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housecarpenterBeen trying to catch up on the Current Music lately; here are my opinions:
"Sweet but Psycho" (Ava Max): Decent generic pop
"We Built This City" (LadBaby): Part of an esteemed tradition of ridiculous British novelty singles, therefore one has to like it
"thank u, next" (Ariana Grande): Really nice stuff, quite interesting and weird; definitely a pleasant surprise compared to what I was expecting, not having listened to Ariana before
"Shallow" (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper): Excellent ballad, the only song of the year I'm happy to have on my Spotify (though TBH "thank u, next" is just as good, it's just not really consonant with what I normally listen to)
"Promises" (Calvin Harris & Sam Smith): Unremarkable generic pop
"Funky Friday" (Dave ft. Fredo): Unremarkable generic rap
"Eastside" (Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid): Very nice little song, both musically and thematically
"Shotgun" (George Ezra): Thoroughly decent
"In My Feelings" (Drake): Boring rap (sorry, I don't get Drake)
"Three Lions" (Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds): Good stuff, appropriate for purpose
"Solo" (Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato): Demi Lovato's singing voice is one of the most horrible things in the universe, and I think in this one she's singing about... masturbation? Ewww
"I'll Be There" (Jess Glynne): Nice stuff, she has a great voice; "Thursday" is better though
"One Kiss" (Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa): Decent generic pop, but I don't understand why this was the best-selling single of 2018
"Nice for What" (Drake): Regular Drake trash, at least it has samples
"Freaky Friday" (Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown): Somewhat amusing content, but musically trash
"These Days" (Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen): Fairly good, at least when Jess Glynne is singing
"God's Plan" (Drake): This is OK I guess, it has a nice atmosphere, and Drake's monotonous drawl actually gels reasonably well with it
"River" (Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran): Generic angry Eminem song
"Perfect" (Ed Sheeran): Pretty good straightforward love song
"Sweet but Psycho" (Ava Max): Decent generic pop
"We Built This City" (LadBaby): Part of an esteemed tradition of ridiculous British novelty singles, therefore one has to like it
"thank u, next" (Ariana Grande): Really nice stuff, quite interesting and weird; definitely a pleasant surprise compared to what I was expecting, not having listened to Ariana before
"Shallow" (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper): Excellent ballad, the only song of the year I'm happy to have on my Spotify (though TBH "thank u, next" is just as good, it's just not really consonant with what I normally listen to)
"Promises" (Calvin Harris & Sam Smith): Unremarkable generic pop
"Funky Friday" (Dave ft. Fredo): Unremarkable generic rap
"Eastside" (Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid): Very nice little song, both musically and thematically
"Shotgun" (George Ezra): Thoroughly decent
"In My Feelings" (Drake): Boring rap (sorry, I don't get Drake)
"Three Lions" (Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds): Good stuff, appropriate for purpose
"Solo" (Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato): Demi Lovato's singing voice is one of the most horrible things in the universe, and I think in this one she's singing about... masturbation? Ewww
"I'll Be There" (Jess Glynne): Nice stuff, she has a great voice; "Thursday" is better though
"One Kiss" (Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa): Decent generic pop, but I don't understand why this was the best-selling single of 2018
"Nice for What" (Drake): Regular Drake trash, at least it has samples
"Freaky Friday" (Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown): Somewhat amusing content, but musically trash
"These Days" (Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen): Fairly good, at least when Jess Glynne is singing
"God's Plan" (Drake): This is OK I guess, it has a nice atmosphere, and Drake's monotonous drawl actually gels reasonably well with it
"River" (Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran): Generic angry Eminem song
"Perfect" (Ed Sheeran): Pretty good straightforward love song
