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Post by #LisaRinna on Nov 22, 2018 11:17:39 GMT -5
Mariah, ha impact!
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Post by George on Nov 22, 2018 14:24:10 GMT -5
Her earpiece malfunctioned during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Yeah, I figured there was a technical issue because I really doubt the performers can hear when the music on the “speakers” begin amongst all the crowd and wind.
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Post by कामसूत्र on Nov 22, 2018 15:49:15 GMT -5
Her earpiece malfunctioned during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Rita Ora under fire for lip-syncing at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day paradeBy Julius Young, Fox News November 22, 2018 | 2:51pm The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade didn’t exactly go off without a hitch. On Thursday, Macy’s came to the defense of “several performers” whom they say were “negatively impacted” by technical difficulties during the annual gathering. “During today’s NBC broadcast of the #MacysParade several recording artists experienced technical difficulties that negatively impacted their performance,” Macy’s wrote in a tweet. “We apologize and want fans to know these issues were out of the artist’s control.” Pop star Rita Ora gave one of these performances and was widely criticized by viewers on social media who voiced their displeasure with the “Let You Love Me” singer’s display saying she appeared to be lip-syncing. “Is anyone watching the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade right now with Rita Ora lip singing all the wrong words right now? This is the worst one yet…. Wow. Lmao,” one social media user wrote, while another echoed the same sentiment. “If people didnt know singers mouthed the words to their songs during the macys thanksgiving day parade, rita ora just made it super obvious.” Ora was quickly defended by singer John Legend who noted that many artists lip-sync during parade performances due to the lack of equipment available on floats. “Fun fact. We all have to lip sync on this parade because the floats don’t have the capacity to handle the sound requirements for a live performance,” he tweeted. “Hope y’all enjoyed it anyway. Know that if you come to my shows, the vocals are 100% live!” Ora responded thanking Legend and Macy’s for having her back and reiterated that her shows are “100 percent live.”
This is such a non-scandal. Fox News actually covered it. It's common knowledge that the vast majority of performances during such a parade are lip synced and mimed.
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Ty
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Post by Ty on Nov 22, 2018 15:54:51 GMT -5
John Legend spoke out for her, too.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Nov 22, 2018 15:55:37 GMT -5
Who cares? I mean everyone has been doing that since 1902. Bye!
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Post by Active Aggressive on Nov 23, 2018 7:09:05 GMT -5
How is the alberm tho?? Is it available in the US?
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Normi
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Post by Normi on Nov 23, 2018 7:39:19 GMT -5
Love the album, or selected songs Much more grown up than her debut, I habe New Look on repeat
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#LisaRinna
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Post by #LisaRinna on Nov 23, 2018 8:32:38 GMT -5
SHE SLAYED ME. Rise Phoenix, rise!
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Post by gbaby on Nov 23, 2018 10:11:18 GMT -5
It's a pretty damn good album so far, and I'm just half-way through. Impressed!
On a separate note, I realized I didn't really know anything about her and decided to read this entire thread. Y'ALL. 1) A mess. A complete utter mess. 2) If "me too" was around back then, some o' y'all......
Good entertainment tho haha
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Ty
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Post by Ty on Nov 23, 2018 12:41:58 GMT -5
"Only Want You" is under heavy push (Today's Top Hits, #4 Pop Rising, #2 New Music Friday) on Spotify. Rita is also the cover of Teen Party now.
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Post by allow that on Nov 23, 2018 13:37:57 GMT -5
An excellent album, but by the end the songs begin to blur. All in all she really put in the work and delivered a high quality and cohesive collection of pop songs. "Anywhere" remains a classic. My favorites of the songs we haven't heard yet are "Only Want You" and "Summer Love." "Girls" is by far the worst song here.
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Post by nightshade on Nov 23, 2018 17:41:06 GMT -5
My second favorite album of the year. Golden Hour is far and away still #1 but this is great. Anywhere is honestly on RAWM levels of pop perfection. Some of the tracks come close to recapturing that magic on the album (listen: Only Want You and Hell of a Life).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2018 17:42:25 GMT -5
It's a cute collection of pop songs. BETTER then most.
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Post by Lumi on Nov 23, 2018 20:52:50 GMT -5
Every single song but "Girls" is good I'm literally shocked. "New Look", "Summer Love", "Keep Talking", "Hell Of A Life" and "Cashmere" are my favorites.
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Post by Normi on Nov 23, 2018 21:02:29 GMT -5
After multiple listens I really am impressed more and more My favorite non-singles are New Look, Only Want You, Cashmere and Soul Survivor (sing it Rita)
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Post by Janhova's Witness on Nov 24, 2018 1:27:28 GMT -5
I'm listening now for the first time. Come thru Mother Terita!!
I fucking love this woman, princess of hustling brown ppl everywhere (JLo is queen)
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Post by कामसूत्र on Nov 24, 2018 4:07:26 GMT -5
This is a really solid album. The only song I don't like as much is "Girls" even though I wouldn't skip that when listening to the album. Even though at least half has already been released before either as her own singles or from other projects (like the 50 Shades song and the Avicii collab), it all works so well together and has cohesion. The new songs are really good. I love "Only Want You", "Cashmere", "Soul Survivor", and "Velvet Rope."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2018 14:12:13 GMT -5
Currently holding a 84 on Metacritic, I just started my own listen into the album
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2018 15:29:28 GMT -5
Anywhere Let You Love Me Lonely Together Your Song Only Want You Keep Talking Hell Of A Life Velvet Rope Falling To Pieces Cashmere Soul Survivor
The whole album is a really good, but I think Cashmere, Let You Love Me, Anywhere, Lonely Together, & Only Want You are THE TOP of the album
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Post by Ty on Nov 24, 2018 15:45:24 GMT -5
Apparently, only 4 songs aren't written by Rita: "Lonely Together" "Your Song" "For You (Fifty Shades Freed)" "Keep Talking" We love a female pop singer-songwriter!
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Post by #LisaRinna on Nov 24, 2018 16:29:38 GMT -5
We stan a GLOBAL ICON on the rise! A true Phoenix.
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Post by Ty on Nov 24, 2018 16:29:49 GMT -5
Anywhere Velvet Rope Lonely Together Let You Love Me Soul Survivor New Look Falling to Pieces Hell of a Ride Only Want You First Time High Keep TalkingThis is obviously the best pop album of 2018 so far, and I totally agree with the comparison with E.MO.TION. It's that gaygood. 15 songs (minus "Girls", obviously) through and I'm still left craving for more. I'll accept the fact that none of the new materials may break her into the US (Atlantic really fucked things up for prioritizing "For You" over "Anywhere"), but I wouldn't mind if any of "New Look", "Falling to Pieces", "Hell of a Ride" or "Only Want You" to be added to her winning string of hits in the rest of the world. And, for god's sake, can we talk about the versatility shown in "Velvet Rope" and "Soul Survivor"?
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Post by Enigma. on Nov 25, 2018 4:40:11 GMT -5
Hell of a Life is my fave so far, solid work although it bothers me that almost half of this album was released in 2017-early 2018. Still more cohesive that one would think but the campaign spreading out will hurt commercially.
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Post by Ty on Nov 25, 2018 11:49:04 GMT -5
"Your Song" 373M "Lonely Together" 415M "Anywhere" 288M "For You (Fifty Shades Freed)" 214M "Girls" 100M "Let You Love Me" 100M --- "I Will Never Let You Down" 114M "Poison" 64M "Body on Me" 78M
Her 2-year hiatus from music, ironically, gives her a smooth transition into the streaming era...
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Post by Mack on Nov 25, 2018 12:19:02 GMT -5
This is SO good. Even the weaker tracks (namely ‘Keep Talking’ - Julia Michaels was totally unneeded - as well as ‘Summer Love’, ‘Girls’, and ‘For You’, none of which I was crazy about initially) sound great in context of the whole album. Rita finally got to release her second album over six years after her first, and it’s even better than I was expecting. Major props to her for coming through like this.
‘Only Want You’ and ‘Cashmere’ (which has grown on me so much) for singles, please.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Nov 25, 2018 14:03:42 GMT -5
Anywhere Let You Love Me Your Song Only Want You For You Velvet Rope Falling To Pieces Cashmere
Beatz, vocals, passion, emotion, she DID this! I stan.
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Post by Keelzit on Nov 28, 2018 11:41:36 GMT -5
Rita is such an underrated artist but it's understandable because she's been dabbling in so many side projects before she could fully establish herself as a recording artist first and foremost. Her voice is incredible and she has tons of charisma and performing skills. The album was definitely worth the wait as a whole but my favorites are Anywhere (one of the best pop songs of the decade), New Look, Hell of a Life and Falling to Pieces. Hopefully she'll be able to release music more frequently from now on.
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Post by Janhova's Witness on Nov 28, 2018 18:50:47 GMT -5
I would love for her to follow this up with another album in 2019 🔥 Open the floodgates hunty
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Post by Glove Slap on Nov 30, 2018 12:10:07 GMT -5
Misses the top 10 in the UK to start at #11. It started at #6 in the midweeks but was very frontloaded.
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Post by Gray. on Nov 30, 2018 14:11:51 GMT -5
Eek poor Rita. That U.K. chart placement is unfortunate.
I've been having trouble getting into this album because the absolute best songs are all the ones I already burned out on ages ago. "Cashmere" and "Velvet Rope" are my two favorites besides the singles (minus "Girls"), and I like all the other tracks, they're just not as strong as the singles. If she had released this while "Anywhere" was still newish, I think I'd be hardcore stanning this now though.
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