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Post by Rocky on Jul 19, 2019 4:41:36 GMT -5
Is it just me or the chorus sounds kind of like “Unpretty”. It must be the same melody, I guess. In other news, I’m big mad about this not doing well. She deserves better.
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Post by Normi on Jul 19, 2019 6:28:12 GMT -5
I prefer the remix to the original...
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Jul 19, 2019 6:44:58 GMT -5
I think I do too
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Post by Az Paynter on Jul 19, 2019 6:50:26 GMT -5
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Post by vithor on Jul 19, 2019 11:41:49 GMT -5
The major lazer remix is indeed better than the original. Hope it gets serviced.
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Jul 19, 2019 11:56:11 GMT -5
I honestly think the necklace line is a bridge too far for a lot of pop stations. I'm glad it's out of the remix
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Post by Ty on Jul 19, 2019 17:11:22 GMT -5
If the key to her commercial success is to censor her witty lyricism, I'd rather Tove staying Tove.
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Post by COW COW COW COW COW COW COW on Jul 19, 2019 17:28:41 GMT -5
I honestly think the necklace line is a bridge too far for a lot of pop stations. I'm glad it's out of the remix It’s also just gross and unappealing even if you are not listening to it on radio. This should have been an album track.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jul 19, 2019 17:32:57 GMT -5
It's hilarious, blunt and totally on brand for her.
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Post by maine on Jul 19, 2019 18:36:59 GMT -5
This isn't really anything substantial. This song just feels like nothing to me.
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Post by Az Paynter on Jul 20, 2019 10:05:19 GMT -5
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Post by Az Paynter on Jul 21, 2019 7:18:55 GMT -5
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Post by deepston on Jul 21, 2019 13:12:37 GMT -5
Oh my god I just googled what that means I thought it was about him being her sugar daddy and leaving expensive jewellery in exchange for going down on his birthday it's indeed a gift from him
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Post by Az Paynter on Jul 22, 2019 9:35:42 GMT -5
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Post by COW COW COW COW COW COW COW on Jul 22, 2019 16:50:24 GMT -5
Oh my god I just googled what that means I thought it was about him being her sugar daddy and leaving expensive jewellery in exchange for going down on his birthday it's indeed a gift from him I thought everyone knew what that meant. It’s old. It also isn’t edgy anymore to sing about all of this stuff Lo sings about. It’s not the eighties anymore and it’s just lame and tiring. Give us a hook if you want your music to be bland, ‘isn’t-this-naughty-word-sexy-talk’ shocking? God, it was tiring already when Madonna was still doing it in 1990. Every Tove Lo song is ‘sex, drugs, sex, and drugs.” I’m over it. Sing about a giraffe or a set of plates or something.
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Post by vithor on Jul 22, 2019 20:58:12 GMT -5
Oh wow at this rebound. Hope it can take the song to top 40 at least.
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Jul 23, 2019 7:04:56 GMT -5
it's indeed a gift from him I thought everyone knew what that meant. It’s old. It also isn’t edgy anymore to sing about all of this stuff Lo sings about. It’s not the eighties anymore and it’s just lame and tiring. Give us a hook if you want your music to be bland, ‘isn’t-this-naughty-word-sexy-talk’ shocking? God, it was tiring already when Madonna was still doing it in 1990. Every Tove Lo song is ‘sex, drugs, sex, and drugs.” I’m over it. Sing about a giraffe or a set of plates or something. Its not even that her songs are just about sex and drugs (there are plenty of artists who only have songs about sex and drugs). It's that her songwriting is supposed to be intentionally provocative and it comes across as forced. She just wants to shock people and it gets tiring.
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Post by Ty on Jul 23, 2019 15:04:18 GMT -5
Chill if you listen to two or three singles from an artist and then jump directly to comment on their artistry...
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Post by COW COW COW COW COW COW COW on Jul 23, 2019 15:14:29 GMT -5
Chill if you listen to two or three singles from an artist and then jump directly to comment on their artistry... This is literally a message board. If you are so adverse to like, opinions, man, then you need to go somewhere else. Additionally, since the bulk of her US singles are this forced sex and drugs theme it is very relevant to discuss how it impacts her in the US singles market. Why bother talking about how versatile her deep album cuts are when this is a chr/pop singles thread?
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Post by collin on Jul 23, 2019 19:21:06 GMT -5
I don’t get the necklace lyric. Everyone saying it’s provocative but the description y’all are giving does not feel terribly vile or out there to me. Chill
That being said the song is totally cute and fun and PG-13 besides that one lyric(?) so these criticisms are off base and unnecessary. The sex and drugs persistence in her music can be a little much but at least it’s honest pop that isn’t drowned in kiddo’d tropes. We don’t have a ton of girls like Tove Lo.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Jul 23, 2019 19:34:03 GMT -5
Chill if you listen to two or three singles from an artist and then jump directly to comment on their artistry... This is literally a message board. If you are so adverse to like, opinions, man, then you need to go somewhere else. Additionally, since the bulk of her US singles are this forced sex and drugs theme it is very relevant to discuss how it impacts her in the US singles market. Why bother talking about how versatile her deep album cuts are when this is a chr/pop singles thread? But sex and drugs are big parts of most people's lives so she is just showcasing the reality of the world we live in with her songs.
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Post by dbhmr on Jul 23, 2019 19:45:03 GMT -5
it's indeed a gift from him I thought everyone knew what that meant. It’s old. It also isn’t edgy anymore to sing about all of this stuff Lo sings about. It’s not the eighties anymore and it’s just lame and tiring. Give us a hook if you want your music to be bland, ‘isn’t-this-naughty-word-sexy-talk’ shocking? God, it was tiring already when Madonna was still doing it in 1990. Every Tove Lo song is ‘sex, drugs, sex, and drugs.” I’m over it. Sing about a giraffe or a set of plates or something. What an absurd complaint tbh. She isn't throwing out radio-unfriendly words on a whim; she's been clear about her brand from day one. She's a sexually active woman who enjoys recreational drugs and recreational sex, and that's what she sings about. This is how she talks, lives, and writes. But go ahead and listen to the next pop anthem about dishwashers or whatever.
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Post by Au$tin on Jul 23, 2019 20:03:11 GMT -5
But go ahead and listen to the next pop anthem about dishwashers or whatever. Next CHR #1.
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Post by deepston on Jul 23, 2019 20:06:52 GMT -5
I thought everyone knew what that meant. It’s old. It also isn’t edgy anymore to sing about all of this stuff Lo sings about. It’s not the eighties anymore and it’s just lame and tiring. Give us a hook if you want your music to be bland, ‘isn’t-this-naughty-word-sexy-talk’ shocking? God, it was tiring already when Madonna was still doing it in 1990. Every Tove Lo song is ‘sex, drugs, sex, and drugs.” I’m over it. Sing about a giraffe or a set of plates or something. What an absurd complaint tbh. She isn't throwing out radio-unfriendly words on a whim; she's been clear about her brand from day one. She's a sexually active woman who enjoys recreational drugs and recreational sex, and that's what she sings about. This is how she talks, lives, and writes. But go ahead and listen to the next pop anthem about dishwashers or whatever. Right... Tove Lo's songs are anything but bland and uninspiring. It's incredible when artists put out these raw and vulnerable songs without expecting them to be huge hits. She's not chasing after the next CHR #1, she is just doing her thing and that's what we love about her.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jul 24, 2019 5:16:12 GMT -5
To be fair this is a worldwide flop...even in her home country Sweden this only reached #38. Yep. Well, instead of chasing the trend of bland, hookless songs taking to us radio right now she should have made something internationally appealing with a hook. If she ain’t getting hits in Europe anymore, then she is in real trouble. Tove Lo has never been big in Europe or in Sweden, so how is this song under-performing indicative of anything (and it's not even under-performing by her standards)? And this song is a lot of things, but hookless isn't one of them. Hell, the secondary hook is the catchiest thing at radio right now. I thought everyone knew what that meant. It’s old. It also isn’t edgy anymore to sing about all of this stuff Lo sings about. It’s not the eighties anymore and it’s just lame and tiring. Give us a hook if you want your music to be bland, ‘isn’t-this-naughty-word-sexy-talk’ shocking? God, it was tiring already when Madonna was still doing it in 1990. Every Tove Lo song is ‘sex, drugs, sex, and drugs.” I’m over it. Sing about a giraffe or a set of plates or something. This song isn't even about sex or drugs, so what are you griping about? The song has a few lines that are intended to be humorous and they totally fit into the theme of the song. As for Madonna, in her entire career, she's released what? Two or three singles about sex? Even her "sexual opus" Erotica only has two songs about sex on it. And if you skim through Tove's discography, it's a very similar case, you're getting so stuck on the scattered mentions of sex and drugs that you're pretending like the other 90% of her discography doesn't exist. Nothing about Tove Lo comes off as "desperate to be provocative" to me. This is very much her, this is very much her life and she does it in such a casual, nonchalant way that it all seems very natural and unforced to me. You getting bothered by it says more about you than anything else. And given that Tove Lo's only two hits explicitly mention sex and/or drugs, that's clearly not why this song is underperforming (and again, not underperforming by her standards). She's in the same boat as Carly Rae, Robyn, Charli XCX, etc. Despite some initial success, she's very much an indie-minded pop artist and that's how she approaches her career and music. I doubt that she's ever going to have hits again, but she's found a niche audience and she'll continue to release music, tour and be successful on her own terms.
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Post by Az Paynter on Jul 24, 2019 6:48:54 GMT -5
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Post by Az Paynter on Jul 26, 2019 6:44:37 GMT -5
What the hell was the past week then? 46 45 TOVE LO Glad He's Gone 890 724 166 1.843 -2 Spins -40 Bullet -0.015 Audience
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Post by 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 on Jul 26, 2019 15:30:21 GMT -5
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