Ariana Grande

[West Coast 44,779]

24 minutes ago, House of Balloons said:

not a dw supremacist calling sweetener basic and redundant, what are you smoking?

Dangerous Woman is an underrated pop masterpiece, sweetener was good but not her best effort imho. Sorry to hear.

[wild caged animal 19,759]

32 minutes ago, wild caged animal said:

So you guys listen to leaks and then hate on it. Not a good look tbh

 

Sorry guys Ben was using my account. He kinda has a point tho

[GroupieLove 2,620]

8 minutes ago, House of Balloons said:

sweetener was unique, experimental, lyrically-charged (by ariana standards) and way ahead of its time. it doesn't deserve to be compared to positions and its cheap trap beats that sound like they were stolen from a soundcloud rapper. 

Thank you.

 

Anyways, my thoughts on "positions":

 

I feared for the worst when I heard the lead and well.. sorry, but we have to call a spade a spade. This album is terribly bland and generic R&B. I'd rather listen to actually respected R&B artists like SZA, Tinashe, Summer Walker, etc who make wayyyy better R&B, or at least better than whatever the fuck this is.... Chile, the result when the girls try to copy Summer Walker... You just hate to see it. Most of these instrumentals sound straight out of some "Free Lofi Beats to Study to" compilation on Youtube. And as if that weren't enough, the songwriting is downright awful and cheesy.  The track lengths aren't helping either, most of these songs don't go anywhere and the final result feels very... undercooked for my taste. I pretty much adored all of her previous albums on first listen whereas positions just left me bored and wanting more. Wasted potential.
It's sad to see her peers getting better with each release while she seems to be regressing.

 

Oh yeah and that Weekend collab? Not as good as I initially expected but still not terrible. I'll stream that one when it comes out I guess.

[Vanilla Icy 29,591]

sweetener is her experimental magnum opus and i think due to the way it was received she decided to go down the more watered down basic pop route which is upsetting

 

shes such a talented vocalist and her status could get her any producer in the industry she wants to work with her so it’s sad she wastes all that on such lazy production 

[Coney Island King 24,917]

You’re all so dramatic lol

[alienprincess 1,959]

1 minute ago, Coney Island King said:

You’re all so dramatic lol

Shut up it’s a place to discuss our pop music opinions 

[wahyun 6,906]

positions is ariana's changes... what is up with these artists managed by scooter 

[Coney Island King 24,917]

Just now, alienprincess said:

Shut up it’s a place to discuss our pop music opinions 

No ones stopping you gurl

[OverYourHead 6,090]

It’s boring though lmao

[Venice 6,933]

Halfway through it and I'm bored, and I'm actually shocked I feel this way bc her music usually lights me up 

[Terrence Loves Me 71,561]

edit nvm

[Venice 6,933]

I like Safety Net and Motive. Overall, I'm pretty underwhelmed by the album. She's one of my fave artists for sure though and I hope the album does well anyway. I wonder if I feel this way about this one bc I thought her last couple albums were some of the best I've ever heard and so in my mind it's maybe too hard to beat or match with? Probably

[abombnd 6,438]

this is such a boring album sorry sfksjfks

[lizyyygrant 516]

2 hours ago, House of Balloons said:

sweetener was unique, experimental, lyrically-charged (by ariana standards) and way ahead of its time. it doesn't deserve to be compared to positions and its cheap trap beats that sound like they were stolen from a soundcloud rapper. 

do you know what experimental is? the only track that was near that was the light is coming....and that’s it

 

also, ahead of its time? everything that Ariana didnt do before on that album was already done by much more talented r&b artists before her. this is not ahead of its time in the slightest.

[lizyyygrant 516]

considering I already see “worse than sweetener” comments, it’s reveals very much that y’all don’t like r&b in the slightest so why would you even like positions?

 

anyways, that being said....positions was bland and forgettable. I love r&b, and I liked sweetener, but this album....ain’t it. I moreso trust the opinions of people who like r&b to determike whether this album was good or not, bcus of course ppl who have never listened to that genre before won’t like it 

[lizyyygrant 516]

2 hours ago, GroupieLove said:

Thank you.

 

Anyways, my thoughts on "positions":

 

I feared for the worst when I heard the lead and well.. sorry, but we have to call a spade a spade. This album is terribly bland and generic R&B. I'd rather listen to actually respected R&B artists like SZA, Tinashe, Summer Walker, etc who make wayyyy better R&B, or at least better than whatever the fuck this is.... Chile, the result when the girls try to copy Summer Walker... You just hate to see it. Most of these instrumentals sound straight out of some "Free Lofi Beats to Study to" compilation on Youtube. And as if that weren't enough, the songwriting is downright awful and cheesy.  The track lengths aren't helping either, most of these songs don't go anywhere and the final result feels very... undercooked for my taste. I pretty much adored all of her previous albums on first listen whereas positions just left me bored and wanting more. Wasted potential.
It's sad to see her peers getting better with each release while she seems to be regressing.

 

Oh yeah and that Weekend collab? Not as good as I initially expected but still not terrible. I'll stream that one when it comes out I guess.

You know what’s so unfortunate too? This album already sounds like a watered down result of all the r&b albums I already listen to. Why should I come back to positions? It doesn’t offer anything interesting, fresh, fun, or new. 
 

im not sure if summer walker is “respected” in r&b tho lol....but I do think her projects before her debut studio album were good. 

[GroupieLove 2,620]

Honestly it's not too late to scrap the album and come back with something better next year @arianagrande

[Surf Noir 188,219]

that was extremely boring... that's all i have to say about this album.

[fvck 2,223]

 

[house of balloons 12,770]

1 hour ago, lizyyygrant said:

do you know what experimental is?

Do you? Ariana stepped out of her comfort zone, pushed her own boundaries and experimented with different, unconventional sounds. Experimental music.