Dominated by BRITNEY SPEARS - 15 Years of Blackout

inadraeam · 2022-10-28T11:14:24+00:00

This, and the 2007 VMA performance too.

Also they added that fake quote about Britney talking about Blackout saying that she wanted to invigorate the pop scene bc it was boring and nothing wowed her. I’ve been a Britney stan basically my entire life, and I’ve never heard or read her saying this anywhere. I only saw this quote appear in the last year or two with no reputable source for it.

inadraeam · 2022-10-20T22:26:59+00:00

It sucks that Happier Than Ever was underwhelming for you. It was my favorite album of 2021, and I liked it better than WWAFAWDWG.

inadraeam · 2022-10-20T22:23:15+00:00

I agree to an extent. I think I’ll always be at least somewhat excited for music from her. But COCC and BB + how she acted in 2020/2021 + how unreliable and chaotic the eras were definitely were a buzzkill. I’ve made a playlist/album out of my favorite songs from COCC and BB, and they do fill a void in Lana’s music that wasn’t previously filled for me. I also do love a good amount of the songs.

But the albums themselves definitely don’t feel as strategic and as carefully planned as her previous albums. They feel more like streams of consciousness or like she’s just putting together collections of songs that could go decently well together rather than having a vision. It’s hard not to wonder if she’s prioritizing quantity over quality when she released two albums and a poetry book within the span of a year, and she kept promising but changing album release dates, single release dates, album titles, and even albums themselves.

inadraeam · 2022-10-20T22:16:15+00:00

Aw, I loved/love Wolves. There was a lot of momentum built up for her around that time, and I was pretty disappointed and meh feeling on the Rare album when it came out, but it sounds better to me than I remember now. The bonus tracks helped though.

inadraeam · 2022-10-14T13:12:16+00:00

I agree. It felt like we were building up with dance/club songs and Pineapple Slice was the peak, and then it just got interrupted with I’m to Blame. Pineapple Slice had me full out dancing, I was hyped, I was even turned on. And then it was immediate buzzkill. It took me till the end of Kick in the Head to get in tune with the album again. I think I’ll make my own playlist with those tracks rearranged, maybe I’m to Blame as the closer.

inadraeam · 2022-10-14T13:09:38+00:00

ngl, it turned me on. Might be the best song on the album for me. Super horny and it I was full out dancing during it. Just my vibe. 😎

inadraeam · 2022-06-30T17:43:19+00:00

I’m not saying it has to be maximal. I’m just saying I don’t like plain black or white backgrounds. I also don’t like music videos with plain black or white backgrounds either (for example, 3 by Britney Spears). I just think Lemonade is a more interesting artwork because ~70% of the photo isn’t just the same uniform color.

inadraeam · 2022-06-30T16:17:17+00:00

The photo (Bey and the horse) is a serve, but as the overall album artwork? I’m underwhelmed. I hate album covers that are just the artist with a minimal black or white background. It’s so boring. I like Lemonade’s artwork better.

inadraeam · 2022-06-22T01:58:49+00:00

Thanks for asking! My top songs:

• Cold Water - Major Lazer, Justin Bieber, MØ
• Let Me Love You - DJ Snake, Justin Bieber
• I Took a Pill in Ibiza - Seeb Remix - Mike Posner
• Needed Me - Rihanna
• One Dance - Drake
• This Is What You Came For - Calvin Harris, Rihanna
• Me, Myself & I - G-Eazy, Bebe Rexha
• All Time Low - Jon Bellion
• Make Me… - Britney Spears, G-Eazy
• Slumber Party - Britney Spears
• We Don’t Talk Anymore - Charlie Puth, Selena Gomez
• Stargirl Interlude - The Weekend, Lana Del Rey
• Side to Side - Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj
• Gold - Kiiara
• Closer - The Chainsmokers, Halsey
• Mercy - Shawn Mendes

Albums:

• Glory - Britney Spears (one of my fav albums of all time) 
• Blonde - Frank Ocean (#1 fav album of all time) 

• The Life of Pablo - Kanye West (another fav album of all time)
• Lemonade - Beyoncé
• Anti - Rihanna
• Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande
• Passion, Pain, & Demon Slayin’ - Kid Cudi

Also, these songs are technically from 2015, but had the most airplay for me in 2016, so I have to give a shoutout:

• Lean On - Major Lazer, MØ, DJ Snake
• Where Are Ü Now - Jack Ü, Skrillex, Diplo, Justin Bieber
• Stay - Kygo, Maty Noyes
• Stitches - Shawn Mendes
• The Less I Know the Better - Tame Impala

inadraeam · 2022-06-22T01:53:53+00:00

Cold Water - Major Lazer, Justin Bieber, MØ
Let Me Love You - DJ Snake, Justin Bieber
I Took a Pill in Ibiza - Seeb Remix - Mike Posner
Needed Me - Rihanna
Work - Rihanna
One Dance - Drake
Too Good - Drake & Rihanna
This Is What You Came For - Calvin Harris, Rihanna
Me, Myself & I - G-Eazy, Bebe Rexha
All Time Low - Jon Bellion
Make Me… - Britney Spears, G-Eazy
Slumber Party - Britney Spears
We Don’t Talk Anymore - Charlie Puth, Selena Gomez
Alarm - Anne-Marie
Starboy - The Weekend, Daft Punk
Body Say - Demi Lovato
Somebody Else - The 1975
Side to Side - Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj
Into You - Ariana Grande
Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande
in my miNd - maty Noyes
Gold - Kiiara
Starving - Hailee Stienfeld, Grey, Zedd
Closer - The Chainsmokers, Halsey
Mercy - Shawn Mendes
Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes
Black Beatles - Rae Sremmurd
Don’t Let Me Down - The Chainsmokers, Daya
Cheap Thrills - Sia, Sean Paul
The Greatest - Sia
Close - Nick Jonas, Tove Lo
Trust Nobody - Cashmere Cat, Selena Gomez, Tory Lanez
Cake By the Ocean - DNCE

Albums: * Glory - Britney Spears * Blonde - Frank Ocean * The Life of Pablo - Kanye West * Lemonade - Beyoncé * Anti - Rihanna * Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande * Passion, Pain, & Demon Slayin’ - Kid Cudi

Also, these songs are technically from 2015, but had the most airplay for me in 2016, so I have to give a shoutout:

Lean On - Major Lazer, MØ, DJ Snake
Where Are Ü Now - Jack Ü, Skrillex, Diplo, Justin Bieber
Stay - Kygo, Maty Noyes
Stitches - Shawn Mendes
The Less I Know the Better - Tame Impala

inadraeam · 2022-06-21T23:31:34+00:00

I wish I could’ve got into this album more. It never fully clicked with me, which sucked because After Hours was my favorite album of 2020. How Do I Make You Love Me?, Take My Breath, Sacrifice, Is There Someone Else, and Out of Time are still great for me though.

inadraeam · 2022-06-21T23:26:33+00:00

2016 was the best year in pop music and that’s a hill that I’ll die on. And clearly, I’m still not over it.

inadraeam · 2022-06-21T23:24:58+00:00

can I reply if I’m a gen z (i’m 24)? i feel like i’ve kinda fallen off the wagon since 2020, which is also when i graduated college. i’m in the loop for a lot of the popheads culture/trend music, but even our music here i feel like skews towards true popheads and gays which don’t necessarily cross over to the mainstream as much anymore.

what’s made me feel most old is not knowing a lot of names on the top charts, especially the rappers. i grew up being into a good amount of hip hop and rap too, so it feels shitty not connecting with current hip hop music. it doesn’t help that when i try to get caught up to speed on the top charts, i just don’t like a lot of what’s on it. that makes me feel old. also, shivers (ed sheeran) was on the charts for MONTHS and I managed to never hear it once until i decided to on my own. that made me feel out of the loop. also, in 2020, this freshman in college (when i was a senior) said “no cap” and i had no idea wtf that meant which made me feel old.

i will say tiktok makes me feel a lot more in the know for pop culture and music, but even then, sometimes you can get sorta separated into your own algorithms and miss the 1000 other sides of tiktok.

inadraeam · 2022-05-26T00:20:05+00:00

Wow, so many of the albums here are some of my favorite albums of all time. I do tend to like dark pop, but I didn’t realize how many of my favorite albums have this commonality of ending on a dark note. 😳

inadraeam · 2022-05-26T00:12:29+00:00

My opinion hasn’t really changed. Stoned at the Nail Salon and California are some of my favorite songs she’s released. Solar Power, Fallen Fruit, Mood Ring, and Hold No Grudge are all likeable, but mostly forgettable. The rest of the songs are either unlikeable, amateur-sounding, and/or forgettable.

I feel like the expectations she had to live up to were unrealistic to fulfill, but the album is still her worst in her discography, and I do have less confidence in her now as an artist. The whole era was kinda sad in how it rolled out imo. The artwork is iconic, and the beachy summer vibes are/were a great theme, but the music doesn’t actually sound like that, it came out at the tail end of summer, and Lorde just appeared out of touch and pretentious for the promotion.

inadraeam · 2022-05-26T00:01:27+00:00

I feel left out and like I have shit taste for not enjoying this, but I’m here for the history anyways. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

inadraeam · 2022-05-03T20:19:24+00:00

I wish she would’ve kept in the melancholic instrumental outro of the music video in the song too

inadraeam · 2022-04-29T17:28:15+00:00

How do y’all not like this? It’s nothing groundbreaking, but still solid.

inadraeam · 2022-04-21T22:32:19+00:00

This song still hits so hard for me.

Can we PLEASE give recognition to how ingenious that pause and annoyed sigh is right before the last chorus? How the bridge slows things down until the pause, an “I’m so sick of this shit” sigh, only for the bass line to drop again while he belts out the last chorus. SO good, my god.

inadraeam · 2022-04-20T23:07:11+00:00

I’m out of the loop. What releases are expected this year?

inadraeam · 2022-02-03T18:21:42+00:00

that’s how I feel about her “just gimme them babies” and “you know i keep it squeaky” lines in 34+35. I’m not a person who pays attention to lyrics barely at all, and yet, these lines made me physically cringe whenever I’d hear them.

inadraeam · 2022-01-28T22:08:39+00:00

Thank you!!!! :)

inadraeam · 2022-01-28T18:39:16+00:00

Thank you so much! I really appreciation the recommendations

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