Listened to this album the minute it dropped just to review it.
Here's my very terse review.
What I expected: modern art pop with Lorde-esque vocals over SpaceGhostPurrp or BONES-style beats with a socially/politically conscious song or two (don't laugh).
What I got: second-hand Ultraviolence-era Lana.
Xanny and You Should See Me In a Crown were the only good songs I'd choose to listen to, because they were exactly what I was expecting from her. The rest were either boring as fuck (AKA filler) or trash. It's not even creative art pop, it's literally just pop for teen girls who think they're "different".
Did not need another thread for this shit, thanks faggot
Lucas Reyes
>signed to Interscope, a label notorious for planting >”I was expecting art pop” Of course.
Hudson Garcia
It's kind of hard not to give into the hype surrounding this girl. Even if we didn't buy the "child prodigy" bullshit it's logical to assume she'd at least produce something of substance given all the money her label poured into her.
Alexander White
Well like it or not she's the biggest pop star in the world right now thanks to ingenious marketing tactics and social media.
Nolan Cruz
Yeah but you’re part of the problem for talking about her.
Nicholas Johnson
She really isn’t, nice try tho
Ayden Martinez
Not a fan of her but her album did sell 800k copies its first day thanks to streaming pre-saves.
Nolan Campbell
>pre-saves >”sold copies” You don’t understand how streaming numbers are measured do you?
Jordan Reyes
wish you were gay isn't bad desu.
Carter Reed
Yeah but it's just a run-of-the-mill pop song.
Dominic Lee
Explain it then. I assumed streaming counts the same as standard albums no?
Robert Ward
She should do more of it instead of the psuedo-gothic synth whatever she tries.
Grayson Taylor
Why? I think her voice would suit the dark electronica stuff if she grew out of that whisper shit and learned to sing out or belt.
Nathaniel Bennett
wish you were gay was the only song I'd say she was actually sort of singing, funnily enough. If she sticks with the dark electro I don't see her growing vocals.
Cameron Mitchell
Lana only sounds good when she’s going pop.
David Hernandez
>If she sticks with the dark electro I don't see her growing vocals. Why not?
Nah. Her face is asymmetrical, and she's not even ugly-in-an-interesting-way, just ugly.
Ethan Butler
Cause it easily enables asmr whisper singing.
Juan Hernandez
Not necessarily.
Samuel Young
Everyone’s face is asymmetrical. She is ugly though.
Carson Smith
No.1 album in 70 COUNTRIES!!!!!
Charles Harris
>planting works Colour me shocked.
Zachary Rivera
Her lips don’t fit on her face.
Daniel Davis
I liked all good girls go to hell.
Agreed on the lack of singing. She can, and has on some of the songs from first EP. Dissappointing she doesn't seem to want to anymore.
Liam Cook
She’s just overrated as hell with the most blatantly fabricated success I’ve ever witnessed from a pop star in the past 15 years.
Dominic Gutierrez
Nah she doesn’t have the range.
Ethan Richardson
Citation desperately needed faggot
Nathaniel Stewart
Anyone that can rec more albums like these? It's beautiful.
Robert Sullivan
Wew lad
William Ward
She just posted about it on IG.
Jordan Turner
No I mean real sources
Nicholas Hernandez
Google it. She’s bound to go platinum in a few days given her record-breaking amount of pre-saves.
Nathaniel Reyes
pls. I really enjoyed it.
Lucas Rodriguez
>projected to sell 260k units in the US Wonderful, she still hasn’t topped Ari.
Parker Perry
>I’m pulling stuff out of my ass We know kid
Hunter Miller
She beat the streaming record with almost a million per-saves. Of course she’s topping the album charts everywhere.
Jace Gomez
>of course But you cannot show any proof of that
Ethan Bell
>Yea Forums seething at a young woman dropping a masterpiece and revealing them to have worse taste than 15 year old girls
my sides
Charles Barnes
>masterpiece Nah. At its very best it’s a 7/10.
Carter Ross
REC MORE LIKE THIS
Gavin Brown
Check out your brother Finneas' youtube channel. The music he writes under his own name is more feelsy folksy. Some good stuff in there.
Michael Davis
Why did you have to make this thread? Why did you choose to listen to the album? STOP PARTICIPATING IN THIS SHIT.
Luis Johnson
Kate Bush -The Dreaming
Jaxon Peterson
*her brother's
Channel is just called finneas.
Kevin Ross
This, it’s the exact same guy too because I’ve seen him post this EXACT review at least like 3 times since yesterday. These threads make me angry and physically ill Please for the love of god sage any billie thread yoo see, don’t give this shill discussion
Leo Sanders
DESU Finneas is the real talent. I doubt Billie can write anything on her own.
Ian Bennett
Thanks mate, I actually like it. Found a new genre to go in.
Fuck off, musiclet
Wyatt Harris
She will eventually.
Ryan Jackson
I know Kate but I wanted something a bit more dark. Just like Billie.
Daniel King
Why are you guys so angry about industry plants? Kek, nobody would listen to them if they were shit. If Billie is popular that means some people actually like her. You are just salty because nobody would look at you even if you were an industry plant.
Oliver Thomas
I’m not even angry at billie, her music is run of the mill trash but that’s to be expected. I’m angry at the fuck who keeps posting her and samefagging his threads about her
>using an about sign and quotation marks makes you a newfag seething retard be quiet
Andrew Lee
>What I expected: modern art pop with Lorde-esque vocals over SpaceGhostPurrp or BONES-style beats with a socially/politically conscious song or two (don't laugh). wow
Ethan Turner
Yeah that’s reliable Anything real?
Aaron Green
>modern art pop with Lorde-esque vocals over SpaceGhostPurrp or BONES-style beats with a socially/politically conscious song or two (don't laugh). you must've known about her for expecting this, also what makes you think a rich teenage white girl from LA would have the artistic capacity or the intelligence to create that
Aiden Gomez
She hangs around SoundCloud rappers and has a lot of label money.
William Smith
Google it asshole.
Kevin Cruz
No asshat, you made the assertion, you back it up,
Kevin Jackson
Wait until Tuesday when the charts are released. Our queen WILL deliver.
Hunter Thomas
She's ironic weeb waifubait, and you should feel bad for falling for this shit.
Carson Powell
Lana Del Rey for starters.
Camden Long
>Lorde-esque vocal Nibba she can’t even sing as well as Lana.
Juan Moore
Why are you flapping about charts one minute and then deferring till Tuesday the next when someone asks for backup You just yap don’t you? Don’t even think about it, just yapping. Like a poodle. Yap yap yap
Grayson White
Her voice is very pleasant to listen to and she has an excellent timbre.
Matthew Parker
>masterpiece HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Christian Baker
It's not illogical to assume she'd be doing something along those lines. She uses distorted bass in the first two tracks, for instance.
But how does Spotify compare to actual position on Billboard? I don't know the streaming rules.
Adam Barnes
It doesn’t
Bentley Ortiz
Streaming is counted in sales though, right? That's why XXXTensioncord got so popular.
Dylan Nguyen
Album was decent. Not bad but not fantastic. It has its "moments" but nothing "breathtaking" or goosebumps-inducing. A strong 5/10 for me.
Julian Mitchell
I found this >Billboard 200 will count 1,250 streams as one album unit for paid subscription services. Free, ad-supported services will need 3,750 streams to equal one album unit.
i agree with you. she should definitely do more airy acoustic shit.
Bentley Reed
Yeah she doesn't have much of a vocal range to do much else musically. If she's going to do industrial or real trap music she'll have to learn to sing above a whisper.
Matthew Thompson
Digits and this is AOTY 2019.
Alexander Long
Nah.
Dominic Gomez
god I've been dreading for this album to drop. every single one of my friends think its god sent when its just surface-level edginess directly marketed toward teen girls. its not bad.... its just kinda bland and easy to consume while still letting people feel artsy and edgy by listening to her
Just wait until she has to duet with Denzel on stage with those loud trap beats behind her.
John Nelson
>SpaceGhostPurrp or BONES-style beats I wish these fellows were still making music.
Evan Hall
She looks like she _____ _____ ____.
Jordan Roberts
Oh fuck off.
Ryder Young
It's not that Billie is a plant, it's that she denies being a plant and promotes an aesthetic which is supposed to be anti-establishment. She's a literal gentrifier.
Henry Williams
most of the album sucks but 'bad guy' slaps
James Cox
Most of it sounded like a Black Eyed Peas song. The ending was boss.
Gavin Collins
She is indeed. But we shall see how that beauty holds against the tide of the industry.
Jeremiah Diaz
Z O O M E R
H O U N D S
O F
L O V E
Nolan James
Yeah the first three tracks were the only decent ones. The rest were filler.
Tyler Martin
Billie has none of Lana’s talent.
Zachary Long
bad guy slaps because her brother, the producer, is actually good