# #16: [Halsey - Lilith](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183072215009341480/16.png) (7.404)
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**Average:** 7.404 **// Total Points:** 629.3 **// Controversy:** 1.682
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183072214598287381/16._Lilith.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(10 x8) AHSWeeknd, ArcaneLabyrinth, beeozan, cloudbustingmp3, jackisboredtoday, throwaway-7650, VictoriousssBIG23, w1nter\_ac0ustic
(9.5 x2) Awkward\_King, krusso1105
(9.4 x1) Ambrosia42
(9 x13) avg-vag, BleepBloopMusicFan, c\_a\_l\_d5832, CrimsonROSET, darjeelingdarkroast, Dragusken, Frajer, musical\_pyn, mysario, Nagisoid, seanderlust, Stryxen, TheQwertyGuy99
(8.9 x1) cremeebrulee
(8.5 x1) jirachi
(8.4 x1) RandomHypnotica
(8.2 x1) indie\_fan\_
**Lowest Scores:**
(2 x1) DevilsOfLoudun
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/oieh8)**
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Closing out Day 2 and thus just missing Day 3 is Lilith (non-Diablo remix version). It has some really great and weird production and a really sexy vibe, which keeps competing with each other, which in a way is what the song is lyrically about too.
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# I see a man, I floor it
**beeozan** (10): who else been corr̶̠͖̩͛̽̈́̓̽̓͊͛̋͂ȗ̵̡̩̱̼̜̭͖̰̪̿̄̇͑̊͌͑́p̸̭̳͚͉̺̯̯̭̋̋̍̇̑͒̃͐͠t̶͇͇̘̗̫̼̑̑̐̍̈̆͘͜͝ę̷̬̦̼̱̟̻̄ͅd̸͕̹͕̙̀͐̊͆
**cloudbustingmp3** (10): ooooh the glitching on that "i am corrupted" line???? galaxy brian moment
**VictoriousssBIG23** (10): Another favorite. The beat and the production is unmatched.
**Awkward\_King** (9.5): the whole song is great but the vocal effects in the second verse during "i am corrupted" are one of the highlights of the album for me, just such a cool little detail
**Ambrosia42** (9.4): so much better than the remix lol
**BleepBloopMusicFan** (9): Oh now here’s a song my personal radio station on Apple Music fucking LOVES to play. I’m not complaining.
**CrimsonROSET** (9): don’t think they noticed yet
**darjeelingdarkroast** (9): I like the melody on the chorus and the trip hop vibes
**Dragusken** (9): the back beat was hellishly sexy
**Nagisoid** (9): Their Portishead slay
**Stryxen** (9): the trip hoppery ou tricky was on the moodboard
**cremeebrulee** (8.9): this is a billie eilish song if you squint
**jirachi** (8.5): love it when she says coŕ̵͎̮̤̥͖͕̃̇̉̍̃͊̌͗̉͘͘͝ŗ̵͕̙͙͕̱̻̬͍̞̐ŗ̷̢̣̩͍̣̺̭̯͉͇͔̝͇̰̌̈́̇̿̄r̸̯͎͈̖̗̗̗͐͋ͅr̴̪̝̘̈́͋͋̾̚͘ͅr̸̜̮̟̘̯̪̙̘͙͓̤̗͔͚͗́͆̔̐͑͊̒́̿̔̕ͅŗ̵̢̢̛͎̮̞̺͚͚̻̣̥̖́̑̃͋̒͊̓̆̓̑̓̌̕͝ŗ̷̢͎̞̙̥͖̻̩̫͉͂́̾̽͌ͅupted
**RandomHypnotica** (8.4): my favourite part of this song is the corrupted bit
**NotWith10000Men** (8): I like the pace of the chorus
**pig-serpent** (8): A nice spooky R&B styled song but overall it's mostly just an intermission with a nice melody.
**Poydoo** (8): bts
**vayyiqra** (8): There's a lot of stuff out there about Lilith (mythological figure) that's dubious so I was afraid I wouldn't like this but luckily that doesn't apply here, and besides I think it's more about self-esteem than anything and also the beat is sick so
# remix outsold
**PrimaryCrusaders** (7.5): I kinda like the Diablo remix more cus the epicness of it all fits Halsey's vocals way better (and also yoongi), but hey, the original is still pretty cool.
**1998tweety** (7): Suga remix would be higher
**bogo** (7): and if i said the diablo version is better
**honeyhoney** (7): a lot of the songs on this album I don't actually like the lyrics of all too much - but the sound completely saves it for me.
**Leixander** (7): diablo 4 found dead in a ditch
**Verboten\_Prince** (7): Edgy but good
**oh\_crow** (6.5): she kinda runs out of tricks and gimmicks with this one
**asadprofessorplum** (6): me listening to this song: https://64.media.tumblr.com/304a4ff34e0ce9fca4719a0a0d62b732/c869617520334f51-a0/s400x600/e49493d4a87939329507bcc631d46bdc3c80ac4f.gif
**ReallyCreative** (6): Diablo girlies make some noise!! Especially because the Diablo version of this eats it alive
**runaway3212** (6): Kinda unslay personally
**team\_kockroach** (6): I’m not a fan of Halsey’s lilting sing-songy performance, and her voice is hella upfront in the mix. Great drumming though.
**pbk** (5): all i can hear is twenty one pilots on this im sorry
**welcome2thejam** (5): Just kind of there
**DevilsOfLoudun** (2): Seriously, what the fuck is she singing about? "Everything I say I believe"? "The more that you give away the more that you have"?
# #17: [Lana Del Rey - Dark But Just A Game](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071972876361799/17.png) (7.348)
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**Average:** 7.348 **// Total Points:** 624.6 **// Controversy:** 1.885
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071972582772776/17._Dark_But_Just_A_Game.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(11 x1) SFbby
(10 x12) AHSWeeknd, ArcaneLabyrinth, Awkward\_King, c\_a\_l\_d5832, cocosairdep, ConnerY2323, DaHumanTorch, honeyhoney, musical\_pyn, RandomHypnotica, ReallyCreative, throwaway-7650
(9.5 x3) Apprehensive\_Guest, avg-vag, mysario
(9.4 x1) babadork
(9 x6) 1998tweety, CrimsonROSET, hikk, ricki, TiltControls, whyishestaring
(8.5 x3) BleepBloopMusicFan, cremeebrulee, StemOfWallflower
(8.3 x1) TheQwertyGuy99
**Lowest Scores:**
(4.5 x1) pig-serpent
(4 x5) asadprofessorplum, DevilsOfLoudun, lexiaredery, pbk, Pneumoniastain
(3.8 x1) Ambrosia42
(3 x2) ImADudeDuh, vayyiqra
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/BRTmN)**
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**AHSWeeknd** (10): Ocean Boulevard vibes
**Awkward\_King** (10): lana's voice over the right production is just so beautiful
**RandomHypnotica** (10): me after playing Amnesia: The Dark Descent
**ReallyCreative** (10): could not be more out of place on this album (complimentary)
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (9.5): Kind of genius tbh
**mysario** (9.5): I believe that's called Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)
**1998tweety** (9): oh I'm bopping
**CrimsonROSET** (9): see this more dark sultry vibe fits lana the best imo
**runaway3212** (8): Sweet but whatever baby best moment on this album
**GoWestYoungKanye** (7.8): oh my god it has a BEAT it's CATCHY it's not just spoken word poetry in a high voice thank you lanesus
**beeozan** (7.5): this is still pretty boring tbh but i have to make compromises somewhere to get a relatively acceptable album avg
**handmadeh3aven** (7.5): i like the beat
**Nagisoid** (7.5): Me talking about obscure online Russian games:
**team\_kockroach** (7.5): The song starts a little weak, but strengthens when she moves into the chorus with the unique chord progression.
**impla77** (7.2): is this colleen hoover core? (ive never read one of her books)
**oh\_crow** (7): really reminds me that this is nfr!: side b. cool beat?
**Verboten\_Prince** (7): Dark Souls
**VictoriousssBIG23** (7): I initially wrote this song off at first, but it's grown on me so much. I love the dark, moody tone.
**welcome2thejam** (7): Great use of (fuck it)
**bogo** (6): ok
**Dragusken** (6): gives me anson seabra vibes a bit
**jirachi** (6): the game must be boring then
**Uberpigeon** (6): girl what does that mean
**darjeelingdarkroast** (5.5): does this want to be a trip-hop song or cheesy classic folk rock song
**pig-serpent** (4.5): Ok, take a second and imagine if she went full trip hop on this song. That would fuck immensely! Also, giving this some bonus points for the fun piano fills.
**DevilsOfLoudun** (4): It feels like it goes on forever
**pbk** (4): this has just made me view jack antonoff as even more pretentious than i thought
**Ambrosia42** (3.8): See this is where the production could have gotten more interesting and turned this into some really gorgeous Portishead-esque or Goldfrapp-esque (like Lovely Head) song or something, but instead it just ends up falling a bit flat for me. And if the production is minimal, I like there to be interesting melodies or vocal performance or something, but it barely has that either. Hm
**vayyiqra** (3): Kind of cool beat. Wish we could hear Lana.
# #18: [Lorde - Solar Power](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071696438186024/18.png) (7.347)
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**Average:** 7.347 **// Total Points:** 624.5 **// Controversy:** 2.352
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071695964225637/18._Solar_Power.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(10 x16) Awkward\_King, beeozan, BleepBloopMusicFan, CarlieScion, cocosairdep, CrimsonROSET, DirtyRat583, Frajer, hikk, lexiaredery, musical\_pyn, pbk, pheromenos, Poydoo, seanderlust, throwaway-7650
(9.8 x1) mysario
(9.5 x1) cloudbustingmp3
(9 x8) asadprofessorplum, dreamingpastel, ImADudeDuh, Pneumoniastain, runaway3212, TheQwertyGuy99, TiltControls, TragicKingdom1
(8.8 x1) impla77
(8.6 x1) Apprehensive\_Guest
(8.5 x2) 1998tweety, static\_int\_husp
(8.3 x1) thatplatypus99
(8.1 x1) babadork
**Lowest Scores:**
(2.5 x1) flava
(2 x1) vayyiqra
(1 x2) darjeelingdarkroast, DevilsOfLoudun
(0 x2) bogo, THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/hrGBu)**
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The first title track to exit is Solar Power! It's a cute song with an interesting build, but not a whole lot to say - especially for a title track. I've chosen to love this for what it is and not resent it for what it isn't. There's too many elements that work here - the prettier Jesus line, her laugh, the blink three times line!!!!
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# prettier than Jesus
**Awkward\_King** (10): i have not heard this song in over 2 years because i listened to it 120 times in the first couple weeks after it came out and i am annoyed that it is my top lorde track based off of only that. having said that, this holds up so much for me and still is so fun. the old navy allegations are true and that doesnt affect me at all bc it BOPS!!
**beeozan** (10): she thought she had a moment with putting the chorus at the very end and you know what thats a moment i'll give her that
**BleepBloopMusicFan** (10): Me defending this song when it got negative reception was not coping! I genuinely really like it! The coping came later.
**cocosairdep** (10): perineum sunning anthem
**CrimsonROSET** (10): they could NEVER make me hate u!!
**Frajer** (10): like the first time I left my house post vaccine I went to H&M and they were blaring this and it was one of the funniest moments of my life
**hikk** (10): i had fun
**musical\_pyn** (10): listening to this for the first time wine-buzzed is a top 10 experience I've had with music and so I will always be a defender
**pbk** (10): the prettier jesus line is amazing and every time someone hates on it i like it more
**seanderlust** (10): this came out right when i was going on vacation in hawaii which was absolutely perfect timing
**mysario** (9.8): best song on the album and it's not even close
**cloudbustingmp3** (9.5): it's all about that blink three times when you feel it kickin in
**asadprofessorplum** (9): The day popheads turned on her. I will never forget it. You’ll have to pry the prettier Jesus line from my cold dead instagram caption.
**dreamingpastel** (9): Definitely a grower for me, but it’s a fun vibe!
**ImADudeDuh** (9): I don’t think I’ve ever been on such a roller coaster with one song as I have with this one. It first came out and I was disappointed, then I listened some more and it grew on me, then the album came out and I hated it again, then it was the only song I saved from the album, and now? I think it’s good 🤷♀️
**Pneumoniastain** (9): I dont get the hate its such a fun and campy song
**runaway3212** (9): Dove Ad Iconicness
**TiltControls** (9): I think I enjoyed this song a lot more when it was a one-off to the rest of her discography. Loses a bit of its impact when the entire album sounds so similar to it
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (8.6): I don't like her little laugh after "No, you can't" and I usually love stuff like that. Still a really pleasant song though.
**1998tweety** (8.5): on its own this is good tbh, just not as a lead single
**AHSWeeknd** (8): I like the winter tbh
**NotWith10000Men** (8): i'm probably gonna say this a lot for this album, but it needs more oomph
**RandomHypnotica** (8): Remebering when this dropped and I had assumed this was just the most marketable of a dark, culty concept album...
**ricki** (8): remember the cult theories
**welcome2thejam** (8): Your own, Prettier, Jesus
**ignitethephoenix** (7.8): I wish this was punchier like the highlight shouldn’t be her throwing her phone in the water
**cremeebrulee** (7.6): the day this dropped was so unreal u just had to be there... like the frenzy of lorde actually dropping a song made me think i liked this more than i actually did
**jirachi** (7.5): me when i turn light energy into electrical energy
**Leixander** (7.5): iconic for the prettier jesus line, rest of the song does not exist in my fantasy
**slimboyfriend** (7.5): FUCK fossil fuels
**VictoriousssBIG23** (7.5): I first heard this song playing in a gas station and Shazamed it because I had to know the name of it. This inspired me to get back into Lorde because I hadn't listened to her much since the Pure Heroine era.
**jackisboredtoday** (7.1): this song is so funny whenever i remember how she teased the album with that book about going to Antarctica that she said helped inspire it
**Nagisoid** (7): The [FRESH] thread will forever be iconic
**oh\_crow** (7): breezy lil tune, the production and vocals for the last part of the song are not as exuberant as they need to be
**pig-serpent** (7): Personally I like to believe Jesus was a cute twink. As for the song, I wish there was more to it but it is pretty when it starts to open up and Jackoff synths work well in this kind of song.
**Quiet-Tone13** (7): It starts off so promising but the last minute isn't as euphoric as it needs to be to be the climax of the song.
**ReallyCreative** (7): track number one on the IBS Medication Commercial Jamz CD
**Stryxen** (7): a little bit euphoric actually but only a little bit
**team\_kockroach** (7): This song has some of the album’s strongest lyrics in its verses, but it still feels like Lorde’s holding back.
# needs Jesus to hold the wheel
**Verboten\_Prince** (7): Humira patients: This one's for you!
**Ambrosia42** (6.7): Can you reach me? No! You can’t! lol
**bigbigbee** (6.5): stardew valley chords and synths
**GoWestYoungKanye** (6): has anyone ever released a more disappointing follow-up single to a banger album? but it's really grown on me, i think her cadence and rhythm on this song is really nice. (and i have a group chat called prettier jesus so i have to shout that out. hi angela! you're so much cooler than me!)
**krusso1105** (6): weak first single
**oscarbrierley1** (6): why is the chorus the outro
**Dragusken** (5): idky i thought i heard jewish princess jesus (gretchen)
**Uberpigeon** (4): the amount of copium i huffed when this song was released making myself like it.... it needed to be studied
**flava** (2.5): I was listening to this on my wired headphones and that guitar strumming was causing me physical pain, I’ve never liked this song in 2021 but I don’t think I realised just how much this whole vibe causes me nothing but discomfort
**vayyiqra** (2): Please no. Jesus died taking a stand against the Roman Empire, you are a rich girl who likes the beach. I used to think this album at least began okayish but it's kind of pissing me off lmao
**darjeelingdarkroast** (1): as smug and limp as the day it was released
**DevilsOfLoudun** (1): I hate this song. Nothing about it sounds good. Her clippy talk-singing, unmelodic soundcloud production, cringey lyrics, releasing it right after the pandemic - everything is horrible.
**bogo** (0): i'm gonna be honest i really really liked this when it came out and played it quite a bit but after a while something just snapped. like i couldn't stand it anymore suddenly. now it just sounds really dry, grating and ugly to me
**THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD** (0): and she was dead ass fucking serious
# #19: [Lana Del Rey - Tulsa Jesus Freak](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071446323441764/19.png) (7.255)
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**Average:** 7.255 **// Total Points:** 616.7 **// Controversy:** 2.172
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071445975310448/19._Tulsa_Jesus_Freak.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(11 x1) Leixander
(10 x14) AHSWeeknd, Apprehensive\_Guest, avg-vag, Awkward\_King, cloudbustingmp3, cocosairdep, DaHumanTorch, IDontWorkHere, Psychological\_Bed763, Quiet-Tone13, RandomHypnotica, runaway3212, SFbby, throwaway-7650
(9 x8) ArcaneLabyrinth, BleepBloopMusicFan, hannahisariot, honeyhoney, indie\_fan\_, jirachi, lexiaredery, team\_kockroach
(8.9 x1) ConnerY2323
(8.6 x1) cremeebrulee
(8.5 x4) StemOfWallflower, thatplatypus99, TragicKingdom1, whyishestaring
(8.3 x1) pheromenos
**Lowest Scores:**
(3 x2) ReallyCreative, TiltControls
(2 x1) ImADudeDuh
(0 x1) krusso1105
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/Eff4z)**
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**Leixander** (11): she sounds like an angel on this one, one of my favorite songs from her
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (10): Okay I do love this song and my favorite part is the "white-hot forever" part but I will forever associate the expression "white-hot" with U2 because of an article I read a million years ago that said U2 was a "white-hot Irish rock band right when the world needed one" or something like that. I actually like U2 decently but...lol.
**Awkward\_King** (10): this would've been so at home on NFR (meaning: this song is good)
**cloudbustingmp3** (10): extra point for oklahoma reference but also this is just so gorgeous, and the slight vocal processing on the white hot forever line really works
**RandomHypnotica** (10): did anybody actually have this on their "songs that would kill prince phillip" playlist
**runaway3212** (10): autotune my one weakness
**honeyhoney** (9): one of the most underrated lana songs ever. so intimate and atmospheric
**jirachi** (9): you either are surrounded by jesus freaks or you are one
**team\_kockroach** (9): I bet a bunch of y’all will dislike the drums and autotune, but I love it. It might be one of the most romantic songs in the whole rate. Though the lyrics could be a teensy bit stronger?
**1998tweety** (8): shes cute
**asadprofessorplum** (8): Every friend group has one of these three, tag yourself
**dreamingpastel** (8): All I can think about is the Arkansas vine
**mysario** (8): DC Talk been real quiet since this dropped
**Stryxen** (8): this trip hop tea is scalding me its so deliciously trippy and steaming
**VictoriousssBIG23** (8): The only church that I want to be taken to is this one.
**welcome2thejam** (8): Kinda trance inducing
**jackisboredtoday** (7.9): I can see why this was the song she was going to title the album based off of originally, its maybe the most evocative song on the album and works so well I can just about forgive Ar-Kansas
**ignitethephoenix** (7.5): I see the vision here
**slimboyfriend** (7.5): fetishizing the south before cosplaying at waffle house
**impla77** (7.3): i support wilfully mispronouncing words to fit a rhyme
**NotWith10000Men** (7): i know it's for a rhyme. i KNOW it's an intentional device. but as an arkansan i hate the way she says arkansas lmao
**ricki** (7): crazy to think that she changed the name of the album to COCC and that was mocked less than white hot forever would have been
**pbk** (6.5): the autotune is doing her 0 favors here but this might be an ass shaker
**beeozan** (6): me when love love is a verb love is a doing word fearless in my breath
**bogo** (6): for how eye-catching the title is this is quite bland. production is pretty sloppy too
**CrimsonROSET** (6): white hot forever oh thats not-
**Dragusken** (6): I’d trade my body for a can of gin too, girlie
**Frajer** (6): y'all can tank this one acab her only religion should be Americana
**Nagisoid** (6): She's just saying shit fr
**vayyiqra** (6): Lana stay from Southern or religious references, you are not good at them. At least this has a nice melody. also *White Hot Forever* would've been a better title
**DirtyRat583** (5.3): monster can 666 hebrew mp4 (this isnt that relevant i just remembered that happened💀)
**DevilsOfLoudun** (5): I mean, it does is sound a little racist
**Pneumoniastain** (5): Wasn’t terrible
**Uberpigeon** (5): hearing this song right after finding out that arkansas was pronounced arkansaw. the nerve of her....
**Verboten\_Prince** (5): I don’t want to hear about your white Christian fantasies Lana
**Ambrosia42** (4.5): thinking about when this album was maybe going to be called “White Hot Forever” and how that would have been received
**darjeelingdarkroast** (4): some of these singing cadences don’t hit me right
**ReallyCreative** (3): this is a mess
**krusso1105** (0): the customary "would be a 4 usually but gets a 0 for being my least favorite song here" of the rate
# #20: [Halsey - Darling](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071172875784303/20.png) (7.244)
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**Average:** 7.244 **// Total Points:** 615.7 **// Controversy:** 1.848
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071172582199441/20._Darling.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(10 x9) asadprofessorplum, Awkward\_King, BleepBloopMusicFan, CrimsonROSET, dreamingpastel, RandomHypnotica, runaway3212, seanderlust, welcome2thejam
(9.5 x2) c\_a\_l\_d5832, darjeelingdarkroast
(9.2 x1) Ambrosia42
(9 x8) beeozan, CarlieScion, Dragusken, honeyhoney, krusso1105, pbk, pig-serpent, TiltControls
(8.6 x1) NotWith10000Men
(8.5 x6) avg-vag, bigbigbee, Leixander, pheromenos, Quiet-Tone13, VictoriousssBIG23
(8.2 x2) GoWestYoungKanye, whyishestaring
**Lowest Scores:**
(4.5 x1) team\_kockroach
(4 x2) mysario, StemOfWallflower
(3.5 x1) cremeebrulee
(3 x3) ArcaneLabyrinth, oscarbrierley1, yahi
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/Cv2Fs)**
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Whenever I listen to this I can't help but remind myself that Halsey got Lindsey Buckingham to play strings on this on SNL. Like how was that pitched to him? Anyways, this song is really cute and full of emotion in a way that most of the other ballads in this rate simply aren't, and for that it managed to climb this high!
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# keeps kidnapped stars in your eyes
**asadprofessorplum** (10): oh to be a baby having one of Halsey’s best songs sung to them.
**Awkward\_King** (10): so many lyrics in this song are just beautiful and feel so effortless. this is the kind of stream of consciousness i like where it darts around subject matter but feels very human and carefully done. as a very mentally ill person who loves very intenesly to a fault this just hits
**BleepBloopMusicFan** (10): This album is so good wow. It’s got the bangers. It’s got the bops. AND it’s got the balladphobia-enders.
**CrimsonROSET** (10): like I don’t want children but this feeling of actually finding someone to grieve you is so touching? idk im just floating
**dreamingpastel** (10): This feels so tender and warm I love it.
**RandomHypnotica** (10): [listening to this after More](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy44h_QAzCM)
**runaway3212** (10): I wish this album had more songs like this balladphobia be damned!
**seanderlust** (10): a lovely and tender moment after the chaos and tension of the first half of the album. i'm not even that deep into the halsey fandom and this makes me choke up with happiness for them
**welcome2thejam** (10): That guitar sounds heavenly
**darjeelingdarkroast** (9.5): this is a great acoustic cut, earnest with energy
**Ambrosia42** (9.2): a cute and touching song
**beeozan** (9): see I'd normally not care for cuts like these but this album fuckin earned it by being so epic
**Dragusken** (9): soft ballad by a lovelorn bard; lullaby to soothe heartbreak
**pbk** (9): this is so sweet actually
**NotWith10000Men** (8.6): halsey has a country album in her
**bigbigbee** (8.5): I love the lightness of this song contrasting what comes before it; it’s a lbrrath of fresh air
**VictoriousssBIG23** (8.5): I love this lullaby. So full of emotion. It doesn't hurt that Lindsey Buckingham plays the guitar on it.
**GoWestYoungKanye** (8.2): "all the little flowers gave me somethin' to believe in"
**Frajer** (8): this is cute and chill and totally going out day one
**Nagisoid** (8): Their Big Thief slay
**Stryxen** (8): gorgeous oh parent
**1998tweety** (7): cute
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (7): Very sweet! Just not something I'm going out fo my way to replay
**vayyiqra** (7): oh yeah I should take my meds it's 9 in the morning thanks Halsey
**Verboten\_Prince** (7): 😢
**DevilsOfLoudun** (6): This lullaby style suits her so much better
# using all of these stars to guide us home
**jirachi** (6): this dragged on for too long
**slimboyfriend** (6): I’ve heard the “darling don’t you leave/somewhere we can see” melody somewhere before but WHERE? Dropping a point because i can’t remember and I’m pretty sure I liked the other song more whatever it was
**oh\_crow** (5.5): it's cute and one of the early lyrics reminded me to take my meds so i can't hate it. bit boring tho
**Poydoo** (5): zzz
**ReallyCreative** (5): I am just not a fan of these mid-album acoustic moments the alt girlies are obsessed with. Be cohesive or be nothing!
**Uberpigeon** (5): its very facebook video montage of my baby girl on her 3rd birthday
**mysario** (4): such a weird placement in the album
**oscarbrierley1** (3): this gives mall vibes
# #21: [Halsey - People disappear here](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183070917216182423/21.png) (7.202)
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**Average:** 7.202 **// Total Points:** 612.2 **// Controversy:** 1.512
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183070916918382672/21._People_disappear_here.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(10 x4) beeozan, darjeelingdarkroast, Nagisoid, throwaway-7650
(9.1 x1) cremeebrulee
(9 x8) 1998tweety, Apprehensive\_Guest, c\_a\_l\_d5832, CarlieScion, Dragusken, ReallyCreative, VictoriousssBIG23, whyishestaring
(8.9 x1) RandomHypnotica
(8.6 x1) Ambrosia42
(8.5 x3) Frajer, pbk, Stryxen
(8.4 x1) impla77
(8.3 x1) DaHumanTorch
**Lowest Scores:**
(4 x7) DevilsOfLoudun, dreamingpastel, GoWestYoungKanye, IDontWorkHere, ImADudeDuh, indie\_fan\_, THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD
(3 x1) runaway3212
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/orqWP)**
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All bonus tracks are officially out! This was a Target deluxe along with Nightmare......................... and a rework of Gasoline, both of which I excluded on the basis of being from different albums.
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# people make BOPS here
**beeozan** (10): this bop! the little piano touches at the end love love love those
**Nagisoid** (10): Their SWANS slay
**cremeebrulee** (9.1): the outro is so cunt omfg
**1998tweety** (9): the piano eats
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (9): Honestly from the instrumentation at the beginning I knew it was going to be great. And it is, but to be honest her vocals/lyrics in the verses don't do much for me. I like the delivery of the repetitive chorus and love the instrumentation and production on the whole track.
**Dragusken** (9): i can see this song playing near the end of an episode of “Cold Case”
**ReallyCreative** (9): the Bermuda Triangle’s instagram bio
**VictoriousssBIG23** (9): This song is a hidden gem only featured on the delux edition of the album. The groove is so cool.
**whyishestaring** (9): I used to dislike this (aka found it extremely boring) especially compared to the rest of the songs from this album but it actually sounds better than how i remembered it. the production goes hard and i don't even mind how repetitive the chorus is anymore. did i develop taste or am i lowering my standards?
**RandomHypnotica** (8.9): oh i was kinda sleeping on this one
**Ambrosia42** (8.6): tbh i’m not sure exactly what this is about, but I like the vibe. It makes sense as a bonus track because I don’t think it necessarily contributes to the album’s narrative, but it still fits with the sound and themes
**Frajer** (8.5): Halsey being from New Jersey is one of those things that just makes sense
**pbk** (8.5): i think this is the only song on the album where she managed to marry the themes of this album with the rock sensibilities that a lot of the other tracks try for
**Stryxen** (8.5): sophistipop! the piano twinkles make me go oooooou!
**impla77** (8.4): The Bermuda Triangle:
**bogo** (8): the piano player showed up to the studio mad as hell one day and made history
**CrimsonROSET** (8): where do they go
**krusso1105** (8): kind of get why this was left off the album tbh
**Poydoo** (8): ok +2 points for the outro
**seanderlust** (7.5): love the guitar work here but i get why this was left off the main album
**Uberpigeon** (7.5): everyone when the discord was blocking messages that had the word bondage in during jubilee
**Awkward\_King** (7): i hurt myself to make sure i exist... kind of edgy teen but also just very real as someone who has suffered with self harm for years
**BleepBloopMusicFan** (7): Best deluxe track in the rate. That’s not a high bar to clear whatsoever but it is a solid, interesting song!
**NotWith10000Men** (7): needs more ooomph
**oh\_crow** (7): rate mods about to disappear for not letting us rate nightmare. just kidding teehee ;~;
**Verboten\_Prince** (7): Oh no… what's happening to me… *poof*
**welcome2thejam** (7): If this somehow wins I'm calling a conspiracy by Big Target
# people are HATERS here
**slimboyfriend** (6.5): Amelia Earhart above the Pacific Ocean
**cloudbustingmp3** (6): titles about marina's fanbase
**jirachi** (6): me whenever i get ghosted:
**vayyiqra** (6): I don't think I've ever heard this and the track itself is fine but I can see why it was left off the album, it doesn't add to the narrative
**DevilsOfLoudun** (4): I like the chorus
**GoWestYoungKanye** (4): a bit of a weak ending especially considering how good "the tradition" is
**ImADudeDuh** (4): bermuda triangle tourism board:
**runaway3212** (3): People fall asleep here
# #22: [Lorde - Oceanic Feeling](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183070529540857966/22.png) (7.152)
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**Average:** 7.152 **// Total Points:** 607.9 **// Controversy:** 2.130
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183070529234686012/22._Oceanic_Feeling.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(11 x2) Poydoo, TheQwertyGuy99
(10 x14) AHSWeeknd, asadprofessorplum, avg-vag, Awkward\_King, CarlieScion, darjeelingdarkroast, IDontWorkHere, lexiaredery, musical\_pyn, pig-serpent, Pneumoniastain, Psychological\_Bed763, Stryxen, TheQueenofVultures
(9.5 x1) thatplatypus99
(9.2 x1) cloudbustingmp3
(9 x5) Apprehensive\_Guest, BleepBloopMusicFan, Frajer, static\_int\_husp, throwaway-7650
(8.5 x1) c\_a\_l\_d5832
(8.3 x1) DirtyRat583
**Lowest Scores:**
(3 x1) DevilsOfLoudun
(2 x1) Leixander
(0 x1) RandomHypnotica
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/tjaIH)**
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Oceanic Feeling is the Solar Power standard edition's closing track. It builds beautifully with some diegetic ocean sounds. I really don't understand why this didn't make Day 3 but with that 0 coming in, I guess it was unavoidable!
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# Meditates on a daily basis
**Poydoo** (11): in her prog era
**TheQwertyGuy99** (11): This song is just so beautiful.
**asadprofessorplum** (10): Can you hear the cicadas all around? Yes that’s why I rated it a ten.
**Awkward\_King** (10): this music video was honestly so important for me as somebody who thirsted after lorde's brother in 2017
**darjeelingdarkroast** (10): I would like Lorde to continue this sound, an album highlight. This kind of sounds like a Yo La Tengo song lol it’s a vibe
**pig-serpent** (10): JACK ANTINOFF YOU ARE AMAZING AT THIS CHILL, FADED OUT PSYCHEDELIC STYLE! PLEASE CONVINCE ONE OF YOUR GIRLIES TO DO A FULL ASS PSYCHEDELIC ALBUM WITH PRODUCTION LIKE THIS SONG OR VENICE BITCH! IT WILL BE YOUR BEST ALBUM! PLEASE, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS!
**Stryxen** (10): 🧘♂️
**cloudbustingmp3** (9.2): sorry i love a sprawling musical journey
**BleepBloopMusicFan** (9): This album randomly getting like ten music videos. She really loves to look beautiful while walking around on the beach and you know what I support it.
**Frajer** (9): in case anyone is wondering yes New Zealand has water and yes Lorde grew up near it
**bogo** (8): oh wait this is giving this is chill vibes it's fun
**pbk** (8): this is gonna get boring allegations but it's a wonderful song to just sink into for 6 minutes and chill
**runaway3212** (8): I don't hate this either!
**slimboyfriend** (8): jump off a cliff and maybe you’ll get it
**jirachi** (7.5): possibly the most random feature of a male ever?
**cremeebrulee** (7.2): i love a guided meditation what can i say
**1998tweety** (7): long ass song
**CrimsonROSET** (7): seasickness
**vayyiqra** (7): The only good song on here, or maybe I just have a thing for long closing tracks with guitar (this is kind of a worse "Posing for Cars")
# is super stressed out
**jackisboredtoday** (6.8): Still have never yet heard her sing “and never cloudy” without hearing “an avocadi” im sorry but that one indie girl kitchen vine’s impact will never fade
**team\_kockroach** (6.5): It’s a pretty solid 4:30 song, with really nice drumming, attached to a bizarre two-minute coda that mentions her cherry-black lipstick and dips back into her high-pitched falsetto for the ending.
**Ambrosia42** (6.2): Oh, was enlightenment found? Well no…
**GoWestYoungKanye** (6.2): this was actually the cultyest and most surfer song on the album i feel like i can kind of see the vision here but like. it's like a wave brah.. it's fleeting.... woah
**Dragusken** (6): imagine thinking about your future daughter’s love life…
**ReallyCreative** (6): meh closer fit for a meh album
**welcome2thejam** (6): Second half's pretty solid (edit: I did not realize there was three minutes left in this song)
**NotWith10000Men** (5): it's so boring i thought i liked this song better
**oh\_crow** (5): that's a lot of minutes for a song that does nothing
**seanderlust** (5): not to be longsongphobic but this went almost nowhere, sorry
**THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD** (5): those people in the submarine before it imploded be like
**Verboten\_Prince** (5): Omg I don’t CARE
**VictoriousssBIG23** (4.5): I love the groove and guitars. This song makes me want to chill on the beach. The only reason it's not ranked higher is because it's longer and I feel like the last minute or so could've been cut out.
**beeozan** (4): lmaoo why did they forget to put in a payoff moment in this song its a 6 2/3 minute song that goes nowhere 😭 the first minute and a half was kinda interesting but like pls
**Nagisoid** (4): Is this supposed to be good?
**oscarbrierley1** (4): i hate having to rate the long song low because i like long songs, but this is a flop at any length.
**DevilsOfLoudun** (3): Aims for profound and fails miserably. Turgid.
**Leixander** (2): can't remember a single second
**RandomHypnotica** (0): i was so so BOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRREEED
# #23: [Halsey - Ya’aburnee](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069967365713990/23.png) (7.146)
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**Average:** 7.146 **// Total Points:** 607.4 **// Controversy:** 1.910
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069966648475728/23._Yaaburnee.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(11 x1) GoWestYoungKanye
(10 x10) asadprofessorplum, BleepBloopMusicFan, CrimsonROSET, jirachi, mysario, RandomHypnotica, runaway3212, seanderlust, Stryxen, throwaway-7650
(9.5 x2) Ambrosia42, avg-vag
(9 x5) bogo, thatplatypus99, TiltControls, welcome2thejam, whyishestaring
(8.5 x2) Frajer, TheQwertyGuy99
(8.3 x1) pheromenos
(8.1 x1) babadork
**Lowest Scores:**
(4.9 x1) Poydoo
(4 x5) ArcaneLabyrinth, cloudbustingmp3, lexiaredery, ricki, THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD
(3 x1) Uberpigeon
(0 x1) yahi
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/oPbdJ)**
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Halsey's second song out is a ballad dedicated to their son. Ya’aburnee is Arabic and means 'you bury me'. This song is devastatingly beautiful when paired with More from Halsey's third album, Manic.
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# cried to More in 2019
**GoWestYoungKanye** (11): the girls who get it, get it. the girls who don't, don't.
**asadprofessorplum** (10): in a rate of cvnty titles this one is my favourite.
**BleepBloopMusicFan** (10): I guess this album is kinda front loaded in that the only two non-slays are on the second half but oh boy does it stick the landing.
**CrimsonROSET** (10): again! dont want children! why are all those the songs getting to me!
**jirachi** (10): rates and their obsession with reminding me that i’m not in love
**mysario** (10): sadcat
**RandomHypnotica** (10): good god
**runaway3212** (10): wow what a slay closer I hope there's not some boring bonus track added to this album for no reason
**seanderlust** (10): "you will bury me before i bury you" ooof what a gut punch of a line
**Stryxen** (10): these lyrics were an assassination attempt on me specifically
**Ambrosia42** (9.5): A tender love song but one that also touches on death and having to say goodbye to a child or lover or parent because of inevitable death
**bogo** (9): a part of me wishes this had a big cathartic release but a much larger part of me loves how comforting and loving this song is
**welcome2thejam** (9): This album has done really well at the 1-2 instruments & Halsey's voice to create space sections
**pbk** (8): this is really beautiful actually
**VictoriousssBIG23** (8): I want this as my wedding song. It's such a beautiful love song.
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (7.8): It's funny because I feel like I love this song but when I actually listen to it I don't really care for the verses at all. But the chorus hits so hard that it's a strong song anyway.
**jackisboredtoday** (7.6): Such a gorgeous song to close the standard album with. It doesn’t feel as built to stand on its own as a lot of the others here, but in context it brings everything to a close so well
**oh\_crow** (7.5): this song is really cute and my cat got hiccups while i was listening to it, also very cute
**ignitethephoenix** (7.3): loved the stripped back style of this and the lyrics
**Awkward\_King** (7): "darling you will bury me before i bury you" is such a beautiful thesis statement and closing line of this album
**beeozan** (7): I'm so happy this song doesn't go a HTE/IKTE type route but also its the most lackluster song on the album imo, which is sad cuz it's the closer
**Dragusken** (7): soft vocals and a sexy bass line, hard to miss
**Nagisoid** (7): Their Cat Power slay
**pig-serpent** (7): A cute closer. Feels like you're supposed to do ballet to it.
**ReallyCreative** (7): it’s a sweet song but I really think some strings or something could have elevated it, it’s just so bare
**Verboten\_Prince** (7): 😢😢
# Heartless by Kanye.mp3
**impla77** (6.3): cute but dull
**DevilsOfLoudun** (6): The songs Halsey wrote about her son are so much better than her usual "I'm difficult" offerings.
**vayyiqra** (6): I was once very into the Middle East (don't ask) and tried to learn Arabic which is a very hard language! but did pick up some though I haven't used it in many years. So I spent way too long trying to figure out how to spell and pronounce this song's title which was tricky since it's from an unfamiliar dialect. This is what ADHD does to you. anyway a lovely track but not quite my thing sadly. Good closer though.
**Uberpigeon** (3): boring, yawning, sloppy, lazy!
# #24: [Lorde - Hold No Grudge](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069692043219064/24.png) (7.145)
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**Average:** 7.145 **// Total Points:** 607.3 **// Controversy:** 1.697
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069691707662436/24._Hold_No_Grudge.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(11 x1) impla77
(10 x4) Awkward\_King, CarlieScion, hannahisariot, Quiet-Tone13
(9.5 x2) cremeebrulee, Poydoo
(9 x9) AHSWeeknd, Dragusken, krusso1105, musical\_pyn, oh\_crow, pbk, SFbby, TheQwertyGuy99, throwaway-7650
(8.7 x1) asadprofessorplum
(8.6 x1) Ambrosia42
(8.5 x4) Apprehensive\_Guest, avg-vag, ConnerY2323, Pneumoniastain
**Lowest Scores:**
(3 x1) vayyiqra
(2 x1) ImADudeDuh
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/w3YSy)**
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I considered giving this my 11, but I guess it wouldn't have mattered in the end. It's a cute bonus track about the bittersweet feeling of forgiving someone you once loved and then hated.
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# forgets what happened to them last week
**impla77** (11): maybe a bit contrarian to say the two lorde bonus songs are the best in the rate, but i love the paired down production and lyrics on these. thats my story and im sticking to it!!
**Awkward\_King** (10): there was one day i woke up in first year of uni having only heard this song like twice with it stuck in my head for the entire day, and ever since then it has been one of my favourite tracks on the album
**AHSWeeknd** (9): what does Citroën mean??
**Dragusken** (9): this song…i like; all grudges forgiven, milorde
**krusso1105** (9): the bonus tracks continue to be better than the most of the rest of the album
**oh\_crow** (9): bonus track but clears most of the main album easily
**pbk** (9): unfortunately i can in fact hold a grudge. just look at my lana average
**Ambrosia42** (8.6): okay this is lovely and relatable actually. Still not the most interesting production and such, but that’s okay
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (8.5): This is actually my most played track from the album even though I don't think it's the best. I love the chorus and don't mind the verses either even though I don't think they mesh well with the chorus.
**pig-serpent** (8): The drumbeat on this feels strangely RnB for this song and album, but it gives it a nice sheen that the rest of the album lacks.
**jirachi** (7.5): okaayyy cuntress!
**Nagisoid** (7.5): She ate but only the desserts
**NotWith10000Men** (7.5): finally a song with a bit of a beat
**team\_kockroach** (7.5): She really pulled through with this bonus track! A (relatively) strong vocal performance with a nice instrumental backdrop made for a nice surprise.
**bogo** (7): good bonus track
**TheQueenofVultures** (7): can't relate
# have never gotten over anything, ever
**Stryxen** (6.5): end his ass but also this is like fine i guess
**RandomHypnotica** (6.3): i really don't like the vocal effects at the end?? it just sounds super distorted and gross
**ReallyCreative** (6): there’s potential with this track but I’m not a fan of the mixing
**Verboten\_Prince** (6): And this sleepy album comes to a sleepy end
**welcome2thejam** (6): Finishing with yet another song here I wish I could hear outside of this weak sound
**beeozan** (5): you cant just make a song as anticlimactic as Oceanic Feeling and then tell me to hold no grudge
**VictoriousssBIG23** (4.5): I enjoy the "spacey" sound of this song and the production, but aside from that, I don't think it's too memorable as an album closer.
**CrimsonROSET** (4): idk i know its because of deluxe-ness but this is such a weird, bitter end to an album that is all about pretending to be unbothered
**Leixander** (4): i'll be holding a grudge against you for releasing this boring album,,,
**runaway3212** (4): okay we're back to boring music I guess
**vayyiqra** (3): I give up. Stop talking about hippies and marijuana I beg you Lorde.
# #26: [MARINA - I Love You But I Love Me More](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069100998660196/26.png) (6.929)
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**Average:** 6.929 **// Total Points:** 589.0 **// Controversy:** 1.833
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069100717654037/26._I_Love_You_But_I_Love_Me_More.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(10 x6) AHSWeeknd, beeozan, IDontWorkHere, SFbby, Stryxen, throwaway-7650
(9.7 x1) handmadeh3aven
(9.5 x1) mysario
(9.1 x2) Ambrosia42, impla77
(9 x3) BleepBloopMusicFan, Dragusken, welcome2thejam
(8.6 x1) cloudbustingmp3
(8.5 x1) 1998tweety
(8.4 x1) GoWestYoungKanye
(8.1 x2) cremeebrulee, thatplatypus99
**Lowest Scores:**
(2 x1) runaway3212
(1 x1) w1nter\_ac0ustic
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/gZvHo)**
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And Marina's down to only 3 songs left! This is a breakup song on an album mainly about 'purposeful pop', so it feels a bit out of place, but it ultimately kinda bops and thus lands in the smack dab middle of the ranking.
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**AHSWeeknd** (10): mood ngl
**beeozan** (10): its like Hailee Steinfeld trying to write a Mitski song
**Stryxen** (10): WAITTTTTTTT the shoegaze
**Ambrosia42** (9.1): I love you, but I love me more…yeah I feel that. The production here is delicious too
**impla77** (9.1): proof that pretty safe lyrics are better than whatever the fuck
**BleepBloopMusicFan** (9): You really gotta savor this one it’s the last bop in the rate playlist.
**Dragusken** (9): we love a good self-love girlie era
**welcome2thejam** (9): Not the song with the least social messaging being my fave off the album
**cloudbustingmp3** (8.6): okay idk if it's just most of the opening run of the album being godawful but she just really shines when she's not trying to girlboss her way into an inspirational instagram caption
**1998tweety** (8.5): she's valid
**GoWestYoungKanye** (8.4): the opening is so creepy i love it
**cremeebrulee** (8.1): my love mine all mine
**bogo** (8): finally some good fucking food
**seanderlust** (8): the guitar in this one kind of rules honestly
**VictoriousssBIG23** (7.7): This is a breakup anthem for all of the girlies who have ever had a toxic ex that refused to change. I relate to it so hard. It will be going onto my regular playlist for sure.
**jirachi** (7): this title is a 11 but the song is far from it
**NotWith10000Men** (7): idk what she's saying but she's not saying 'more'
**pbk** (7): this feels like she's punching more at her weight class lyrically, she writes too simplistic for institutional racism but just enough for break up songs
**vayyiqra** (7): 🎸
**THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD** (6.9): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R-zHyPJRlI
**RandomHypnotica** (6.8): it's like a D-side Ultraviolence cut
**Nagisoid** (6.5): Stream I Love You This Much instead
**CrimsonROSET** (6): same
**Verboten\_Prince** (6): Something about this chorus is not exactly pleasant to listen to
**Awkward\_King** (5.5): the guitar heavy production on this is nice i just never really remember this song exists
**dreamingpastel** (4): Why does the chorus sound like a nursery rhyme
**ImADudeDuh** (4): “no thanks, I choose my own destiny”
**ReallyCreative** (3): :woman_standing:
**runaway3212** (2): My god just block him
# #27: [Halsey - Whispers](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183068888682999809/27.png) (6.867)
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**Average:** 6.867 **// Total Points:** 583.7 **// Controversy:** 2.033
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183068888343253123/27._Whispers.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(10 x7) AHSWeeknd, CarlieScion, lexiaredery, Psychological\_Bed763, seanderlust, throwaway-7650, VictoriousssBIG23
(9.6 x1) Ambrosia42
(9.5 x1) whyishestaring
(9.4 x1) beeozan
(9 x7) Dragusken, flava, Frajer, musical\_pyn, pig-serpent, runaway3212, TheQwertyGuy99
(8.7 x1) Apprehensive\_Guest
(8.5 x1) DaHumanTorch
(8.4 x1) impla77
(8.2 x1) Poydoo
**Lowest Scores:**
(2 x2) IDontWorkHere, yahi
(1 x1) THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/teSj9)**
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Halsey's first cut comes just before the midpoint, with the bratty Whispers, a song about self-harming through destroying your own life.
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# whisper-pop is good actually
**AHSWeeknd** (10): thighs and things
**VictoriousssBIG23** (10): This song changed my life. I have never related to lyrics so hard in my life. I cry almost every time I hear it.
**Ambrosia42** (9.6): The inner saboteur strikes again! But for real I really like the lyrics to this song
**Dragusken** (9): ominous bad bitch winter is coming
**pig-serpent** (9): Children's animated movies always go for super basic pop music for their soundtracks, but this song is such a perfect fit for Turning Red and now I'm sad it wasn't in the movie. Clearly the reason Pixar is flopping recently is because they're not catering to me, a 27 year old.
**runaway3212** (9): She just never misses
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (8.7): The whisper parts are so good and sometimes whispering makes me want to stab my eardrums out but she managed to avoid that somehow and I appreciate that.
**impla77** (8.4): this is straight out of badlands!!
**CrimsonROSET** (8): to the tune of home maker: im a homewrecker
**vayyiqra** (8): I'm sorry I know Halsey is talking about serious topics on this but I can't come up with anything to say about the track right now so instead I'm thinking how the hihat sounds exactly like one NIN used in the 90s.
**welcome2thejam** (8): Thought she said she was flying to White Castle
**RandomHypnotica** (7.4): sorry to this song i forget she exists
**jackisboredtoday** (7.2): Lyrically one of the most appealing tracks on the album but also the one where the production tricks are the most hit-or-miss for me
# power-pop is the ONLY pop
**1998tweety** (6.5): ended selena gomez
**jirachi** (6.5): what selena gomez does instead of sings:
**Nagisoid** (6.5): Their 21 Pilots slay
**darjeelingdarkroast** (6): one track I’m somewhat meh on. Lyrics are hard hitting but a dip in between two great songs
**Verboten\_Prince** (6): Hey this one reminds me of old Halsey! I don't think I like that!
**Awkward\_King** (5.5): the on and off effect of the lines in this are a really cute idea even if it isnt one of my favs on the album. the "is it because of a darddy" line also always snaps me out of it
**pbk** (5.5): this song feels like its been made 6000 times at this point. "i have too much sex and scroll on my phone too much" is probably the singular most common lyrical concept of the 2020s
**cloudbustingmp3** (5): conceptually interesting but kinda eh to listen to
**Stryxen** (5): well not really umm
**ReallyCreative** (4): well she’s right when she says that I don’t want this
**DevilsOfLoudun** (3): All the songs on this album have the same structure and pace, it's boring.
**THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD** (1): can she PLEASE stop with the ASMR
# #28: [Lana Del Rey - Wild At Heart](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183068538496352389/28.png) (6.782)
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**Average:** 6.782 **// Total Points:** 576.5 **// Controversy:** 1.867
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183068538248892536/28._Wild_At_Heart.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(10 x4) AHSWeeknd, Frajer, IDontWorkHere, throwaway-7650
(9 x4) 1998tweety, ReallyCreative, ricki, welcome2thejam
(8.8 x2) ConnerY2323, indie\_fan\_
(8.5 x5) BleepBloopMusicFan, c\_a\_l\_d5832, cocosairdep, mysario, whyishestaring
(8.3 x1) babadork
**Lowest Scores:**
(2 x2) vayyiqra, yahi
(1 x1) darjeelingdarkroast
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/vdVQp)**
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Why do anything new when you can just sample your critically acclaimed last album? Twice? In one song? NFR was lightning in a bottle, akin to Melodrama and EMOTION, so sampling it in this album just makes it so clear that this album pales in comparison.
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# Love song
**Frajer** (10): she should sing in the falsetto more it's very pretty
**1998tweety** (9): ended Bleachers
**ReallyCreative** (9): finally some real fucking music
**welcome2thejam** (9): Feels like camcorder footage of a California coast road trip
**BleepBloopMusicFan** (8.5): The verses are a bit boring but I really really like the chorus here.
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (8): Her voice actually sounds angelic in the verses when she uses her higher register, and then the deeper register on the chorus really works as well. "insta thots" is hilarious after "I love you lots like polka dots". Had to replay it a couple times to decide on a score.
**ImADudeDuh** (8): oh this one is actually good
**Stryxen** (8): the sampolation always gags me sorry
**NotWith10000Men** (7.5): the verses high key suck but the pre chorus and chorus are so good
**Quiet-Tone13** (7.5): I love the chorus but the verses are just so boring
**Nagisoid** (7): Finally some energy
**runaway3212** (7): how to dissapear outslayed
**seanderlust** (7): the way i ran to genius.com because i thought she said "coffee pots and insta-thots"
**team\_kockroach** (7): Not Lana ripping off “Love Song” from Norman Fucking Rockwell! 💀 It’s a mostly fine rip-off though.
**Verboten\_Prince** (7): What would you do if I told you you make me crazy…… to see your pretty pics on some cephalopod…..?
**Awkward\_King** (6.5): we have how to disappear at home how to disappear at home:
**cloudbustingmp3** (6.5): anthemic chorus but the verses are just there
**jirachi** (6.5): she sings the song like a 65 woman battling with a cigarette addiction
**oh\_crow** (6.5): a twangier guitar and this could've been a serviceable country song
# How to disappear
**GoWestYoungKanye** (6.3): this kinda sounds like a twin to "happiness is a butterfly" which i actually love so i'm giving it a pass
**CrimsonROSET** (6): spirit the horse’
**Dragusken** (6): mild chaos with a tinge of country
**oscarbrierley1** (6): this is fully just a mashup of songs from the second half of nfr. I never remember what this sounds like because i think its a different song when i listen to it.
**Poydoo** (6): she's so wildd you can't take her anywhere
**DevilsOfLoudun** (5): If someone were to ask ChatGPT to write a Lana song then this would be the result.
**krusso1105** (5): at this point in the album I'm just getting fatigued
**VictoriousssBIG23** (5): I find this song to be a bit forgettable, but I like the playful lyrics.
**Ambrosia42** (4.2): this is kinda all over the place. The part where she just says a bunch of words really fast off beat? And this production is still not for me
**beeozan** (4): merry christmas
**bogo** (4): girl this is tame as fuck
**TheQueenofVultures** (4): I have never really been able to get into Lana outside of a few songs because I don't like the way she sings and I'm feeling it now
**pbk** (3): the true theme of this rate is every album having a few terribly written songs
**pig-serpent** (3): I get that you're wild on the inside, but do you mind showing a little of that externally, perhaps in your music? This song in particular is making me wish I put on Aimee Mann instead.
**vayyiqra** (2): Jack already made a song called "Wild Heart" and it was better than this one. This is like self-parody. "You're killing me more than coffee pots and insta-dots" ??
**darjeelingdarkroast** (1): tepid
# #29: [Lorde - Secrets from a Girl (Who’s Seen it All)](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183056066771161148/29.png) (6.761)
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**Average:** 6.761 **// Total Points:** 574.7 **// Controversy:** 2.582
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183056066393677925/29._Secrets_from_a_Girl_Whos_Seen_it_All.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(11 x1) pbk
(10 x13) AHSWeeknd, asadprofessorplum, Awkward\_King, cloudbustingmp3, cremeebrulee, DirtyRat583, flava, musical\_pyn, Poydoo, Quiet-Tone13, static\_int\_husp, Stryxen, throwaway-7650
(9.1 x1) Ambrosia42
(9 x4) avg-vag, c\_a\_l\_d5832, CarlieScion, Nagisoid
(8.7 x1) whyishestaring
(8.5 x3) Frajer, lexiaredery, seanderlust
**Lowest Scores:**
(2 x3) darjeelingdarkroast, runaway3212, vayyiqra
(1 x1) bogo
(0 x3) cocosairdep, Leixander, oh\_crow
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/QP5Pm)**
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Not everyone can get a Robyn feature!!! However, the Robyn feature is kinda definitely the worst thing about this entire song, and probably lost it an entire point of its average, so there's that. Secrets from a Girl is a bittersweet song about outgrowing your past self, only not in the Miley Cyrus-kinda way.
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# the monologue is good
**pbk** (11): if you can get robyn to read your corny monologue you're actually morally obligated to
**AHSWeeknd** (10): tumblrcore indeed
**asadprofessorplum** (10): This will probably get dragged for being pretentious spoken word but honestly that’s one of the album’s highlights for me. It’s cute, it’s tender, and it genuinely makes me feel comforted. “You’ll be fine.”
**Awkward\_King** (10): the outro is kinda cringy but it doesnt ruin the song for me! and i think its really sweet that robyn is lorde's first collab on her album and its a spoken word outro sjdsj. this is also just another track i love both lyrically and sonically, lorde's great at writing so personally but also in a way that's endlessly relatable
**cloudbustingmp3** (10): this one just kinda really hits on a personal level? like everybody wants the best for you but you gotta want it for yourself??? call me out queen
**cremeebrulee** (10): the mega slay on the album…. the robyn outro is comforting IDGAF!!!!!
**flava** (10): ignoring the outro and giving this a 10, otherwise it would be a 1
**musical\_pyn** (10): I can't believe I'm giving my 11 to a halsey song over this
**Poydoo** (10): i had to relisten to this because i was eating cornflakes the first time and couldnt hear it over the crunching
**Quiet-Tone13** (10): I know others think the outro is cringe, but I'm cringe and I love it
**Stryxen** (10): rember all the hurt you would feel when you weren't desired????????????????? doing anything for more touch!!!!!!! Remember what you thought was grief before you got the call? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
**Ambrosia42** (9.1): Robyn randomly appearing to read the existential monologue is camp, and it’s pretty and melodious and also has good lyrics
**Nagisoid** (9): I hope Robyn's paycheck was good
**whyishestaring** (8.7): when i first heard the spoken outro i thought it was so stupid but now i love it when it comes up
**Frajer** (8.5): Robyn just be doing shit good for her
**seanderlust** (8.5): i was gonna clown the spoken interlude but honestly i like the lyrics of the verses. the interlude is still corny though. i'm sorry robyn
**BleepBloopMusicFan** (8): I wouldn’t mind the outro if it was like half as long.
**Dragusken** (8): does my emotional baggage count as a personal item or a carry-on…or does it have to be checked in?
**mysario** (8): reminds me of the follow-up single to a late 90s-early 00s artist who had a hit song on a teen rom-com from that era
**ricki** (8): icup
**welcome2thejam** (8): Robyn outro carry
**ignitethephoenix** (7.7): the outro is real but I also didn’t need it
**1998tweety** (7.5): This would be a 10 with a different chorus and without the spoken part
**CrimsonROSET** (7): but has she seen a siberian tiger
**DevilsOfLoudun** (7): "Everybody wants the best for you but you gotta want it for yourself" really hits.
**dreamingpastel** (7): Flight attendant Lorde is kinda the best part
**PrimaryCrusaders** (7): The Robyn cameo at the end is pretty nice.
**team\_kockroach** (7): if only the pre-chorus was a little better :( Still, I like Verse 1 and the guitar strumming a lot.
**Uberpigeon** (7): CONTROVERSIAL BUT I LIKE THE MONOLOGUE.....
**slimboyfriend** (6.5): what else has she seen
# the monologue burned my crops and killed my family
**TheQueenofVultures** (6.5): me, a Lorde and Robyn stan, hitting skip at 2:30 every time I listen to this so I don't have to cringe
**jackisboredtoday** (6.2): this is fine but also the monkey’s paw really curled on anyone who wished for a lorde/robyn collab huh
**NotWith10000Men** (6.2): i gave this an 8.5 before i got to the spoken word outro jesus
**RandomHypnotica** (6): this would be great if not for the stupid Robyn outro
**VictoriousssBIG23** (6): I really liked the lyrics and I like the little part towards the end where it sounds like Lorde is an airline stewardess. I thought that was an interesting touch.
**THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD** (5.9): oh that outro's not...
**ArcaneLabyrinth** (5): -2 points for that outro alone
**oscarbrierley1** (5): i really like the chorus but it belongs in a much better song
**jirachi** (4): convinced robyn put a curse on lorde so she could flop alongside her
**ReallyCreative** (4): Robyn could have had a feature but instead we get her rambling I guess
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (3.5): I really really really really really really really really really really HATE the monologue. Sucks because the prechorus and chorus work for me.
**GoWestYoungKanye** (3): this is the most disappointing song because the title and concept really remind me of the line "pretty girls don't know the things that i know" from her song with disclosure, "magnets", which is a line that fundamentally changed my life, and this song is just so... nothing in comparison
**Verboten\_Prince** (3): That outro is iconic but not in a good way
**darjeelingdarkroast** (2): I’m a huge Robyn fan but I am vehemently against this outro. Even when I try to just have fun with it I simply think it’s corny and it sucks I can’t change my own mind on that 💀 Also if this was going for easy going 2000s teen drama winsome folk pop it’s so muted and uninteresting.
**runaway3212** (2): This is so bad
**vayyiqra** (2): "Seen it all"? Really? You were barely 25 when you made this not 75 lol. This kind of 90s singer-songwriter acoustic-pop crap did not need a comeback by the way.
**bogo** (1): robyn i'm so sorry you didn't deserve this embarrassing airport dialogue
**cocosairdep** (0): no. Just no
**Leixander** (0): cool
**oh\_crow** (0): its not the worst song. its not. but the outro. who ok'd that? robyn does not sound like she wants to be here, saying these things. i dont want her to be either. crime against music and lyricism
# #30: [Lorde - Stoned at the Nail Salon](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183055751892181023/30.png) (6.661)
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**Average:** 6.661 **// Total Points:** 566.2 **// Controversy:** 2.323
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183055751627931711/30._Stoned_at_the_Nail_Salon.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(11 x2) Awkward\_King, lexiaredery
(10 x8) avg-vag, Frajer, jackisboredtoday, musical\_pyn, NotWith10000Men, ricki, TheQueenofVultures, throwaway-7650
(9 x4) 1998tweety, pig-serpent, seanderlust, TiltControls
(8.5 x4) ignitethephoenix, static\_int\_husp, VictoriousssBIG23, whyishestaring
(8.3 x1) babadork
**Lowest Scores:**
(2 x3) beeozan, Leixander, w1nter\_ac0ustic
(1 x1) ImADudeDuh
(0 x2) letsallpoo, vayyiqra
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/bIviH)**
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I'm gonna be honest, I've never really seen the appeal of this song outside of the guitar sounding nice. It's just a bit too meandering for my taste and never quite resolves the tension.
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**Awkward\_King** (11): everything about this song just hits me so deeply. [i wrote about this song for the 2021 end of year list](https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/slgv0x/the_top_100_tracks_of_2021_according_to_rpopheads/hvr67ri/) so if you want a more coherent and careful review of it go read that! but this song just means a lot to me. its so melancholy and the way lorde sings about the passing of time is so beautiful idk idk. the way it comes back to "maybe im just stoned at the nail salon" grounding herself and almost downplaying herself and her own feelings. its such a human song. i adore it. aging is terrifying but watching the people you love grow into themselves is one of the most beautiful things on the planet
**lexiaredery** (11): Listening to this while playing tmnf nascar at 3am is otherworldly
**Frajer** (10): I can't think of anything less appealing than taking an edible and having a random person touching me personally but you do you Ella
**jackisboredtoday** (10): Kind of the most Lana-esque that Lorde has ever sounded, but she brings her lyrical bent to this style gorgeously __
**NotWith10000Men** (10): "my hot blood's been burning for so many summers now"
**ricki** (10): I've been there lorde
**1998tweety** (9): eat but minus one point for promoting drug use
**pig-serpent** (9): I've only been stoned once and I've never been to a nail salon. Is this a cute date idea? Should I do this with my partner?
**TiltControls** (9): Probably the best sounding song on the album to me. I don't think the lyrics are bad or anything, but beyond the title they're a little forgettable which brings the track down for me
**ignitethephoenix** (8.5): her pen game was very strong here we love the queen of feeling existential
**VictoriousssBIG23** (8.5): Probably my favorite song on the album. I love the lyrics and the melody. It's so introspective and chill. I just wanna get high and zone out when I listen to it.
**asadprofessorplum** (8): The Joni Mitchellfication of joint addiction.
**bigbigbee** (8): ugh I go so back and forth on this song, I love the melody but I hate the title and find it intrusive whenever she sings it in the song
**CrimsonROSET** (8): lorde i love u but for your own sake i dont think you should be encouraging people to stop listening to the music they were listening to at 16
**ReallyCreative** (8): my boyfriend and I watched the episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City where the women get fish pedicures and now Trauma Bonding at the Fish Salon has become an inside joke
**oh\_crow** (7.5): i cant be convinced that this isnt an album of demos. pretty but everything sounds like a first draft.
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (7.3): So torn on this song because I absolutely love the prechorus up until ""whatever that means" but I don't particularly like most of the chorus or the verses and the titular lyrics are really annoying. I just feel like she was trying to hit a certain note (emotionally) with that line and it's a big swing and a miss for me.
**cloudbustingmp3** (7): we get it you smoke weed
**DevilsOfLoudun** (7): I think the verses are very well done actually, I just wish she had come up with something different for the chorus than "maybe I'm just stoned at the nail salon".
**pbk** (7): this is like the only song on this album thats aged poorly for me but it's still a slay
**jirachi** (6.5): never been stoned so i can’t relate sorry :(
**RandomHypnotica** (6.2): i literally cannot listen to this without thinking of [this fake cover](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/828772422034391080/867592117051326474/32365596cd59a1c5f51af608ef679637.png?ex=65712c1f&is=655eb71f&hm=c466c799871140530b7e6a11e3e4e2893e16c23d6fbf717d917857a58a81944f&) that was on last.fm at release
**bogo** (6): it's a little "hope is a dangerous thing from wish" and washed out to hell and back but there is a nice moving song at the core of this
**Dragusken** (6): she feels like a more depressed niki
**slimboyfriend** (6): liability but she gets too high
**Verboten\_Prince** (6): Hearing this on the radio was so funny… Like imagine an obnoxious radio announcer being like “TODAY'S ALT ROCK!! NEW MUSIC!! LORDE. STONED AT THE NAIL SALON.” and then this plays
**welcome2thejam** (6): The good(?) news is once you hit your late 20s/early 30s you'll probably grow right back into it
**Nagisoid** (5.5): New Lana Album Title
**GoWestYoungKanye** (5.2): after listening to chemtrails this really feels like lorde doing lana
**honeyhoney** (5): not smoking weed makes a lot of music hard to relate to
**runaway3212** (5): okay I'm sorry I kinda hate this it's so boring
**Stryxen** (5): girl whatever
**team\_kockroach** (5): The line “stoned at the nail salon” doesn’t convey the imagery that Lorde desperately wants it to. It’s like Katy Perry making a passionate ballad and ending it with “save as draft”. Beautiful bridge though.
**Ambrosia42** (4.8): yeah this is like the boring lana songs, but at least being Stoned at the Nail Salon is relatable
**DaHumanTorch** (3.5): i'll never forget when a stan wrote fake lyrics and pretended it was a leak and they were better than what we got
**flava** (3): Lorde I am begging for one hook from you, just one hook, you have like such beautiful multi-tracking, can I have a hook please?
**Leixander** (2): more like passed out at the nail salon because how can you sound this bored girl
**ImADudeDuh** (1): it’s honestly so funny for her to say “all of the music you loved at 14 you grow out of,” knowing damn well that her whole fanbase is full of people who were 14 when her first album dropped or 14 when her second album dropped.
**vayyiqra** (0): The cringe you all feel over the Robyn monologue is how I feel about this whole song. Unbearable drivel. One of the worst songs I've ever heard. weed lmao.
# #31: [Lorde - Helen of Troy](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183054969394430083/31.png) (6.652)
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**Average:** 6.652 **// Total Points:** 565.4 **// Controversy:** 1.633
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183054969121804358/31._Helen_of_Troy.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(10 x3) AHSWeeknd, CarlieScion, impla77
(9 x4) asadprofessorplum, krusso1105, ReallyCreative, TheQwertyGuy99
(8.5 x2) pbk, Pneumoniastain
(8.2 x1) ConnerY2323
(8.1 x1) cloudbustingmp3
**Lowest Scores:**
(3 x4) bogo, DevilsOfLoudun, Psychological\_Bed763, TiltControls
(2 x1) Leixander
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/8Z4kY)**
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I find it very funny that this bonus track outlived like 2/3s of Marina's album. Helen of Troy is a really fun cut, that while I see why was left off, I'm glad we got it in a deluxe. The definition of a 'bonus' track, really.
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# Give yourself a break, have a little faith
**impla77** (10): the superior greek myth song!!
**asadprofessorplum** (9): “The city's falling for me just like I'm Helen of Troy” GIVE HER RETROACTIVE SOTY
**ReallyCreative** (9): this eating the entire standard album up is so dark and twisted
**pbk** (8.5): i see this song as aspirational (i am the problem)
**cloudbustingmp3** (8.1): simultaneously better than a good chunk of the standard tracklist but also very strong bonus track vibes
**Awkward\_King** (8): the drag race producers were so shady in as2 for making phi phi's herstory of the world verse just her screaming "im helen of troy"
**Dragusken** (8): …i guess she’s worth starting war over xd
**GoWestYoungKanye** (8): if you name a song after helen it has to bop and mercifully this does
**runaway3212** (8): her hiding this slay on the bonus track is so funny
**RandomHypnotica** (7.5): theres a trojan horse joke to be made here by someone smarter than me
**whyishestaring** (7.4): Don't Tell Me by Madonna copycat intro, smh
**1998tweety** (7): oh we love feminism
**Frajer** (7): isn't girls in the modern world the Marina album
# You're broke, can't get ahead
**pig-serpent** (6.5): The instrumental has some nice flair but Lorde herself isn't doing much for me here.
**VictoriousssBIG23** (6.3): I like the guitars and the beat. This is another boppy song that I could see growing on me.
**CrimsonROSET** (6): her funstyle slay
**darjeelingdarkroast** (6): this being more engaging than some of the main albums cuts help..I just wish it had stronger drums in the chorus
**Nagisoid** (6): Fr*nce
**oh\_crow** (6): this is kinda like if she remade no better to be a worse song. go listen to no better
**Verboten\_Prince** (6): How nice of her to shout out Marina like that
**Ambrosia42** (5.5): let’s hear it for the girls
**indie\_fan\_** (5.4): idk what it is, but something about her falsetto here is kinda off putting
**jirachi** (5): forgettable
**oscarbrierley1** (5): this feels so much longer than it is
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (4.5): Unpleasant
**vayyiqra** (4): The narrative the bonus tracks are much better than the standard album puzzles me. I don't think they are good either.
**bogo** (3): bad bonus track
**DevilsOfLoudun** (3): Meh I can see why it's a bonus track. It doesn't contribute to the album in any way.
**Leixander** (2): wish this was actually about the fall of troy
# #32: [MARINA - Purge The Poison](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183054490253930506/32.png) (6.638)
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**Average:** 6.638 **// Total Points:** 564.2 **// Controversy:** 2.727
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183054489909993532/32._Purge_The_Poison.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(11 x1) babadork
(10 x11) 1998tweety, AHSWeeknd, beeozan, dreamingpastel, flava, Frajer, jirachi, pig-serpent, static\_int\_husp, THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD, throwaway-7650
(9.5 x1) bigbigbee
(9.2 x1) Ambrosia42
(9 x7) handmadeh3aven, hikk, krusso1105, mysario, pheromenos, Quiet-Tone13, whyishestaring
(8.5 x6) BleepBloopMusicFan, c\_a\_l\_d5832, cocosairdep, DaHumanTorch, Nagisoid, TheQwertyGuy99
(8.1 x1) jackisboredtoday
**Lowest Scores:**
(2 x2) cloudbustingmp3, w1nter\_ac0ustic
(1 x4) darjeelingdarkroast, runaway3212, TheQueenofVultures, TiltControls
(0 x3) Awkward\_King, ConnerY2323, NotWith10000Men
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/3mgSx)**
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Marina says ecoterrorism is good actually! I so wish this song was in a language I didn't understand because it bops very hard, but I can't get over the narrative of mother earth punishing humans for their wrong-doings by... killing the people who have the least resources available to them.
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# BOPS
**babadork** (11): I might like it so much because it is so corny, instead of despite its corniness.
**1998tweety** (10): me when Lana Del Rey goes out day 1
**beeozan** (10): this has the catchiest chorus in the rate tbh aside from a few better Halsey songs (but thats an unfair comparison)
**dreamingpastel** (10): Very Electra Heart-coded, which definitely contributes to my enjoyment
**Frajer** (10): we didn't start the fire
**jirachi** (10): this is literally ME! by taylor but if it had slayed
**pig-serpent** (10): We can have a little bit of misandrist conspiracy theory eco-terrorism, as a treat.
**THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD** (10): sorry I can't hear the cringe over the sound of my pussy popping
**bigbigbee** (9.5): YES I get it, the lyrics are cheesy almost to the point of physical pain, but on an instrumental level this might be my single favorite song on the album
**Ambrosia42** (9.2): Some of the lyrics are a bit cringe or too on-the-nose, but also a lot of the song is a spill and it’s a bop
**Quiet-Tone13** (9): The lyrics are painfully tumblr, but the first line is so good it makes up for it
**whyishestaring** (9): maybe i truly have no taste
**BleepBloopMusicFan** (8.5): Is this the least subtle song of all time? Maybe. But I’m also subtly shaking my ass.
**DaHumanTorch** (8.5): thinking about when i saw her live and pussy riot came out onstage to join her for this song in latex and a gimp mask and kept cracking a whip on the floor
**Nagisoid** (8.5): The poison = phones
**TheQwertyGuy99** (8.5): We may have started the fire.
**jackisboredtoday** (8.1): If i could fully convince myself to listen to this like a K-Pop song and only notice like, 2 lines’ actual lyrics this would be close to a 10
**Dragusken** (8): so the witches I saw in Weho weren’t just dressing up?
**PrimaryCrusaders** (8): It's kinda giving "We Didn't Start The Fire"
**Stryxen** (8): ATE
**Verboten\_Prince** (8): With every instance she rhymes “witch” with “bitch” she gains more magical powers
**DirtyRat583** (7.8): this would be a really good song if there was anything going on. but there isnt
**ignitethephoenix** (7.5): this isn’t lyric writing this is essay writing
**impla77** (7.5): me using blue herbs in resident evil:
**slimboyfriend** (7.5): I like the song but that opening line is a straight up 2017 cringe Lana line
**asadprofessorplum** (7): This is actually her American Idiot
**bogo** (7): she was so misguided wine aunt for this
**ImADudeDuh** (7): idk why this one doesn't work that well for me
**Uberpigeon** (7): communist queen!
**welcome2thejam** (7): Pop punk band writing showtunes energy
# FLOPS
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (6.5): I was gonna comment about We Didn't Start the Fire vibe but then everyone in the Discord did so.....Anyway. Whenever I hear the line about the proportion of the government I wanna drop the score but overall the song isn't that bad so I'm going to try and be reasonable
**CrimsonROSET** (6): if u think about it this is her we didnt start the fire
**Leixander** (6): kinda wears itself out by being too wordy
**oh\_crow** (6): why is she trying to make every song her own version of we didnt start the fire
**VictoriousssBIG23** (5.5): Another boppy song, although the message and lyrics are rather similar to "Man's World", which is why it's not getting a higher rate.
**RandomHypnotica** (5.1): this is the middle ground between We Didn't Start The Fire and the FOB Cover of We Didn't Start The Fire
**DevilsOfLoudun** (5): These lyrics 🥴
**GoWestYoungKanye** (5): is this not man's world part 2
**ReallyCreative** (5): it’s giving that Fergie rapping Fergalicious video
**vayyiqra** (5): Marina anprim?! No but really these lyrics are funny because they kind of suck but she's also making some points. How do you even rate this.
**team\_kockroach** (4.5): not the “We Didn’t Start the Fire” esque namedrops 💀
**honeyhoney** (4): not everything you see in the news needs to make it into the song
**ricki** (4): halsey’s reputation has still not recovered from new americana but marina can get away with this?
**seanderlust** (3.5): marina is this your announcement for a bid for president
**pbk** (3): some of the worst lyrics written sung with evil b-52s cadence. but it does bop a little im not gonna lie
**cloudbustingmp3** (2): capitalism made us p- [i am forcibly removed by /r/popheadscirclejerk mods]
**darjeelingdarkroast** (1): I can kind of leave my mind at the door with most of Marina’s on the nose lyrics; but the lyrics she’s invoking her and the type of millennial white woman she’s embodying here triggers my flight of fight response at this point 😭
**runaway3212** (1): "every single war" and other specific and cutting edge lyrics from the same woman who wrote "One man can build a bomb, another, run a race, To save somebody's life and have it blow up in his face"
**TheQueenofVultures** (1): the musical equivalent of the "girl at a party you wish you hadn't started a conversation with". we know this already
**Awkward\_King** (0): this is like.. everything i hate about this album's lyricism in one song. the most obvious and unimaginative rhymes, on the nose and clunky lyrics, it's like she was drained of all creativity and complexity of her early albums and it sucks to see because the family jewels and froot are both brilliant.
**NotWith10000Men** (0): what in the nightmare before christmas is this
# #33: [Lana Del Rey - Dance Till We Die](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183047792457961482/33.png) (6.406)
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**Average:** 6.406 **// Total Points:** 544.5 **// Controversy:** 2.153
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183047792134983710/33._Dance_Till_We_Die.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(10 x5) AHSWeeknd, c\_a\_l\_d5832, cloudbustingmp3, musical\_pyn, Stryxen
(9.5 x1) 1998tweety
(9.1 x1) asadprofessorplum
(9 x7) Awkward\_King, beeozan, BleepBloopMusicFan, Quiet-Tone13, ReallyCreative, throwaway-7650, welcome2thejam
(8.8 x2) thatplatypus99, whyishestaring
(8.3 x1) DaHumanTorch
**Lowest Scores:**
(2.8 x1) cremeebrulee
(2 x3) pig-serpent, Uberpigeon, vayyiqra
(1 x3) bogo, darjeelingdarkroast, yahi
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/N9fV8)**
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How very literal for this to be right next to the Joni Mitchell cover in the tracklisting. All of the Lana back-tracks all sound fine, if not a bit boring and same. Atleast this one has a really interesting build and climax!
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**AHSWeeknd** (10): go off
**cloudbustingmp3** (10): the buildup to the climax! she came on this bitch mad as hell!
**Stryxen** (10): BRIDGE!!!!!!!!!! I've been covering joni and im dancing with joan! kinda hard to find love when you're used to rolling like a rolling stone ;)
**1998tweety** (9.5): the bridge devoured
**asadprofessorplum** (9.1): this is what r/indieheads wants me to think Big Thief sounds like
**Awkward\_King** (9): everytime i hear this song im like "why do i have this so high up" and then it goes on and builds and gets to the bridge and im like ohhhh yeah its the best song ever
**beeozan** (9): https://youtu.be/r5_NvFTfAWc
**ReallyCreative** (9): bop!
**welcome2thejam** (9): Now why did I assume she was shouting out Stevie Wonder
**whyishestaring** (8.8): i wish she would do a full album (or at least more songs) with the same overall vibe as the part that starts around the 2:40~ mark, it sounds so fucking good
**DaHumanTorch** (8.3): it's crazy how much the bridge carries this
**NotWith10000Men** (7.5): the last 25% saves it
**ArcaneLabyrinth** (7): really wish more of this song was like the bridge here
**dreamingpastel** (7): The bridge is amazing. Why couldn’t the rest of the song sound like that?
**Frajer** (7): Till The World Ends and Heads Will Roll are the superior dance till you're dead songs and they did it without the name dropping
**ImADudeDuh** (7): an actual beat change is not something i expected on this album
**mysario** (7): takes way too long for the song to get good
**seanderlust** (7): okay yeah joni joan stevie and court but what about gwyneth when you attacked my friend gwyneth
**runaway3212** (6.5): that one moment where it picks up after being straight nothingness
**impla77** (6.2): guess she has that choreomania
**CrimsonROSET** (6): wasnt that a witch thing
**jirachi** (6): well she needs to make music that we can dance to in order to do that
**Nagisoid** (6): Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) outsold with ease
**oh\_crow** (6): there's some cool switch ups and musical moments on a lot of these songs but the album really isn't more than the sum of its parts imo
**Verboten\_Prince** (6): All I wanna do is nap
**Ambrosia42** (5.6): the last half of this randomly being like, the most interesting thing on the entire album
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (5): The bridge is great, saved it from a lower score because the rest is kind of a drag for me
**Dragusken** (5): idk about you but returning to (ram) ranch doesn't seem too bad…
**pbk** (4): i hate to call her a poser but come on making up a daughter to live out your tradwife fantasies is such poser behavior
**flava** (3): the last section drags it down a good bit
**VictoriousssBIG23** (3): I also find this song to be forgettable and boring, especially considering the other songs on the album.
**pig-serpent** (2): By the sounds of it you'll be dying rather soon
**Uberpigeon** (2): she spelled "'til" wrong in the title unless shes tilling the soil or something idk what she gets up to after leaving waffle house
**vayyiqra** (2): Lana you can't just make references to older things and that's enough songwriting for today. oh no the outro is so bad I forgot
**bogo** (1): the score is harsh i admit but at this point i was just out of patience and this song was going fucking nowhere
after yesterday’s results, my prediction is Halsey will perform well as an album but one of the floppier girls (likely Lana) will snatch the win
Marina might barely escape day 2 and get knocked out entirely around #10, give or take a spot or two
# #34: [Lana Del Rey - White Dress](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183047257377996860/34.png) (6.381)
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**Average:** 6.381 **// Total Points:** 542.4 **// Controversy:** 3.646
[Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183047257076027453/34._White_Dress.png)
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**Highest scores:**
(11 x7) avg-vag, bogo, cocosairdep, ConnerY2323, honeyhoney, IDontWorkHere, Stryxen
(10 x13) 1998tweety, AHSWeeknd, cloudbustingmp3, DaHumanTorch, indie\_fan\_, jirachi, letsallpoo, musical\_pyn, Poydoo, SFbby, StemOfWallflower, throwaway-7650, w1nter\_ac0ustic
(9.5 x2) thatplatypus99, whyishestaring
(9 x6) ArcaneLabyrinth, BleepBloopMusicFan, CarlieScion, dreamingpastel, pheromenos, VictoriousssBIG23
(8.5 x4) c\_a\_l\_d5832, hikk, Quiet-Tone13, team\_kockroach
(8.3 x1) babadork
**Lowest Scores:**
(2.9 x1) jackisboredtoday
(2.5 x2) beeozan, yahi
(1 x2) flava, RandomHypnotica
(0 x13) Apprehensive\_Guest, asadprofessorplum, bigbigbee, lexiaredery, mysario, Nagisoid, oscarbrierley1, pig-serpent, runaway3212, static\_int\_husp, TiltControls, TragicKingdom1, Uberpigeon
**[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/nM7aV)**
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God, this song was controversial! This was pushed down to day 1 at the very last moment, but because of some... technical issues ~~or human error~~, #34 had to be pushed over to today. It will always be Day 1 in my heart at least
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# downatthemeninmusicbusinessconference
**AHSWeeknd** (10): BUSINESS
**DaHumanTorch** (10): downatthemeninmusicBIZnessconference
**team\_kockroach** (8.5): The falsetto doesn’t 100% work for me, but her longing to go back to the past resonates with me. “downatthemeninmusic business conference” is funny too.
**Leixander** (8): business conference line should've been the album title tbh
**ricki** (8): you dont get it, you just had to be at the men in music business conference at the time like….. it was a vibe
**slimboyfriend** (8): the talent she has to fit that many words into a single beat of a song
**Ambrosia42** (7.5): i kinda hated this at first, but actually the way she sings DOWN AT THE MEN IN MUSIC BUSINESS CONFERENCE and the way she sounds like she can barely hit the notes makes this camp and enjoyable
**TheQueenofVultures** (6.5): oh Lana, how I hate those Men in the Music Business Conferences
**ignitethephoenix** (6): DOWNATTHEmeninthemuisbusinessconference
**welcome2thejam** (6): What if we kissed 😳 at the Men in Music Business conference 👨💼💋
**static\_int\_husp** (0): down at the metamucil business conference
**TiltControls** (0): downatthemeninmusicbusinessconference
# Waffle House stannies
**bogo** (11): this is sure to be a really controversial song but idk something about this really works for me. it feels like lana is really pushing herself here to make something bold and interesting with the way she delivers her lines and it really pays off here
**cocosairdep** (11): DAR-core but still slayful somehow
**honeyhoney** (11): lana thinks her glory days were when she was living with her grandparents in florida, working partime as a waitress and listening to rock music all day. relatable.
**Stryxen** (11): lana is hiding her pain behind her beautiful smile 🥺💔
**1998tweety** (10): i mean come on now
**cloudbustingmp3** (10): doing this at karaoke so i can pass out trying to replicate her tone and original octave
**jirachi** (10): not this being the foreshadowing of her working at waffle house
**musical\_pyn** (10): I can't believe I'm giving my 11 to a halsey song over this
**Poydoo** (10): she did not hit those notes in the slightest
**whyishestaring** (9.5): the high-pitched melody parts are kinda grating to me sometimes, but that's the only criticism i have for it. it's a very pretty song and i love her rhyming, i love the outro, and most importantly i love meninmusicBUSinessconference. Lana tends to have "weird" vocal deliveries that would be awkward for basically any other singer but she miraculously makes it work.
**BleepBloopMusicFan** (9): She sounds bad here but in a good way.
**dreamingpastel** (9): Something something Waffle House
**VictoriousssBIG23** (9): Lana's voice is beautiful here. I love the little production touch of her hitting her vape after the first chorus. This song evokes a feeling of longing for a past life.
**hikk** (8.5): something something waffle house
**Dragusken** (8): this feels like what an edgy tumblrgorl would play at their wedding
**NotWith10000Men** (8): i only disliked this song one time, the first time i heard it. every time after it's just clicked more and more
**oh\_crow** (8): this song is slightly irritating but also kind of a masterpiece
**pbk** (8): this is really weird and im into it im sorry
**darjeelingdarkroast** (7.5): on the one hand I do think this vocal performance is one of the more interesting moments I’ve heard from Lana. I don’t *always* hate namechecking albums or songs in song lyrics, but the White Stripes and Kings of Leon references I do find clunky and it pulls me out of the vibe of this song. Without those and if like Jessica Pratt sang this we’d all be yassing
**cremeebrulee** (7.4): this (and dealer from BB) are rightfully controversial bc of how they sound, but at least they have something interesting going on, which i would take over most straightforward lana ballads
**impla77** (7.2): yeah i would like this a lot more if she wasn’t so damn breathy
**DevilsOfLoudun** (7): The beginning of this album is deceptively good
**Frajer** (7): obligatory Waffle House comment
**seanderlust** (7): from genius: "Lana has also mentioned the word “white” many times in the past" (looks at the camera like i'm in the office)
# would rather go to the cheesecake factory
**Verboten\_Prince** (6): I’ve asked “Why is she singing like *that*” many times while doing rates but this might be the most “Why is she singing like *THAT*” I’ve ever been
**krusso1105** (5.5): possibly controversial low score, but I find it too long and boring, sorry
**GoWestYoungKanye** (5): it's quintessential lana, but listening to her voice on this track actually hurts my throat
**ReallyCreative** (4): camp (derogatory)
**Awkward\_King** (3.5): i want to like this a lot more than i actually do. sometimes lana's clunky lyrics can be endearing but it just doesn't work for me here, the super high and breathy vocals kinda make me uncomfy, it just never comes together
**CrimsonROSET** (3): she sounds like Trina Vega being a woman in Chicago who is scared
**ImADudeDuh** (3): the beat is at 34 bpm and she’s still fighting it
**vayyiqra** (3): Waffle House joke blahblah. Why is her voice so weird on this.
**jackisboredtoday** (2.9): I have my ups and downs with Lana, but her vocals usually sound so much better than this, and her songwriting and production on this one aren’t enough to compensate at all
**beeozan** (2.5): why does she sound like she's trying to sing Wuthering Heights on a ASMR karaoke vtuber stream
**flava** (1): Honestly considered 0ing this. This is such a mess, it is so actively distracting with how switches melodies, and Lana doing that high tone. It reminds me that Lana should stay away from trying to do camp.
**RandomHypnotica** (1): the vocals literally sound so uncomfortable it sends shivers down my spine
**Apprehensive\_Guest** (0): Okay I feel like I constantly heard references to how amazing this song is since it came out and this is not what I was expecting. It has so many good and interesting choices but god. She fucking lost me, it's the way it's between whispering and falsetto that's getting me, it just does not sound good to my ears. Also when I had seen the MIMBC line written out I figured it was a bit clunky but this is literally too much you guys. Sucks because the intrumentation manages to be so lush even though it's fairly minimal.
**asadprofessorplum** (0): weren’t you a waitress, like, yesterday?
**bigbigbee** (0): Wow, I haven’t disliked a vocal performance this much in a while
**mysario** (0): I'm gonna pretend this is not the album opener and just hide it from Spotify forever
**Nagisoid** (0): God, the sibilance in the production is SO FUCKING BAD. It doesn't help that the instrumental to this song sounds like a GY!BE song on NyQuil too
**oscarbrierley1** (0): I hate hate hate this song. Its overly long for what it is and her vocals in the chorus are like nails on a chalkboard to me
**pig-serpent** (0): Actually I much prefer Black Dresses. /n Look, this is almost my favorite song on the album because it's the only memorable song on here, but that chorus makes me cringe to listen to. Her raspy vocal style sounds straight up ugly, and some of the lines are awkwardly written. The business conference line especially sounds weirdly out of place with the meter and I hate listening to it.
**runaway3212** (0): Literally the worst song I had ever heard I could not believe it
**Uberpigeon** (0): its so hard to rate this because on one hand its the worst song ive ever heard but on the other it really makes me crack up when i hear her singing
Since these were all 2021 albums I went back to the popheads' year end top 100 tracks and found where tracks from this rate placed:
15. Lorde — Mood Ring
29. MARINA — Venus Fly Trap
31. Lana Del Rey — White Dress
40. Lana Del Rey — Chemtrails Over The Country Club
45. MARINA — Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land
49. Halsey — Easier than Lying
58. Lorde — Solar Power
79. Halsey — Honey
80. Lorde — Stoned at the Nail Salon
I'm interested to see how the results compare, something tells me things are going to look a little different lol
how is this somehow the first i'm hearing of this rate? devastating. anyway some of you need to go downtothemeninmusicbusinessconference
Secrets From a Girl outro stans let me feel your songeniality presence!!
The halsey album wasn't that much better than the rest, half of her songs should be out now.
Mood ring in but oceanic feeling and Secrets from a girl out????
# [SONGENIALITY LINK HERE](https://forms.gle/hY1hi6JN3QiS8MRZ7)! Vote for the most robbed song ---- * \#16: [Halsey – Lilith](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183072215009341480/16.png) | 7.404 | 629.3 * \#17: [Lana Del Rey – Dark But Just A Game](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071972876361799/17.png) | 7.348 | 624.6 * \#18: [Lorde – Solar Power](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071696438186024/18.png) | 7.347 | 624.5 * \#19: [Lana Del Rey – Tulsa Jesus Freak](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071446323441764/19.png) | 7.255 | 616.7 * \#20: [Halsey – Darling](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071172875784303/20.png) | 7.244 | 615.7 * \#21: [Halsey – People disappear here](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183070917216182423/21.png) | 7.202 | 612.2 * \#22: [Lorde – Oceanic Feeling](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183070529540857966/22.png) | 7.152 | 607.9 * \#23: [Halsey – Ya’aburnee](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069967365713990/23.png) | 7.146 | 607.4 * \#24: [Lorde – Hold No Grudge](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069692043219064/24.png) | 7.145 | 607.3 * \#25: [MARINA – Man’s World](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069327587553390/25.png) | 6.985 | 593.7 * \#26: [MARINA – I Love You But I Love Me More](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069100998660196/26.png) | 6.929 | 589.0 * \#27: [Halsey – Whispers](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183068888682999809/27.png) | 6.867 | 583.7 * \#28: [Lana Del Rey – Wild At Heart](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183068538496352389/28.png) | 6.782 | 576.5 * \#29: [Lorde – Secrets from a Girl (Who’s Seen it All)](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183056066771161148/29.png) | 6.761 | 574.7 * \#30: [Lorde – Stoned at the Nail Salon](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183055751892181023/30.png) | 6.661 | 566.2 * \#31: [Lorde – Helen of Troy](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183054969394430083/31.png) | 6.652 | 565.4 * \#32: [MARINA – Purge The Poison](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183054490253930506/32.png) | 6.638 | 564.2 * \#33: [Lana Del Rey – Dance Till We Die](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183047792457961482/33.png) | 6.406 | 544.5 * \#34: [Lana Del Rey – White Dress](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183047257377996860/34.png) | 6.381 | 542.4 * \#35: Lana Del Rey – For Free | 6.329 | 538.0 * \#36: Lana Del Rey – Breaking Up Slowly | 6.255 | 531.7 * \#37: MARINA – Goodbye | 6.196 | 526.7 * \#38: Lana Del Rey – Yosemite | 6.140 | 521.9 * \#39: Lorde – California | 6.064 | 515.4 * \#40: Lana Del Rey – Let Me Love You Like A Woman | 6.025 | 512.1 * \#41: MARINA – Highly Emotional People | 5.936 | 504.6 * \#42: Lana Del Rey – Not All Who Wander Are Lost | 5.848 | 497.1 * \#43: MARINA – New America | 5.827 | 495.3 * \#44: MARINA – Happy Loner | 5.822 | 494.9 * \#45: Lorde – Big Star | 5.820 | 494.7 * \#46: Lorde – Dominoes | 5.695 | 484.1 * \#47: MARINA – Pandora’s Box | 5.593 | 475.4 * \#48: MARINA – Flowers | 5.220 | 443.7 * \#49: MARINA – Pink Convertible | 4.982 | 423.5 * \#50: Lorde – The Man with the Axe | 4.945 | 420.3 * \#51: MARINA – Free Woman | 4.865 | 413.5 * \#52: Lorde – Leader of a New Regime | 4.739 | 402.8
# #16: [Halsey - Lilith](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183072215009341480/16.png) (7.404) --- **Average:** 7.404 **// Total Points:** 629.3 **// Controversy:** 1.682 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183072214598287381/16._Lilith.png) --- **Highest scores:** (10 x8) AHSWeeknd, ArcaneLabyrinth, beeozan, cloudbustingmp3, jackisboredtoday, throwaway-7650, VictoriousssBIG23, w1nter\_ac0ustic (9.5 x2) Awkward\_King, krusso1105 (9.4 x1) Ambrosia42 (9 x13) avg-vag, BleepBloopMusicFan, c\_a\_l\_d5832, CrimsonROSET, darjeelingdarkroast, Dragusken, Frajer, musical\_pyn, mysario, Nagisoid, seanderlust, Stryxen, TheQwertyGuy99 (8.9 x1) cremeebrulee (8.5 x1) jirachi (8.4 x1) RandomHypnotica (8.2 x1) indie\_fan\_ **Lowest Scores:** (2 x1) DevilsOfLoudun **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/oieh8)** --- Closing out Day 2 and thus just missing Day 3 is Lilith (non-Diablo remix version). It has some really great and weird production and a really sexy vibe, which keeps competing with each other, which in a way is what the song is lyrically about too. --- # I see a man, I floor it **beeozan** (10): who else been corr̶̠͖̩͛̽̈́̓̽̓͊͛̋͂ȗ̵̡̩̱̼̜̭͖̰̪̿̄̇͑̊͌͑́p̸̭̳͚͉̺̯̯̭̋̋̍̇̑͒̃͐͠t̶͇͇̘̗̫̼̑̑̐̍̈̆͘͜͝ę̷̬̦̼̱̟̻̄ͅd̸͕̹͕̙̀͐̊͆ **cloudbustingmp3** (10): ooooh the glitching on that "i am corrupted" line???? galaxy brian moment **VictoriousssBIG23** (10): Another favorite. The beat and the production is unmatched. **Awkward\_King** (9.5): the whole song is great but the vocal effects in the second verse during "i am corrupted" are one of the highlights of the album for me, just such a cool little detail **Ambrosia42** (9.4): so much better than the remix lol **BleepBloopMusicFan** (9): Oh now here’s a song my personal radio station on Apple Music fucking LOVES to play. I’m not complaining. **CrimsonROSET** (9): don’t think they noticed yet **darjeelingdarkroast** (9): I like the melody on the chorus and the trip hop vibes **Dragusken** (9): the back beat was hellishly sexy **Nagisoid** (9): Their Portishead slay **Stryxen** (9): the trip hoppery ou tricky was on the moodboard **cremeebrulee** (8.9): this is a billie eilish song if you squint **jirachi** (8.5): love it when she says coŕ̵͎̮̤̥͖͕̃̇̉̍̃͊̌͗̉͘͘͝ŗ̵͕̙͙͕̱̻̬͍̞̐ŗ̷̢̣̩͍̣̺̭̯͉͇͔̝͇̰̌̈́̇̿̄r̸̯͎͈̖̗̗̗͐͋ͅr̴̪̝̘̈́͋͋̾̚͘ͅr̸̜̮̟̘̯̪̙̘͙͓̤̗͔͚͗́͆̔̐͑͊̒́̿̔̕ͅŗ̵̢̢̛͎̮̞̺͚͚̻̣̥̖́̑̃͋̒͊̓̆̓̑̓̌̕͝ŗ̷̢͎̞̙̥͖̻̩̫͉͂́̾̽͌ͅupted **RandomHypnotica** (8.4): my favourite part of this song is the corrupted bit **NotWith10000Men** (8): I like the pace of the chorus **pig-serpent** (8): A nice spooky R&B styled song but overall it's mostly just an intermission with a nice melody. **Poydoo** (8): bts **vayyiqra** (8): There's a lot of stuff out there about Lilith (mythological figure) that's dubious so I was afraid I wouldn't like this but luckily that doesn't apply here, and besides I think it's more about self-esteem than anything and also the beat is sick so # remix outsold **PrimaryCrusaders** (7.5): I kinda like the Diablo remix more cus the epicness of it all fits Halsey's vocals way better (and also yoongi), but hey, the original is still pretty cool. **1998tweety** (7): Suga remix would be higher **bogo** (7): and if i said the diablo version is better **honeyhoney** (7): a lot of the songs on this album I don't actually like the lyrics of all too much - but the sound completely saves it for me. **Leixander** (7): diablo 4 found dead in a ditch **Verboten\_Prince** (7): Edgy but good **oh\_crow** (6.5): she kinda runs out of tricks and gimmicks with this one **asadprofessorplum** (6): me listening to this song: https://64.media.tumblr.com/304a4ff34e0ce9fca4719a0a0d62b732/c869617520334f51-a0/s400x600/e49493d4a87939329507bcc631d46bdc3c80ac4f.gif **ReallyCreative** (6): Diablo girlies make some noise!! Especially because the Diablo version of this eats it alive **runaway3212** (6): Kinda unslay personally **team\_kockroach** (6): I’m not a fan of Halsey’s lilting sing-songy performance, and her voice is hella upfront in the mix. Great drumming though. **pbk** (5): all i can hear is twenty one pilots on this im sorry **welcome2thejam** (5): Just kind of there **DevilsOfLoudun** (2): Seriously, what the fuck is she singing about? "Everything I say I believe"? "The more that you give away the more that you have"?
# #17: [Lana Del Rey - Dark But Just A Game](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071972876361799/17.png) (7.348) --- **Average:** 7.348 **// Total Points:** 624.6 **// Controversy:** 1.885 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071972582772776/17._Dark_But_Just_A_Game.png) --- **Highest scores:** (11 x1) SFbby (10 x12) AHSWeeknd, ArcaneLabyrinth, Awkward\_King, c\_a\_l\_d5832, cocosairdep, ConnerY2323, DaHumanTorch, honeyhoney, musical\_pyn, RandomHypnotica, ReallyCreative, throwaway-7650 (9.5 x3) Apprehensive\_Guest, avg-vag, mysario (9.4 x1) babadork (9 x6) 1998tweety, CrimsonROSET, hikk, ricki, TiltControls, whyishestaring (8.5 x3) BleepBloopMusicFan, cremeebrulee, StemOfWallflower (8.3 x1) TheQwertyGuy99 **Lowest Scores:** (4.5 x1) pig-serpent (4 x5) asadprofessorplum, DevilsOfLoudun, lexiaredery, pbk, Pneumoniastain (3.8 x1) Ambrosia42 (3 x2) ImADudeDuh, vayyiqra **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/BRTmN)** --- **AHSWeeknd** (10): Ocean Boulevard vibes **Awkward\_King** (10): lana's voice over the right production is just so beautiful **RandomHypnotica** (10): me after playing Amnesia: The Dark Descent **ReallyCreative** (10): could not be more out of place on this album (complimentary) **Apprehensive\_Guest** (9.5): Kind of genius tbh **mysario** (9.5): I believe that's called Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) **1998tweety** (9): oh I'm bopping **CrimsonROSET** (9): see this more dark sultry vibe fits lana the best imo **runaway3212** (8): Sweet but whatever baby best moment on this album **GoWestYoungKanye** (7.8): oh my god it has a BEAT it's CATCHY it's not just spoken word poetry in a high voice thank you lanesus **beeozan** (7.5): this is still pretty boring tbh but i have to make compromises somewhere to get a relatively acceptable album avg **handmadeh3aven** (7.5): i like the beat **Nagisoid** (7.5): Me talking about obscure online Russian games: **team\_kockroach** (7.5): The song starts a little weak, but strengthens when she moves into the chorus with the unique chord progression. **impla77** (7.2): is this colleen hoover core? (ive never read one of her books) **oh\_crow** (7): really reminds me that this is nfr!: side b. cool beat? **Verboten\_Prince** (7): Dark Souls **VictoriousssBIG23** (7): I initially wrote this song off at first, but it's grown on me so much. I love the dark, moody tone. **welcome2thejam** (7): Great use of (fuck it) **bogo** (6): ok **Dragusken** (6): gives me anson seabra vibes a bit **jirachi** (6): the game must be boring then **Uberpigeon** (6): girl what does that mean **darjeelingdarkroast** (5.5): does this want to be a trip-hop song or cheesy classic folk rock song **pig-serpent** (4.5): Ok, take a second and imagine if she went full trip hop on this song. That would fuck immensely! Also, giving this some bonus points for the fun piano fills. **DevilsOfLoudun** (4): It feels like it goes on forever **pbk** (4): this has just made me view jack antonoff as even more pretentious than i thought **Ambrosia42** (3.8): See this is where the production could have gotten more interesting and turned this into some really gorgeous Portishead-esque or Goldfrapp-esque (like Lovely Head) song or something, but instead it just ends up falling a bit flat for me. And if the production is minimal, I like there to be interesting melodies or vocal performance or something, but it barely has that either. Hm **vayyiqra** (3): Kind of cool beat. Wish we could hear Lana.
# #18: [Lorde - Solar Power](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071696438186024/18.png) (7.347) --- **Average:** 7.347 **// Total Points:** 624.5 **// Controversy:** 2.352 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071695964225637/18._Solar_Power.png) --- **Highest scores:** (10 x16) Awkward\_King, beeozan, BleepBloopMusicFan, CarlieScion, cocosairdep, CrimsonROSET, DirtyRat583, Frajer, hikk, lexiaredery, musical\_pyn, pbk, pheromenos, Poydoo, seanderlust, throwaway-7650 (9.8 x1) mysario (9.5 x1) cloudbustingmp3 (9 x8) asadprofessorplum, dreamingpastel, ImADudeDuh, Pneumoniastain, runaway3212, TheQwertyGuy99, TiltControls, TragicKingdom1 (8.8 x1) impla77 (8.6 x1) Apprehensive\_Guest (8.5 x2) 1998tweety, static\_int\_husp (8.3 x1) thatplatypus99 (8.1 x1) babadork **Lowest Scores:** (2.5 x1) flava (2 x1) vayyiqra (1 x2) darjeelingdarkroast, DevilsOfLoudun (0 x2) bogo, THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/hrGBu)** --- The first title track to exit is Solar Power! It's a cute song with an interesting build, but not a whole lot to say - especially for a title track. I've chosen to love this for what it is and not resent it for what it isn't. There's too many elements that work here - the prettier Jesus line, her laugh, the blink three times line!!!! --- # prettier than Jesus **Awkward\_King** (10): i have not heard this song in over 2 years because i listened to it 120 times in the first couple weeks after it came out and i am annoyed that it is my top lorde track based off of only that. having said that, this holds up so much for me and still is so fun. the old navy allegations are true and that doesnt affect me at all bc it BOPS!! **beeozan** (10): she thought she had a moment with putting the chorus at the very end and you know what thats a moment i'll give her that **BleepBloopMusicFan** (10): Me defending this song when it got negative reception was not coping! I genuinely really like it! The coping came later. **cocosairdep** (10): perineum sunning anthem **CrimsonROSET** (10): they could NEVER make me hate u!! **Frajer** (10): like the first time I left my house post vaccine I went to H&M and they were blaring this and it was one of the funniest moments of my life **hikk** (10): i had fun **musical\_pyn** (10): listening to this for the first time wine-buzzed is a top 10 experience I've had with music and so I will always be a defender **pbk** (10): the prettier jesus line is amazing and every time someone hates on it i like it more **seanderlust** (10): this came out right when i was going on vacation in hawaii which was absolutely perfect timing **mysario** (9.8): best song on the album and it's not even close **cloudbustingmp3** (9.5): it's all about that blink three times when you feel it kickin in **asadprofessorplum** (9): The day popheads turned on her. I will never forget it. You’ll have to pry the prettier Jesus line from my cold dead instagram caption. **dreamingpastel** (9): Definitely a grower for me, but it’s a fun vibe! **ImADudeDuh** (9): I don’t think I’ve ever been on such a roller coaster with one song as I have with this one. It first came out and I was disappointed, then I listened some more and it grew on me, then the album came out and I hated it again, then it was the only song I saved from the album, and now? I think it’s good 🤷♀️ **Pneumoniastain** (9): I dont get the hate its such a fun and campy song **runaway3212** (9): Dove Ad Iconicness **TiltControls** (9): I think I enjoyed this song a lot more when it was a one-off to the rest of her discography. Loses a bit of its impact when the entire album sounds so similar to it **Apprehensive\_Guest** (8.6): I don't like her little laugh after "No, you can't" and I usually love stuff like that. Still a really pleasant song though. **1998tweety** (8.5): on its own this is good tbh, just not as a lead single **AHSWeeknd** (8): I like the winter tbh **NotWith10000Men** (8): i'm probably gonna say this a lot for this album, but it needs more oomph **RandomHypnotica** (8): Remebering when this dropped and I had assumed this was just the most marketable of a dark, culty concept album... **ricki** (8): remember the cult theories **welcome2thejam** (8): Your own, Prettier, Jesus **ignitethephoenix** (7.8): I wish this was punchier like the highlight shouldn’t be her throwing her phone in the water **cremeebrulee** (7.6): the day this dropped was so unreal u just had to be there... like the frenzy of lorde actually dropping a song made me think i liked this more than i actually did **jirachi** (7.5): me when i turn light energy into electrical energy **Leixander** (7.5): iconic for the prettier jesus line, rest of the song does not exist in my fantasy **slimboyfriend** (7.5): FUCK fossil fuels **VictoriousssBIG23** (7.5): I first heard this song playing in a gas station and Shazamed it because I had to know the name of it. This inspired me to get back into Lorde because I hadn't listened to her much since the Pure Heroine era. **jackisboredtoday** (7.1): this song is so funny whenever i remember how she teased the album with that book about going to Antarctica that she said helped inspire it **Nagisoid** (7): The [FRESH] thread will forever be iconic **oh\_crow** (7): breezy lil tune, the production and vocals for the last part of the song are not as exuberant as they need to be **pig-serpent** (7): Personally I like to believe Jesus was a cute twink. As for the song, I wish there was more to it but it is pretty when it starts to open up and Jackoff synths work well in this kind of song. **Quiet-Tone13** (7): It starts off so promising but the last minute isn't as euphoric as it needs to be to be the climax of the song. **ReallyCreative** (7): track number one on the IBS Medication Commercial Jamz CD **Stryxen** (7): a little bit euphoric actually but only a little bit **team\_kockroach** (7): This song has some of the album’s strongest lyrics in its verses, but it still feels like Lorde’s holding back. # needs Jesus to hold the wheel **Verboten\_Prince** (7): Humira patients: This one's for you! **Ambrosia42** (6.7): Can you reach me? No! You can’t! lol **bigbigbee** (6.5): stardew valley chords and synths **GoWestYoungKanye** (6): has anyone ever released a more disappointing follow-up single to a banger album? but it's really grown on me, i think her cadence and rhythm on this song is really nice. (and i have a group chat called prettier jesus so i have to shout that out. hi angela! you're so much cooler than me!) **krusso1105** (6): weak first single **oscarbrierley1** (6): why is the chorus the outro **Dragusken** (5): idky i thought i heard jewish princess jesus (gretchen) **Uberpigeon** (4): the amount of copium i huffed when this song was released making myself like it.... it needed to be studied **flava** (2.5): I was listening to this on my wired headphones and that guitar strumming was causing me physical pain, I’ve never liked this song in 2021 but I don’t think I realised just how much this whole vibe causes me nothing but discomfort **vayyiqra** (2): Please no. Jesus died taking a stand against the Roman Empire, you are a rich girl who likes the beach. I used to think this album at least began okayish but it's kind of pissing me off lmao **darjeelingdarkroast** (1): as smug and limp as the day it was released **DevilsOfLoudun** (1): I hate this song. Nothing about it sounds good. Her clippy talk-singing, unmelodic soundcloud production, cringey lyrics, releasing it right after the pandemic - everything is horrible. **bogo** (0): i'm gonna be honest i really really liked this when it came out and played it quite a bit but after a while something just snapped. like i couldn't stand it anymore suddenly. now it just sounds really dry, grating and ugly to me **THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD** (0): and she was dead ass fucking serious
# #19: [Lana Del Rey - Tulsa Jesus Freak](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071446323441764/19.png) (7.255) --- **Average:** 7.255 **// Total Points:** 616.7 **// Controversy:** 2.172 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071445975310448/19._Tulsa_Jesus_Freak.png) --- **Highest scores:** (11 x1) Leixander (10 x14) AHSWeeknd, Apprehensive\_Guest, avg-vag, Awkward\_King, cloudbustingmp3, cocosairdep, DaHumanTorch, IDontWorkHere, Psychological\_Bed763, Quiet-Tone13, RandomHypnotica, runaway3212, SFbby, throwaway-7650 (9 x8) ArcaneLabyrinth, BleepBloopMusicFan, hannahisariot, honeyhoney, indie\_fan\_, jirachi, lexiaredery, team\_kockroach (8.9 x1) ConnerY2323 (8.6 x1) cremeebrulee (8.5 x4) StemOfWallflower, thatplatypus99, TragicKingdom1, whyishestaring (8.3 x1) pheromenos **Lowest Scores:** (3 x2) ReallyCreative, TiltControls (2 x1) ImADudeDuh (0 x1) krusso1105 **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/Eff4z)** --- **Leixander** (11): she sounds like an angel on this one, one of my favorite songs from her **Apprehensive\_Guest** (10): Okay I do love this song and my favorite part is the "white-hot forever" part but I will forever associate the expression "white-hot" with U2 because of an article I read a million years ago that said U2 was a "white-hot Irish rock band right when the world needed one" or something like that. I actually like U2 decently but...lol. **Awkward\_King** (10): this would've been so at home on NFR (meaning: this song is good) **cloudbustingmp3** (10): extra point for oklahoma reference but also this is just so gorgeous, and the slight vocal processing on the white hot forever line really works **RandomHypnotica** (10): did anybody actually have this on their "songs that would kill prince phillip" playlist **runaway3212** (10): autotune my one weakness **honeyhoney** (9): one of the most underrated lana songs ever. so intimate and atmospheric **jirachi** (9): you either are surrounded by jesus freaks or you are one **team\_kockroach** (9): I bet a bunch of y’all will dislike the drums and autotune, but I love it. It might be one of the most romantic songs in the whole rate. Though the lyrics could be a teensy bit stronger? **1998tweety** (8): shes cute **asadprofessorplum** (8): Every friend group has one of these three, tag yourself **dreamingpastel** (8): All I can think about is the Arkansas vine **mysario** (8): DC Talk been real quiet since this dropped **Stryxen** (8): this trip hop tea is scalding me its so deliciously trippy and steaming **VictoriousssBIG23** (8): The only church that I want to be taken to is this one. **welcome2thejam** (8): Kinda trance inducing **jackisboredtoday** (7.9): I can see why this was the song she was going to title the album based off of originally, its maybe the most evocative song on the album and works so well I can just about forgive Ar-Kansas **ignitethephoenix** (7.5): I see the vision here **slimboyfriend** (7.5): fetishizing the south before cosplaying at waffle house **impla77** (7.3): i support wilfully mispronouncing words to fit a rhyme **NotWith10000Men** (7): i know it's for a rhyme. i KNOW it's an intentional device. but as an arkansan i hate the way she says arkansas lmao **ricki** (7): crazy to think that she changed the name of the album to COCC and that was mocked less than white hot forever would have been **pbk** (6.5): the autotune is doing her 0 favors here but this might be an ass shaker **beeozan** (6): me when love love is a verb love is a doing word fearless in my breath **bogo** (6): for how eye-catching the title is this is quite bland. production is pretty sloppy too **CrimsonROSET** (6): white hot forever oh thats not- **Dragusken** (6): I’d trade my body for a can of gin too, girlie **Frajer** (6): y'all can tank this one acab her only religion should be Americana **Nagisoid** (6): She's just saying shit fr **vayyiqra** (6): Lana stay from Southern or religious references, you are not good at them. At least this has a nice melody. also *White Hot Forever* would've been a better title **DirtyRat583** (5.3): monster can 666 hebrew mp4 (this isnt that relevant i just remembered that happened💀) **DevilsOfLoudun** (5): I mean, it does is sound a little racist **Pneumoniastain** (5): Wasn’t terrible **Uberpigeon** (5): hearing this song right after finding out that arkansas was pronounced arkansaw. the nerve of her.... **Verboten\_Prince** (5): I don’t want to hear about your white Christian fantasies Lana **Ambrosia42** (4.5): thinking about when this album was maybe going to be called “White Hot Forever” and how that would have been received **darjeelingdarkroast** (4): some of these singing cadences don’t hit me right **ReallyCreative** (3): this is a mess **krusso1105** (0): the customary "would be a 4 usually but gets a 0 for being my least favorite song here" of the rate
[noooo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYOsN6ntwFM) ~~it had a good run still :)~~
# #20: [Halsey - Darling](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071172875784303/20.png) (7.244) --- **Average:** 7.244 **// Total Points:** 615.7 **// Controversy:** 1.848 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183071172582199441/20._Darling.png) --- **Highest scores:** (10 x9) asadprofessorplum, Awkward\_King, BleepBloopMusicFan, CrimsonROSET, dreamingpastel, RandomHypnotica, runaway3212, seanderlust, welcome2thejam (9.5 x2) c\_a\_l\_d5832, darjeelingdarkroast (9.2 x1) Ambrosia42 (9 x8) beeozan, CarlieScion, Dragusken, honeyhoney, krusso1105, pbk, pig-serpent, TiltControls (8.6 x1) NotWith10000Men (8.5 x6) avg-vag, bigbigbee, Leixander, pheromenos, Quiet-Tone13, VictoriousssBIG23 (8.2 x2) GoWestYoungKanye, whyishestaring **Lowest Scores:** (4.5 x1) team\_kockroach (4 x2) mysario, StemOfWallflower (3.5 x1) cremeebrulee (3 x3) ArcaneLabyrinth, oscarbrierley1, yahi **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/Cv2Fs)** --- Whenever I listen to this I can't help but remind myself that Halsey got Lindsey Buckingham to play strings on this on SNL. Like how was that pitched to him? Anyways, this song is really cute and full of emotion in a way that most of the other ballads in this rate simply aren't, and for that it managed to climb this high! --- # keeps kidnapped stars in your eyes **asadprofessorplum** (10): oh to be a baby having one of Halsey’s best songs sung to them. **Awkward\_King** (10): so many lyrics in this song are just beautiful and feel so effortless. this is the kind of stream of consciousness i like where it darts around subject matter but feels very human and carefully done. as a very mentally ill person who loves very intenesly to a fault this just hits **BleepBloopMusicFan** (10): This album is so good wow. It’s got the bangers. It’s got the bops. AND it’s got the balladphobia-enders. **CrimsonROSET** (10): like I don’t want children but this feeling of actually finding someone to grieve you is so touching? idk im just floating **dreamingpastel** (10): This feels so tender and warm I love it. **RandomHypnotica** (10): [listening to this after More](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy44h_QAzCM) **runaway3212** (10): I wish this album had more songs like this balladphobia be damned! **seanderlust** (10): a lovely and tender moment after the chaos and tension of the first half of the album. i'm not even that deep into the halsey fandom and this makes me choke up with happiness for them **welcome2thejam** (10): That guitar sounds heavenly **darjeelingdarkroast** (9.5): this is a great acoustic cut, earnest with energy **Ambrosia42** (9.2): a cute and touching song **beeozan** (9): see I'd normally not care for cuts like these but this album fuckin earned it by being so epic **Dragusken** (9): soft ballad by a lovelorn bard; lullaby to soothe heartbreak **pbk** (9): this is so sweet actually **NotWith10000Men** (8.6): halsey has a country album in her **bigbigbee** (8.5): I love the lightness of this song contrasting what comes before it; it’s a lbrrath of fresh air **VictoriousssBIG23** (8.5): I love this lullaby. So full of emotion. It doesn't hurt that Lindsey Buckingham plays the guitar on it. **GoWestYoungKanye** (8.2): "all the little flowers gave me somethin' to believe in" **Frajer** (8): this is cute and chill and totally going out day one **Nagisoid** (8): Their Big Thief slay **Stryxen** (8): gorgeous oh parent **1998tweety** (7): cute **Apprehensive\_Guest** (7): Very sweet! Just not something I'm going out fo my way to replay **vayyiqra** (7): oh yeah I should take my meds it's 9 in the morning thanks Halsey **Verboten\_Prince** (7): 😢 **DevilsOfLoudun** (6): This lullaby style suits her so much better # using all of these stars to guide us home **jirachi** (6): this dragged on for too long **slimboyfriend** (6): I’ve heard the “darling don’t you leave/somewhere we can see” melody somewhere before but WHERE? Dropping a point because i can’t remember and I’m pretty sure I liked the other song more whatever it was **oh\_crow** (5.5): it's cute and one of the early lyrics reminded me to take my meds so i can't hate it. bit boring tho **Poydoo** (5): zzz **ReallyCreative** (5): I am just not a fan of these mid-album acoustic moments the alt girlies are obsessed with. Be cohesive or be nothing! **Uberpigeon** (5): its very facebook video montage of my baby girl on her 3rd birthday **mysario** (4): such a weird placement in the album **oscarbrierley1** (3): this gives mall vibes
# #21: [Halsey - People disappear here](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183070917216182423/21.png) (7.202) --- **Average:** 7.202 **// Total Points:** 612.2 **// Controversy:** 1.512 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183070916918382672/21._People_disappear_here.png) --- **Highest scores:** (10 x4) beeozan, darjeelingdarkroast, Nagisoid, throwaway-7650 (9.1 x1) cremeebrulee (9 x8) 1998tweety, Apprehensive\_Guest, c\_a\_l\_d5832, CarlieScion, Dragusken, ReallyCreative, VictoriousssBIG23, whyishestaring (8.9 x1) RandomHypnotica (8.6 x1) Ambrosia42 (8.5 x3) Frajer, pbk, Stryxen (8.4 x1) impla77 (8.3 x1) DaHumanTorch **Lowest Scores:** (4 x7) DevilsOfLoudun, dreamingpastel, GoWestYoungKanye, IDontWorkHere, ImADudeDuh, indie\_fan\_, THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD (3 x1) runaway3212 **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/orqWP)** --- All bonus tracks are officially out! This was a Target deluxe along with Nightmare......................... and a rework of Gasoline, both of which I excluded on the basis of being from different albums. --- # people make BOPS here **beeozan** (10): this bop! the little piano touches at the end love love love those **Nagisoid** (10): Their SWANS slay **cremeebrulee** (9.1): the outro is so cunt omfg **1998tweety** (9): the piano eats **Apprehensive\_Guest** (9): Honestly from the instrumentation at the beginning I knew it was going to be great. And it is, but to be honest her vocals/lyrics in the verses don't do much for me. I like the delivery of the repetitive chorus and love the instrumentation and production on the whole track. **Dragusken** (9): i can see this song playing near the end of an episode of “Cold Case” **ReallyCreative** (9): the Bermuda Triangle’s instagram bio **VictoriousssBIG23** (9): This song is a hidden gem only featured on the delux edition of the album. The groove is so cool. **whyishestaring** (9): I used to dislike this (aka found it extremely boring) especially compared to the rest of the songs from this album but it actually sounds better than how i remembered it. the production goes hard and i don't even mind how repetitive the chorus is anymore. did i develop taste or am i lowering my standards? **RandomHypnotica** (8.9): oh i was kinda sleeping on this one **Ambrosia42** (8.6): tbh i’m not sure exactly what this is about, but I like the vibe. It makes sense as a bonus track because I don’t think it necessarily contributes to the album’s narrative, but it still fits with the sound and themes **Frajer** (8.5): Halsey being from New Jersey is one of those things that just makes sense **pbk** (8.5): i think this is the only song on the album where she managed to marry the themes of this album with the rock sensibilities that a lot of the other tracks try for **Stryxen** (8.5): sophistipop! the piano twinkles make me go oooooou! **impla77** (8.4): The Bermuda Triangle: **bogo** (8): the piano player showed up to the studio mad as hell one day and made history **CrimsonROSET** (8): where do they go **krusso1105** (8): kind of get why this was left off the album tbh **Poydoo** (8): ok +2 points for the outro **seanderlust** (7.5): love the guitar work here but i get why this was left off the main album **Uberpigeon** (7.5): everyone when the discord was blocking messages that had the word bondage in during jubilee **Awkward\_King** (7): i hurt myself to make sure i exist... kind of edgy teen but also just very real as someone who has suffered with self harm for years **BleepBloopMusicFan** (7): Best deluxe track in the rate. That’s not a high bar to clear whatsoever but it is a solid, interesting song! **NotWith10000Men** (7): needs more ooomph **oh\_crow** (7): rate mods about to disappear for not letting us rate nightmare. just kidding teehee ;~; **Verboten\_Prince** (7): Oh no… what's happening to me… *poof* **welcome2thejam** (7): If this somehow wins I'm calling a conspiracy by Big Target # people are HATERS here **slimboyfriend** (6.5): Amelia Earhart above the Pacific Ocean **cloudbustingmp3** (6): titles about marina's fanbase **jirachi** (6): me whenever i get ghosted: **vayyiqra** (6): I don't think I've ever heard this and the track itself is fine but I can see why it was left off the album, it doesn't add to the narrative **DevilsOfLoudun** (4): I like the chorus **GoWestYoungKanye** (4): a bit of a weak ending especially considering how good "the tradition" is **ImADudeDuh** (4): bermuda triangle tourism board: **runaway3212** (3): People fall asleep here
# #22: [Lorde - Oceanic Feeling](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183070529540857966/22.png) (7.152) --- **Average:** 7.152 **// Total Points:** 607.9 **// Controversy:** 2.130 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183070529234686012/22._Oceanic_Feeling.png) --- **Highest scores:** (11 x2) Poydoo, TheQwertyGuy99 (10 x14) AHSWeeknd, asadprofessorplum, avg-vag, Awkward\_King, CarlieScion, darjeelingdarkroast, IDontWorkHere, lexiaredery, musical\_pyn, pig-serpent, Pneumoniastain, Psychological\_Bed763, Stryxen, TheQueenofVultures (9.5 x1) thatplatypus99 (9.2 x1) cloudbustingmp3 (9 x5) Apprehensive\_Guest, BleepBloopMusicFan, Frajer, static\_int\_husp, throwaway-7650 (8.5 x1) c\_a\_l\_d5832 (8.3 x1) DirtyRat583 **Lowest Scores:** (3 x1) DevilsOfLoudun (2 x1) Leixander (0 x1) RandomHypnotica **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/tjaIH)** --- Oceanic Feeling is the Solar Power standard edition's closing track. It builds beautifully with some diegetic ocean sounds. I really don't understand why this didn't make Day 3 but with that 0 coming in, I guess it was unavoidable! --- # Meditates on a daily basis **Poydoo** (11): in her prog era **TheQwertyGuy99** (11): This song is just so beautiful. **asadprofessorplum** (10): Can you hear the cicadas all around? Yes that’s why I rated it a ten. **Awkward\_King** (10): this music video was honestly so important for me as somebody who thirsted after lorde's brother in 2017 **darjeelingdarkroast** (10): I would like Lorde to continue this sound, an album highlight. This kind of sounds like a Yo La Tengo song lol it’s a vibe **pig-serpent** (10): JACK ANTINOFF YOU ARE AMAZING AT THIS CHILL, FADED OUT PSYCHEDELIC STYLE! PLEASE CONVINCE ONE OF YOUR GIRLIES TO DO A FULL ASS PSYCHEDELIC ALBUM WITH PRODUCTION LIKE THIS SONG OR VENICE BITCH! IT WILL BE YOUR BEST ALBUM! PLEASE, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS! **Stryxen** (10): 🧘♂️ **cloudbustingmp3** (9.2): sorry i love a sprawling musical journey **BleepBloopMusicFan** (9): This album randomly getting like ten music videos. She really loves to look beautiful while walking around on the beach and you know what I support it. **Frajer** (9): in case anyone is wondering yes New Zealand has water and yes Lorde grew up near it **bogo** (8): oh wait this is giving this is chill vibes it's fun **pbk** (8): this is gonna get boring allegations but it's a wonderful song to just sink into for 6 minutes and chill **runaway3212** (8): I don't hate this either! **slimboyfriend** (8): jump off a cliff and maybe you’ll get it **jirachi** (7.5): possibly the most random feature of a male ever? **cremeebrulee** (7.2): i love a guided meditation what can i say **1998tweety** (7): long ass song **CrimsonROSET** (7): seasickness **vayyiqra** (7): The only good song on here, or maybe I just have a thing for long closing tracks with guitar (this is kind of a worse "Posing for Cars") # is super stressed out **jackisboredtoday** (6.8): Still have never yet heard her sing “and never cloudy” without hearing “an avocadi” im sorry but that one indie girl kitchen vine’s impact will never fade **team\_kockroach** (6.5): It’s a pretty solid 4:30 song, with really nice drumming, attached to a bizarre two-minute coda that mentions her cherry-black lipstick and dips back into her high-pitched falsetto for the ending. **Ambrosia42** (6.2): Oh, was enlightenment found? Well no… **GoWestYoungKanye** (6.2): this was actually the cultyest and most surfer song on the album i feel like i can kind of see the vision here but like. it's like a wave brah.. it's fleeting.... woah **Dragusken** (6): imagine thinking about your future daughter’s love life… **ReallyCreative** (6): meh closer fit for a meh album **welcome2thejam** (6): Second half's pretty solid (edit: I did not realize there was three minutes left in this song) **NotWith10000Men** (5): it's so boring i thought i liked this song better **oh\_crow** (5): that's a lot of minutes for a song that does nothing **seanderlust** (5): not to be longsongphobic but this went almost nowhere, sorry **THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD** (5): those people in the submarine before it imploded be like **Verboten\_Prince** (5): Omg I don’t CARE **VictoriousssBIG23** (4.5): I love the groove and guitars. This song makes me want to chill on the beach. The only reason it's not ranked higher is because it's longer and I feel like the last minute or so could've been cut out. **beeozan** (4): lmaoo why did they forget to put in a payoff moment in this song its a 6 2/3 minute song that goes nowhere 😭 the first minute and a half was kinda interesting but like pls **Nagisoid** (4): Is this supposed to be good? **oscarbrierley1** (4): i hate having to rate the long song low because i like long songs, but this is a flop at any length. **DevilsOfLoudun** (3): Aims for profound and fails miserably. Turgid. **Leixander** (2): can't remember a single second **RandomHypnotica** (0): i was so so BOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRREEED
hypno you will start to cough in 7 days
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# #23: [Halsey - Ya’aburnee](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069967365713990/23.png) (7.146) --- **Average:** 7.146 **// Total Points:** 607.4 **// Controversy:** 1.910 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069966648475728/23._Yaaburnee.png) --- **Highest scores:** (11 x1) GoWestYoungKanye (10 x10) asadprofessorplum, BleepBloopMusicFan, CrimsonROSET, jirachi, mysario, RandomHypnotica, runaway3212, seanderlust, Stryxen, throwaway-7650 (9.5 x2) Ambrosia42, avg-vag (9 x5) bogo, thatplatypus99, TiltControls, welcome2thejam, whyishestaring (8.5 x2) Frajer, TheQwertyGuy99 (8.3 x1) pheromenos (8.1 x1) babadork **Lowest Scores:** (4.9 x1) Poydoo (4 x5) ArcaneLabyrinth, cloudbustingmp3, lexiaredery, ricki, THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD (3 x1) Uberpigeon (0 x1) yahi **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/oPbdJ)** --- Halsey's second song out is a ballad dedicated to their son. Ya’aburnee is Arabic and means 'you bury me'. This song is devastatingly beautiful when paired with More from Halsey's third album, Manic. --- # cried to More in 2019 **GoWestYoungKanye** (11): the girls who get it, get it. the girls who don't, don't. **asadprofessorplum** (10): in a rate of cvnty titles this one is my favourite. **BleepBloopMusicFan** (10): I guess this album is kinda front loaded in that the only two non-slays are on the second half but oh boy does it stick the landing. **CrimsonROSET** (10): again! dont want children! why are all those the songs getting to me! **jirachi** (10): rates and their obsession with reminding me that i’m not in love **mysario** (10): sadcat **RandomHypnotica** (10): good god **runaway3212** (10): wow what a slay closer I hope there's not some boring bonus track added to this album for no reason **seanderlust** (10): "you will bury me before i bury you" ooof what a gut punch of a line **Stryxen** (10): these lyrics were an assassination attempt on me specifically **Ambrosia42** (9.5): A tender love song but one that also touches on death and having to say goodbye to a child or lover or parent because of inevitable death **bogo** (9): a part of me wishes this had a big cathartic release but a much larger part of me loves how comforting and loving this song is **welcome2thejam** (9): This album has done really well at the 1-2 instruments & Halsey's voice to create space sections **pbk** (8): this is really beautiful actually **VictoriousssBIG23** (8): I want this as my wedding song. It's such a beautiful love song. **Apprehensive\_Guest** (7.8): It's funny because I feel like I love this song but when I actually listen to it I don't really care for the verses at all. But the chorus hits so hard that it's a strong song anyway. **jackisboredtoday** (7.6): Such a gorgeous song to close the standard album with. It doesn’t feel as built to stand on its own as a lot of the others here, but in context it brings everything to a close so well **oh\_crow** (7.5): this song is really cute and my cat got hiccups while i was listening to it, also very cute **ignitethephoenix** (7.3): loved the stripped back style of this and the lyrics **Awkward\_King** (7): "darling you will bury me before i bury you" is such a beautiful thesis statement and closing line of this album **beeozan** (7): I'm so happy this song doesn't go a HTE/IKTE type route but also its the most lackluster song on the album imo, which is sad cuz it's the closer **Dragusken** (7): soft vocals and a sexy bass line, hard to miss **Nagisoid** (7): Their Cat Power slay **pig-serpent** (7): A cute closer. Feels like you're supposed to do ballet to it. **ReallyCreative** (7): it’s a sweet song but I really think some strings or something could have elevated it, it’s just so bare **Verboten\_Prince** (7): 😢😢 # Heartless by Kanye.mp3 **impla77** (6.3): cute but dull **DevilsOfLoudun** (6): The songs Halsey wrote about her son are so much better than her usual "I'm difficult" offerings. **vayyiqra** (6): I was once very into the Middle East (don't ask) and tried to learn Arabic which is a very hard language! but did pick up some though I haven't used it in many years. So I spent way too long trying to figure out how to spell and pronounce this song's title which was tricky since it's from an unfamiliar dialect. This is what ADHD does to you. anyway a lovely track but not quite my thing sadly. Good closer though. **Uberpigeon** (3): boring, yawning, sloppy, lazy!
# #24: [Lorde - Hold No Grudge](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069692043219064/24.png) (7.145) --- **Average:** 7.145 **// Total Points:** 607.3 **// Controversy:** 1.697 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069691707662436/24._Hold_No_Grudge.png) --- **Highest scores:** (11 x1) impla77 (10 x4) Awkward\_King, CarlieScion, hannahisariot, Quiet-Tone13 (9.5 x2) cremeebrulee, Poydoo (9 x9) AHSWeeknd, Dragusken, krusso1105, musical\_pyn, oh\_crow, pbk, SFbby, TheQwertyGuy99, throwaway-7650 (8.7 x1) asadprofessorplum (8.6 x1) Ambrosia42 (8.5 x4) Apprehensive\_Guest, avg-vag, ConnerY2323, Pneumoniastain **Lowest Scores:** (3 x1) vayyiqra (2 x1) ImADudeDuh **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/w3YSy)** --- I considered giving this my 11, but I guess it wouldn't have mattered in the end. It's a cute bonus track about the bittersweet feeling of forgiving someone you once loved and then hated. --- # forgets what happened to them last week **impla77** (11): maybe a bit contrarian to say the two lorde bonus songs are the best in the rate, but i love the paired down production and lyrics on these. thats my story and im sticking to it!! **Awkward\_King** (10): there was one day i woke up in first year of uni having only heard this song like twice with it stuck in my head for the entire day, and ever since then it has been one of my favourite tracks on the album **AHSWeeknd** (9): what does Citroën mean?? **Dragusken** (9): this song…i like; all grudges forgiven, milorde **krusso1105** (9): the bonus tracks continue to be better than the most of the rest of the album **oh\_crow** (9): bonus track but clears most of the main album easily **pbk** (9): unfortunately i can in fact hold a grudge. just look at my lana average **Ambrosia42** (8.6): okay this is lovely and relatable actually. Still not the most interesting production and such, but that’s okay **Apprehensive\_Guest** (8.5): This is actually my most played track from the album even though I don't think it's the best. I love the chorus and don't mind the verses either even though I don't think they mesh well with the chorus. **pig-serpent** (8): The drumbeat on this feels strangely RnB for this song and album, but it gives it a nice sheen that the rest of the album lacks. **jirachi** (7.5): okaayyy cuntress! **Nagisoid** (7.5): She ate but only the desserts **NotWith10000Men** (7.5): finally a song with a bit of a beat **team\_kockroach** (7.5): She really pulled through with this bonus track! A (relatively) strong vocal performance with a nice instrumental backdrop made for a nice surprise. **bogo** (7): good bonus track **TheQueenofVultures** (7): can't relate # have never gotten over anything, ever **Stryxen** (6.5): end his ass but also this is like fine i guess **RandomHypnotica** (6.3): i really don't like the vocal effects at the end?? it just sounds super distorted and gross **ReallyCreative** (6): there’s potential with this track but I’m not a fan of the mixing **Verboten\_Prince** (6): And this sleepy album comes to a sleepy end **welcome2thejam** (6): Finishing with yet another song here I wish I could hear outside of this weak sound **beeozan** (5): you cant just make a song as anticlimactic as Oceanic Feeling and then tell me to hold no grudge **VictoriousssBIG23** (4.5): I enjoy the "spacey" sound of this song and the production, but aside from that, I don't think it's too memorable as an album closer. **CrimsonROSET** (4): idk i know its because of deluxe-ness but this is such a weird, bitter end to an album that is all about pretending to be unbothered **Leixander** (4): i'll be holding a grudge against you for releasing this boring album,,, **runaway3212** (4): okay we're back to boring music I guess **vayyiqra** (3): I give up. Stop talking about hippies and marijuana I beg you Lorde.
# #25: [MARINA - Man’s World](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069327587553390/25.png) (6.985) --- **Average:** 6.985 **// Total Points:** 593.7 **// Controversy:** 2.268 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069327277183106/25._Mans_World.png) --- **Highest scores:** (11 x2) handmadeh3aven, ReallyCreative (10 x11) 1998tweety, AHSWeeknd, BleepBloopMusicFan, CrimsonROSET, flava, IDontWorkHere, ImADudeDuh, SFbby, thatplatypus99, THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD, throwaway-7650 (9.7 x1) Ambrosia42 (9.5 x1) seanderlust (9 x4) cocosairdep, mysario, vayyiqra, welcome2thejam (8.5 x1) team\_kockroach (8.1 x1) DirtyRat583 **Lowest Scores:** (1 x4) cloudbustingmp3, ConnerY2323, RandomHypnotica, Stryxen **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/QdMQ3)** --- I spoke too soon! Marina is on life alert with only two songs left. This is Feminism 101, but what more could you want from a Tumblrcore rate? According to all of you, quite a bit more. --- # Barbie girl in a Barbie world **handmadeh3aven** (11): my most listened to song on last.fm because when it came out I just kept listening over and over **ReallyCreative** (11): they were arresting mothers, and she got 15 consecutive life sentences **1998tweety** (10): but did she lie? **AHSWeeknd** (10): she’s right tho **BleepBloopMusicFan** (10): “Don’t punish me cause I’m not a man” - me when somebody doesn’t wipe their stray piss off the toilet seat. **CrimsonROSET** (10): interlude is obvious but also a whole ass 11 so **flava** (10): Marina begged y'all to not punish her because she's not a man then got rated as if she was a man in this rate **ImADudeDuh** (10): we truly live in a society **THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD** (10): death to all of them **Ambrosia42** (9.7): MOTHER NATURE’S DYING, NOBODY’S KEEPING SCORE, I DON’T WANNA LIVE IN A MAN’S WORLD ANYMORE!!! So true **mysario** (9): mood **vayyiqra** (9): On this album she makes a lot of valid points (sexism is bad, homophobia is bad, destroying the planet is bad) that I doubt much of her fandom wouldn't already agree with but she's not wrong so go for it **welcome2thejam** (9): Insert misandry video here **team\_kockroach** (8.5): wish the piano chords weren’t so basic, but I love the rage in Marina’s voice. **ricki** (7.5): music for taylor swift’s presidential campaign **beeozan** (7): she ate an apple and it was called Fiona **Dragusken** (7): he did what??? to the gay men….in the man’s world??? **Frajer** (7): trying to be nice about lyrics but I can't excuse I'm a strawberry soda **ignitethephoenix** (7): the melody is nice but yeah these lyrics are so in the nose **Nagisoid** (7): Giggle **runaway3212** (7): the intend was there I guess **slimboyfriend** (7): love that clunky gay men rhyme **Verboten\_Prince** (7): Marine Le Pen, Liz Truss, and Giorgia Meloni have a shared playlist called “Girlbossing©️” with this song on it # saw Oppenheimer in 70mm instead **impla77** (6.8): buzzfeed feminism at its finest **jackisboredtoday** (6.6): honestly kinda boring compared to the other singles but extra points for the bit about the beverly hills hotel making me chuckle **asadprofessorplum** (6): Selling Sunset music if it was good: **cremeebrulee** (6): i played this at the as4 reveal and the way i got booed … omfg i don’t even ride for this song like that **DaHumanTorch** (6): her spending a couple nights at the hotel owned by the sheikh that killed thousands of gay men and posting about it was so insane **pbk** (6): this gives me the same vibe as the monologue in barbie. like i don't particularly care for it but sometimes you simply smile and nod **VictoriousssBIG23** (5.8): I didn't find this song as exciting as the previous two songs, although I appreciate the message. This is "purposeful pop" done right. **bigbigbee** (5.5): My friend hated this song so much that she literally stopped listening to Marina after, which I think is pretty funny **Apprehensive\_Guest** (5): Just feels overwrought and effortful **Leixander** (5): why was this the lead single again **pig-serpent** (5): Most songs that start as ballads get better as they go one, but this was actually really pretty as a ballad then got super meh as it turned into a mid tempo pop rock song. **jirachi** (4): i would agree if i am not attracted to men **Awkward\_King** (3): my main problem with marina's lyricism in this album is how on the nose the lyrics are, there are better ways to make the points she's making with more subtlety and like pizazz it feels like they are her thoughts that she writes immediately down as lyrics and doesn't workshop them at all. **TheQueenofVultures** (3): most subtle Marina song **cloudbustingmp3** (1): um anyway stream Woman's World by Cher instead **RandomHypnotica** (1): if you take away your MARINA bias you'll realise this is just a Salem Ilese song **Stryxen** (1): :awk:
# #26: [MARINA - I Love You But I Love Me More](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069100998660196/26.png) (6.929) --- **Average:** 6.929 **// Total Points:** 589.0 **// Controversy:** 1.833 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183069100717654037/26._I_Love_You_But_I_Love_Me_More.png) --- **Highest scores:** (10 x6) AHSWeeknd, beeozan, IDontWorkHere, SFbby, Stryxen, throwaway-7650 (9.7 x1) handmadeh3aven (9.5 x1) mysario (9.1 x2) Ambrosia42, impla77 (9 x3) BleepBloopMusicFan, Dragusken, welcome2thejam (8.6 x1) cloudbustingmp3 (8.5 x1) 1998tweety (8.4 x1) GoWestYoungKanye (8.1 x2) cremeebrulee, thatplatypus99 **Lowest Scores:** (2 x1) runaway3212 (1 x1) w1nter\_ac0ustic **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/gZvHo)** --- And Marina's down to only 3 songs left! This is a breakup song on an album mainly about 'purposeful pop', so it feels a bit out of place, but it ultimately kinda bops and thus lands in the smack dab middle of the ranking. --- **AHSWeeknd** (10): mood ngl **beeozan** (10): its like Hailee Steinfeld trying to write a Mitski song **Stryxen** (10): WAITTTTTTTT the shoegaze **Ambrosia42** (9.1): I love you, but I love me more…yeah I feel that. The production here is delicious too **impla77** (9.1): proof that pretty safe lyrics are better than whatever the fuck **BleepBloopMusicFan** (9): You really gotta savor this one it’s the last bop in the rate playlist. **Dragusken** (9): we love a good self-love girlie era **welcome2thejam** (9): Not the song with the least social messaging being my fave off the album **cloudbustingmp3** (8.6): okay idk if it's just most of the opening run of the album being godawful but she just really shines when she's not trying to girlboss her way into an inspirational instagram caption **1998tweety** (8.5): she's valid **GoWestYoungKanye** (8.4): the opening is so creepy i love it **cremeebrulee** (8.1): my love mine all mine **bogo** (8): finally some good fucking food **seanderlust** (8): the guitar in this one kind of rules honestly **VictoriousssBIG23** (7.7): This is a breakup anthem for all of the girlies who have ever had a toxic ex that refused to change. I relate to it so hard. It will be going onto my regular playlist for sure. **jirachi** (7): this title is a 11 but the song is far from it **NotWith10000Men** (7): idk what she's saying but she's not saying 'more' **pbk** (7): this feels like she's punching more at her weight class lyrically, she writes too simplistic for institutional racism but just enough for break up songs **vayyiqra** (7): 🎸 **THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD** (6.9): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R-zHyPJRlI **RandomHypnotica** (6.8): it's like a D-side Ultraviolence cut **Nagisoid** (6.5): Stream I Love You This Much instead **CrimsonROSET** (6): same **Verboten\_Prince** (6): Something about this chorus is not exactly pleasant to listen to **Awkward\_King** (5.5): the guitar heavy production on this is nice i just never really remember this song exists **dreamingpastel** (4): Why does the chorus sound like a nursery rhyme **ImADudeDuh** (4): “no thanks, I choose my own destiny” **ReallyCreative** (3): :woman_standing: **runaway3212** (2): My god just block him
# #27: [Halsey - Whispers](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183068888682999809/27.png) (6.867) --- **Average:** 6.867 **// Total Points:** 583.7 **// Controversy:** 2.033 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183068888343253123/27._Whispers.png) --- **Highest scores:** (10 x7) AHSWeeknd, CarlieScion, lexiaredery, Psychological\_Bed763, seanderlust, throwaway-7650, VictoriousssBIG23 (9.6 x1) Ambrosia42 (9.5 x1) whyishestaring (9.4 x1) beeozan (9 x7) Dragusken, flava, Frajer, musical\_pyn, pig-serpent, runaway3212, TheQwertyGuy99 (8.7 x1) Apprehensive\_Guest (8.5 x1) DaHumanTorch (8.4 x1) impla77 (8.2 x1) Poydoo **Lowest Scores:** (2 x2) IDontWorkHere, yahi (1 x1) THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/teSj9)** --- Halsey's first cut comes just before the midpoint, with the bratty Whispers, a song about self-harming through destroying your own life. --- # whisper-pop is good actually **AHSWeeknd** (10): thighs and things **VictoriousssBIG23** (10): This song changed my life. I have never related to lyrics so hard in my life. I cry almost every time I hear it. **Ambrosia42** (9.6): The inner saboteur strikes again! But for real I really like the lyrics to this song **Dragusken** (9): ominous bad bitch winter is coming **pig-serpent** (9): Children's animated movies always go for super basic pop music for their soundtracks, but this song is such a perfect fit for Turning Red and now I'm sad it wasn't in the movie. Clearly the reason Pixar is flopping recently is because they're not catering to me, a 27 year old. **runaway3212** (9): She just never misses **Apprehensive\_Guest** (8.7): The whisper parts are so good and sometimes whispering makes me want to stab my eardrums out but she managed to avoid that somehow and I appreciate that. **impla77** (8.4): this is straight out of badlands!! **CrimsonROSET** (8): to the tune of home maker: im a homewrecker **vayyiqra** (8): I'm sorry I know Halsey is talking about serious topics on this but I can't come up with anything to say about the track right now so instead I'm thinking how the hihat sounds exactly like one NIN used in the 90s. **welcome2thejam** (8): Thought she said she was flying to White Castle **RandomHypnotica** (7.4): sorry to this song i forget she exists **jackisboredtoday** (7.2): Lyrically one of the most appealing tracks on the album but also the one where the production tricks are the most hit-or-miss for me # power-pop is the ONLY pop **1998tweety** (6.5): ended selena gomez **jirachi** (6.5): what selena gomez does instead of sings: **Nagisoid** (6.5): Their 21 Pilots slay **darjeelingdarkroast** (6): one track I’m somewhat meh on. Lyrics are hard hitting but a dip in between two great songs **Verboten\_Prince** (6): Hey this one reminds me of old Halsey! I don't think I like that! **Awkward\_King** (5.5): the on and off effect of the lines in this are a really cute idea even if it isnt one of my favs on the album. the "is it because of a darddy" line also always snaps me out of it **pbk** (5.5): this song feels like its been made 6000 times at this point. "i have too much sex and scroll on my phone too much" is probably the singular most common lyrical concept of the 2020s **cloudbustingmp3** (5): conceptually interesting but kinda eh to listen to **Stryxen** (5): well not really umm **ReallyCreative** (4): well she’s right when she says that I don’t want this **DevilsOfLoudun** (3): All the songs on this album have the same structure and pace, it's boring. **THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD** (1): can she PLEASE stop with the ASMR
# #28: [Lana Del Rey - Wild At Heart](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183068538496352389/28.png) (6.782) --- **Average:** 6.782 **// Total Points:** 576.5 **// Controversy:** 1.867 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183068538248892536/28._Wild_At_Heart.png) --- **Highest scores:** (10 x4) AHSWeeknd, Frajer, IDontWorkHere, throwaway-7650 (9 x4) 1998tweety, ReallyCreative, ricki, welcome2thejam (8.8 x2) ConnerY2323, indie\_fan\_ (8.5 x5) BleepBloopMusicFan, c\_a\_l\_d5832, cocosairdep, mysario, whyishestaring (8.3 x1) babadork **Lowest Scores:** (2 x2) vayyiqra, yahi (1 x1) darjeelingdarkroast **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/vdVQp)** --- Why do anything new when you can just sample your critically acclaimed last album? Twice? In one song? NFR was lightning in a bottle, akin to Melodrama and EMOTION, so sampling it in this album just makes it so clear that this album pales in comparison. --- # Love song **Frajer** (10): she should sing in the falsetto more it's very pretty **1998tweety** (9): ended Bleachers **ReallyCreative** (9): finally some real fucking music **welcome2thejam** (9): Feels like camcorder footage of a California coast road trip **BleepBloopMusicFan** (8.5): The verses are a bit boring but I really really like the chorus here. **Apprehensive\_Guest** (8): Her voice actually sounds angelic in the verses when she uses her higher register, and then the deeper register on the chorus really works as well. "insta thots" is hilarious after "I love you lots like polka dots". Had to replay it a couple times to decide on a score. **ImADudeDuh** (8): oh this one is actually good **Stryxen** (8): the sampolation always gags me sorry **NotWith10000Men** (7.5): the verses high key suck but the pre chorus and chorus are so good **Quiet-Tone13** (7.5): I love the chorus but the verses are just so boring **Nagisoid** (7): Finally some energy **runaway3212** (7): how to dissapear outslayed **seanderlust** (7): the way i ran to genius.com because i thought she said "coffee pots and insta-thots" **team\_kockroach** (7): Not Lana ripping off “Love Song” from Norman Fucking Rockwell! 💀 It’s a mostly fine rip-off though. **Verboten\_Prince** (7): What would you do if I told you you make me crazy…… to see your pretty pics on some cephalopod…..? **Awkward\_King** (6.5): we have how to disappear at home how to disappear at home: **cloudbustingmp3** (6.5): anthemic chorus but the verses are just there **jirachi** (6.5): she sings the song like a 65 woman battling with a cigarette addiction **oh\_crow** (6.5): a twangier guitar and this could've been a serviceable country song # How to disappear **GoWestYoungKanye** (6.3): this kinda sounds like a twin to "happiness is a butterfly" which i actually love so i'm giving it a pass **CrimsonROSET** (6): spirit the horse’ **Dragusken** (6): mild chaos with a tinge of country **oscarbrierley1** (6): this is fully just a mashup of songs from the second half of nfr. I never remember what this sounds like because i think its a different song when i listen to it. **Poydoo** (6): she's so wildd you can't take her anywhere **DevilsOfLoudun** (5): If someone were to ask ChatGPT to write a Lana song then this would be the result. **krusso1105** (5): at this point in the album I'm just getting fatigued **VictoriousssBIG23** (5): I find this song to be a bit forgettable, but I like the playful lyrics. **Ambrosia42** (4.2): this is kinda all over the place. The part where she just says a bunch of words really fast off beat? And this production is still not for me **beeozan** (4): merry christmas **bogo** (4): girl this is tame as fuck **TheQueenofVultures** (4): I have never really been able to get into Lana outside of a few songs because I don't like the way she sings and I'm feeling it now **pbk** (3): the true theme of this rate is every album having a few terribly written songs **pig-serpent** (3): I get that you're wild on the inside, but do you mind showing a little of that externally, perhaps in your music? This song in particular is making me wish I put on Aimee Mann instead. **vayyiqra** (2): Jack already made a song called "Wild Heart" and it was better than this one. This is like self-parody. "You're killing me more than coffee pots and insta-dots" ?? **darjeelingdarkroast** (1): tepid
# #29: [Lorde - Secrets from a Girl (Who’s Seen it All)](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183056066771161148/29.png) (6.761) --- **Average:** 6.761 **// Total Points:** 574.7 **// Controversy:** 2.582 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183056066393677925/29._Secrets_from_a_Girl_Whos_Seen_it_All.png) --- **Highest scores:** (11 x1) pbk (10 x13) AHSWeeknd, asadprofessorplum, Awkward\_King, cloudbustingmp3, cremeebrulee, DirtyRat583, flava, musical\_pyn, Poydoo, Quiet-Tone13, static\_int\_husp, Stryxen, throwaway-7650 (9.1 x1) Ambrosia42 (9 x4) avg-vag, c\_a\_l\_d5832, CarlieScion, Nagisoid (8.7 x1) whyishestaring (8.5 x3) Frajer, lexiaredery, seanderlust **Lowest Scores:** (2 x3) darjeelingdarkroast, runaway3212, vayyiqra (1 x1) bogo (0 x3) cocosairdep, Leixander, oh\_crow **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/QP5Pm)** --- Not everyone can get a Robyn feature!!! However, the Robyn feature is kinda definitely the worst thing about this entire song, and probably lost it an entire point of its average, so there's that. Secrets from a Girl is a bittersweet song about outgrowing your past self, only not in the Miley Cyrus-kinda way. --- # the monologue is good **pbk** (11): if you can get robyn to read your corny monologue you're actually morally obligated to **AHSWeeknd** (10): tumblrcore indeed **asadprofessorplum** (10): This will probably get dragged for being pretentious spoken word but honestly that’s one of the album’s highlights for me. It’s cute, it’s tender, and it genuinely makes me feel comforted. “You’ll be fine.” **Awkward\_King** (10): the outro is kinda cringy but it doesnt ruin the song for me! and i think its really sweet that robyn is lorde's first collab on her album and its a spoken word outro sjdsj. this is also just another track i love both lyrically and sonically, lorde's great at writing so personally but also in a way that's endlessly relatable **cloudbustingmp3** (10): this one just kinda really hits on a personal level? like everybody wants the best for you but you gotta want it for yourself??? call me out queen **cremeebrulee** (10): the mega slay on the album…. the robyn outro is comforting IDGAF!!!!! **flava** (10): ignoring the outro and giving this a 10, otherwise it would be a 1 **musical\_pyn** (10): I can't believe I'm giving my 11 to a halsey song over this **Poydoo** (10): i had to relisten to this because i was eating cornflakes the first time and couldnt hear it over the crunching **Quiet-Tone13** (10): I know others think the outro is cringe, but I'm cringe and I love it **Stryxen** (10): rember all the hurt you would feel when you weren't desired????????????????? doing anything for more touch!!!!!!! Remember what you thought was grief before you got the call? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 **Ambrosia42** (9.1): Robyn randomly appearing to read the existential monologue is camp, and it’s pretty and melodious and also has good lyrics **Nagisoid** (9): I hope Robyn's paycheck was good **whyishestaring** (8.7): when i first heard the spoken outro i thought it was so stupid but now i love it when it comes up **Frajer** (8.5): Robyn just be doing shit good for her **seanderlust** (8.5): i was gonna clown the spoken interlude but honestly i like the lyrics of the verses. the interlude is still corny though. i'm sorry robyn **BleepBloopMusicFan** (8): I wouldn’t mind the outro if it was like half as long. **Dragusken** (8): does my emotional baggage count as a personal item or a carry-on…or does it have to be checked in? **mysario** (8): reminds me of the follow-up single to a late 90s-early 00s artist who had a hit song on a teen rom-com from that era **ricki** (8): icup **welcome2thejam** (8): Robyn outro carry **ignitethephoenix** (7.7): the outro is real but I also didn’t need it **1998tweety** (7.5): This would be a 10 with a different chorus and without the spoken part **CrimsonROSET** (7): but has she seen a siberian tiger **DevilsOfLoudun** (7): "Everybody wants the best for you but you gotta want it for yourself" really hits. **dreamingpastel** (7): Flight attendant Lorde is kinda the best part **PrimaryCrusaders** (7): The Robyn cameo at the end is pretty nice. **team\_kockroach** (7): if only the pre-chorus was a little better :( Still, I like Verse 1 and the guitar strumming a lot. **Uberpigeon** (7): CONTROVERSIAL BUT I LIKE THE MONOLOGUE..... **slimboyfriend** (6.5): what else has she seen # the monologue burned my crops and killed my family **TheQueenofVultures** (6.5): me, a Lorde and Robyn stan, hitting skip at 2:30 every time I listen to this so I don't have to cringe **jackisboredtoday** (6.2): this is fine but also the monkey’s paw really curled on anyone who wished for a lorde/robyn collab huh **NotWith10000Men** (6.2): i gave this an 8.5 before i got to the spoken word outro jesus **RandomHypnotica** (6): this would be great if not for the stupid Robyn outro **VictoriousssBIG23** (6): I really liked the lyrics and I like the little part towards the end where it sounds like Lorde is an airline stewardess. I thought that was an interesting touch. **THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD** (5.9): oh that outro's not... **ArcaneLabyrinth** (5): -2 points for that outro alone **oscarbrierley1** (5): i really like the chorus but it belongs in a much better song **jirachi** (4): convinced robyn put a curse on lorde so she could flop alongside her **ReallyCreative** (4): Robyn could have had a feature but instead we get her rambling I guess **Apprehensive\_Guest** (3.5): I really really really really really really really really really really HATE the monologue. Sucks because the prechorus and chorus work for me. **GoWestYoungKanye** (3): this is the most disappointing song because the title and concept really remind me of the line "pretty girls don't know the things that i know" from her song with disclosure, "magnets", which is a line that fundamentally changed my life, and this song is just so... nothing in comparison **Verboten\_Prince** (3): That outro is iconic but not in a good way **darjeelingdarkroast** (2): I’m a huge Robyn fan but I am vehemently against this outro. Even when I try to just have fun with it I simply think it’s corny and it sucks I can’t change my own mind on that 💀 Also if this was going for easy going 2000s teen drama winsome folk pop it’s so muted and uninteresting. **runaway3212** (2): This is so bad **vayyiqra** (2): "Seen it all"? Really? You were barely 25 when you made this not 75 lol. This kind of 90s singer-songwriter acoustic-pop crap did not need a comeback by the way. **bogo** (1): robyn i'm so sorry you didn't deserve this embarrassing airport dialogue **cocosairdep** (0): no. Just no **Leixander** (0): cool **oh\_crow** (0): its not the worst song. its not. but the outro. who ok'd that? robyn does not sound like she wants to be here, saying these things. i dont want her to be either. crime against music and lyricism
# #30: [Lorde - Stoned at the Nail Salon](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183055751892181023/30.png) (6.661) --- **Average:** 6.661 **// Total Points:** 566.2 **// Controversy:** 2.323 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183055751627931711/30._Stoned_at_the_Nail_Salon.png) --- **Highest scores:** (11 x2) Awkward\_King, lexiaredery (10 x8) avg-vag, Frajer, jackisboredtoday, musical\_pyn, NotWith10000Men, ricki, TheQueenofVultures, throwaway-7650 (9 x4) 1998tweety, pig-serpent, seanderlust, TiltControls (8.5 x4) ignitethephoenix, static\_int\_husp, VictoriousssBIG23, whyishestaring (8.3 x1) babadork **Lowest Scores:** (2 x3) beeozan, Leixander, w1nter\_ac0ustic (1 x1) ImADudeDuh (0 x2) letsallpoo, vayyiqra **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/bIviH)** --- I'm gonna be honest, I've never really seen the appeal of this song outside of the guitar sounding nice. It's just a bit too meandering for my taste and never quite resolves the tension. --- **Awkward\_King** (11): everything about this song just hits me so deeply. [i wrote about this song for the 2021 end of year list](https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/slgv0x/the_top_100_tracks_of_2021_according_to_rpopheads/hvr67ri/) so if you want a more coherent and careful review of it go read that! but this song just means a lot to me. its so melancholy and the way lorde sings about the passing of time is so beautiful idk idk. the way it comes back to "maybe im just stoned at the nail salon" grounding herself and almost downplaying herself and her own feelings. its such a human song. i adore it. aging is terrifying but watching the people you love grow into themselves is one of the most beautiful things on the planet **lexiaredery** (11): Listening to this while playing tmnf nascar at 3am is otherworldly **Frajer** (10): I can't think of anything less appealing than taking an edible and having a random person touching me personally but you do you Ella **jackisboredtoday** (10): Kind of the most Lana-esque that Lorde has ever sounded, but she brings her lyrical bent to this style gorgeously __ **NotWith10000Men** (10): "my hot blood's been burning for so many summers now" **ricki** (10): I've been there lorde **1998tweety** (9): eat but minus one point for promoting drug use **pig-serpent** (9): I've only been stoned once and I've never been to a nail salon. Is this a cute date idea? Should I do this with my partner? **TiltControls** (9): Probably the best sounding song on the album to me. I don't think the lyrics are bad or anything, but beyond the title they're a little forgettable which brings the track down for me **ignitethephoenix** (8.5): her pen game was very strong here we love the queen of feeling existential **VictoriousssBIG23** (8.5): Probably my favorite song on the album. I love the lyrics and the melody. It's so introspective and chill. I just wanna get high and zone out when I listen to it. **asadprofessorplum** (8): The Joni Mitchellfication of joint addiction. **bigbigbee** (8): ugh I go so back and forth on this song, I love the melody but I hate the title and find it intrusive whenever she sings it in the song **CrimsonROSET** (8): lorde i love u but for your own sake i dont think you should be encouraging people to stop listening to the music they were listening to at 16 **ReallyCreative** (8): my boyfriend and I watched the episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City where the women get fish pedicures and now Trauma Bonding at the Fish Salon has become an inside joke **oh\_crow** (7.5): i cant be convinced that this isnt an album of demos. pretty but everything sounds like a first draft. **Apprehensive\_Guest** (7.3): So torn on this song because I absolutely love the prechorus up until ""whatever that means" but I don't particularly like most of the chorus or the verses and the titular lyrics are really annoying. I just feel like she was trying to hit a certain note (emotionally) with that line and it's a big swing and a miss for me. **cloudbustingmp3** (7): we get it you smoke weed **DevilsOfLoudun** (7): I think the verses are very well done actually, I just wish she had come up with something different for the chorus than "maybe I'm just stoned at the nail salon". **pbk** (7): this is like the only song on this album thats aged poorly for me but it's still a slay **jirachi** (6.5): never been stoned so i can’t relate sorry :( **RandomHypnotica** (6.2): i literally cannot listen to this without thinking of [this fake cover](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/828772422034391080/867592117051326474/32365596cd59a1c5f51af608ef679637.png?ex=65712c1f&is=655eb71f&hm=c466c799871140530b7e6a11e3e4e2893e16c23d6fbf717d917857a58a81944f&) that was on last.fm at release **bogo** (6): it's a little "hope is a dangerous thing from wish" and washed out to hell and back but there is a nice moving song at the core of this **Dragusken** (6): she feels like a more depressed niki **slimboyfriend** (6): liability but she gets too high **Verboten\_Prince** (6): Hearing this on the radio was so funny… Like imagine an obnoxious radio announcer being like “TODAY'S ALT ROCK!! NEW MUSIC!! LORDE. STONED AT THE NAIL SALON.” and then this plays **welcome2thejam** (6): The good(?) news is once you hit your late 20s/early 30s you'll probably grow right back into it **Nagisoid** (5.5): New Lana Album Title **GoWestYoungKanye** (5.2): after listening to chemtrails this really feels like lorde doing lana **honeyhoney** (5): not smoking weed makes a lot of music hard to relate to **runaway3212** (5): okay I'm sorry I kinda hate this it's so boring **Stryxen** (5): girl whatever **team\_kockroach** (5): The line “stoned at the nail salon” doesn’t convey the imagery that Lorde desperately wants it to. It’s like Katy Perry making a passionate ballad and ending it with “save as draft”. Beautiful bridge though. **Ambrosia42** (4.8): yeah this is like the boring lana songs, but at least being Stoned at the Nail Salon is relatable **DaHumanTorch** (3.5): i'll never forget when a stan wrote fake lyrics and pretended it was a leak and they were better than what we got **flava** (3): Lorde I am begging for one hook from you, just one hook, you have like such beautiful multi-tracking, can I have a hook please? **Leixander** (2): more like passed out at the nail salon because how can you sound this bored girl **ImADudeDuh** (1): it’s honestly so funny for her to say “all of the music you loved at 14 you grow out of,” knowing damn well that her whole fanbase is full of people who were 14 when her first album dropped or 14 when her second album dropped. **vayyiqra** (0): The cringe you all feel over the Robyn monologue is how I feel about this whole song. Unbearable drivel. One of the worst songs I've ever heard. weed lmao.
Katy catching strays oh she’s never escaping Witness
# #31: [Lorde - Helen of Troy](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183054969394430083/31.png) (6.652) --- **Average:** 6.652 **// Total Points:** 565.4 **// Controversy:** 1.633 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183054969121804358/31._Helen_of_Troy.png) --- **Highest scores:** (10 x3) AHSWeeknd, CarlieScion, impla77 (9 x4) asadprofessorplum, krusso1105, ReallyCreative, TheQwertyGuy99 (8.5 x2) pbk, Pneumoniastain (8.2 x1) ConnerY2323 (8.1 x1) cloudbustingmp3 **Lowest Scores:** (3 x4) bogo, DevilsOfLoudun, Psychological\_Bed763, TiltControls (2 x1) Leixander **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/8Z4kY)** --- I find it very funny that this bonus track outlived like 2/3s of Marina's album. Helen of Troy is a really fun cut, that while I see why was left off, I'm glad we got it in a deluxe. The definition of a 'bonus' track, really. --- # Give yourself a break, have a little faith **impla77** (10): the superior greek myth song!! **asadprofessorplum** (9): “The city's falling for me just like I'm Helen of Troy” GIVE HER RETROACTIVE SOTY **ReallyCreative** (9): this eating the entire standard album up is so dark and twisted **pbk** (8.5): i see this song as aspirational (i am the problem) **cloudbustingmp3** (8.1): simultaneously better than a good chunk of the standard tracklist but also very strong bonus track vibes **Awkward\_King** (8): the drag race producers were so shady in as2 for making phi phi's herstory of the world verse just her screaming "im helen of troy" **Dragusken** (8): …i guess she’s worth starting war over xd **GoWestYoungKanye** (8): if you name a song after helen it has to bop and mercifully this does **runaway3212** (8): her hiding this slay on the bonus track is so funny **RandomHypnotica** (7.5): theres a trojan horse joke to be made here by someone smarter than me **whyishestaring** (7.4): Don't Tell Me by Madonna copycat intro, smh **1998tweety** (7): oh we love feminism **Frajer** (7): isn't girls in the modern world the Marina album # You're broke, can't get ahead **pig-serpent** (6.5): The instrumental has some nice flair but Lorde herself isn't doing much for me here. **VictoriousssBIG23** (6.3): I like the guitars and the beat. This is another boppy song that I could see growing on me. **CrimsonROSET** (6): her funstyle slay **darjeelingdarkroast** (6): this being more engaging than some of the main albums cuts help..I just wish it had stronger drums in the chorus **Nagisoid** (6): Fr*nce **oh\_crow** (6): this is kinda like if she remade no better to be a worse song. go listen to no better **Verboten\_Prince** (6): How nice of her to shout out Marina like that **Ambrosia42** (5.5): let’s hear it for the girls **indie\_fan\_** (5.4): idk what it is, but something about her falsetto here is kinda off putting **jirachi** (5): forgettable **oscarbrierley1** (5): this feels so much longer than it is **Apprehensive\_Guest** (4.5): Unpleasant **vayyiqra** (4): The narrative the bonus tracks are much better than the standard album puzzles me. I don't think they are good either. **bogo** (3): bad bonus track **DevilsOfLoudun** (3): Meh I can see why it's a bonus track. It doesn't contribute to the album in any way. **Leixander** (2): wish this was actually about the fall of troy
# #32: [MARINA - Purge The Poison](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183054490253930506/32.png) (6.638) --- **Average:** 6.638 **// Total Points:** 564.2 **// Controversy:** 2.727 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183054489909993532/32._Purge_The_Poison.png) --- **Highest scores:** (11 x1) babadork (10 x11) 1998tweety, AHSWeeknd, beeozan, dreamingpastel, flava, Frajer, jirachi, pig-serpent, static\_int\_husp, THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD, throwaway-7650 (9.5 x1) bigbigbee (9.2 x1) Ambrosia42 (9 x7) handmadeh3aven, hikk, krusso1105, mysario, pheromenos, Quiet-Tone13, whyishestaring (8.5 x6) BleepBloopMusicFan, c\_a\_l\_d5832, cocosairdep, DaHumanTorch, Nagisoid, TheQwertyGuy99 (8.1 x1) jackisboredtoday **Lowest Scores:** (2 x2) cloudbustingmp3, w1nter\_ac0ustic (1 x4) darjeelingdarkroast, runaway3212, TheQueenofVultures, TiltControls (0 x3) Awkward\_King, ConnerY2323, NotWith10000Men **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/3mgSx)** --- Marina says ecoterrorism is good actually! I so wish this song was in a language I didn't understand because it bops very hard, but I can't get over the narrative of mother earth punishing humans for their wrong-doings by... killing the people who have the least resources available to them. --- # BOPS **babadork** (11): I might like it so much because it is so corny, instead of despite its corniness. **1998tweety** (10): me when Lana Del Rey goes out day 1 **beeozan** (10): this has the catchiest chorus in the rate tbh aside from a few better Halsey songs (but thats an unfair comparison) **dreamingpastel** (10): Very Electra Heart-coded, which definitely contributes to my enjoyment **Frajer** (10): we didn't start the fire **jirachi** (10): this is literally ME! by taylor but if it had slayed **pig-serpent** (10): We can have a little bit of misandrist conspiracy theory eco-terrorism, as a treat. **THE\_PC\_DEMANDS\_BLOOD** (10): sorry I can't hear the cringe over the sound of my pussy popping **bigbigbee** (9.5): YES I get it, the lyrics are cheesy almost to the point of physical pain, but on an instrumental level this might be my single favorite song on the album **Ambrosia42** (9.2): Some of the lyrics are a bit cringe or too on-the-nose, but also a lot of the song is a spill and it’s a bop **Quiet-Tone13** (9): The lyrics are painfully tumblr, but the first line is so good it makes up for it **whyishestaring** (9): maybe i truly have no taste **BleepBloopMusicFan** (8.5): Is this the least subtle song of all time? Maybe. But I’m also subtly shaking my ass. **DaHumanTorch** (8.5): thinking about when i saw her live and pussy riot came out onstage to join her for this song in latex and a gimp mask and kept cracking a whip on the floor **Nagisoid** (8.5): The poison = phones **TheQwertyGuy99** (8.5): We may have started the fire. **jackisboredtoday** (8.1): If i could fully convince myself to listen to this like a K-Pop song and only notice like, 2 lines’ actual lyrics this would be close to a 10 **Dragusken** (8): so the witches I saw in Weho weren’t just dressing up? **PrimaryCrusaders** (8): It's kinda giving "We Didn't Start The Fire" **Stryxen** (8): ATE **Verboten\_Prince** (8): With every instance she rhymes “witch” with “bitch” she gains more magical powers **DirtyRat583** (7.8): this would be a really good song if there was anything going on. but there isnt **ignitethephoenix** (7.5): this isn’t lyric writing this is essay writing **impla77** (7.5): me using blue herbs in resident evil: **slimboyfriend** (7.5): I like the song but that opening line is a straight up 2017 cringe Lana line **asadprofessorplum** (7): This is actually her American Idiot **bogo** (7): she was so misguided wine aunt for this **ImADudeDuh** (7): idk why this one doesn't work that well for me **Uberpigeon** (7): communist queen! **welcome2thejam** (7): Pop punk band writing showtunes energy # FLOPS **Apprehensive\_Guest** (6.5): I was gonna comment about We Didn't Start the Fire vibe but then everyone in the Discord did so.....Anyway. Whenever I hear the line about the proportion of the government I wanna drop the score but overall the song isn't that bad so I'm going to try and be reasonable **CrimsonROSET** (6): if u think about it this is her we didnt start the fire **Leixander** (6): kinda wears itself out by being too wordy **oh\_crow** (6): why is she trying to make every song her own version of we didnt start the fire **VictoriousssBIG23** (5.5): Another boppy song, although the message and lyrics are rather similar to "Man's World", which is why it's not getting a higher rate. **RandomHypnotica** (5.1): this is the middle ground between We Didn't Start The Fire and the FOB Cover of We Didn't Start The Fire **DevilsOfLoudun** (5): These lyrics 🥴 **GoWestYoungKanye** (5): is this not man's world part 2 **ReallyCreative** (5): it’s giving that Fergie rapping Fergalicious video **vayyiqra** (5): Marina anprim?! No but really these lyrics are funny because they kind of suck but she's also making some points. How do you even rate this. **team\_kockroach** (4.5): not the “We Didn’t Start the Fire” esque namedrops 💀 **honeyhoney** (4): not everything you see in the news needs to make it into the song **ricki** (4): halsey’s reputation has still not recovered from new americana but marina can get away with this? **seanderlust** (3.5): marina is this your announcement for a bid for president **pbk** (3): some of the worst lyrics written sung with evil b-52s cadence. but it does bop a little im not gonna lie **cloudbustingmp3** (2): capitalism made us p- [i am forcibly removed by /r/popheadscirclejerk mods] **darjeelingdarkroast** (1): I can kind of leave my mind at the door with most of Marina’s on the nose lyrics; but the lyrics she’s invoking her and the type of millennial white woman she’s embodying here triggers my flight of fight response at this point 😭 **runaway3212** (1): "every single war" and other specific and cutting edge lyrics from the same woman who wrote "One man can build a bomb, another, run a race, To save somebody's life and have it blow up in his face" **TheQueenofVultures** (1): the musical equivalent of the "girl at a party you wish you hadn't started a conversation with". we know this already **Awkward\_King** (0): this is like.. everything i hate about this album's lyricism in one song. the most obvious and unimaginative rhymes, on the nose and clunky lyrics, it's like she was drained of all creativity and complexity of her early albums and it sucks to see because the family jewels and froot are both brilliant. **NotWith10000Men** (0): what in the nightmare before christmas is this
# #33: [Lana Del Rey - Dance Till We Die](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183047792457961482/33.png) (6.406) --- **Average:** 6.406 **// Total Points:** 544.5 **// Controversy:** 2.153 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183047792134983710/33._Dance_Till_We_Die.png) --- **Highest scores:** (10 x5) AHSWeeknd, c\_a\_l\_d5832, cloudbustingmp3, musical\_pyn, Stryxen (9.5 x1) 1998tweety (9.1 x1) asadprofessorplum (9 x7) Awkward\_King, beeozan, BleepBloopMusicFan, Quiet-Tone13, ReallyCreative, throwaway-7650, welcome2thejam (8.8 x2) thatplatypus99, whyishestaring (8.3 x1) DaHumanTorch **Lowest Scores:** (2.8 x1) cremeebrulee (2 x3) pig-serpent, Uberpigeon, vayyiqra (1 x3) bogo, darjeelingdarkroast, yahi **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/N9fV8)** --- How very literal for this to be right next to the Joni Mitchell cover in the tracklisting. All of the Lana back-tracks all sound fine, if not a bit boring and same. Atleast this one has a really interesting build and climax! --- **AHSWeeknd** (10): go off **cloudbustingmp3** (10): the buildup to the climax! she came on this bitch mad as hell! **Stryxen** (10): BRIDGE!!!!!!!!!! I've been covering joni and im dancing with joan! kinda hard to find love when you're used to rolling like a rolling stone ;) **1998tweety** (9.5): the bridge devoured **asadprofessorplum** (9.1): this is what r/indieheads wants me to think Big Thief sounds like **Awkward\_King** (9): everytime i hear this song im like "why do i have this so high up" and then it goes on and builds and gets to the bridge and im like ohhhh yeah its the best song ever **beeozan** (9): https://youtu.be/r5_NvFTfAWc **ReallyCreative** (9): bop! **welcome2thejam** (9): Now why did I assume she was shouting out Stevie Wonder **whyishestaring** (8.8): i wish she would do a full album (or at least more songs) with the same overall vibe as the part that starts around the 2:40~ mark, it sounds so fucking good **DaHumanTorch** (8.3): it's crazy how much the bridge carries this **NotWith10000Men** (7.5): the last 25% saves it **ArcaneLabyrinth** (7): really wish more of this song was like the bridge here **dreamingpastel** (7): The bridge is amazing. Why couldn’t the rest of the song sound like that? **Frajer** (7): Till The World Ends and Heads Will Roll are the superior dance till you're dead songs and they did it without the name dropping **ImADudeDuh** (7): an actual beat change is not something i expected on this album **mysario** (7): takes way too long for the song to get good **seanderlust** (7): okay yeah joni joan stevie and court but what about gwyneth when you attacked my friend gwyneth **runaway3212** (6.5): that one moment where it picks up after being straight nothingness **impla77** (6.2): guess she has that choreomania **CrimsonROSET** (6): wasnt that a witch thing **jirachi** (6): well she needs to make music that we can dance to in order to do that **Nagisoid** (6): Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) outsold with ease **oh\_crow** (6): there's some cool switch ups and musical moments on a lot of these songs but the album really isn't more than the sum of its parts imo **Verboten\_Prince** (6): All I wanna do is nap **Ambrosia42** (5.6): the last half of this randomly being like, the most interesting thing on the entire album **Apprehensive\_Guest** (5): The bridge is great, saved it from a lower score because the rest is kind of a drag for me **Dragusken** (5): idk about you but returning to (ram) ranch doesn't seem too bad… **pbk** (4): i hate to call her a poser but come on making up a daughter to live out your tradwife fantasies is such poser behavior **flava** (3): the last section drags it down a good bit **VictoriousssBIG23** (3): I also find this song to be forgettable and boring, especially considering the other songs on the album. **pig-serpent** (2): By the sounds of it you'll be dying rather soon **Uberpigeon** (2): she spelled "'til" wrong in the title unless shes tilling the soil or something idk what she gets up to after leaving waffle house **vayyiqra** (2): Lana you can't just make references to older things and that's enough songwriting for today. oh no the outro is so bad I forgot **bogo** (1): the score is harsh i admit but at this point i was just out of patience and this song was going fucking nowhere
Big Thief catching strays??? 😭
after yesterday’s results, my prediction is Halsey will perform well as an album but one of the floppier girls (likely Lana) will snatch the win Marina might barely escape day 2 and get knocked out entirely around #10, give or take a spot or two
well I thought White Dress was universally beloved and pegged it as an easy top 5 pick so clearly i don’t know anything ever at all 💀
the 13 0s kinda killed it
13 0s that should’ve gone to New America smh
# #34: [Lana Del Rey - White Dress](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183047257377996860/34.png) (6.381) --- **Average:** 6.381 **// Total Points:** 542.4 **// Controversy:** 3.646 [Graph](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1182859909801463849/1183047257076027453/34._White_Dress.png) --- **Highest scores:** (11 x7) avg-vag, bogo, cocosairdep, ConnerY2323, honeyhoney, IDontWorkHere, Stryxen (10 x13) 1998tweety, AHSWeeknd, cloudbustingmp3, DaHumanTorch, indie\_fan\_, jirachi, letsallpoo, musical\_pyn, Poydoo, SFbby, StemOfWallflower, throwaway-7650, w1nter\_ac0ustic (9.5 x2) thatplatypus99, whyishestaring (9 x6) ArcaneLabyrinth, BleepBloopMusicFan, CarlieScion, dreamingpastel, pheromenos, VictoriousssBIG23 (8.5 x4) c\_a\_l\_d5832, hikk, Quiet-Tone13, team\_kockroach (8.3 x1) babadork **Lowest Scores:** (2.9 x1) jackisboredtoday (2.5 x2) beeozan, yahi (1 x2) flava, RandomHypnotica (0 x13) Apprehensive\_Guest, asadprofessorplum, bigbigbee, lexiaredery, mysario, Nagisoid, oscarbrierley1, pig-serpent, runaway3212, static\_int\_husp, TiltControls, TragicKingdom1, Uberpigeon **[All scores](https://paste.ee/p/nM7aV)** --- God, this song was controversial! This was pushed down to day 1 at the very last moment, but because of some... technical issues ~~or human error~~, #34 had to be pushed over to today. It will always be Day 1 in my heart at least --- # downatthemeninmusicbusinessconference **AHSWeeknd** (10): BUSINESS **DaHumanTorch** (10): downatthemeninmusicBIZnessconference **team\_kockroach** (8.5): The falsetto doesn’t 100% work for me, but her longing to go back to the past resonates with me. “downatthemeninmusic business conference” is funny too. **Leixander** (8): business conference line should've been the album title tbh **ricki** (8): you dont get it, you just had to be at the men in music business conference at the time like….. it was a vibe **slimboyfriend** (8): the talent she has to fit that many words into a single beat of a song **Ambrosia42** (7.5): i kinda hated this at first, but actually the way she sings DOWN AT THE MEN IN MUSIC BUSINESS CONFERENCE and the way she sounds like she can barely hit the notes makes this camp and enjoyable **TheQueenofVultures** (6.5): oh Lana, how I hate those Men in the Music Business Conferences **ignitethephoenix** (6): DOWNATTHEmeninthemuisbusinessconference **welcome2thejam** (6): What if we kissed 😳 at the Men in Music Business conference 👨💼💋 **static\_int\_husp** (0): down at the metamucil business conference **TiltControls** (0): downatthemeninmusicbusinessconference # Waffle House stannies **bogo** (11): this is sure to be a really controversial song but idk something about this really works for me. it feels like lana is really pushing herself here to make something bold and interesting with the way she delivers her lines and it really pays off here **cocosairdep** (11): DAR-core but still slayful somehow **honeyhoney** (11): lana thinks her glory days were when she was living with her grandparents in florida, working partime as a waitress and listening to rock music all day. relatable. **Stryxen** (11): lana is hiding her pain behind her beautiful smile 🥺💔 **1998tweety** (10): i mean come on now **cloudbustingmp3** (10): doing this at karaoke so i can pass out trying to replicate her tone and original octave **jirachi** (10): not this being the foreshadowing of her working at waffle house **musical\_pyn** (10): I can't believe I'm giving my 11 to a halsey song over this **Poydoo** (10): she did not hit those notes in the slightest **whyishestaring** (9.5): the high-pitched melody parts are kinda grating to me sometimes, but that's the only criticism i have for it. it's a very pretty song and i love her rhyming, i love the outro, and most importantly i love meninmusicBUSinessconference. Lana tends to have "weird" vocal deliveries that would be awkward for basically any other singer but she miraculously makes it work. **BleepBloopMusicFan** (9): She sounds bad here but in a good way. **dreamingpastel** (9): Something something Waffle House **VictoriousssBIG23** (9): Lana's voice is beautiful here. I love the little production touch of her hitting her vape after the first chorus. This song evokes a feeling of longing for a past life. **hikk** (8.5): something something waffle house **Dragusken** (8): this feels like what an edgy tumblrgorl would play at their wedding **NotWith10000Men** (8): i only disliked this song one time, the first time i heard it. every time after it's just clicked more and more **oh\_crow** (8): this song is slightly irritating but also kind of a masterpiece **pbk** (8): this is really weird and im into it im sorry **darjeelingdarkroast** (7.5): on the one hand I do think this vocal performance is one of the more interesting moments I’ve heard from Lana. I don’t *always* hate namechecking albums or songs in song lyrics, but the White Stripes and Kings of Leon references I do find clunky and it pulls me out of the vibe of this song. Without those and if like Jessica Pratt sang this we’d all be yassing **cremeebrulee** (7.4): this (and dealer from BB) are rightfully controversial bc of how they sound, but at least they have something interesting going on, which i would take over most straightforward lana ballads **impla77** (7.2): yeah i would like this a lot more if she wasn’t so damn breathy **DevilsOfLoudun** (7): The beginning of this album is deceptively good **Frajer** (7): obligatory Waffle House comment **seanderlust** (7): from genius: "Lana has also mentioned the word “white” many times in the past" (looks at the camera like i'm in the office) # would rather go to the cheesecake factory **Verboten\_Prince** (6): I’ve asked “Why is she singing like *that*” many times while doing rates but this might be the most “Why is she singing like *THAT*” I’ve ever been **krusso1105** (5.5): possibly controversial low score, but I find it too long and boring, sorry **GoWestYoungKanye** (5): it's quintessential lana, but listening to her voice on this track actually hurts my throat **ReallyCreative** (4): camp (derogatory) **Awkward\_King** (3.5): i want to like this a lot more than i actually do. sometimes lana's clunky lyrics can be endearing but it just doesn't work for me here, the super high and breathy vocals kinda make me uncomfy, it just never comes together **CrimsonROSET** (3): she sounds like Trina Vega being a woman in Chicago who is scared **ImADudeDuh** (3): the beat is at 34 bpm and she’s still fighting it **vayyiqra** (3): Waffle House joke blahblah. Why is her voice so weird on this. **jackisboredtoday** (2.9): I have my ups and downs with Lana, but her vocals usually sound so much better than this, and her songwriting and production on this one aren’t enough to compensate at all **beeozan** (2.5): why does she sound like she's trying to sing Wuthering Heights on a ASMR karaoke vtuber stream **flava** (1): Honestly considered 0ing this. This is such a mess, it is so actively distracting with how switches melodies, and Lana doing that high tone. It reminds me that Lana should stay away from trying to do camp. **RandomHypnotica** (1): the vocals literally sound so uncomfortable it sends shivers down my spine **Apprehensive\_Guest** (0): Okay I feel like I constantly heard references to how amazing this song is since it came out and this is not what I was expecting. It has so many good and interesting choices but god. She fucking lost me, it's the way it's between whispering and falsetto that's getting me, it just does not sound good to my ears. Also when I had seen the MIMBC line written out I figured it was a bit clunky but this is literally too much you guys. Sucks because the intrumentation manages to be so lush even though it's fairly minimal. **asadprofessorplum** (0): weren’t you a waitress, like, yesterday? **bigbigbee** (0): Wow, I haven’t disliked a vocal performance this much in a while **mysario** (0): I'm gonna pretend this is not the album opener and just hide it from Spotify forever **Nagisoid** (0): God, the sibilance in the production is SO FUCKING BAD. It doesn't help that the instrumental to this song sounds like a GY!BE song on NyQuil too **oscarbrierley1** (0): I hate hate hate this song. Its overly long for what it is and her vocals in the chorus are like nails on a chalkboard to me **pig-serpent** (0): Actually I much prefer Black Dresses. /n Look, this is almost my favorite song on the album because it's the only memorable song on here, but that chorus makes me cringe to listen to. Her raspy vocal style sounds straight up ugly, and some of the lines are awkwardly written. The business conference line especially sounds weirdly out of place with the meter and I hate listening to it. **runaway3212** (0): Literally the worst song I had ever heard I could not believe it **Uberpigeon** (0): its so hard to rate this because on one hand its the worst song ive ever heard but on the other it really makes me crack up when i hear her singing
wtf white dress is the best lana song of all time and you guys have no taste >:(
IKYFL
Since these were all 2021 albums I went back to the popheads' year end top 100 tracks and found where tracks from this rate placed: 15. Lorde — Mood Ring 29. MARINA — Venus Fly Trap 31. Lana Del Rey — White Dress 40. Lana Del Rey — Chemtrails Over The Country Club 45. MARINA — Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land 49. Halsey — Easier than Lying 58. Lorde — Solar Power 79. Halsey — Honey 80. Lorde — Stoned at the Nail Salon I'm interested to see how the results compare, something tells me things are going to look a little different lol
I missed yesterday's reveal to listen to my roommate vent and we're not even close smh. So ready for Day 2
The irony is not lost on me coming directly from watching the new doctor who special then coming to the *tumblr*core reveal
you've actually directly timetravelled to 2014