For example.I didn't need to know about Pat Monahan's manscaping habits. But, not all details help paint the picture you're trying to create. I think it's important to say that lyrical detail is great. I do keep an actual record player down here for uh, for when I need that sound. Andrew and Halsey: Pull the sheets right off the corner Of the mattress that you stole From your roommate back in Boulder Sorry. Todd: I, I should really just play the chorus here, because it is just fantastic! Andrew and Halsey: So baby pull me closer In the backseat of your Rover That I know you can't afford Bite that tattoo on your shoulder Pull the sheets right off the corner Of the mattress that you stole From your roommate back in Boulder We ain't ever getting older Todd: Okay, not that fantastic. They're two long broken up exes reconnecting despite the years of tension between them. And that level of detail is really remarkable in a day and age where you can have a hit song that just says "Pineapple, pen, apple." Or "You ugly, you ugly." And in it, the two of them are playing specific roles in the song. It sketches a very full portrait of a very complex relationship between two people. I don't know the last time we had a hit song packed with this much lyrical detail and intense emotion. Mostly, I like that it's such a songwriterly song. So yeah, I don't like her, she was another demerit against "Closer". ![]() But I gathered that was a fluke, and she's actually much more an anonymous singer than that, like she's not trying to make a statement, she's just another boring singer. Feel the creeping dread of the sweeping tide of change! We are the new Americana High on legal marijuana We smoke weed, legally! Watch us, obeying the law! Raised on Biggie and Nirvana That's not even your generation's music! If anything, those are two artists whose influences are being felt less and less! That has nothing to do with your generation, you're just trying to make the rest of us feel old! Yeah, every impression I got was that Halsey was like if Kesha was trying to be Lorde, which is not a combo that works. with Halsey! And, speaking of artists who made a terrible first impression! I was introduced to Halsey last year with her first mainstream success, "New Americana," an anthem for the new millennial generation. A lot! I mean, first off, Jesus Christ, it's a duet. Quite a bit, if I'm being honest, but hear me out I totally get why this song is controversial. 'Cause, Jesus Christ, who on Earth thought this was a good idea? I daresay there's not a more disliked song in the world right now! Am I really gonna be the guy to stand up for this? Fine, screw it. And, not speaking for myself, just taking the temperature of the room here, seems like the backlash is kicking in, but hard!Īnd goddamn, I'm not surprised. And because nothing in this world makes sense anymore, this song is huge. ![]() Your voice is lovely, like the song of a beautiful wood thrush wafting on a summer breeze. That's right, The #SELFIE Douches are now singing. ![]() But even that was dwarfed by today's song, which is A.) their attempt at a love song and B.) one where they actually sing. The Black Eyed Peas may have been banished, but will.i.am's influence remains. Its an incoherent mish-mash of the worst sounds in pop music, and it of course was everywhere. This was one of the biggest hits of the year, and it is a disaster. The big question is: "How do you turn #SELFIE into a sustainable career?" Good question! Well, apparently by switching from making terrible novelty EDM to terrible generic EDM. If I could go back to 2014 and tell my past self that 2016 was the year of The Chainsmokers, past me would probably say, "Wow, 2016 must be the worst in history!" And I'd tell him, "Calm down! Things aren't that bad, hahaha, hahaha, also start investing in Xanax. The #SELFIE Guys are, in a quantifiable sense, the biggest act of the year. If The Chainsmokers couldn't immediately follow up on their big hit, how on Earth could they return two years later? I'm annoyed by a lot of things about their comeback, but most of all, I'm annoyed that I have to start taking them seriously as artists. Of course, I've been wrong about the career prospects of a lot of people, like, say, LMFAO, but they had their second song in the same year. It was exactly the kind of song that I should be able to dismiss as a blip from two idiots I would never see again. ![]() And what makes it so shocking is that #SELFIE is the definiton of a novelty hit. I am more shocked about their comeback than I was for Mike Posner's, and Posner was gone for three times as long. Or as they will always be known to me: The #SELFIE Guys. But that's where we are, that's my job, and that's what I'm gonna do. It's hard for me, given the upheaval of the world right now, to talk about silly things like pop music.
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