thread of miguel

love love love

my god that last minute or so ;_;

rtc otm x1000

Bit nervous to know which version is going to make the album. The version without Wale is just about perfect.

Maybe he'll do with-AND-without Wale versions on the album like "How Many Drinks."

I've been holding off buying the frigging GIRLS Season 2 soundtrack because I want Simple Things so much but I'm not sure if it will be on the next album.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/coffee-single/id989956191

*purchases furiously*

Idk it's good but I'm not in love with it. (The cover, otoh)

yeah i feel the same way. there's a certain effervescence that is missing i think. i like it less than "the thrill"

yeah it's not the very top shelf but i want to hear how it sounds on the radio. especially because the "coffee in the morning" version >>>>> the "fucking in the morning" one.

I thought "Adorn" was just OK when it appeared on the EP, so I'll wait for (and if) radio lifts this.

It's the #Beautiful I thought people were falling in love with

Love this guy, but everything he's done post-Kaleidoscope feels very one note to me

'the thrill' seems a comparison designed to arbitrarily cardinalize that song's qualities, i reject it

'use me' x 'arch & point', if anything, otoh

if i was gonna make a favorable comparison, i would say that the layering of vocals on "coffee" reminds me of the sort of static dreaminess of "kaleidoscope dream," a song that seems slight at first but really reveals itself over time

i.e. an album track?

idg y'all

^^^

posting turns into sweet dreams
sweet dreams turn into I don't get y'alls

omfg that cover

omfg this full song

praise going up to miguel for making the solo version free - even aside from wale the clean version is a lot better

i meant official not free

solo version is spectacular, "fucking" is terrible

having a prominent curse word to conspicuously edit seems like something radio actively gravitates to these days, would be terrible if not surprising if stations opt to play "f___in' in the morning" over "coffee in the morning."

Adding 'fucking' + putting Wale on both seem like total studio moves to me, the original was just called 'Coffee' after all

The motorik slowburn of the arrangement (which carries over to miguel's performance) is so captivating, I think this works better for not going for the pop jugular, it just hangs there suspended and teasing.

I might actually prefer the youtube rip to the iTunes store version, there's something Wall-of-Soundish about the final two minutes that benefits from a mussing of the edges

performing at the met gala

http://i.imgur.com/cziOqPK.jpg

ok he's hot right

there was such an incredibly dopey song over one of the s3 episodes of Girls that i had to google it and hey, guess who it was?

(end credits, "Simplethings")

my fav part is 00.00 - 04.52 B-)

The vocal overlays at 2:55 !

going through a shitty breakup at the moment and didn't think i was ready for miguel in my life but turns out i am.

miguel is kind of like a cartoon version of a sexy dude while also being a really sexy dude

that's why "Coffee" works -- the "turns into" verse mirrors what happens when after a few drinks the guy become steadily sexier (he could have also titled it "How Many Drinks").

I have only listened to the Pure Miguel version of this and I'm kind of scared of the other version TBH, but wow, I didn't realise how much I needed this until it was here.

miguel is kind of like a cartoon version of a sexy dude while also being a really sexy dude

This is exactly why it works? The level of metatextuality and knowingness to his performance of ~Male Sexuality~ which only serves to heighten his actual sexiness.

haha that's all so otm

I thought "Adorn" was just OK when it appeared on the EP, so I'll wait for (and if) radio lifts this.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, May 4, 2015 11:55 AM Bookmark

f.u. I called "Adorn" right away

You know it was a Certain ILX0r on social media getting all annoyed about the promo image and the hole in Miguel's jeans that even alerted me to the fact of this single's existence. (Which is really annoying because hot damn, that is Spotify Hipster Boyfriend's job to alert me to this kind of thing, but I think he's jealous because he thinks I fancy Miguel.) The kind of frothing "for gods sake, lad, put some pants on" reaction just made me realise that he knows exactly who his target market is, and how to hit us.

Sigh.

Salacious, salty and sweet.

how the hell could anyone get annoyed at the promo image

miguel's performance of male sexuality really magnifies how rare it is in current pop; even the boy band types don't do it like this

To be fair, I don't think he was entirely serious!

ha i have no idea who it was, i was off twitter

I posted it on social media. I wasn't annoyed. I thought it was funny.

It would be nice to know when the album is actually coming out. I can't wait much longer.

this song reminds me of that 1975 album

"miguel is kind of like a cartoon version of a sexy dude while also being a really sexy dude" Ha ha. Yes.

i think his look is "millenial lenny kravitz" but then i like him in spite of, not because of the facade

Oh no, looking like Lenny Kravitz. What a terrible thing.

oh come on lex: dude is a model. it ain't super compelling for me.

I'm not lex and also I personally feel very ummm.... "compelled" when I look at Lenny Kravitz.

miguel's performance of male sexuality really magnifies how rare it is in current pop

It's increasingly rare to have a pop star who can actually pull it off without coming across as sleazy, creepy or just trying way too hard, you need a certain twinkle in your eye, one that comes across on record as well. Miguel definitely has it.