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Bloody hell, "Brand New Chanel$" sounds absolutely insane! Slayyyter is quickly rising up the ranks to be one of my favourite artists ever, giving up (potentially) 2 AOTY contenders within a few months of each other. You can tell she wants it BAD, and it's always lovely to see that drive in a pop star.

"So Close to What" was my most-played album of 2025 and even made it all the way up to my 2nd most-played album of all time, only behind Paramore's "After Laughter". Needless to say, I'm very excited for whatever Tate comes out with next. I just hope it's mostly bops like "Sports Car", "Purple Lace Bra" and "It's OK, I'm OK".

More Slayyyter is always a good thing. Gimme AOTY 2.0, queen.

I have to say I'm very impressed with this album overall. With Sour and Guts, I enjoyed 2-3 songs from each but nothing else resonated with me. For this, however, I already adore many of the songs—Drop Dead, Stupid Song, Maggots for Brains, Me + You = <3, My Way, The Cure, Expectations and Cigarette Smoke are all 10/10, and even though I don't usually enjoy Olivia's slower songs, Begged is also cute. This will definitely have a lot of replay value for the rest of the year.

This is really solid. The chorus is definitely an earworm—I woke up with it in my head even though I only listened to it once last night. My only complaint is I wish the final chorus was twice as long.

After sitting with it for a few days, I like this a lot more than "Driver's License" and "Vampire". Those were both fine as leads and did what they needed to do, but they ended up as some of my least favourites when their respective albums were released. "Drop Dead" has been instant for me—even when I'm listening to other stuff, I find myself wanting to come back and give it another couple spins. My hype for the album is climbing quite high.

After listening to the full thing (minus "Prayer", which I deleted), my rankings are: Dance… = 10/10 Beat Up Chanel$ = 10/10 Cannibalism! = 10/10 Old Technology = 10/10 Crank = 9/10 Gas Station = 10/10 Yes Goddd = 10/10 Unknown Loverz = 9/10 Old Fling$ = 7/10 I'm Actually Kinda Famous = 9/10 $t. Loser = 10/10 What Is It Like, to Be Liked? = 9/10 Brittany Murphy. = 10/10 Right now, it's my #1 album of the year so far, and has a good chance of staying there.

Only got up to Old Fling$ so far, but it's been gag after gag after gag so far. Oh Slayyyter, don't end everyone else in the industry like that.

I wish "Trying on Shoes" had a proper final chorus, but it's flawless otherwise. The other 3 still need to grow on me.

Coping and telling myself they're saving "Hard" for TM4.

Still my favourite album of 2025 and it's not even close.

A recent unfortunate flop that deserved much better: Mimi Webb - Confessions.

Looking forward to checking this out, but the title not being centred on the cover is driving me nuts.

Such a shame this made no noise. It's a very solid pop album from start to finish, with some very high highs.

Already 5th in my most-played of all time. I guess you could say I like this album, just a little…

The way this is already my 6th most-played album of all time… Tate really did her big one with this.

After listening from start to finish a couple times, I can already tell I'm going to like this album a lot more than her last two. It's easily her best since "Little Machines" for me.

I made a textless version of the cover for those who want it:

TOP 10 ARTISTS: 1. Tate McRae (1,171 plays) 2. Lady Gaga (187 plays) 3. Kim Petras (65 plays) 4. Rebecca Black (40 plays) 5. Lisa (13 plays) 6. Jade (10 plays) 7. Jennie (9 plays) 8. Linkin Park (8 plays) 9. Chappell Roan (7 plays) 10. JISOO (4 plays) TOP 10 ALBUMS: 1. So Close to What - Tate McRae (1,151 plays) 2. Mayhem - Lady Gaga (187 plays) 3. Feed the Beast - Kim Petras (65 plays) 4. Salvation - Rebecca Black (40 plays) 5. Think Later - Tate McRae (20 plays) 6. Alter Ego - Lisa (13 plays) 7. FUFN - Jade (9 plays) 8. Ruby - Jennie (9 plays) 9. From Zero - Linkin Park (8 plays) 10. The Giver - Chappell Roan (7 plays) TOP 10 SONGS: 1. Purple Lace Bra - Tate McRae (94 plays) 2. Sports Car - Tate McRae (80 plays) 3. bloodonmyhands - Tate McRae (68 plays) 4. I Know Love - Tate McRae (65 plays) 5. Dear God - Tate McRae (62 plays) 6. No I'm Not in Love - Tate McRae (62 plays) 7. Means I Care - Tate McRae (61 plays) 8. It's OK I'm OK - Tate McRae (60 plays) 9. Like I Do - Tate McRae (60 plays) 10. Call My Bluff - Tate McRae (58 plays)

I really like it, just as I've liked every solo release of Jade's so far, but I have minor issues with the production. It's too…loud, in the chorus. I wish her vocals were further forward in the mix.

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After listening from start to finish 5 times, these are my current ratings: - Disease = 9/10 - Abracadabra = 10/10 - Garden of Eden = 9/10 - Perfect Celebrity = 10/10 - Vanish into You = 8/10 - Killah = 6/10 - Zombieboy = 8/10 - LoveDrug = 8/10 - How Bad Do U Want Me = 7/10 - Don't Call Tonight = 7/10 - Shadow of a Man = 10/10 - The Beast = 5/10 - Blade of Grass = 7/10 - Die with a Smile = 9/10 I'd rate it an 8/10 album overall. I'm quite impressed.

This is going to be a strong contender for AOTY, I can already tell.

After listening to the full thing from start to finish 15 times over the past couple days, this is my current ranking: 1. Purple Lace Bra 2. Dear God 3. Sports Car 4. No I'm Not in Love 5. I Know Love 6. Miss Possessive 7. Signs 8. Bloodonmyhands 9. Call My Bluff 10. It's OK I'm OK 11. 2 Hands 12. Revolving Door 13. Greenlight 14. Better Than I Was 15. Nostalgia 16. Like I Do 17. Means I Care

All the "I Know Love" slander happening in this thread when it's one of my favourites…