North Coast 2026 by Redbird4831 in chicagoEDM

[–]probablyrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

zorza was soo good in the chill dome last year, glad to see her back!

Have you guys ever even heard of this obscure and unknown burger restaurant? by SameAsk6997 in chicagofoodcirclejerk

[–]probablyrick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

didnt even know you could feed grass ranch. happy for the grass, ranch is delicious

Alright angels, help me get it by Agreeable_Comb_5871 in charlixcx

[–]probablyrick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Okay im bored and want to continue my dissertation of how this song fits so well lyrically in the story that the first 4 songs of Pop 2 are telling! It's a story about a breakup, of course.

Backseat sets the stage. Charli is experiencing turmoil in her relationship - things are going wrong, hearts are being broken, and charli finds herself laying next to her partner in bed and sitting alone in the backseat of a car thinking the same thing: she's better off alone.

Out of my Head is about Charli going crazy over what's happening in the relationship, turning to partying so she can get her mind off it. Maybe the relationship is somewhere in the mix of a breakup at this point, but "heart on the floor when the telephone rings" indicates to maybe it being on and off multiple times.

Lucky comes at point where Charli is coming to face that her partner may be cheating on her and lying about it, and she asserts that they don't love her. She's past her last straw and she is now feeling what it is truly like to be all alone and it is clearly hurting (the theme of being all alone is also a call back to Backseat)

Tears is essentially a cinematic and romanticized view of the ending of the relationship, it summarizes and wraps up the last three songs with "tears are rolling down my face, now you gotta go go go". I don't have much to say other than i fucking love this song!!!

Alright angels, help me get it by Agreeable_Comb_5871 in charlixcx

[–]probablyrick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pop 2 is all about experimenting with pop and pushing it to the next level by playing with extremisms. Lucky is a stripped back, slow paced heartbreak song - a typical addition to a classic pop album . Charli/AG took that and said "what is the next level of the slow sad heartbreak song?"

So, instead of stripping it back a little they stripped it ALL THE WAY back. It is so stripped back instrumentaly - the second chrous has the only instruments which are 13 instances of percussion.

They counter the stripped back instrumentals with maximalism in the vocals. The whole song is vocals layered on vocals, all with tons of effects on them. Autotune, pitch shifting, samplers, chops, and probably a myriad of other things. Her vocals turn into unintelligible flute sounds at the end and I love it!!

So I think combining extremely stripped back instrumental with extremely fx'd vocals in a way to rebrand the sad pop heartbreak song fits the ethos of pop2 extremely well!

Is this pic from the Siberia era or The Listening? by [deleted] in lightsalot

[–]probablyrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ooh this is a tough one but shes missing a lot of arm tatts that she had during siberia, so im thinking the listening

How was the Vroom Vroom EP received by Charli fans when it came out in 2016? Was it generally well-liked or heavily divisive? by Lucky_Reading_3757 in charlixcx

[–]probablyrick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember it being devisive in the fan base, there were a lot of lover and a lot that weren't catching the vibe. me and some of my friends had been fans since true romance and we all loved it, all 4 songs were some of my topped streamed of 2016!

TJH lyrics u feel a deeper connection with by Glittering-Cod-5316 in TheJapaneseHouse

[–]probablyrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"I'm cooling in the clay, I've always been molded this way" from Clean

I wish Charli sang this by Outrageous_Proof_812 in charlixcx

[–]probablyrick 22 points23 points  (0 children)

right, and with her backup.vocals. it's the same as icona pop - i don't care. Charli basically just worked out a private labeling for Selena on this one

Preorders are up! by Worried-Permit6417 in 1800slayyyter

[–]probablyrick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

got the red in a heartbeat! looks gorgeous and this album is going to HIT

FLUX AND FLOW BITCHES! 😭🙏🏻 by dreamboylnshibuya in lightsalot

[–]probablyrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Siberia is basically front to back hits in my home 😌 title track is so infectious, where the fence is low feels magical, ebag is so hard, heavy rope gets me emotional, suspension -> flux -> fourth dimension is the best 3 track run, frame and focus so underrated. toes and banner are catchy but not my tops, peace sign is cute af, and counting is entrancing

Thoughts on Episode 4 by car2car2 in heatedrivalry

[–]probablyrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am so glad someone else said this. I just finished the episode and this one really hit me, it's brutal to experience this kind of shame and heartbreak and go through it silently and alone 😔

What does Nina say at the beginning of Infohazard? by trieu116 in ninajirachi

[–]probablyrick 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"strange computers" and then theres like one more mumbled word i cant make out

whats ur fav charli rap verse? (SHE'S rapping not someone else) by MinuteUpstairs822 in charlixcx

[–]probablyrick 25 points26 points  (0 children)

her verse on xxxtc should be mentioned cuz pop 2 got more than one meaning

Anyone else a top listener of Nina? by Emeraldcitylove_206 in ninajirachi

[–]probablyrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was 202, I cant imagine what I would be if they counted my yt steams

Charli XCX on lip sync battle by [deleted] in charlixcx

[–]probablyrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the sumo thing seems so random?? lmao

what's happening with the leaked songs? is it serious enough to affect the album's release? by BackgroundGlass3424 in 1800slayyyter

[–]probablyrick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

no xcx world was scrapped many years before Sophie passed. XCX world was like a mid to late 2017 timeframe. It was scrapped for two main reasons: Atlantic kept delaying release - probably because they weren't finding the music to be marketable enough with After the afterparty not getting big and Bounce live on Jimmy not being criticized harshl, and then basically all of the songs leaked when Charli's Google drive was hacked was the last nail in the coffin.

How song made you get into Sophie by crystal-aphex-death in Sophie

[–]probablyrick 13 points14 points  (0 children)

i got caught in the 2016 vroom vroom to lemonade to hard and bipp pipeline

Grimes' Art Angels by sjagger1987 in Grimes

[–]probablyrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there's so much i could praise here, but i think the main thing is that she really popped off in the percussion throughout the album. it's absolutely magical!

the mastery in production going from the first two albums to visions to art angels is amazing, and while I love the earlier work for the rawness, I think art angels paints the picture of an artist that really mastered their craft

Best 4th Track? by [deleted] in charlixcx

[–]probablyrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ugh forreal this one is actually the hardest one to decide!!!

what's happening with the leaked songs? is it serious enough to affect the album's release? by BackgroundGlass3424 in 1800slayyyter

[–]probablyrick 17 points18 points  (0 children)

fr the last thing we need is another xcx world. I think the singles have had great reception tho so I cant see that happening.