Tinashe - Aquarius (out October 7 2014)

o sorry that little factoid actually applies only to the singles

Who's doing the licking though? Might as well be him.

she likes being alone: reasons

― j., Thursday, April 9, 2015 12:41 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

exactly. there's a line on Amethyst about seeing a guy and hoping he's not a rapper or a singer (though the internet is trying to tell me that she says "I really hope you're a rapper or a singer" which can't be right) because those dudes are only after one thing. Aquarius is like: here's a bunch of those dudes!

that said I like all three of these songs (agree with Frederik that Pretend is good), I just think it's funny how all the men live down to the expectations of some of the lyrics

she has talked about how it was *very* different for her to work with SO many people on this record

http://www.datpiff.com/Tinashe-Tinashe-Amethyst-Screwed-Slowed-Down-Mafia-mixtape.694609.html

gonna play this back and forth w/ my screwed-n-not-chopped sade mix aaaallll summer long

couldn't get into this album when I found out about it through EOY but put it on on Sunday morning and it was perfect.

that's essentially what happened to me too

i heard Bey or Rihanna coming out of a cigar bar last wknd, and ended up having the DJ put on All Hands on Deck and 2 On while I smoked my first cigar

it was fun

http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/9636-tinashe/

Her tastes are pretty impeccable

I guess?

couldn't get into this album when I found out about it through EOY but put it on on Sunday morning and it was perfect.

For me it wasn't so much "couldn't get into it" as it got overwhelmed by a lot of other more immediate stuff I got in December/January (D'Angelo, Dawn Richard, Sleater-Kinney, etc). So I registered as "nice, worth more exploration," and I finally got back to it on a long drive over the weekend. Now can't stop playing it.

The album seems paced for maximum replay value, since it has a nice mix between immediate hits and songs that take a while to reveal themselves. It also helps that the hits never grow old.

awwww tinash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6fW6daYM6A

<3

Enjoying 'On A Wave' despite there being some Drake on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl2picz7wm8

excited to hear ! my friend just texted me saying she just played "all hands on deck" for her husband -- i have converted her!

There seems to be a high level of retro-nostalgia for classic Aaliyah/Missy jams in Tinashe's music. Obviously that's not really surprising in itself, but the precision of her reenactment of it seems kinda unique to me.

eh as long as she's not sampling their classics in her songs and trying too hard to capitalize on the public goodwill for them (cough Tink cough) i'm fine with Tinashe taking inspiration from that era, her music sounds pretty of the moment to me.

she created a new moment 4 sure. love hearing Missy's name all over the place again tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRC3D1xmo-c

omg i don't think i realized how much legit magnetism and star quality she has

her Kimmel performance last year was crazy too. seems like most new pop/R&B stars think they can only get good as singing OR dancing onstage, it's refreshing to see someone kill at both.

shit i need to watch. i am so glad i finally stopped listening to this album though. like it is definitely forever a standby in my collection now, and i will revisit it soon but. i need a step back.

will nicki + tinashe + rae srem + meek mill + dej loaf be the best show i will ever see y/n?

close call

will nicki + tinashe + rae srem + meek mill + dej loaf be the best show i will ever see y/n?

I'd travel to see this but I'm afraid it'd be one of those shows where all the openers play a combined 35 minutes, if that

so pissed off that nicki's US dates get THAT line-up while we got...trey songz

Swap Trigga for Nicki and the U.S. bill is pretty much my dream lineup tbh

nicki was actually incredible, so much tighter and with a much greater command over her show than her last tour

trey songz exists at a permanent 3/5 level

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

oh shit

trey songz exists at a permanent 3/5 level

― lex pretend,

you'll piss off j0rdan!

eh i dunno if j0rdan would even say that trey has a 4 star album

thinking of dropping out of life to become one of those people who just replies QUEEN!!!! to a celebrity's IG from now on

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLqUmhHWsAAkDLW.jpg

!

welp I was supposed to see Tinashe last night opening for Nicki but we fucking missed her bcz my friends who I invited at the last minute ran late and then INSISTED we go to a bar first once we got to the venue

and then got inside the venue and INSISTED we wait half an hour in line to get wristbands to drink more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiWSsQ9Godk

friendship over

you like being alone

I would literally kill these people

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CL2kA0zVAAEfMrR.jpg

sigh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63a2mco-qp4

single "Party Favors" out next week

It's obvious she really wants to break through on charts and airplay judging by the interviews saying this album will be less experimental, max martin collab etc. Although that clip doesn't really suggest that. I'm happy with her output this year anyway w the GOAT mixtape, so an album of bangers or whatever else wouldn't be too bad.

still so pissed that my friends fucked up my plans to see her open for Nicki BUT she will inevitably tour for this and I will def go see it even if it means going to another city

https://soundcloud.com/tinashenow/tinashe-party-favors-ft-young-thug

*dies* *goes to heaven*
- oh hi tinashe
*swoons & dies again*

Seriously. This is perfect.

I can't quite place the MIDI riff and it's driving me nuts. Is it from an old video game?

boards of canada on the beat ho

idk how i feel about this, pleased not captivated without knowing what i would have rly wanted

guess as she manifestly has all the strings to her bow you expect perfect execution, so hitting any target squarely whether it's max martin or the twigsy vibez here maybe isn't enough for someone with the rare potential to cut diagonally

communicating her essential unifying trademark on whatever it is she does is the elusive next step, the janet auteur thing i guess, and this seems (kinda perversely) a bit less idiosyncratic and so perhaps a tiny step back from the amethyst ep in that regard