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Post by vantiboy3 on Sept 8, 2014 11:17:11 GMT -5
Full video. She will be premiering it LIVE tonight on Jimmy Fallon. Love it! It is NOT the first single people. It's the NEW DAY of this era.
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Post by Rican@ on Sept 8, 2014 11:22:25 GMT -5
The verses are better than the chorus however it still sounds like a remix to "No One". The drums are sloppy and sound cheap. She doesn't sound good either even though I like her ad libs at the end.
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Post by felipe on Sept 8, 2014 12:23:15 GMT -5
I actually think the song is great. The video is really simple though, so it does look more like a buzz single than an actual lead single. Is it on iTunes?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2014 12:44:48 GMT -5
From Billboard, what she posted about the video:
Accompanying the video, Keys posted a long message on her Facebook page. She wrote, in part:
The day I wrote this song, I was sitting in a circle of people of all ages and we were asked, “Why are you here. Why am I here?? This really hit me on a deep level. I realized no one had ever asked me that question before. As I prepare to give birth to a new child, I can't help and think about the world I'm bringing my baby into. No matter where we come from, when we see the state of the world today, we can all feel the growing frustration and desire to make a difference. And we all have a voice - we just need to know how to make it heard. I have a vision that I believe is more than a dream, that I know can be our reality. I believe in an empowered world community built on the true meaning of equality – where we are all considered one people, regardless of race, religion, gender, zip code, belief system or sexual orientation. ...Our souls were brought together so that we can love each other sister, brother. We Are Here. We are here for all of us. That's why #WeAreHere. Sent with Light, Alicia Keys
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Post by Queen of Insomnia. on Sept 8, 2014 12:53:42 GMT -5
...absolute snoozefest
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Post by Caviar on Sept 8, 2014 12:58:05 GMT -5
Predictable...blah blah. Looks like a continuation of GOF album.
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Post by dominika6816 on Sept 8, 2014 13:52:56 GMT -5
Verses are cool, but chorus is horrible. It's probably buzz single, but if this is sound of the new album then it'll be a repeat of GOF. ;(( I want her to do some dark sounds. She better has some Fallin' type of song for lead single. (dreaming;/)
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Post by dominika6816 on Sept 8, 2014 15:47:26 GMT -5
I read that she's going to perform new single tonight on Jimmy Fallon...
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Post by MiniMusic on Sept 8, 2014 15:54:43 GMT -5
Yeah I think that's confirmed. I have yet to listen to the new track but I have "Try Sleeping[...]" stuck in my head! I wish she sang the verses in a more understandable way, I feel like she was murmuring them if I recall correctly.
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Post by Caviar on Sept 8, 2014 16:03:53 GMT -5
I did enjoy "Brand New Me" in all its vanilla lyrics.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Sept 8, 2014 16:18:21 GMT -5
Lyrically, she can be pretty horrendous at times... and this is yet another example of how uneven she is as a songwriter. I couldn't even make it through the entire song. Laughably bad lyrics.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2014 18:27:56 GMT -5
She thinks her shit is a lot deeper than it really is. This sucks.
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Post by Kishi KCM on Sept 9, 2014 6:54:08 GMT -5
She always has great subjects to sing about, but the production and lyrics don't work for me. It's just more of the same repetitive, recycled sentiments.
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Post by allow that on Sept 9, 2014 8:01:22 GMT -5
Plus Alicia strikes me as the type of artist who's unaware that the term "sounds like a hit" evolves with the times. I can see her in the studio wrapping up a track and thinking "we got one!" on something that would have been a hit ten years ago, but not now. Her soundtrack single with Kendrick sounds like a hit, but one from 2002. I suppose that's better than material that would have flopped even then, but all these years later who can even tell the difference? She seems completely out of touch.
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Post by Dreams on Sept 9, 2014 8:14:20 GMT -5
She does seem out of touch. How many songs in the same theme and sound is she gonna put out?! Last year she released a track (I liked it better than this one, although I don't listen to it much) called "Better You, Better Me" -- and it's, more or less, in the same style. "It's On," the song with Kendrick Lamar, sounded bland and dated as well. She needs a shake-up, as an artist, badly. I wonder, do the people at her record company not realize this tired shit won't fly anymore?
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Post by allow that on Sept 9, 2014 8:22:53 GMT -5
She needs a shake-up, as an artist, badly. I wonder, do the people at her record company not realize this tired s**t won't fly anymore? I wonder this too. I think her label doesn't quite know what to do with Alicia anymore either. When she was younger, she was positioned as a "real musician" and they found success with her amidst the Murda Inc/G Unit days... which in hindsight it's quite astounding that a piano playing, genuine vocalist was able to compete in that environment. Now that we're in an era when adult pop is doing well at both Urban and Pop radio, plus Alicia's veteran status at this point, the label probably thinks it's best to release rather subdued music. They DO send her to work with certain producers that are in radio's favor for at least one or two potential singles (Jeff Bhasker last time) but that also turned out to be a damn bore. I think Alicia and the label alike are unsure which audience they're targeting at this point, so she goes on just making music from within her comfort zone and throws it out there. Honestly, Alicia just needs to find an inventive producer and let him/her completely take the wheel. Working with Jamie xx on the last go round led to the one and only song from the collection that's worth keeping. What if he did the whole album?
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Post by doak on Sept 9, 2014 8:48:04 GMT -5
Lol! You "label executives" kill me. Find a chair and go sit down somewhere. Licia likes to inspire and talk about things that are of value to her and that others that can relate. If you don't like, then it wasn't for you. She's not making music for a particular audience, tf are you talking about. She's a grown ass woman with a kid and one on the way. She's never going to prance around stage talking about sex and other bull of the like. There's plenty of mindless drivel circulating the airwaves for that.
Besides she worked with pharrel heavy on the album, I'm sure she cooked up some heat. This isn't the first single, either.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Sept 9, 2014 9:28:39 GMT -5
Welp.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Sept 9, 2014 9:37:47 GMT -5
I don't give two sh*ts who she makes her music for, what inspires her or what she values. If the songs suck, they suck. Her last album was the weakest of her career and the first album by her that I didn't buy. And this new song is garbage and sounds like a continuance of her previous material.
She can be a grown ass woman with another brat on the way all day long, but I'm not cutting her any slack if she releases another snoozefest/crappy album. And who the hell said she needed to sing about sex and prance around on stage? Stop being dramatic and putting words in people's mouths.
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Post by MiniMusic on Sept 9, 2014 11:01:21 GMT -5
I actually like the song LOL. I was expecting to hear something really boring but I think the production is cute and the verses are really good. The chorus is a little lacking but overall it's a good song. I don't find it as bad as the rest of you think it is; it's good for a "buzz" track. And I actually LOVE her voice on this! But I'm not an Alicia fan in general, I actually don't know any of her material besides her few hit singles. I'm gonna listen to some of her albums on Spotify later...
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Post by dominika6816 on Sept 9, 2014 11:52:59 GMT -5
She doesn't need big changes, she should make songs in her style, but make it new. I think she's living in As I Am era, this is another song in style of 'No one'...but even if she tries to duplicate sounds from pre-Element Of Freedom, her current work is not on the same level. I also didn't buy GOF album, it's the first album that I LOVE only 3 songs and like maybe 2-3, I don't care about the rest.
This new song isn't her worst. I'll wait for singles to judge. Maybe she chose this as buzz single because of the message?
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Post by Rican@ on Sept 9, 2014 12:22:17 GMT -5
She is very much stuck in "As I Am" era, but even with that era, she had so many styles that she can recreate right now (like "Where Do We Go From Here" or "Like You'll Never See Me Again"). I rather rehash of those (especially the former) because it will still show her artistic side. These rehashes of "No One" need to stop. I get it is her biggest hit, but she needs to move past that sound. Her musicianship has went to the waist side for "self-important" messages songs. I applaud her for her wanting to sing about positive things, but enough is enough. She has given us far more "positive" messages songs. Now I just want her to give me a love or heartbreak song with a well thought out instrumental that doesn't focus around a simple piano chord and drums.
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Post by felipe on Sept 9, 2014 13:02:24 GMT -5
I think the problem is everyone expects something different from Alicia Keys. Some people loves EoF, others hated it. Some people loved GoF, other hated it. Some people wish she'd do more songs in the vein of No One, others wish she wouldn't. Some people think she should sell herself to what's hot right now, and work with some hot producers to get a #1 song. Other feel she should make the music she really feels like doing.
At the end of the day, she'll never be able to please all those people.
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Post by Rican@ on Sept 9, 2014 13:11:02 GMT -5
Right, but that's with any artist though. She just doesn't do herself any favors though with these rehashes. She putting herself in a position where the public will assume that she is only capable of one sound. After her first two albums, she really went hard in this "general" style of writing and it feels less personal (and more so that she is chasing a hit with the public). I think her focus with making music is more in line with what the public thinks of it than she making music that displays her as an artist. I don't know what happen to her; however, I think "No One" has done more damage to her inspiration than it has helped her in the long run (the label expects "No One" type of hits from her). I mean we have been fortunate to get great songs since "No One" and not in the same vein, but this formula is ugh.
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Post by dominika6816 on Sept 9, 2014 14:39:34 GMT -5
Right, but that's with any artist though. She just doesn't do herself any favors though with these rehashes. She putting herself in a position where the public will assume that she is only capable of one sound. After her first two albums, she really went hard in this "general" style of writing and it feels less personal (and more so that she is chasing a hit with the public). I think her focus with making music is more in line with what the public thinks of it than she making music that displays her as an artist. I don't know what happen to her; however, I think "No One" has done more damage to her inspiration than it has helped her in the long run (the label expects "No One" type of hits from her). I mean we have been fortunate to get great songs since "No One" and not in the same vein, but this formula is ugh. This. She wants to make a hit, but the more she tries the worse songs we get. I just want the more soulful sound. I know she can do this (example: Un-thinkable), but I don't understand how someone who wrote hits like Fallin', If I Ain't Got You, You Don't KnoW My Name etc. can think that song like f.e. GOF is amazing. ;( I guess we just have to wait for the album to really judge, but if she doesn't bring sth special, she'll lose my interest. I'd like to see her having 'The Breakthrough' type comeback.
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Post by Sir Benji on Sept 9, 2014 15:25:26 GMT -5
The new song is actually better than I thought it would be, but it honestly sounds like she threw the production of DMA & NO in a blender and added the lyrics.
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Post by Caviar on Sept 9, 2014 16:00:05 GMT -5
Very passionate comments on the current sound of of her music at the moment and I agree with all of it. It's nothing wrong with writing self-help empowerment anthems but at least make them interesting ("Superwoman"). All these songs she's released since TEOF have all sounded the same. It's the same issue I've had with P!nk. AK has proven that she's capable of writing hits but since she got knocked up all she writes about is looking in the mirror and writing about how strong she is. I don't have a shit about that. Give me some love james "Like You'll Never See Me Again", "Wreckless Love", "Un-Thinkable", "Fallen", "Diary", hell I'd take a re-hash of "Brand New Me". Just make the shit hot!
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Post by MiniMusic on Sept 9, 2014 17:15:39 GMT -5
I need songs in the vein of "You Don't Know My Name". That old school sound is everything.
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Post by felipe on Sept 9, 2014 17:28:21 GMT -5
Right, but that's with any artist though. She just doesn't do herself any favors though with these rehashes. She putting herself in a position where the public will assume that she is only capable of one sound. After her first two albums, she really went hard in this "general" style of writing and it feels less personal (and more so that she is chasing a hit with the public). I think her focus with making music is more in line with what the public thinks of it than she making music that displays her as an artist. I don't know what happen to her; however, I think "No One" has done more damage to her inspiration than it has helped her in the long run (the label expects "No One" type of hits from her). I mean we have been fortunate to get great songs since "No One" and not in the same vein, but this formula is ugh. But she still releases songs that differ from the formula, no? Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart, Un-Thinkable or New Day, if we're talking about singles, and many others if we consider album tracks. I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with sticking to a tried-and-true formula as long as you still have something else to offer. Doesn't Best Thing I Never had sound like a rehash of Irreplaceable? Or XO and Halo? Everybody does it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2014 17:42:02 GMT -5
I don't mind the new song sonically, and as an album track it would be fine, but it's just so uninspiring lyrically. If this was her first "everybody love each other" anthem then it would be nice but I'm tired of these songs from her since they all follow the same sound.
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