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?
i know beyoncé does this a lot, certainly it's happened a lot at rap shows i've attended in the past
but yeah tinashe was super excellent when i last saw her and i want to go see her again, she's coming here in may. but SERIOUSLY WTF IS GOING ON WITH THIS NEW ALBUM?!?!? i mean she's got a worldwide hit now with the snakehips thing just cut the girl some slack and let her drop the record
― art baengels (monotony), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 06:25 (eight years ago) link
i've never heard the snakehips song and it's not on her album so i dunno why it would help her. clearly she's trying to get another solo single on the level of "2 On" and that hasn't happened yet.
― ODD FUTURE WOLFGANG VAN HALEN ON BASS (some dude), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 09:14 (eight years ago) link
it's been huge here and also in the UK. feel like if zara and mnek can cross over into the US then surely it's only a matter of time before the snakehips one does
― art baengels (monotony), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 13:09 (eight years ago) link
a bunch of tracks leaked this week. leaks and delays, living up to that New Ciara/Cassie status!
really hate the snakehips song
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 13:50 (eight years ago) link
the snakeships song is close to being a hit in the US. it's in the spotify top 50 and was number 1 on the bubbling under chart. it seems fine.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 16 March 2016 14:49 (eight years ago) link
that Snakehips thing is like the worst Mumfordcore direction anyone could go in and I'm glad I've managed to find it easy to distance her from it
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 22:35 (eight years ago) link
lol this song is party-hating Daria-core like Alessia Cara enough that it probably could be big in the US
― ODD FUTURE WOLFGANG VAN HALEN ON BASS (some dude), Thursday, 17 March 2016 02:18 (eight years ago) link
It's funny bcz so many of her songs are just about how much she loves to drink/smoke/party/whatever
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 17 March 2016 10:52 (eight years ago) link
Oh my god, I hate this Snakehips song.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Sunday, 20 March 2016 04:20 (eight years ago) link
me too
― Spottie, Sunday, 20 March 2016 04:49 (eight years ago) link
dc did you see her??
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 20 March 2016 14:12 (eight years ago) link
stevie, had to sell my ticket; w/ metro down it just wasn't doable :(
livin in regret!
― dc, Sunday, 20 March 2016 16:57 (eight years ago) link
her tour has been cancelled and looks like she is being made to re-record the album :(
― art baengels (monotony), Thursday, 7 April 2016 07:28 (eight years ago) link
What the fucking fuck :(
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 7 April 2016 10:48 (eight years ago) link
oh shit i totally did not read between the lines here!! I just assumed she'd gotten behind on the album, not that it was in the can and she's now being made to re-record it. That fucking blows.
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 7 April 2016 12:28 (eight years ago) link
yeah, she said on facebook the album was finished but her label rejected it & is demanding new songs for it
― ufo, Thursday, 7 April 2016 12:39 (eight years ago) link
goddamn she says she hasn't even seen the cover, either!
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 7 April 2016 13:46 (eight years ago) link
i always thought the existence of such a fully-formed, distinctive album as aquarius was something of a miracle for an r&b singer of tinashe's level and it seems we're all being made to pay for it. truly the New Cassie/Ciara
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Thursday, 7 April 2016 15:10 (eight years ago) link
label should just skip this part where they try in desperation to get her one more pop hit and just fast forward to the part where she makes her carly rae jepsen move as a pop star for indie rock fans
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 April 2016 15:12 (eight years ago) link
ha, Jordan is spot on.
I'm less bummed about this than the rest of the thread, though. As much as I want another Aquarius I want another "2 On," too.
― Evan R, Thursday, 7 April 2016 16:12 (eight years ago) link
pretty sure Chris Brown is to blame for this.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 7 April 2016 16:22 (eight years ago) link
single 'superlove', out friday
https://www.instagram.com/p/BH0Cu94j1Gm/
― j., Wednesday, 13 July 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
oh man i am stoked for this
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 14 July 2016 13:37 (seven years ago) link
The new single sounds very Ciara Basic Instinct-esque. I don't know if this is the single to finally launch the album though.
― lilsoulbrother, Thursday, 14 July 2016 20:21 (seven years ago) link
http://popcrush.com/superlove-tinashe-new-song-single-joyride/
listening to this it occurred to me that aside from the 'popcorn' track and the closer from amethyst with the crazy guitars i don't have anything i immediately recall being crazy about by her from say aquarius, i'm just into immersion in the whole album as an experience, so what i'm really hoping for is that the commercial moves don't ruin that on the new one, if it's not going to result in super duper pop smashes.
― j., Friday, 15 July 2016 08:05 (seven years ago) link
Good to hear The-Dream back on his game. Yeah I dunno how this squares with the persona she's carved out for herself, but it's light and fun and summery. My guess is she just tucks this at the back of the album (possibly as a bonus track if it bombs)
― Evan R, Friday, 15 July 2016 14:20 (seven years ago) link
I don't think it will bomb - at least not any more than any of the other songs she's been trying to push. Feels both weird and good to have a Terius & Tricky song pushing for the charts again though.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 15 July 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
i didn't expect tinashe to do a bass track :D
(it will bomb but who cares)
― dyl, Friday, 15 July 2016 17:33 (seven years ago) link
Guess it was overdue for someone to capitalize on the My Boo drum pattern
― Spottie, Friday, 15 July 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
This sounds like something Rihanna passed on after "Super Bass" hit.
I think throwback is a pretty bad look for her. Aquarius worked in part b/c it paired her with hyper-contemporary collaborators (Boi-1da, Dahi, Mike Will, Mustard, Cashmere Cat), and she even when she was running with the zeitgeist she did something new with it. She loses some of her appeal when she's working with hand-me-downs from old industry vets.
― Evan R, Friday, 15 July 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
I like this, but I hope it is just a bonus track. Like everyone else mentioned, her first album and mixtapes had great texture to them sound wise. Shame if the album becomes a "throw everything on the wall and hope it sticks" hybrid r&b/pop album.
― lilsoulbrother, Friday, 15 July 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
will be on album apptly
http://www.thefader.com/2016/08/12/tinashe-superlove-video
― j., Friday, 12 August 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/championdj/champion-x-tinashe-days-in-the-west
― dbs, Saturday, 13 August 2016 14:17 (seven years ago) link
great new single
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhM1jAFNmpw
― Evan R, Thursday, 15 September 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
Are those Terius whoops?
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 15 September 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
Reminds me of her EP which means it's bloomin great.
― abcfsk, Friday, 16 September 2016 05:15 (seven years ago) link
New album is out!
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 November 2016 14:44 (seven years ago) link
oh shit!!
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 4 November 2016 15:07 (seven years ago) link
not THE new album, just a new mixtape, but still
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 4 November 2016 15:30 (seven years ago) link
i wonder if this is the album she wanted to release before her label made her fuck it all up?
I haven't listened to this yet and I am not well-versed in the mixtape world but what would make this not an album?
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 4 November 2016 15:37 (seven years ago) link
there is no way this is not the original album
― boxedjoy, Friday, 4 November 2016 15:40 (seven years ago) link
it's not if you say it's not, stevie
― j., Friday, 4 November 2016 15:44 (seven years ago) link
manifestation, sigh
― j., Friday, 4 November 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link
ya I just read an article on Noisey that was basically like "a mixtape is an album that people release themselves and aren't trying to market like a proper label release"
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 4 November 2016 16:34 (seven years ago) link
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, November 4, 2016 8:30 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i assume this to be all the R&B tracks she recorded during the JOYRIDE sessions, and her and the label settled releasing them as a ~mixtape~ so her proper album can be more of a pop record (where we'll probably find "superlove" and, more importantly, "player," hopefully without chris brown)
― josh, Friday, 4 November 2016 16:48 (seven years ago) link
:O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62-pl6d_rpE
― Evan R, Friday, 4 November 2016 17:50 (seven years ago) link
mostly empoweringly drab mood music with the unfortunate jojo quality of making you sympathise with the execs somewhat
hard to think of many capable artistes surviving being this polarized, in fairness
flickers in the last third; 'spacetime' is v cool on that reliable astral b sure tip; 'touch pass' is superb, the perfect elusive tinashe poise
― r|t|c, Friday, 4 November 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
'touch pass' is actually probably p regulation cassie on its own but context gives it ballast
always-underrated amethyst ep now only getting better as artistic statement in retrospect
― r|t|c, Friday, 4 November 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
not underrated by me!!!
low end production, esp in bass drum, seems a little itunes-cruddy on this, but oh well
i like all the ones where she sounds like she is sad and sits in her room
― j., Friday, 4 November 2016 19:24 (seven years ago) link