#i kinda wish spotify itself told u :(

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Isak N Jiyeon - Tell Me Baby

Average of 7.1, and that kind of speaks for itself. Definitely my favorite overall out of the groups so far. The vocals were genuinely so good, in other groups I felt like they were hiding behind the mixing a bit, definitely not in this one. Their sound did start to get predictable by the end, and I still have no idea who Mr. Unnamed Rapper is, but that aside, I liked them a lot. They even got me to enjoy some of their slow jams, and that doesn’t happen often. Plus, this group is actually on Spotify, which means I can save their songs to my playlist (and I think I’ll do that for a few of them!). Their music never felt quite as repetitive as the others, and I think that helped a lot. Even though it got a bit predictable, there was enough variance that I couldn’t predict everything. If you’re gonna listen to one of these 1st gen girl groups, I highly highly suggest this one.

Come Back to Me

Love this intro

I’ve been told this is an r&b duo, and so far we are definitely r&b

This “here we go” is cool

Did they just burp in my ear?

I guess they’re going to continue burping in my ear, that’s awkward

Tasteful autotune

Mixing in the chorus is maybe a bit odd

Oh look a random male rapper, how fitting

8/10, This could totally get stuck in my head

Tell Me Baby

Why does this feel like a Red Velvet song

A bit slower and slow jammy, and we know I don’t care much for that

The timbres themselves make it way better than Sinvi at least

Yeah, you can tell this is early kpop because of how ballady the title track feels

The bridge was super impressive vocally

7/10 purely because it’s better than Shinvi in like, every way

One

Prominent bass

Counting to four!

Omg we’re counting past four

I wonder how high we can go!

Eight! We can go up to eight!

Dude this bass Exists

Oh okay, the counting to eight is the chorus, I thought it might be just an intro thing

Ooh this bridge with the water droplets is super fun

And it bleeds into a rap verse! That was so neat I liked that

Or is this part the bridge? Really it’s like there are two types of verses

9/10, this was so fun, I wasn’t sure at first but it totally won be over

The Sign

Back to slow jam land I guess

Oh my god, there was a time when they used this type of electric piano unironically?

6/10

The Way I Love U

I guess it’s gonna alternate uptempo and downtempo songs

Opening with a random male rapper

But the vocals overtop his rap are super fun

Alternating male and female rap lines, that’s fun

Mmm people singing over a rap beat is totally my style

Dude this guy has so many lines?? He’s literally doing a third of the song!

8/10, I quite enjoyed the addition of Mr. Unnamed Rapper

Everything For You

That high note was SO good, fading into the guitar, mmm

This outro section with the ad libs is SO good too

7/10, the first half was meh but the last part totally made up for it

Easy Come Easy Go

This is totally jarring compared to what I just listened to lol

There’s a bit going on in this song but it’s just not that interesting to me?

It’s kinda dark and it has pretty vocals but yeah it’s just not the vibe

6/10

Bad, Good Thing

Why does this intro feel kinda Nmixxy to me?

Does this have choreo? Some choreo synchronized to those hits would go hard

The chanting chorus is nice and spooky

Actually, this group feels kind of Red Velvet in general. Obviously Velvet RV

This would be really fun to sing along to

7/10, kinda not sure what to make of this song, I feel like I should listen to it again

My Wish

This group loves to have sudden stops in melodic lines

Ugh, I want to dislike this song but the vocals are genuinely so pretty

I do take issue with just how much falsetto there is in general, could go for a bit less

Tasteful outro, very much like Everything For You

7/10

Double

This group uses silence really well. Like, they cut out the vocals or the background music or the bass or the drums or whatever with good effect

More Unnamed Male Rapper

Actually, this guy has appeared so much on this album I kinda wanna find him

Well he doesn’t appear on the Wikipedia, sooo I dunno

7/10

I Don’t Know How

Speaking of I dunno…

I like how urgent the bass and the drums are, contrast with vocals and guitar

The chorus is so standard for this group

Holy shit we got the “tick tock you don’t stop” sample I’m crying

6/10, this is the first song where I felt like I could predict the whole thing, not ideal

Pray For You

“What a friend we have in Jesus,” wow, this is Rather Christian

The only other Christian kpop song I know is Kingdom Come, I guess?

Still, it’s surprisingly catchy

7/10, kind of a weird end to the album but I’ll take it

[partynthem]

i was tagged by @midsummersky !! thank u yasmin this was wild

rules: list 10 artists you like before answering these questions:

arctic monkeys

sza

lorde

dua lipa

hozier

the last shadow puppets

banks

miguel

alexandra savior

haim

what was the first song you heard by 6? (the last shadow puppets) i think it was either standing next to me or my mistakes are made for you, i don’t really remember which exactly cos i just started shuffling their spotify profile and somehow ended up here

what is your favourite song by 8? (miguel) oooh right now it’s probably told you so but overall i’d say adorn or caramelo duro

what kind of impact has 1 left on your life? (arctic monkeys)  what an appropriate artist for this question to be for.. well. arctic monkeys are my absolute fucking loves and i would in all sincerity die for them at any moment. they mean sooo so so so soooosososoosso much to me and listening to them always feels like coming home in a way cos even tho my music taste has kinda grown in a different direction than the genre they technically fall into they’re still my eternal favs and honestly always will be regardless of other artists i get into. i ofc looooove their music itself (and god their fucking lyrics alex is SO talented and creative and intelligent and fascinating i wanna die) but they’ve also been such a significant part of a lot of my relationships in the last few years which sounds kinda weird but one of my closest friends and i only started bonding in high school bc we both liked am (and now we’re seeing them together over the summer! we’ve come so far) and then my ex girlfriend and i used to watch am livestreams together as an Activity (peak romance tbh) and now w this blog i’ve met so many lovely people and it’s just... they did that. they make me so happy and feel so warm and i just LOVE them. so . so so much.

what are your favorite lyrics by 5? (hozier) “there’s an art to life’s distractions” / “innocence died screaming, honey ask me i should know” / “you don’t understand, you should never know how easy you are to need”

how many times have you seen 4 live? (dua lipa) i have never seen her live!!! very sad i wish i could :’(

what is your favorite song by 7? (banks) ALIBI oh my god i fucking LOVE that song so much. banks in general kinda makes me sad/feel how i felt when i used to work at this restaurant where all the managers hated me and one of my coworkers tried almost every day to get me to drive her across dc to her dealers so as you can imagine it’s kinda weird. listening to her first album feels like diving into my past life cos i was super into her the summer before my second year of college (which is when i transferred to w&m and when my life as it is now began) so.. it feels a lil strange. but to be completely real .. alibi is in my top 5 favorite songs of all time

is there any song by 3 that makes you sad? (lorde) the question should be are there any songs by lorde that DON’T make me sad lmao. it’s mostly bc i listened to melodrama nonstop last summer when i was Crazy Depressed so now whenever i listen to that album it makes me feel like i’m in that place again cos unfortunately that happens and not even lorde is safe from the claws of my depression. anyway tho. hard feelings/loveless makes me super sad (but additionally cos my ex and i were talking a bit last summer around the same time as my depression spiral and i was Stressed and Having Emotions and Relating to that song lol) and also notably ribs. i can’t explain why but that song makes me so sad

what is your favorite song by 9? (alexandra savior) cupid!!! easily. i love her whole album though every song is SO good

how did you first get into 2? (sza) one of my friends played child’s play in her car ALLLLL the time when we first became friends and eventually i looked sza up and started listening to her other songs and literally fell in love. wild cos i didn’t vibe w ctrl when i first listened to it and was all ‘mmm i like her first album more’ but then idk some switch in me flipped and i woke the fuck up and now it’s honestly… maybe.. my favorite album of all time. maybe. hard to say. but i love sza so much and i owe my friend my life for introducing me to her

how did you get into 10? (haim) one of my close friends in high school showed me the if i could change your mind video cos she’s gay af and was like ‘pls look at these beautiful women’ and cos of that i started listening to their first album which is a literal masterpiece 10/fucking10

anyways i tag @thaknows @alexturner @upthebrackets @alexturntable @theyreinsensibleshoes and @alexturner2005 if u want! 💞

[anissapierce]

oh also wanna hear your answer for two princes

Favorite character: Amir honestly like i wish we got to know more abt him, like we kinda did thru chad in s2 but I want to learn even more abt his emotional state and personality

Second favorite character: I really love Joan even though shes even less fleshed out than Amir which sucks. But Samira plays her really well and I love her sense of morality and the fact that she rallied the wannabe princesses into action though lord wht i wouldn’t give for a seven samurais audio montage (i know montages dnt work as well in an audio format but it can be Done and archive 81 proved it with: exist in the place you are currently occupying)

Least favorite character: The unnamed dads I guess? Everyone else I enjoy a whole bunch they all serve their roles well. Cecily needs to learn to take a no for a no but I’m less angry/annoyed at her than I am Kevin Snipes tbh for writing her that way and honestly giving her the arc he gave her when joan couldve been better utilized

The character I’m most like: Rupert maybe? My parents are wickedly overprotective in very stifling ways but they still expect a lot out of me, but my personality is still very close to Ruperts. I talk to my dogs in similar way he talks to Porrige and tbh I’ve told tons of lies ( i compulsively lied a lot as kid...), i too talk too much and too fast when im nervous

Favorite pairing:  RupertAmir of course, I literally nearly squeed when I was listening for the first time because of how gushy I was over the romance tht was unfolding and how happy it was making me.

Least favorite pairing:  Dnt rlly have one tbh I think the ship of cecilyjoan can be steered to a correct path at the end of the day. 

Favorite moment: Chad was so much fun, I loved nearly every single Chad moment n u know tht ariel was having a blast playing such a departure frm his usual roles? I’m very annoyed s2 is still only on spotify b/c spotify doesn’t have a bookmark function like podcastaddict does so I can’t write notes in the app itself abt wht i liked in specific moments and go back and relisten. I also felt like the ending was so godamn cathartic?  So i guess if I was picking a specific moment it might be tht with Chad singing coming in a close second place.

Rating:6/10 its very corny and over the top and silly but the sound design and acting is pretty good and it made me feel SO MANY FEELINGS.  Like ‘i have to get up and pace bc i can’t listen sitting down’ feelings.