best of Unoriginal's Best of 2017

[Pedro]

"Praying" is indeed amazing and totally unexpected for her standards! I love the feeling it portrays!

[elvenOCEAN]

"Bad Love" is actually described just the right way.  Nice song!

"Passionfruit" is delightful! Everything about that song is great and exudes summer.

"Praying" was a shock for me. I did not expect her to come back with a balland, but it was the best thing she could've possibly done. The album on the other hand is pretty underwhelming. The cover, though is great,... if that counts for something...

Never listened to Allie X, but I'll put her album on my Spotify as a reminder.

[Uncatena]

praying, bad love, strangers

 

altho Bad Love kinda pales in comparison to Dawn

 

Edited December 14, 2017 by ChapelHooker

[rvx]

Praying is so underrated 

[TheWayWeWere]

Strangers making your list like that girl, she serves pop anthems

Never really like Kesha before, but Praying and Rainbow slayed me this year

[Body Electrician]

Passionfruit  I like Praying but all I can hear is Kurt from Glee when I listen to it

[lhdang2000]

Praying is such a great ballad.

 

A bit low, but glad it was included. 

[Unoriginal]

okay so hi i'm a mess and basically i went to watch The Last Jedi today which took up like three+ hours and now i'm still doing homework due tomorrow so like i'll post two batches of five songs tomorrow sorry for the 0 people that were perched but i'll comment on everyone's countdowns tomorrow too  

[theblackestday]

6 minutes ago, Unoriginal said:

okay so hi i'm a mess and basically i went to watch The Last Jedi today which took up like three+ hours and now i'm still doing homework due tomorrow so like i'll post two batches of five songs tomorrow sorry for the 0 people that were perched but i'll comment on everyone's countdowns tomorrow too  

[K$Ellie]

VERITE is v cute but I only listened to her version of Casanova once  Passionfruit is cute

Praying making it  should have been higher but at least it's there  

[Tom Vercetti]

bad love is fine for ry x. passionfruit had some impact this year. 

[Unoriginal]

30 minutes ago, theblackestday said:

Seeing the Film of the Year >>>> some random Best Of 

[TayRianaPH]

Praying is a masterpiece 

Bad at Love and Now or Never 

Passionfruit is a mini-bop! 

comment on my best of too hun  

[Legend E]

Praying  

[Topmaster 2]

On 13/12/2017 at 6:14 PM, Unoriginal said:

#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

Strangers is going to slay next year for sure  

Bad Love  omg someone knows Ry X in ATRL  

[Pink Matter]

Interesting choices for your singles so far. Passionfruit is decent. Fake Love (although those are the only two More Life tracks I've listened to). Now or Never benefits from being a Needed Rih clone; cute song otherwise. Praying is my favorite of the bunch though. Definition of a comeback single  I'll check out the ones I didn't listen to in a bit.

[Unoriginal]

40 - 36 coming... soon 

[Unoriginal]

UNORIGINAL'S BEST OF 2017

2017's 50 Best Singles

40 - 36

 

#40

DJ Khaled, Rihanna & Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts

 

Realistically there's a few things to criticise about this song: Khaled sampled Santana's Maria Maria to the point where it's pretty much just the song's instrumental, screamed his name over it, shouted whatever came to mind and called it a day. That's genuinely all he does on the song. Rih and Bryson, on the other hand, do all the heavy lifting and pull it off amazingly well. This is 2017's true song of the summer imo (I'd call it the definitive song of the summer but that'd be denying Despacito existed which is silly as unfortunate as its existence is); it's raunchy and explicit and filled to the brim with innuendos - BT takes it from implicit to highly explicit in his verse too - and it works effortlessly to create a slinky (this feels like the right word to describe the song and I have no clue why), fantastic summer jam. Rihanna is, of course, the song's clear standout.

listen here

 

#39

When I Was Young - MØ

  

This is actually my least favourite song on When I Was Young and probably any other song could've brought MØ up like at least five spots. Even though this is my personal least favourite on the EP, it's undeniably catchy and infectious and kind of a return to form for MØ where I haven't really been a fan of most of her standalone singles. This song - and the EP as a whole (but I'll speak about that later) - sound like the perfect blend between old and new MØ; the drop is insanely catchy and its replayability is crazy. An excellent single from an excellent EP and a welcome return to form imho.

listen here

 

#38

When You're Gone - VÉRITÉ

 

Google told me this was the song's single art so correct me if it's wrong. VÉRITÉ was recommended to me by @K$Ellie and @Diarrhoea so I have to thank them because otherwise there's pretty much no way I would've found out about Somewhere In Between. VÉRITÉ tragically also suffers from the 'not my favourite song' curse but this is a great single choice and also a really effective album opener. The subject of the lyrics is something VÉRITÉ addresses excellently on the song and I love the chorus quite a bit too. The instrumental break is great but I do wish the chorus production went in a bit harder personally.

listen here

 

#37

Paloma Faith - Crybaby

 

Paloma's lead singles have been pretty good leads into the album in the past but Crybaby was definitely not the route I was anticipating Paloma going down after A Perfect Contradiction but it's a pretty great song and it's a great blend between the political commentary Paloma was aiming for (fragile masculinity in this song for example) with The Architect and a catchy, funky feelgood song.

listen here

 

#36

WESLEE - Bathwater

 

I don't really have loads to say about this but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The subtle guitar that comes through occasionally is fantastic, the vocal effects in the chorus (I think it's a vocoder but it might just be a few vocal takes layered? I don't have a very musical ear I can't actually tell which is kinda tragic) are great and the second half of the second verse is also very very good. The way the guitar comes through more and more as the song progresses is brilliant too. Bathwater's just one of those songs I like but can't quite place exactly why that's the case but nevertheless this is a deserved place in the top 50.

listen here

 

35 - 31 are coming imminently too

[Diarrhoea]

1 minute ago, Unoriginal said:

VÉRITÉ was recommended to me by @K$Ellie and @Diarrhoea

we did THAT

 

I hated Wild Thoughts  WYG is obviously cute, WIWY is nice but the opening song on the EP (Roots?) was the clear standout imo

[rvx]

Wild Thoughts 

[Legend E]

Wild Thots, Cry Baby  

[Tom Vercetti]

Verite is cute. I didn't expect WT to show up here but stan. 

[bestfiction]

Waittt, how could I sleep on it?  HAIM better come thru in the end 

[Vxspertine]

Wa Thots 

[Unoriginal]

Spoiler

On 13/12/2017 at 11:07 PM, Remmy said:

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. 

completely agree re Verite on Casanova unfortunately

 

On 13/12/2017 at 11:07 PM, Eeveelution said:

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

Have you listened to Verite's album, Somewhere In Between? Every song's better than the Casanova remix

 

On 13/12/2017 at 11:27 PM, ultraviolence.xx said:

praying only #41????   whew

it reached the top 50 i can't complain

 

On 13/12/2017 at 11:41 PM, Kang. said:

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

it's insane right? i think we all had a feeling Kesha was going in a different direction but I would never have guessed it was this way in a million years

 

Never Be the Same and OMG are my two favourite Camila songs. Havana is fine but Real Friends is... not it imo

 

On 13/12/2017 at 11:46 PM, ultraviolet tears said:

Passionfruit and Praying. **** me up sis 

stan  it's crazy how literally everyone is loving these two

 

On 14/12/2017 at 1:30 AM, Buddy said:

Passionfruit and Praying  

 

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

i didn't really listen to CXII as much as I would've liked to but Casanova and Paper Love were the two that stuck with me but overall I gave the edge to this

 

On 14/12/2017 at 4:25 AM, Lazuli said:

Passionfruit is cute! 

Praying is a little too low tho   

i was debating putting Praying higher but ultimately I felt this was a fair place for it

 

On 14/12/2017 at 8:09 AM, sumthintoxic82 said:

Praying is great

 

i spot no lie

 

On 14/12/2017 at 9:36 AM, Pedro said:

"Praying" is indeed amazing and totally unexpected for her standards! I love the feeling it portrays!

it's so cathartic it's crazy

 

On 14/12/2017 at 10:27 AM, elvenOCEAN said:

"Bad Love" is actually described just the right way.  Nice song!

"Passionfruit" is delightful! Everything about that song is great and exudes summer.

"Praying" was a shock for me. I did not expect her to come back with a balland, but it was the best thing she could've possibly done. The album on the other hand is pretty underwhelming. The cover, though is great,... if that counts for something...

Never listened to Allie X, but I'll put her album on my Spotify as a reminder.

i liked Rainbow a lot personally  glad you're liking most of the other songs as well tho

 

On 14/12/2017 at 11:50 AM, ChapelHooker said:

praying, bad love, strangers

 

altho Bad Love kinda pales in comparison to Dawn

 

Bad Love is the only RY song I know lemme add Dawn to my to listen list

 

On 14/12/2017 at 0:03 PM, rvx said:

Praying is so underrated 

i think we'll see it on a lot of ATRL Best Ofs tbh

 

On 14/12/2017 at 0:59 PM, TheWayWeWere said:

Strangers making your list like that girl, she serves pop anthems

Never really like Kesha before, but Praying and Rainbow slayed me this year

totally agreed

 

21 hours ago, K$Ellie said:

VERITE is v cute but I only listened to her version of Casanova once  Passionfruit is cute

Praying making it  should have been higher but at least it's there  

The Casanova remix desreved it  the album version tho

anything top 50 is kinda a win tbh

 

21 hours ago, Tom Vercetti said:

bad love is fine for ry x. passionfruit had some impact this year. 

this sounds so shady i love it

 

9 hours ago, TayRianaPH said:

Praying is a masterpiece 

Bad at Love and Now or Never 

Passionfruit is a mini-bop! 

comment on my best of too hun  

whew the acclaim  

 

7 hours ago, Legend E said:

Praying  

 

7 hours ago, Topmaster 2 said:

Strangers is going to slay next year for sure  

Bad Love  omg someone knows Ry X in ATRL  

I only discovered him recently but I'm perched for him now 

 

4 hours ago, Pink Matter said:

Interesting choices for your singles so far. Passionfruit is decent. Fake Love (although those are the only two More Life tracks I've listened to). Now or Never benefits from being a Needed Rih clone; cute song otherwise. Praying is my favorite of the bunch though. Definition of a comeback single  I'll check out the ones I didn't listen to in a bit.

Praying truly is THAT comeback song