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Post by Kurt on Sept 23, 2024 14:50:43 GMT -5
A new holiday song from St. Kelly, a collaboration with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, is out Friday. Pre-save |
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Post by dbhmr on Sept 23, 2024 15:39:04 GMT -5
Queen of Christmas originals coming yet again.
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Post by born on Sept 23, 2024 16:00:59 GMT -5
Wow, those are some true A-Listers in the credits. Very intrigued and excited.
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Post by Jack on Sept 26, 2024 7:38:51 GMT -5
Thoughts from the KC thread: You For Christmas is a BANGER. Her voice sounds amazing. Lots of reverb. In sort of the The Ronettes vein, but with touches of the sort of soulful Otis/Temptations holiday stuff. Cute little spoken word intro (and outro). Lots of BELTING. Mid-tempo. Luscious. KEY CHANGE. You can really feel the production is elevated under Mark. Sounds like a classic. Hard to say on first listen, but certainly sounds like her biggest Christmas hit since UTT can see why she's so excited. |
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Post by Ryan on Sept 26, 2024 17:54:58 GMT -5
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Post by Ling-Ling on Sept 26, 2024 23:26:31 GMT -5
It's a winner. Love the vocal, the bridge, the harmonies. This is gonna be such a bitch to sing, lol.
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Post by Dreams on Sept 27, 2024 6:45:12 GMT -5
I like it!!! 😊 The harmonies, backgrounds, the modulation!
I think it's a tad cliché lyrically; yet another "all I want for Christmas is you baby, and I don't need anything else" love song, you know, but then again in her defense there's only so much you can sing about in a Christmas love song, lol. And it's not like she hasn't served something different lyrically with the ultimate kiss-off, wrapped up in Christmas tinsel, anthems, "Christmas Isn't Canceled (Just You)" (my favorite Kelly Christmas song ever!!! 💛) and "Merry Christmas Baby," so it's okay.
Still a little too early for Christmas music, even for me personally that I start listening to it fairly early each year lol, but I'll be spinning this loads for sure after Halloween and until the early days of 2025.
Anyway, thumbs up definitely here. They all delivered! 😃
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Post by dbhmr on Sept 27, 2024 17:57:12 GMT -5
Yeah this is great. Not the ear worm of "Underneath the Tree"/"Santa Can't You Hear Me"/"Winter Dreams" or cleverness of "Merry Christmas Baby"/"Christmas Isn't Cancelled" or emotionality of "Christmas Come Early"/"Merry Christmas to the One I Used to Know," but a worthy addition to her sparkling Christmas catalog.
But like ma'am...you know you're going to have to sing this for years and years, right? This is a vocal beast lol.
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