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Post by Choco on Feb 19, 2021 15:40:33 GMT -5
They feel like rejects from the original album and I’ll probably stick to listening to the original. Spoiler alert: they are. At least "test drive" has been brought up a few times as one that missed the original tracklist. I wouldn't necessarily avoid these while revisiting the album like some people here have said here. I think they fit just fine. It's just that we probably expected a monster single here and it's not. I kinda can see why they went with a "34+35 Remix" video. Doja and Meg at least bring some name recognition that say, "test drive" doesn't. But if that was the plan all along, they should have pushed some other track as the second single and then dropped the remix as the single version of "34+35" to get more life out of the new mix. I'm gonna be revisiting the album today I think. It's been a while and the new tracks are a perfect opportunity to give this another chance. I love Ari but from my few original plays I only found 3 or 4 tracks that I kept on my playlists. "test drive" is kinda cute but why does it end before it even gets started for real? Girl give us some bridges, your album is already a hit and this deluxe was a nice opportunity to let your creative side go wild.
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Post by kimberly on Feb 19, 2021 15:40:51 GMT -5
The deluxe tracks are all meh. Are any being pushed as an actual single? "test drive" was added to Today's Top Hits and New Music Friday playlists on Spotify as the #1 track, but we don't know if that's a Republic Records decision or a Spotify decision. I'm guessing the latter, since we didn't get any radio adds date or a lyric video or anything of the sort.
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Post by Choco on Feb 19, 2021 15:43:30 GMT -5
If they wanna go with "test drive" as the single they need to add a feature and make it closer to three minutes. As it is I think they'd be better off with "pov", "motive" or "nasty".
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Post by taylor on Feb 19, 2021 17:59:25 GMT -5
This is why I want the days before streaming to come back. These exactly two minute lengths are ridiculous and a major let-down. All of them feel undercooked, even "main thing" which is my favorite of the new tracks. The interlude is one thing, cause it's an interlude, but Jesus Christ this is disappointing.
"main thing" and the "34+35" remix are likely the only things I'm keeping from these new tracks. The others were fine but again...at least build a damn bridge for your city!
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Post by schnetzka on Feb 19, 2021 18:01:01 GMT -5
Honestly every song on that deluxe should have "(interlude)" after them cause that's exactly what they are lol.
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Post by thezatch on Feb 19, 2021 18:23:55 GMT -5
Honestly every song on that deluxe should have "(interlude)" after them cause that's exactly what they are lol. Or “(demo)”.
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Post by Carlitoz on Feb 19, 2021 18:26:04 GMT -5
It's been years that I've enjoying her music, but I am starting to get a bit bored. It's starting to sound all too samey FOR ME. I still wish her all the success of the world. For sure she is ON TOP of the pop music world right now. Cool girl. I like her.
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Post by Dylan :) on Feb 20, 2021 12:19:35 GMT -5
These new songs are WAY too short! I really love Worst Behaviour and I enjoyed Test Drive. I didn't really like the rest. Safety Net is still my favourite on the album, followed by Positions and (the clean version) of 34+35. I agree with the comment above. Ariana has been my favourite artist since 2013 and yet I'm very bored of her music right now. She sounds really disconnected in her songs, as if she is covering the song - as well as sounding bored. Sweetener absolutely sucked (except a handful of songs, with No Tears Left To Cry being my favourite from her of all time) and Positions (album) is a snoozefest. However, Thank U Next is one of her best, only slightly blocked by Dangerous Woman. Hopefully the next album (which we hopefully won't see until 2022) is TUN and DW level of good. If I was to rank her albums:
1. Dangeorus Woman
2. Thank U Next
3. Yours Truly
4. My Everything
5. Positions
6. Sweetner (even though I like more songs on Sweetner than Positions, the lows of Sweetner are LOW)
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Feb 20, 2021 12:33:48 GMT -5
I'll take another Pop album but, it needs be a very Eclectic mix. FOR ME, positions was that almost perfect mix, just missing a more upbeat moment's, but I was still satisfied.
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Post by atg on Feb 20, 2021 15:45:56 GMT -5
I hope motive, safety net or pov becomes the next single anyways.
This deluxe thing was a bit too fast to begin with, and she should’ve made more use out of the original album. But y’all, let it go please. The only comparison i can give is the after hours deluxe, where the weeknd only gave us 3 tracks but people were fine with it, and they were all 2-3 minutes in comparison. So it’s not the end of the world if Ariana gives us 4 tracks averaging 2 minutes and a remix, that’s still 10 minutes of content to work with. Deluxes aren’t supposed to be taken as another ‘project or EP’ like the 2020 trend, but more of an ‘add on’ to the original project.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Feb 20, 2021 16:06:18 GMT -5
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Post by 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 on Feb 21, 2021 17:31:42 GMT -5
I'll take another Pop album but, it needs be a very Eclectic mix. FOR ME, positions was that almost perfect mix, just missing a more upbeat moment's, but I was still satisfied. I need her to work with Cashmere Cat again. They made some interesting sounding songs that were very pop but definitely left-of-center.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Feb 21, 2021 17:55:04 GMT -5
I'll take another Pop album but, it needs be a very Eclectic mix. FOR ME, positions was that almost perfect mix, just missing a more upbeat moment's, but I was still satisfied. I need her to work with Cashmere Cat again. They made some interesting sounding songs that were very pop but definitely left-of-center. "Be My Baby" was a HIT.
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Post by kimberly on Feb 21, 2021 18:02:50 GMT -5
I'll take another Pop album but, it needs be a very Eclectic mix. FOR ME, positions was that almost perfect mix, just missing a more upbeat moment's, but I was still satisfied. I need her to work with Cashmere Cat again. They made some interesting sounding songs that were very pop but definitely left-of-center. "Quit" is definitely one of the best things to come out of the Dangerous Woman era.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2021 9:40:21 GMT -5
Quit and Adore still go off Be My Baby somedays too but sometimes I'm not feeling it anymore
I'd honestly love an EP of collabs between her and Cashmere if they were in line with their previous works
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Post by Live Your Life on Feb 22, 2021 15:09:26 GMT -5
You can't tell me that's not Mariah on the prechorus of "worst behavior."
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Post by Choco on Feb 24, 2021 8:54:10 GMT -5
Projection down to 42k. Overall still a very good result, but the way the deluxe tracks have dropped probably means that our assumption that a potential third single should still come from the original version is way more likely. now tell me what's ur motive.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Feb 24, 2021 9:15:08 GMT -5
Projection down to 42k. Overall still a very good result, but the way the deluxe tracks have dropped probably means that our assumption that a potential third single should still come from the original version is way more likely. now tell me what's ur motive.Yes, I'm assuming they have something up their sleeve cause they definitely used the magic for the first two singles. Can't just let it die out like this cause she can't tour rn. Pimp this album out!
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Post by Choco on Feb 24, 2021 10:13:53 GMT -5
I wouldn't hate a new song as the single (I've gone on record several times to say that positions is hardly my fave Ari project) but the deluxe would have been the perfect outlet to release said single and boost the album at the same time. 'cause I see you trying, subliminally trying (not gonna lie I'm ready for it to join "Be Alright", "bloodline" and "everytime" on unrelease-gem-land )
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Feb 24, 2021 14:49:56 GMT -5
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Post by wjr15 on Feb 24, 2021 16:14:14 GMT -5
'cause I see you trying, subliminally trying (not gonna lie I'm ready for it to join " Greedy", "bloodline" and "everytime" on unrelease-gem-land ) 'Be Alright' is still a bop tho
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Post by Normi on Feb 24, 2021 18:22:47 GMT -5
Worst behavior is THAT song, if a new song got the single treatment it should be that jam, uuh on repeat for days
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Post by surfy on Feb 26, 2021 16:36:14 GMT -5
i honestly don’t see them releasing motive since they already released the 34+35 remix with doja. i honestly have no idea what they’ll choose for a 3rd single, but my hope is for pov or just like magic
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Post by 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 on Feb 26, 2021 18:14:29 GMT -5
POV POV POV POV POV
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2021 19:26:57 GMT -5
pov, nasty, and just like magic all still waiting for their moments to shine as singles
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Post by Lost In Musical Reverie on Feb 28, 2021 5:28:05 GMT -5
pov, nasty, and just like magic all still waiting for their moments to shine as singles + "safety net" and "motive", though the latter is unlikely now due to the "34+35" remix.
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Post by Kishi KCM on Mar 2, 2021 10:23:53 GMT -5
If Nasty is not a single....
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Post by Soundcl🕤ck on Mar 4, 2021 8:34:31 GMT -5
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Post by SHOOTER on Mar 14, 2021 15:51:42 GMT -5
Wins her second Grammy with Rain On Me taking the win for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
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Post by kimberly on Mar 17, 2021 0:35:02 GMT -5
Demiana collab is confirmed in Demi's NYT interview.
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