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Especially with hip hop, i havent immersed to it myself, but the good stuff thats coming out is all underground. 
 
I also think we're in a spot people are taking pop more seriously, with Dua, Carly Rae and Jessie Ware putting out quailty pop music with tought put in it; just unfortunate that the pop songs with no tought put into them are the ones charting  
 
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I like'd IDs firt record, but they feel too chart concious for me now. The redundant production and cocnstant radio plays of Thunder and Believer doesn't help either. Same for Oliver, i lost hype after the first record which was packed with hit after hit 

honestly, if somebody's trying to be deliberately campy, it won't be camp, somebody making something really weird, silly, and ballsy, but intending it to be very serious and artful, is a very important aspect of camp, camp has soul, camp is earnest, honestly the camp met gala theme falls flat for that reason, you can't just replicate camp or try to be camp, it just isn't camp, you can't be aware of your own gaudiness or weirdness, it just doesn't work that way

if you look at Susan Sontag’s “Notes on Camp”, she favours “Naive Camp” over “Deliberate Camp”—meaning that things that dont necessarily try to be campy, but end up being so, are more satisfying. (For example, Faye Dunaway’s Mommie Dearest; or the very meta Karlie Kloss’s “looking camp right in the eye” tweet). 

Same with "raw" and "emotional" honestly

Campy does not equal good sometimes

I like how honest Doja is about not caring about her fans. Is it a great marketing strategy? Hell no. But still, I prefer someone like her who is honest and tells her obsessed stans to get off the internet than someone like Taylor Swift who pretends to love each and every single one of her fans just to sell more merch and to chart

People who classify specific types of music as inferior are pretentious and punchable. There's just as much effort and creativity involved in making a dance bop as it is to make a piano ballad. I always roll my eyes whenever I see people who comment on music tastes pointing out how they should have "outgrown" it by now. 

Rhymes in music are so unnecesssary imo, they feel forced and make songs predictable. And remind me of elemantary school poems. Rhymes fit in rap songs better to help w the flow.
 
Also I never really considered Marina Diamandis and Lorde alternative or indie pop (I love them btw this is not a hate post). Only maybe The Family Jewels from Marina's and of course Solar Power is like the only album from Lorde I'd consider alternative/indie. Pure Heroine is electronic music w hip hop influence and Melodrama is just pop/electropop and there's nothing wrong with it, it's one of my top favorites. I'd consider Marina and Lorde more electronic pop or dark pop but there seems to be a consensus in the music world that dark pop = alternative/indie but actually dark pop ≠ alt/indie music.
 
Also I love love Lorde and her lyrics but I don't really find her lyrics (from Pure Heroine/Melodrama era) revolutionary they're just great lyrics from a teen's pov, but not revolutionary. Many people like considered her lyrics revolutionary. I think we should drop the idea that young people can't write lyrics - they can write great lyrics, they were just overshadowed by the "crappier" ones the media pushed to people, so they could hate those and start "worrying" about younger generation. Idk if I really worded it great but idc since I wrote it really fast.
 
Also can mods pin this thread in the music topic, I had to dig the whole forum up to find this thread. (Also can the mods pin the Unpopular World Opinions thread too).

The 70's were the most relevant musical decade, closely followed by the 80's, then the 60's and the 90's. Only a few songs have been written in the last few years that will still be known or interesting in a few decades.

yeah it's embarrasing. Just look at what music is constantly being using in movies, shows, advertisements, etc. It's all 50s-90s mega hits and a spark of 2000-2010s. 

Depeche Mode Is The Greatest Band Ever.

I partially agree with you. Both singers indeed sound nasal and similar when reaching higher notes - I remember listening to soda pop for the first time thinking it was a duet with xtina lol. But when singing “normal” vocals (neither too high nor too low), xtina’s voice continues to sound nasal, while Britney has this husky sexy dark voice. An example is here to stay or understand by xtina vs blur or he about to lose me by Britney. Xtinas examples are easier to find but britney’s true voice unfortunately appears rarely on her discography, as we know.

That's the equivalent of saying Rihanna Old Songs

not her saying "this one is pretty old, like all the songs i played tonight"

We just want pretty dull studio pls pls oh pls
 

I'm happy she is singing Pretty Dull again, but I feel this "new version" lacks vocal punch during the chorus, the 2012 live version sounds better when she sings higher.
 
Instead of sounding angry/desperate, she sounds bored now.

She wears shades on stage because she’s blind now. 1 like 1 prayer 

Atleast there’s no mention of her turning up two hours late 

For the love of god someone please get a good recording of Pretty Dull in full

Watch at the Next show she will just have a paper bag on her head 

Saw you all’s fave masochist last night xx

 
 
I wouldn’t consider myself a Sky super-fan, more of just a standard/casual fan - I like the music she’s put out and there’s a few unreleased tracks I have on my rotation as well. I bought a ticket since they were inexpensive and a friend was going, so I thought I’d check out the show. I wasn’t really sure what to expect since I’ve never seen her live before and have only watched a few of her live performance videos awhile back. Despite having no expectations, she definitely exceeded whatever I would have had lol. I thought it was a great performance. Her vocals were incredible (I guess the nebuliser works) and honestly may be one of the best live vocals I’ve heard in person? I was pleasantly surprised by that, especially since some of her songs seem like they’d be hard to perform live. She had a great setlist - 22 songs that spanned over 1 hour & 40 minutes. It included some unreleased gems such as Guardian, Innocent Kind, All My Lovers Die, and Pretty Dull! She also sang Ghost which she hasn’t been singing at all of her recent shows, but it’s one of my personal favourites so I was really happy to hear that one. I also teared up at Sad Dream, and it seemed Sky did too. Otherwise, she seemed overall in good spirits, smiling and giggling between songs. Nothing really went wrong - there were two songs she restarted after the first few seconds, once due to still drinking water and not being ready and the second due to technical issues with her in-ears. Both quickly handled and wasn’t much of a bother at all. The only possible complaint I could’ve had about the show is that the stage lighting was rather dark, but that seems to be the case with her recent shows. She’s also been wearing shades as well, so maybe the darkness helps her feel more comfortable in front of the crowd.
In the end, I thought it was a great set and I’d definitely catch her again the next time she swings by my area. If you’re interested in Sky, I think the performance is definitely worth attending! x

Mariah used to have one on her tours too, I personally think some throat oiling is enough for some but whatever works 

It's a vocal nebulizer, so many artists use them before and after singing. It makes it easier by reducing the effort needed to move the vocal folds and can also remove mucus/stop nasal drip. Basically any artist who cares about their voice should be using one.

Attention seeking as per usual/guilt tripping the audience with this nebulizer as an "out" for her eventual poor performance
 
^ Jokes aside, the archive:
Sky Ferreira Instagram IG Story Archive:
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