Ewan Chaos

I remember discovering her from these two songs. She was quite prolific in the UK critically acclaimed spaces back in the 00s apparently!

Taylor doesn't have the sauce to properly sample/interpolate a Yazoo song (even if it's not officially credited) so I'm going to need people to stop saying something sounds like Taylor just because it's 80s-sounding. And even then, the song in Gaga's ended up being, like... a 6.

Pretty much all artists have performative listeners, so they've never ruined my own enjoyment of the artist.

Wait, this is so true, especially when you translate the lyrics into English. Flowers in my hair, I belong by the sea Where we used to be, sittin' by the orange trees Summer in the air, bodies in the heat Just you and me, sittin' by the orange trees

I know I can get this done quickly. I'll try to do it this week.

Amazing songs, though the Cowboy Carter songs kinda stick out, Bodyguard especially. Countdown > Alien Superstar > Virgo's Groove > Haunted > All Night > Partition > End of Time > American Requiem > Bodyguard

If I was given that list, I'd pick Confession II. If I had a blank form, I'd pick Through the Wall by Rochelle Jordan (which I forget was in this year's eligibility period until I recently saw her submissions).

Scores sent! What a great discovery. I forced myself to lower a few scores to try and be a bit competitive, but I'm sure I was kinder than some others on here Admittedly I could have spent a bit more time on the misc songs... but I didn't even realize there were more songs to score than the 6 albums and had to finish up today oop

One of the best on NFR, sorry to the haters.

Tinashe's obviously. I'll give Miley this: that probably was the best song on the album. But everything from Popstar clears it so...

"Was on askgaybros" well there's your problem!

TBF I didn't say anything about Lux winning... but having a strong set of nominations, especially if it gets an AOTY nom, will be pretty huge for album publicity, bringing it back into people's minds, potential for a well-received live performance at the Grammys the way the Brits performance gave the album a little lift for like a week, etc.

Soul Control back on the setlist after she skipped it for T!FG! tour and I finally get to experience song of the decade live

I wouldn't count Lux out until quite yet... seems like she's pushing a promo cycle ahead of Grammy season which could give it longevity alongside potential nominations. Harry's album from this year was my first thought. Maybe that Justin Timberlake album from 2024 as well? I guess it was more a vehicle for the tour though (and speaking of vehicle and tour I don't count that DUI as making the album huge though).