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  1. Posted

    Does anyone except gays that will buy her album anyways know that her album leaked?


     


    Like is it truly that big of a deal? 


    Charli, No Angel + CTMP (HQ) will be worth the $12.99 and we will still buy/ stream it 


     


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    The first review of Pop2... They gave it a 7.5

     

    They also pointed out that Pop2.0 would have been a way cooler name sos  :defeated:

     

    https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/review/review-pop-2-shows-a-disregard-for-pop-as-its-known-with-charli-xcx-gleefly-deconstructing-convention-151

     

     

    The musical career of London born Charli XCX is twisted and inverted to the point where an implosion feels imminent. She finds herself on a pedestal, surrounded partially by her poptimistic original fan base, and partially by her chums from the PC Music label. Founder of said label, A.G Cook, whom she references on 'I Got it', is only credited for production on a sole track, 'Out of My Head' on POP 2, however the songs here, texturally are PC Music’s post EDM deconstruction amplified to a million.

    The tape is the follow up to Number 1 Angel from earlier this year, a comparatively simplistic record which relished in recrafting the classic verse/chorus structure. POP 2 (also referred to as pop2) however shows a certain disregard to the strands making up pop music’s DNA. Although still harboring the same accessible grooves and emotive climaxes- everything is mutated. The addition of a ‘.0’ to the title would be more evocative of the record’s nature, a semi cybernetic upgrade of the most tried, tested and profitable form of contemporary music.

    To peruse the ambition of synthetic pop progression Charli incorporates a sundry ensemble which includes names as disparate as MØ, Mykki Blanco and Kim Petras. Opening with an overdue collaboration with fellow ex-chart topper Carly Rae Jepsen, the pair gloss a woozy and strange sonic pallet, something that at times wouldn’t feel out of place of on Rustie’s Glass Swords Oneohtrix point never Garden of Delete.

    Throughout the track list, XCX, with two fingers up, becomes the embodiment of the artificial pop diva her cynics would paint her as. Almost every track is saturated in layers of auto tune - creating a robotic personality with an uncanny appeal. However, this trite use of vocal manipulation can become jarring particularly within the back to back slow burn of 'Lucky' and 'Tears'. Ultimately stalling the project elapsing in a 5th of its run time.

    Robotic voice modulation and seemingly AI developed choruses have led XCX to criticisms like “two-dimensionalizing of women”, relevantly, 'Femmebot' would seemingly portray Charli as some male aimed sex toy. This, however, shows a lack of understanding of PC Music’s underlying commentary gender expectations. SOPHIE, Hannah Diamond, QT and XCX all strive to mimic the feminine stereotypes. For all its deconstruction, melodramatic balladry and black mirroring. POP 2 is fit with dancefloor ready junctures, the fieriest cut of the bunch being 'I Got It', which manages to be sensual yet gnarly. Charli mumbles the title cyclically over the chorus before verses from Brooke Candy and Cupcakke crash through.

    POP 2 is perplexing throughout. Cuts to silence and haphazard switching of rhythm make it constantly disorientating. With the exception of the chart beckoning 'Out of My head' with Tove Lo, every track here has the structure of subverted pop destined for the decades beyond.

    Rating: 7.5/10

     

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  8. Posted

    1. Backseat - Not that good a song and a waste of a track considering it has two gay icons singing on it smh

    2. Out of My Head - Bop. Alma is the worst part but I get Miss Charli wants her friend to gain a few fans

    3. Lucky - Experimental, cool. Made me cry low-key. Female Lil Wayne. 

    4. Tears - I don't really like it, its just okay. And Caroline sings most of the song anyways. The screaming sounds of Charli in the basement were a cheap thrill tho. 

    5. I Got It - Gay Despacito. Lowkey trash, but a bop 

    6. Femmebot - One of my favourites. I even like Mykki Blanco's verse, but Miss Cupcakke would have crushed this

    7. Delicious - Bop, such a cool track, the Boom Clap sample OMG

    8. Unlock It - Bop, but it's quiet for him (Jay Park) 

    9. Porsche - My other favourite on this mixtape. Everytime Charli has a car theme song its gonna be fire (see: Dreamer, Vroom Vroom, etc) - I guess Backseat kind of ruins this rule tho sos

    10. Track 10 - BOP. THOSE PC MUSIC SAMPLES. YES. YES!!!

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  11. Posted

    no offense but Carlie Ray Flopsen's voice is so fucking bland. Her only good song is Run Away With Me.

     

    Backseat was the biggest let down of the mixtape. All the gheys were so perched for a high-tempo song you can bottom to  :trisha:

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  12. Posted

    imagine hating Taxi LMFAO

    idk why Charli didn't want it for the original xcx3 

    imagine wanting to keep Can You Hear Me? over Taxi 

     

    also considering she's moved so far away from the taxi/ GNO/ Good Girls sound, I just don't think she vibes with it anymore 

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  13. Posted

     

     

    WHY CANT THIS BITCH JUST FUCKING RELEASE THIS!!! LIKE?? WHY THE FUCK HASN'T SHE YET!!!! ITS LITERALLY LIKE HER BEST SONG OOOOOHHHH MMMMYYYY GGOOOOODDDDDDDD

     

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    either she/ her label wants to save it for the off chance she releases an album or Charli hates No Angel/ the Exchange songs now 

     

    wow I am seriously triggered after listening to No Angel tho and want to drag Pop2 to the trash sos

     

    can we confirm that any gheys have no angel/ taxi????? were they on the google doc 

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  14. Posted

    Tell it to me, do it straightforward

    Run it up and then we fast forward
    Tint the windows on the Range Rover
    Drive it in like you're the best chauffeur
    Switch it up, bipolar
    Colorado, how you take over
    Got an angel, got me real closer
    Running it just like a halo, yeah
    Never let me go, never let me go, no
    Want a little more, when it rains, it pours, yeah
    I'ma care for you, run it up and then we fast forward
    Leave a message here, record on, yeah
    Yeah

     

    Can someone explain how this rap verse is better than Nicki and Drake's entire discographies combined?

     

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  15. Posted

    I changed my mind about I Got it & Pablo's verse. That song is truly the homosexual Despacito  :defeated:

     

    Annoying track but addictive/ catchy af  :defeated:  :defeated:  :defeated:

     

    And just like Justin, I don't speak Spanish/Portuguese and will have to mumble my way through it

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  17. Posted

    Dreamer vs Backseat

    3AM vs Out of My Head  :defeated:

    Blame it On You vs Lucky

    Roll with Me vs Tears

    Emotional vs I Got It

    ILY2 vs Femmebot   :defeated:

    White Roses vs Delicious

    Babygirl vs Unlock it 

    Drugs vs Porsche :defeated:

    Lipgloss vs Track 10  :defeated:  :defeated:

     

    N1A: 7

    Pop2: 3 

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  18. Posted

    This mixtape overall has a very sad theme. Like loneliness and heartbreak. Even the production is very icy and cold 

     

    I wonder what was happening in her life besides the XCX3 leaks

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  19. Posted

    Baby, you're so lu-lu-lu-lucky

    But did you ever l-l-l-love me?
    You're just way too numb (numb)
    Baby, you're so lu-lu-lu-lucky
    No you never l-l-l-loved me
    And I am all alone

     

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  24. Posted

    Femmebot, Delicious, and Track 10 are the holy trinity for me. This mixtape is really good tbh. I'd say I enjoy it almost as much as N1A! It's a really solid follow up imo.

     

    Agree with everything u said.

     

    I think I like the style of N1A a bit better, but I appreciate that she did something different and did a bit more experimenting 

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