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jrlikestodance
June 12th 2024


6794 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Daft Punk would probably sound better to my ears with less vocoder. My most controversial dance music opinion is that I find them mid

kalkwiese
June 12th 2024


11042 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yea, I am with Lucca. But IA is gonna replace singers anyway, right? Nothing to worry about

DarkSideOfLucca
June 12th 2024


19180 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Well Daft Punk is a bad example because that REALLY goes with their sound specifically



But not everyone is going for Blade Runner soundtrack band

gabba
June 12th 2024


2837 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

Exactly! Because Daft Punk also pretended to be RoBoTs.

Odal
Emeritus
June 12th 2024


3129 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, but Charli is doing the same thing. We have nearly two decades of going for that messy MySpace pop sounds that Millionaires and Kreyshawn kinda pioneered. It's absolutely intentional to have that overproduced detachment, that's a large component as to how Charli has been such a trailblazer within the hyperpop movement. A song like Tears off POP2 lives and dies by the vocal effects

Demon of the Fall
June 12th 2024


39056 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

I don’t have a problem with autotune in general, in fact I’d prefer a greater emphasis on exaggerated vocal effects. I’m just hearing fairly standard / mild alterations to me, and yeah it sounds bland. Her voice is completely uninteresting

AmericanFlagAsh
June 12th 2024


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Track 10 without the autotune wouldn't be as good

Tgreenz455
June 12th 2024


700 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Odal I saw your comment responding to me about her touring history, specifically with Sleigh Bells. Super interesting. I think some people might be more receptive to this if they looked at this album through the same lens that they’d have when evaluating a Sleigh Bells album



Sympathy of a Knife sounds a LOT like SWEET75 and Locust Laced imo (and other older SB songs)

Tgreenz455
June 12th 2024


700 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

For the record I enjoy Sleigh Bells far more than I do Charli xcx, but the overlap in sound leaves this in the “enjoyable” category for me

bellovddd
June 12th 2024


7710 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

oh my people really complaining about the auto tune here? thats funny as fuck.

Odal
Emeritus
June 12th 2024


3129 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

That's a good point Tgreen.



I love me some Sleigh Bells and do think that Charli carried a lot of their blown-out sound with stuff like Vroom Vroom, being unafraid to be loud and obnoxious. There's definitely a lot of plot points on the timeline between "I Love It" and this that would make some folks appreciate this more

gabba
June 12th 2024


2837 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

I’d really like to hear an instrumental version of this.

Distorting her voice can be analyzed through the lens of postmodernism, but it’s hard to believe that this alienating effect is alluring to such crowds. It obviously has a very elementary/instinctive effect, which, when combined with her overexaggerated (and very much human-like) sexy image, triggers cognitive/affective dissonance in a rewarding way for some, and aversive way for others.



Tgreenz455
June 12th 2024


700 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

In my humble opinion you’re over analyzing tf out of the vocal production choices lol

bellovddd
June 12th 2024


7710 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

lmao. She's using auto tune cause it sounds good with her style. thats about it my people.

jrlikestodance
June 12th 2024


6794 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Thank you for the absolutely needed common sense bellovddd lol

AlexKzillion
Emeritus
June 12th 2024


19055 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

charli is the autotune goat no discussion



bladee fans in shambles

gabba
June 12th 2024


2837 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

you’re right ofc, but common sense = gut reactions

bellovddd
June 12th 2024


7710 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

its shockingly amazing how simple the answer is to why she uses auto tune. People just so caught up in the whirlwind against Charli they will TRY ANYTHING

Odal
Emeritus
June 12th 2024


3129 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah, there's a lot to mine from this album if you want but honestly every single that I could gush about ladders back up to "heh, that sounds nice"



It ain't gotta be deep

Tgreenz455
June 12th 2024


700 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I definitely get some Magdalena Bay vibes when listening to this as well, though more if a hyper pop approach to that sound. I think it works well



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