really like this albumbaby and beg for you both great
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 25 March 2022 21:17 (two years ago) link
UK #1. we did it angels!
― maf you one two (maffew12)
I feel a bit emotional seeing this. It's so well deserved. She's been so consistently brilliant for almost ten years now.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 26 March 2022 01:38 (two years ago) link
the way the spanish guitar is deployed in "lightning" has real "getting away with it" vibes, probably why i've taken to it so much
― ufo, Saturday, 26 March 2022 11:42 (two years ago) link
Charli XCX on Her Best, Hardest, and Most Mainstream Music
“It’s like, the second I started saying ‘main pop girl’ online, everyone was coming for me,” Charli says. “I was like, ‘Do you know who you stan? Obviously I’m going to deliver you something iconic. Don’t doubt me.’”
― beepy fridges (sic), Sunday, 27 March 2022 06:04 (two years ago) link
no i think it's just because the early singles weren't great lol. if she'd started the rollout stronger i think the fanbase would have been very onboard from the start but as it was "good ones" was slight & perfunctory and wasn't really good as a charli track or as a big sell-out pop move
& her constantly getting mad at fans on twitter who were underwhelmed by the album campaign just made them more annoyed lol
good read though
― ufo, Sunday, 27 March 2022 06:46 (two years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/iVduj5p8ko— @FckyeahCharli / Charli XCX Updates Media (@fckyeahcharliHD) March 27, 2022
this is the sort of trolling of her fans that's good though (playing unreleased tracks she's long-refused to officially release over the pa after her show)
― ufo, Sunday, 27 March 2022 08:19 (two years ago) link
extremely obviously her best since pop 2
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:30 (two years ago) link
You didn't like How I'm Feeling Now?
― peace, man, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:38 (two years ago) link
it was fine
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:40 (two years ago) link
who are you and what have you done with Brad?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:43 (two years ago) link
Damn, that might be the coldest review of HIFN I've ever read.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:44 (two years ago) link
these are the songiest charli songs in a minute so i could be reacting to that
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:45 (two years ago) link
Oh yeah, they definitely have that going for them.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:47 (two years ago) link
the notion that HIFN was not 'songy' is violence
― imago, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:49 (two years ago) link
this is a decent, competently-made pop album, HIFN was a singular seizing of the moment and work of timeless brilliance
― imago, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:50 (two years ago) link
you are a work of timeless exhaustion
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:52 (two years ago) link
i am literally terrified that you'll declare the new Mitski her best too now
― imago, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:56 (two years ago) link
i haven't enjoyed a mitski album since puberty 2
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:57 (two years ago) link
BRAD
― imago, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:57 (two years ago) link
"lightning" gonna make me return to my "flamenco drop" dn
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 15:59 (two years ago) link
ok i can feel that on Mitski
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 16:24 (two years ago) link
need to give this a proper shot but the Rosalia album is fully occupying my recent pop album bandwidth rn
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 16:30 (two years ago) link
first and last tracks were my favorite at first blush. love the little elements of "love come down" and "outstanding" that creep into "crash," and "twice" has this fluttery melody that won't leave my head.
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 16:35 (two years ago) link
what's not "songy" on hifn, just "pink diamond"?
don't really understand liking pop 2 but not hifn
― ufo, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 21:26 (two years ago) link
If I were to guess, Pink Diamond, I Finally Understand, C2.0, Party 4 U...
― peace, man, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 10:31 (two years ago) link
it was a broad claim i have no interest in explaining
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 11:46 (two years ago) link
I recommend pounding Anthems at brain-melting volume until it snaps into focus.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 12:49 (two years ago) link
but it's also just not a very good album, "doing it" is the only track i have any lasting fondness for.dude i’m RIGHT HERE.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 13:07 (two years ago) link
Anyone else going to the gig tonight? Or this tour?
Really excited, not been to any gig since pre pandemic!
― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 19 May 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
Not going tonight, but going to the one in Norwich on Saturday, very excited.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 19 May 2022 21:25 (one year ago) link
I saw an amazing video of someone throwing the trans flag with Princess Di's face on it at the stage
― boxedjoy, Friday, 20 May 2022 08:05 (one year ago) link
It was fun. Only some small criticisms: A bit too much new album or singles I don’t care for (crowd went insane for 1999) and not enough of the era I love. Dunno if she needed 30 outfit changes either, kinda would slow the momentum.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 20 May 2022 09:55 (one year ago) link
she iconic tho.still playing Crash a lot. Do i like it more than Pop 2?!?!?!!! Maybe. How I'm Feeling Now is the best.. but not gonna replay it this much. Currently can't get enough of Beg For You, particularly the endRina: [vocal acrobatics]Charli: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. perfection
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 27 May 2022 15:10 (one year ago) link
Concert last week was so much fun, and the audience absolutely lapped up the whole show.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 27 May 2022 15:12 (one year ago) link
omg that Alexandria Palace setlist rules!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 27 May 2022 15:13 (one year ago) link
ok pretty much the same at Norwich and wherever. aaa so jealous
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 27 May 2022 15:14 (one year ago) link
ok "Forever" or "Anthems" would've gone a long way
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 27 May 2022 15:18 (one year ago) link
About a week after going to the gig I heard “Move Me” again and it reminded me how incredible the performance on the night was – spellbindingly so – and I’ve been a little bit obsessed with the song since.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 6 June 2022 18:29 (one year ago) link
show at a local festival over the weekend was great!
― mh, Monday, 11 July 2022 20:51 (one year ago) link
she's playing here the same day i already have a ticket to see pavement
and i love charli way more than pavement but charli will probably be back in a few years while pavement won't ugh
― ufo, Thursday, 15 December 2022 03:08 (one year ago) link
does your username come from the fact WA might as well be in space sometimes lol
search within yourself, the quandary will resolve
― imago, Thursday, 15 December 2022 09:04 (one year ago) link
i've never been to WA so i wouldn't know
― ufo, Thursday, 15 December 2022 13:32 (one year ago) link
I've been to paradise but I've never been to WA
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Thursday, 15 December 2022 13:49 (one year ago) link
This bump reminds me that being a Gen Xer who laments for the days of the 80s extended mix of singles, I am very grateful for people like ben. who have been making edits of the tracks from Crash.
Here’s Constant Repeat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFR-BLxNneI
But they have done extended edits of the whole album if you investigate their channel, and I wish this was more of a standard thing.
And, here’s the plug bit, I played this mix in my best of 2022 show here: https://soundcloud.com/1btn/inter-mission-09122022
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 16 December 2022 00:15 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awe3m4yVeT4
― ufo, Saturday, 21 January 2023 04:05 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmvi8wsHzDU
decent enough but nothing to get excited about
― ufo, Thursday, 19 October 2023 23:12 (six months ago) link
It’s alright.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 20 October 2023 10:47 (five months ago) link
I am already enjoying singing “In the city, in the dog dog dog” to our dog though.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 20 October 2023 10:48 (five months ago) link
I think when she makes "generic" pop, she can still be good but this is generic (derogatory)
― Murgatroid, Friday, 20 October 2023 13:07 (five months ago) link
Sam Smith makes everything they touch as boring as fuck.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 20 October 2023 19:50 (five months ago) link