He talks a little about What's Normal Anyway specifcally here: http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/whats-normal-anyway/Content?oid=16294961
Even after his quick rise and the success of Kaleidoscope Dream, Miguel says he still has "a bit of an underdog mentality" that he'll likely carry for the rest of his life. But he's carrying a lot less than he used to. He calls "What's Normal Anyway" an "emancipation" from the feelings it expresses; just by writing them and singing them out loud, he has not only offloaded their power over him, but has turned them into forces for good."Letting go of all of these parameters that I felt kept me from connecting, I've almost repurposed them and made them the reason why I do connect," Miguel says. "Because in that vulnerability, there's commonality, and people can relate with feeling out of place."
"Letting go of all of these parameters that I felt kept me from connecting, I've almost repurposed them and made them the reason why I do connect," Miguel says. "Because in that vulnerability, there's commonality, and people can relate with feeling out of place."
― alpine static, Friday, 21 August 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
parameters, repurposed, commonality
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 August 2015 14:26 (eight years ago) link
he's got the jargon down
every song was mistagged when i dl'd this so only now am i realizing the standout for me is 'leaves', i love it as mch as u guys did adorn
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 6 September 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
its really confusing bcuz im too lazy to rename it & its tagged FLESH & prev i thought it mightev been hollywood dreams lol
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 6 September 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
i love "leaves" more than "adorn"
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 10:44 (eight years ago) link
ooohh let my leaves adorn you
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 11:04 (eight years ago) link
i love both leaves and adorn very very much
― marcos, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 13:35 (eight years ago) link
been listening to kaleidoscope dream a lot lately, it so so so good
it actually makes me appreciate wildheart a lot more, idk why, i know i talked some shit about the rock touches on wildheart but i have been digging them more
whoever said upthread that their opinion changes all the time about wildheart was otm, right now though i am loving it and loving miguel so much
― marcos, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 13:38 (eight years ago) link
curious what people think of the production. it seems really "vibe-y" and almost lo fi in a lot of places. more like classic rock in some ways.
― unknown pleasure zone (uptown churl), Friday, 11 September 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link
he's always had that balance i think. for all its lush qualities "adorn" also strikes me as distinctly homemade
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 11 September 2015 16:34 (eight years ago) link
whoever said upthread that their opinion changes all the time about wildheart was otm
i feel this and still not sure if i even like it &
this is just crazy to me
― tpp, Friday, 11 September 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link
i love the way he sings "you know i'm from here" in leaves
― marcos, Thursday, 24 September 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/e35/11950557_842698412517250_831670875_n.jpg
― marcos, Thursday, 24 September 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link
he performed "Simplethings" on the Tonight Show recently...interesting if that's the single, considering it's so old and a bonus track, but then there's not many really strong single candidates on the album proper. it's maybe TOO similar to "Coffee," which got fairly little airplay, but i like both songs.
― some dude, Thursday, 24 September 2015 20:43 (eight years ago) link
"Waves" should be a single, fits in pretty well with the Derulo-wave stuff all over the radio right now
― The Reverend, Friday, 25 September 2015 03:03 (eight years ago) link
yea totally tbh I had assumed waves was already a single
Is coffee the only single? Besides waves I think leaves or beautiful exit could also work
― marcos, Friday, 25 September 2015 03:14 (eight years ago) link
huh "Waves" is one of the last songs i would've thought of as having any radio potential
― some dude, Friday, 25 September 2015 03:58 (eight years ago) link
It immediately jumped out at me as the catchiest thing on the album.
― The Reverend, Friday, 25 September 2015 04:44 (eight years ago) link
Waves is definitely my second favourite after Coffee.
― carly bae jepsen (monotony), Friday, 25 September 2015 05:18 (eight years ago) link
... Derulo-wave...
― The Reverend, Thursday, September 24, 2015
omg otm
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 25 September 2015 07:36 (eight years ago) link
if waves is released as a singlehoping for an over the top, rammstein-mein-land-style video
― nxd, Friday, 25 September 2015 08:13 (eight years ago) link
Waves is fantastic, it just feels like a classic driving song and surely one of the most radio-friendly on the album? Then again I'm talking about an idealised version of the radio and not the demographic-ed to hell version that actually exists.
― Matt DC, Friday, 25 September 2015 11:17 (eight years ago) link
Waves was Radio 1's song of the day a couple of days ago so it's happening
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Friday, 25 September 2015 11:41 (eight years ago) link
This is finally out on vinyl. It was a nice surprise to find it in my local store this morning.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 25 September 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link
"goingtohell" is by far my favorite of the rockier songs on the album, "Waves" just never really gels for me, sounds very half-written
the Miguel feature on the Disclosure album seems below his usual standard but maybe i need to give it time
― some dude, Saturday, 26 September 2015 04:14 (eight years ago) link
I feel the exact opposite way around, I always forget that goingtohell exists.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 26 September 2015 10:35 (eight years ago) link
me too, I've been listening to this album for months and I still can't even remember what goingtohell sounds like
apart from leaves and maybe flesh I think the second half of this is much weaker than the first half, hollywood dreams in particular is one of my least favorites
― marcos, Saturday, 26 September 2015 13:59 (eight years ago) link
barf
https://soundcloud.com/miguel/simple-things-re-lit-ft-chris-brown-future-re-lit-by-brook-dleau-miguel
― some dude, Friday, 9 October 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
"waves" is getting a video
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 16 October 2015 19:05 (eight years ago) link
and a j. cole remix it looks like
― carly bae jepsen (monotony), Saturday, 17 October 2015 13:41 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aPzdHSmcH0
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 19 October 2015 19:05 (eight years ago) link
soon we'll see a J. Cole song with a "feat. J. Cole" credit.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 October 2015 19:07 (eight years ago) link
lol
― Evan R, Monday, 19 October 2015 19:28 (eight years ago) link
http://covers1.img-themusic-world.info/000/8/8090.jpg
― The Reverend, Friday, 23 October 2015 03:26 (eight years ago) link
"Super Turnt Up" is a song by American recording artist Ciara credited for featuring herself, the song was recorded for her fifth self-titled studio album Ciara (2013).
― lex pretend, Friday, 23 October 2015 08:15 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ozu2h637lA
― conditional random jepsen (seandalai), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 22:35 (eight years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/hEtQtAOgzPX
― some dude, Monday, 15 February 2016 00:52 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lnykmCFjFs
i like this 'remix'
― 龜, Saturday, 20 February 2016 13:28 (eight years ago) link
better than the orig imo
― some dude, Saturday, 20 February 2016 14:06 (eight years ago) link
what a horribly formed "remix"
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 February 2016 14:15 (eight years ago) link
j/k it's not bad
kacey musgraves remix of "waves" is just delightful
a touch of the xx's debut about it or am i imagining things
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Thursday, 25 February 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
no i totally hear it as like a country version of an xx song that never existed http://leakedsounds.net/2016/02/25/miguel-ft-kacey-musgraves-waves-remix-cdq/
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 25 February 2016 23:38 (eight years ago) link
wow
― goole, Friday, 26 February 2016 00:11 (eight years ago) link
apparently there's a whole "Waves" remixes EP coming out tomorrow
― some dude, Friday, 26 February 2016 02:05 (eight years ago) link
A "What's Normal Anyway" duet would've been very on-brand for her.
― dc, Friday, 26 February 2016 04:47 (eight years ago) link
kacey remix is the standout on the ep by a billion miles
tame impala remix is terribleidk who rac is but that remix is alright but i feel like it's not quite as much of a mood alteration as it could've beenjoshua tree version is just an acoustic versionthe travis scott remix, ehhhh
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 26 February 2016 11:33 (eight years ago) link
Who is this EP actually aimed at? Like, that's just a really weird collection of remixers.
― Matt DC, Friday, 26 February 2016 11:37 (eight years ago) link
Was almost thinking I would happily hear Kacey covering Wildheart in its entirety, and then I remembered that The Valley and NWA were on it and thought yeah maybe not every song.
― Matt DC, Friday, 26 February 2016 11:39 (eight years ago) link