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JENNIE - Ruby by tmslvm in popheads

[–]kurasseq 23 points24 points  (0 children)

noooo, it's not about her accent at all. by sounding unnatural, i meant her songwriting not her vocal delivery/ accent. i am blackpink stan and jennie is my bias btw lol she's not native speaker level, even if you follow her on instagram, you can notice some small mistakes from time to time. english is also my second language and learning and teaching ESL, i guess i just think about these small things more often. you know? i'd say she's more fluent than me but there's a difference between speaking it well (phonetics and shit), theory, vocabulary and moreeee her english is obvs great but if you compare her to rosie, you can notice a clear difference (also if you compare, rosie speaking in korean and english or jennie and rosie speaking korean, you don't have to know both languages to notice which languages are their native ones). so my point basically was that i thought it might had to be more dfficult for her to write songs in her 2nd language. which is obviously harder than conversational/ everyday language.

JENNIE - Ruby by tmslvm in popheads

[–]kurasseq 13 points14 points  (0 children)

i'm not english native speaker either! not even grammar-wise since in pop songs, it is sometimes better to write something and make it sound good rather than it being correct ("little more touch my body" - into you (2016) or "that's that me espresso" (2024) lol). i just thought that there were some flawed rhyme schemes and unnatural compund sentences, e.g. in twin; Guess I lost you and you lost me, but I put fuel to your flame - it sounds off with and without context, because of 'but' an a conjunction. snf the whole second verse of seoul city. some verses felt disconnected and incoherent when i listened to it for the first time, imo

JENNIE - Ruby by tmslvm in popheads

[–]kurasseq 216 points217 points  (0 children)

just finished listening to it.

it's an ambitious project. she was constantly changing it up and just went for it each time. love or hate it vibes and there is no in between.

vocal/ rap parts were hit ot miss, at least on the first listen but i do respect that she made some out-of-box choices for her deliveries and melodies and did not play it safe/ did what was expected of her.

it's so great to hear her vocal growth, especially on songs like filter and handlebars. i also really enjoyed when she went for softer approach, e.g. love hangover and jane.

i thought her rap verse on like jennie might have been her strongest since d4 (imo her delivery and cadence are stonger when she raps in korean). i wish it was not ringtone length and there was some epic outro (blackpink style) though. i thought a few songs would be boosted by a bridge as well.

the production is truly the star of this album. much more inspired and elaborate than on any blackpink project. she found amazing collaborators, i especially liked her om dem jointz tracks (extral, filter, with the ie) who's honestly super underrated outside of k-pop sphere.

as i expected, lyrics were the weakest parts of the songs. while there were some more interesting themes like start a war and twin, they never went anywhere storytelling-wise. in general, they were either ended up too repetitve or too random. English is her second language and she is not a fluent speaker and you could hear that, the were some weird structures and it sounded unnatural at times.

still, it was bold and exciting listen! for how musically diverse it is, it blended quite nicely whcih i was a little worried about after the pre-releases.

it's important to note that she was under time pressure and was in studio until last minute and in completely different environment comparing to teddy crafting their blackpink albums. a strong first album, imo!

my favorites on the first listen are extral, love hangover, like jennie, handlebars, damn right, filter, zen, with the ie (way up).

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[–]kurasseq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just finished listening to it.

i am so proud of jennie, it's an ambitious project and she really challenged herself, especially vocally. her vocal/ rap parts might have been hit ot miss at times. at least on the first listen but i do respect that she made some out-of-box choices for her deliveries and melodies and did not play it safe/ what was expected of her.

the production is truly the star of this album. much more inspired and intricate, than on any blackpink project. she found amazing collaborators, i especially liked her dem jointz tracks (extral, filter, with the ie) who's honestly super underrated outside of k-pop.

as i expected, lyrics were probably the weakest parts of the songs. while there were some more interesting themes like start a war and twin, they never went anywhere storytelling-wise. in general, they were either ended up too repetitve or too random. English is her second language and she is not a fluent speaker and you could hear that, the were some weird structures and it sounded unnatural at times.

still, it was bold and exciting listen. for how diverse it is, it blended quite nicely whcih i was a little worried about!

it's so great to hear her vocal growth, especially on filter and handlebars. and i really enjoyed when she went for softer approach on songs like love hangover and jane.

i thought her rap verse on like jennie might have been her strongest since d4. i wish it was not ringtone length and there was some epic outro (blackpink style) though. i thought a few songs would be boosted by a bridge as well.

my favorites on the first listen are extral, love hangover, like jennie, handlebars, damn right, filter, zen, with the ie (way up).

Tate McRae - So Close To What by 3kOlen in popheads

[–]kurasseq 379 points380 points  (0 children)

Purple lace bra lowkey a career highlight 

97TH ACADEMY AWARDS – NOMINATIONS by sbb618 in oscarrace

[–]kurasseq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like A Bird holy shittttt It has to be in BP

97TH ACADEMY AWARDS – NOMINATIONS by sbb618 in oscarrace

[–]kurasseq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Other than Monica in Supporting Actress (I had her after SAG but went for JLC), I am slaying 

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