Tinashe - Aquarius (out October 7 2014)

oh thank god i didn't realize there was a version sans feature

listened to the version with chris fuckface and was like "goddamn i guess i just gotta suffer through this like that one pusha t song with a CB book"

otherwise, pretty incredible pop song

Crazy how natural and elegant this song is compared to the clumsy brickhouse EDM songs that R&B singers were putting out four years ago

"player" came on in a car i was in tonight and it sounded like the biggest song in the world

I must need to hear it in the right context. It's cool, but sounds a bit slight to me.

Is there a date for the album release?

"2016"

http://www.thefader.com/2015/10/21/snakehips-tinashe-chance-the-rapper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IltwiyqKhEI

I can't decide if I like "player" or if it's been clinically drawn up in a lab to be a precise approximation of things I like

i think it's good but yet another song that would be fine w/o chris brown and just gets him tacked on for radio play

there's a brown-less version upthread that's a lot better, hopefully the album will just have the solo version (as miguel thankfully did w/"coffee" on wildheart, eschewing that execrable tacked-on-wale version)

breezy verse/presence is trash but whenever i put on the solo i do kinda miss the extra release when they duet on the chorus

maybe shouldve invited future back for more upsetting x-rated tourettes

I like this.

Dump Chris Brown.

there's a non-brown version and it is unsurprisingly quite good.

lol, anybody else want to say that? it's late and i'm tired.

It's srsly gross enough that a woman this young and talented is letting CB on her track that it bears repeating, imo

I mean...the issue is CB on a track is going to get it more attention if they're worried about it flopping, the kid isn't just Teflon he's commercially flourishing

I think the CB-less "Player" is good, but it hasn't really flourished for me on repeated listens. My guess is I'll like it more when the whole album comes out which is what happened to me with 2on

yeah i only liked "feels like vegas" and "pretend" in a noncommittal way until i heard them on aquarius, i find "player" (solo) and "party favors" decent in a similar way but not rhapsodising over them yet

"2 on" was always a standalone banger tho

tinashe came into her own in album format for me too. you kinda gotta dig the *~*~v1B3~*~*

didn't expect "party favors" to click like this but here we are

More party fatigue: Snakehips ft. Tinashe & Chance the Rapper "All My Friends". Massive chorus.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6TaqooOXAEcijL6G1AWS2K

it's catchy but the sentiment is all wrong

That's songs gonna blow up tho

<3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCqKRaXlrYg

her fallon performance was pretty good
http://www.vibe.com/2015/11/tinashe-performs-player-on-the-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon/

Yeah, Party Favors is good. Liking the video.

http://xonecole.com/blurred-lines-tinashe-on-the-limitations-colorism-places-on-black-womens-success/

i'm not sure any human being in the course of history has ever been this cute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVRvDb1DCUk

also very helpful in that i thought her name was pronounced ta-NASH not ta-NAH-shay

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CYi2E-YUkAAK-K-.jpg

"World Tours" seem to come to Scotland less and less frequently

And Ireland

https://soundcloud.com/tinashenow/tinashe-energy-ft-juicy-j-prod-by-mike-will-made-it

But MARYLAND

ray are you in MD these days!?

Another new track:

https://soundcloud.com/tinashenow/tinashe-ride-of-your-life-prod-by-metro-boomin

I'm in Lewisburg, about 2 1/2 hours away, but I get down to MD roughly once per month

That's a nice track

just bought my ticket this morning

"Ride Of Your Life" got me like eh
rediscovering "Bated Breath" got me like [heart eyes emoji]

got tickets to see her in 2 weeks; lookin at the setlist it looks like 2/3 of it is stuff from "Joyride" which is v frustrating bcz I have no way of hearing it first!!

"Bated Breath" came up on shuffle for me the other day, and I was reminded how much I love that track. I hope that even a little bit of her upcoming material skews that way (though I doubt it will).

holy shit she was SO GOOD tonight!! She was giving serious Aaliyah and Janet and voice and moves and style and everything. She is a really, REALLY talented performer. Also she did this weird thing where she played a ton of songs but only played like 2 minutes of each of them? Is this a thing that ppl are doing these days?

Ugh I've got tickets to see her tomorrow night way the hell across town, and the stupid DC metro just decided to shut down for 30 hours. Feelin stymied.

dude get a lyft get a cab get whatever, it will be so worth it i promise you

Spending so much money on shows and cabs this month but, damn, it's hard to resist.

Why is the metro shutting down tho??

Some vague "safety concerns" RE random shit catching on fire. Metro just sucks in general.