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Universally panned popgirl singles you actually love and think is pop perfection?
Before Witness, Bionic was always termed by pop culture fans as thee 'flop' pop album but I've never cared for nor bothered listening to any work from that album. However, this year when I heard Not Myself Tonight for the first time, the lead single off of the said album Bionic, I'm so confused by how much people hated this record, its such a BOP! When that DJ guy goes '1234!' in that autotune voice and leads to the bridge, its SO GOOD and hype! I love that its so unapologetically dance/electro pop. Such a banger lead I wish the reception to this was away from the Gaga comparisons! Loved this so much!
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Soulidified - "Man Ain't Me"
i love that the quartet has a niche to appeal to each. malik and landon have to be my favessss such good vocalists and they're so hot omggg, malik and landon are easily the visuals. im feeling the parasocial feelings i used to have with 5sos in the early 10s omg im of the opinion that in the year of our Lord 2026 one of them coming out would boost their career actually and solidify their female and gay audience. their voices are SOOOOO good, this is such a bop!!! edit: i love that the bf x gf in the video are clearly the objects of affection, they WANT the man and the woman i love it!
- TV show theme songs you think are pop perfection?
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The Tortured Poets Department, 2.5 years later. Thoughts?
I kinda felt it was bloated at first but in hindsight, this was Taylor at her deepest lore wise, the main album was actually really tight and good, the Anthology however has so many hits and misses. I get why its not public friendly as a record but I think this album solidified her core audience further as she has aged, its absolutely a fan favorite for a reason. Its a very mature take on her Swiftian way of writing. Her breakup, her more sensual desires, having to tamper her pain in the name of being the showgirl, obsession with her haters, being wronged, all basically heightened versions of her younger ways of writing. Fortnight is probably my favorite lead single of hers, how sad yet catchy the entire lead melody is, that pulsing bass synth creates the entire song for me. What a wonderfully sad song! But Daddy I Love Him, Guilty as Sin?, Florida!!!, Down Bad, So Long London, Fortnight, The Prophecy, imgonnagetyouback, So High School are all career highlights!
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If u could witness one of these 10 historical events as an invisible observer, which?
to see the first village that was created which eventually became rome the floods that affected the great rivers inspiring the great flood of the bible birds eye view of the cruelties in auschwitz the minutes before the drop of the bomb in nagasaki the atlantic slave trade as it first happened with european arrival into african seashores monday, may 4, 2014, when beyonce, jay z, solange entered that elevator the prime of the aztec empire and their advanced utilities the fall of the library of alexandria the first humans/families to cross the bering strait as they eventually become the first actual americans. when taylor swift first woke up and had the idea of making 1989 edit: omg im so dumb i thought we were making our own 10 historical events, i pick the britney 2007 vmas!
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The Life of a Showgirl about to surpass Teenage Dream record for most top 5s. Shook?
What a bad faith thread lol we all know the charts are misrepresenting popularity in a lot of ways this isnt a gotcha to Taylor nor Katy In good faith the only time Taylor ever came close to actually beating TD was 1989 but even then shes washed by the first 3 singles of TD alone. The first 5 singles and now even the 6th with TOTGA being one of the biggest 2026 solo female hits are easily on par with Shake it Off and Blank Space for commercial and cultural cache. I do wish Showgirl wouldve been her attempting an actual full singles rollout again a la 1989 but outside the first 2 singles its been a disappointment, Patient Zero's MV absolutely elevated the song for me but its still a few steps down from the pop perfections that were Ophelia and Opalite.
- Rihanna has 8 songs on Spotify's Global 200, Taylor 7, Olivia R 6, Gaga 4, Ariana 4
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Taylor Swift - "Patient Zero"
Her directorial skills this era are absolutely entering a different level omg. Call Showgirl whatever but the videos this era were all absolute serves holy I'm actually moving to this Patient Zeros sh*t Tay ate once again I'm switching up! This murder mystery bop!!!
- Could Ariana pull off a country album?
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Mamdani announces major NYC strategy to combat antisemitism
American exceptionalism repackaged in oppression olympics whats new? Theres space for advocating against both Anti black sentiment and Anti semitic rhetoric.
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Mamdani announces major NYC strategy to combat antisemitism
An actual reasonable take in this thread. Agrih
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ADÉLA - "Nicole Kidman"
If her label plays their cards right this could be a mini Short n Sweet era in the making. Shes too far behind in cultural ubiquity and cache to be a MPG level celebrity with just this era unless KGB or Im The Man gets a resurgence or becomes a single. Adela getting 2 global hits in her debut era is crazyyy
- Showgirl: The ENCORE vs Day and Night
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'Popstar' Review Thread | MC: 90 | NME: 100 | Pitchfork: 9.0
I hope this signals a commercial renaissance for her. I need a new mainstream black popgirl in the scene BAD
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'Popstar' Review Thread | MC: 90 | NME: 100 | Pitchfork: 9.0
LET THIS BE A GRAMMY CONTENDER PUHLEASEEE
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