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Post by Mike on Oct 27, 2020 13:40:05 GMT -5
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Post by keeptheflowers on Oct 27, 2020 14:39:34 GMT -5
There is now a debate on the comments on whether Kelly did a whistle or not :)
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bigb0882
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Post by bigb0882 on Oct 27, 2020 18:17:27 GMT -5
I guess that lyric video wasn't supposed to be released today. Now it's taken down. I noticed an error in the lyric video so I think it definitely was not supposed to be posted yet. We know the date was tomorrow and add in an error, that tells me that it wasn’t quite ready yet. As to the Voice video. Definitely Kelly doing an absolutely effortless whistle. It’s just different doing it like she did and doing it with a mic and full out singing a song. But not many people on earth who can do that.
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Post by Ryan on Oct 27, 2020 23:08:55 GMT -5
Just reuploaded.
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Post by mamaloveme on Oct 28, 2020 4:06:08 GMT -5
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Post by Censor on Oct 28, 2020 7:36:46 GMT -5
It's ugly. But it's real.
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Post by Ryan on Oct 28, 2020 7:42:18 GMT -5
^I think it's okay...?
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Post by pce2b on Oct 28, 2020 7:43:25 GMT -5
I really like the new song! Hard to compare with UTT but I’d put this above CE.
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Post by Ryan on Oct 28, 2020 8:00:53 GMT -5
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Post by ƒreakshow on Oct 28, 2020 8:00:55 GMT -5
Going off of one listen I didn’t like Under the Mistletoe that much, seemed kind of clunky to me. I prefer UTT and Christmas Eve, but I’m happy to have another original Christmas song from her.
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Oct 28, 2020 11:40:09 GMT -5
Going off of one listen I didn’t like Under the Mistletoe that much, seemed kind of clunky to me. I prefer UTT and Christmas Eve, but I’m happy to have another original Christmas song from her. Agreed and Brett’s voice doesn’t blend well at all. This would have been a better duet with Miguel or Bruno Mars. Still glad she enjoys making Christmas music and hope it means we get another album in the future.
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Post by bb on Oct 28, 2020 12:59:38 GMT -5
Her voice is insane on the new track but I actually have no idea why they put that man on it.
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Post by 14887fan on Oct 28, 2020 14:12:14 GMT -5
“Under the Mistletoe” feels like a bit of a mess to me in almost all aspects. Kelly can sing the hell out of anything, of course, but I don’t think an A+++ vocal performance from her or anyone else can save that tune from feeling incredibly crowded and discombobulated.
Maybe it’s actually not that bad and I’m just holding it to the high standards that she set with WIR... but yeah, not feeling it.
Also, excited about that AIWFCIY thing posted above! But what’s up with the two big Idols having some truly bad cover art with their holiday releases this year? Between that one and Carrie’s “My Gift,” I’m being left with the impression that these labels have fully laid off their graphics departments.
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Post by jdanton2 on Oct 28, 2020 14:16:01 GMT -5
good to see Kelly is covering this version and not Mariah.
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Post by dbhmr on Oct 28, 2020 14:18:32 GMT -5
It would be so, so much better if it weren't a duet. He's barely there as it is and it doesn't really work for me; there's no sort of back and forth that makes it necessary to have a singing partner.
I'm guessing she wrote this since hasn't plugged the writers, which...my god, this woman knows her way around a Christmas melody. The production is a bit tinny to me, but most people would do well to have a holiday song this good in their discography--it's lively and Spector-y and her voice is radiant. ...it just so happens that Kelly has about 5-6 better holiday originals.
I'd rank 'em...
Underneath the Tree Winter Dreams Every Christmas Wrapped in Red Christmas Eve Under the Mistletoe 4 Carats
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Post by slowmo on Oct 28, 2020 14:45:35 GMT -5
I'm guessing she wrote this since hasn't plugged the writers, which...my god, this woman knows her way around a Christmas melody. The production is a bit tinny to me, but most people would do well to have a holiday song this good in their discography--it's lively and Spector-y and her voice is radiant. ...it just so happens that Kelly has about 5-6 better holiday originals. Kelly and Aben wrote it. Aben and Jesse Shatkin produced it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2020 14:56:32 GMT -5
I like UTM myself , but I do agree that it is not superior to any of the original Christmas songs she's released before. My biggest nitpick with it is that outside of his verse, Brett is almost buried under the production - his vocals are at the same volume as Kelly's bgvs for most of his parts. It's like the producers couldn't decide whether Brett was supposed to be a duet partner or merely a male backup voice, and waffled on the final mix instead of making a choice and sticking with it. Meanwhile Kelly's voice on top of all that is just so powerful, it emphasizes the imbalance rather than distract from it and I can't help but be mildly irked by this because it seems like such a simple thing to spot and fix. I bet I would enjoy this more live.
Nonetheless, I think overall it's a bop and I'm a slore for Christmas bops, so I'm mostly* content with that. (*once I get past the residual salt at Christmas Eve and Every Christmas not getting the single treatment they deserved)
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Post by QAF on Oct 28, 2020 15:37:46 GMT -5
I haven't been able to listen to the new song in full but the snippet that I heard I liked.
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Post by mikeyj7 on Oct 28, 2020 16:18:06 GMT -5
I really like Under the Mistletoe. Sure, she outsings him, but she'd outsing almost anyone in this context.
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Post by slowmo on Oct 28, 2020 16:59:14 GMT -5
Here's a couple businessy things that I've seen floating around the last couple days. About TKCS Tamron got a quick renewal this year, I don't expect to hear anything quite yet about Kelly. NBCU is restructuring their personnel after Paul Telegdy and Meredith Ahr were ousted this summer and just hired the person that's in charge of programming, including Kelly's show, at the beginning of October. About UTT This little song is well on its way to sticking around for a long time.
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Post by QAF on Oct 28, 2020 17:55:15 GMT -5
I really like Under the Mistletoe. Sure, she outsings him, but she'd outsing almost anyone in this context. I'm in complete agreement with this sentiment after a full listen.
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Post by Mike on Oct 28, 2020 19:08:13 GMT -5
I love UTM! Had it on repeat for a bit today and it put me in a really good mood. It’s right up there with UTT, WIR, EC and WD! I hope she sings all of them on her show this year.
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Post by Ryan on Oct 29, 2020 3:30:39 GMT -5
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Post by keeptheflowers on Oct 29, 2020 3:37:11 GMT -5
What on earth...
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Post by bigb0882 on Oct 29, 2020 6:44:36 GMT -5
Queen of Halloween and Christmas
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Post by Jack on Oct 29, 2020 7:39:47 GMT -5
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Post by keeptheflowers on Oct 29, 2020 7:51:15 GMT -5
She looks amazing :) Can't wait for these episodes.
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Post by QAF on Oct 29, 2020 8:42:45 GMT -5
Today's cover of What's Up was even better than I had imagined it would be. She's so fucking insanely talented.
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Post by Ryan on Oct 29, 2020 8:44:31 GMT -5
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Post by 14887fan on Oct 29, 2020 12:22:42 GMT -5
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