the chorus is essentially guaranteed to get stuck in your head on the first of the tenth or the fiftieth listen. Tropical-infused dancehall done perfectly.

listen here

#41

Kesha - Praying

 

This was such a stunningly triumphant return for Kesha and completely not the route I was expecting her to go down. In all honesty I wasn't even expecting a proper single and album release but here we are. I had no expectations playing the song for the first time but it's so emotional and so powerful and an amazing '**** you' to everybody that tried to screw her over backed by a simple but beautifully effective piano. Kesha hit the mark here with a song that ATRL rightfully raved about. If Woman was a properly released single Kesha would've hit the top 35 won't lie.

listen here

 

I quite like this set tbh so I hope it's agreeable for you too. 40 - 36 tomorrow though it might be slightly/quite late because I'm going to see The Last Jedi and I have a **** ton of homework due for Friday. Either way I'll see you tomorrow!  

[theblackestday]

Casanova is a bop and probably the only song I actually liked from Allie X's album. It's kind of a The Weeknd' Secrets rip off though

 

Passionfruit is excellent and my fave from the bunch.

[Mark Rih]

Ahhhhh Passionfruit

I also love Strangers.

[Unoriginal]

Spoiler

22 hours ago, Navyofbadgals said:

Nn mostly cause I don’t know them

they’re on my ‘to-listen-list’ now!

talent

 

22 hours ago, Glassmouth said:

interesting to see Madison there to say the list

 

 

also slay @ Daughter  

stan BiD

interesting how tho  

 

22 hours ago, AlexisNeiers said:

Not the biggest fan of this batch tbh, partially because I'm not familiar with most of these songs. Also, Havana and NBTS>>>OMG

I could almost agree with NBtS > OMG if 'heroeen' didn't exist

 

22 hours ago, Dom said:

Omg, now or never are both great songs, love it.

stan for talent

 

22 hours ago, Mark Rih said:

OMG is bop

 

Becky Hill  idk that song but Losing is like a masterpiece, I’ll check it out 

 

Dead  Madison is underrated

 

Needed Me charting even in 2017  jk I love NON nnn

you should definitely check out Rude Love  absolutely not on Losing's level but still great

kind of agree but still not sure what to think of Madison as a person

Whoops @ me lying when I said LotB was the only 2016 song I considered putting on the list  Rih's never-ending impact

 

21 hours ago, Tsareena said:

loved Burn it Down

loved most of Music from Before the Storm tbh

 

21 hours ago, Reinvention said:

"Now or Never" is good by Halsey's standards. 

there's far better on hfk 

 

20 hours ago, madonnas said:

Halsey's change in direction paid off but she shouldn't have released such a rehash of a Rihanna song as a lead even if its really not that bad.

i think it worked in Halsey's favour so I won't complain

 

16 hours ago, Lazuli said:

I don't even like Canola but...

 

Now Or Never is tragic  

buy yourself some taste

 

15 hours ago, sumthintoxic82 said:

Now or Never grew on me toward the end of the year

 

13 hours ago, Diarrhoea said:

OMG and Now or Never are cute, Dead is a bit funny

 

that's one way of describing Dead

 

12 hours ago, Slut said:

I liked the Daughter song the best out of those, thought the rest were not for me. 

 

Excited for your EP's tho

1/5 is a start

 

12 hours ago, JGibson said:

Now or Never 

 

10 minutes ago, theblackestday said:

Casanova is a bop and probably the only song I actually liked from Allie X's album. It's kind of a The Weeknd' Secrets rip off though

 

Passionfruit is excellent and my fave from the bunch.

i can hear it now that you've mentioned it  The first four or five songs on CXII are pretty good tho

Passionfruit is excellent that is very true

 

9 minutes ago, Mark Rih said:

Ahhhhh Passionfruit

I also love Strangers.

 

 

[World Eater]

Passionfruit is a hell of a bop but I won't admit it because I've become a Drake hater ever since the release of Views

 

Praying tho

[Dom]

Passion fruit omg omgg, a song, werk a bit, and Praying color me bald.

[Navyofbadgals]

whew this update  

Praying, Passionfruit, Casanova, Strangers  

BL is cute too whew

[Unoriginal]

1 hour ago, AlexisNeiers said:

Passionfruit is a hell of a bop but I won't admit it because I've become a Drake hater ever since the release of Views

 

Praying tho

same tbh Views was...............

regardless I can't deny Passionfruit is effortlessly excellent

 

1 hour ago, Dom said:

Passion fruit omg omgg, a song, werk a bit, and Praying color me bald.

they both deserved their spots 

 

1 hour ago, Navyofbadgals said:

whew this update  

Praying, Passionfruit, Casanova, Strangers  

BL is cute too whew

the Passionfruit acclaim

 

glad you loved this update tho  five very deserving songs

[Remmy]

Casanova and Praying    Invented the words "bop" and "ballad" (respectively)

 

Yeah, definitely agree that the solo version of Casanova is superior. VÉRITÉ isn't bad on it, but she just doesn't really bring anything to the table for me. 

[Eeveelution]

Passionfruit.  Yeah, the album version of Casanova stomps on that remix. That Verite girl's voice is... not the tea.

[ultraviolence.xx]

praying only #41????   whew

[SLIME]

Praying was crazy tbh, I could barely even listen for the first few months because of how hard it hit that first time... defo left an impression. I'm team anti-Drake too but PF was hard to deny

 

+ I objectively only know Havana still from CC but I'll go off ur rec. Will be good to know if she's got the guds for real

[Buddy]

Passionfruit and Praying  

 

Imo, though, Need You by Allie X >>>>>

[Lazuli]

Passionfruit is cute! 

Praying is a little too low tho   

[sumthintoxic82]

Praying is great