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Sucker really kinda appeals to the 90's kid in me... like it sounds like old Nickelodeon cartoons and SEGA Genesis and just like everything cool about the 90's lol.

General audience reactions were positive too...

Yeah, I know what you mean, it could've just been a live thing to get the people amped up... anyone that happened to know the song. Ughh, idk tho, I just can't stand that loud "fizzy" riff... it kinda just takes all the "ambiance" out of the track for me.

Maybe so... but it's like that weird, distorted synthesized riff is way too loud or was just not in the previous performances... idk, I'm not a fan of the way it sounds. There's another performance too, in Moscow, where the riff is even louder and more polarizing. Compare the bridge in those versions to this one... https://youtu.be/NftdrhwrY28?t=2m3s Idk, sounds better... more natural. More "musical" and dynamic... not just "loud" all the time.

I personally really don't like this version thooo... anyone feel me? The production just sounds... off.

Yoooo did Charli-babe's YT username just change?...and why? It was "charlixcxofficial" or something... now it just says "Charli XCX."

Man, I listen to ATAP and I'm like, "obviously the label had a hand in this..." and "I just want Charli's original vision of XCX3... like a bunch of Vroom Vroom, Round & Round, GNO, Taxi, CTMP, Up & Down... No Angel (to mix it up)... club-synth, dope PC music-type, rave, high-future party bangerssss..." Not (over)commercialized material that's trying way too hard to be Boom Clap, aka "her next hit" all over again... but a sleek, shining, progressive electronic pop album. ...and I know that's not what we're going to get... but that's not to the fault of Charli.

"Target Japanese Bonus Tracks." Lmao...

I'm planning to travel and go to LA Exchange later this year with friends, and all I will be able to think about while I am there are those people who were graced by our queen and her "never-to-be-released" tracks that night...

And why license/copyright a track when it allegedly "won't be released?" Hmmm... kinda fishy. I still have hope for RNR...

She sounds a lot like her on that track! Just based off of what I know by Britney...

"Ooo, I've been fantasizin' bout it..."

I just don't understand who can just be like, "Nope, RNR isn't good enough..." Like, who tf says that?

Ughh... Charli's falsetto gets me every time...

Yesss, exactly... and like I was kinda saying, that's all Charli. The backing music doesn't really change, but Charli just starts spitting fire and changes the whole feel of everything.

Ikr? I'm sick of listening to bad live audio and fan made tracks!! Come on Atlantic...

I know what you mean... but IMO, they're kinda just "to the point" songs with really excellent, unique production that is interesting enough to carry the song through to the end. It's not "formulaic" in the top 40 mainstream pop sense, but if anything, IMO, that's a good thing. They're not any less catchy... Round and Round definitely has some odd drops and its own bridge... it's kinda similar to the rest of the song, but drops back and builds up in a different sort of "dynamic" and Charli adds to it with that falsetto... :flutter: No Angel is pretty much a one-level track all the way through but it has a subtle build to it but it just has that infectious sound and beat that doesn't get old. I mean, really in a lot of Charli's songs, she's carrying the song and defining the structure... A few of her songs have this really kinda progressive structure and production, but really, it's her melodies and vocals shifting around that really make most of her songs interesting. A lot of her production is really solid and tonally fantastic, but it can actually be pretty repetitive. Not that that's bad, it's just that Charli is so good, that she makes it hard to notice a lot of times. These songs are no different in that regard, to me. She just comes in and kills it... I don't think they necessarily need anything else, personally.

...CTMP? lol

Why do I love Round & Round so MUCH??? :defeated: It needs to come out and not be forgotten about! Like for real...

That's 3 weeks right? They're weekly episodes?

Isn't she supposed to air some new music on the final episode of The Candy Shop this run? That'll probably come with some sort of announcement as well... they plan these things out.

I hope... I just recently saw an interview with Charli from early 2016 where she said the album was nearly done.... ughhh please Atlantic, any day now.

"Charles, it's like a rodeooo, we're on a rollercoaster ride... ROUND N ROUND N ROUND, ROUND!!" ...RELEASE IT, QUEEN!! :defeated:

SOPHIE is all over this track...

It means her label is just trolling everyone at this point... ughh