thread of miguel

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.

whups sorry rev; sometimes i see the "end" at the end and get you two confused.

I don't think it's about the twinkle in his eye, quite the opposite actually bc he doesn't treat being a sexual object as a joke or corny but actually performs it v seriously, and with a suggestion that he's into it. It's not actually far from how female pop stars routinely perform sexuality - the bare flesh is pretty crucial - and to see a straight man playing what's usually designated as a female role is p great

Yeah, there is knowingness, but the one thing he does not do is play it with a wink or treat it as a joke. That's the kind of presentation that straight dudes seem to need (ironic distance?) in order to partake. It's less uncomfortable I guess for them to read it as "funny"?

I don't mean a twinkle in the eye to mean a kind of smirking detachment, I just mean a certain... something. It's not incompatible with sincerity at all.

I don't know how one can be a sincere or insincere sex object tbh.

You can participate in your own objectification; I dunno what sincerity has to do with it.

Wild Heart is out June 30th.

http://www.rap-up.com/2015/05/06/miguel-announces-wildheart-release-date/

That is too far away.

i need a Miguel coffee mug in my life so bad right now

an approximation of what i'm looking for, someone help me out here:

http://i.imgur.com/04TMpkn.png
http://i.imgur.com/F3G34Su.png

*nods*