emiliamonte posted: " It has been another hot week in the city shazaming bad song. (please note: bad songs in my opinion). Let's start with a good one shall we : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pu0g_xyJKY I know what you're going to say - she sounds like Olivia Rod" MFO
It has been another hot week in the city shazaming bad song. (please note: bad songs in my opinion). Let's start with a good one shall we :
I know what you're going to say - she sounds like Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Julia Michaels (one of her songwriters) , Lana del Rey, Miley Cyrus and Madison Beer put together. She ticks all the boxes just to make sure that she attracts the fans of all the above mentioned artists generating green to line the pockets of her label. Sabrina Carpenter's album is an intelligent mix of nostalgia and modern beats. The beat in "Read your mind" reminds me of something I can't quite put my finger on; and I feel manipulated by the Ariana sounding vocals in "Nonsense". Sabrina's lyrics are a mix of subtle anger and soft volatility. The rawness in her voice and the fact that some songs are made to sound like they accidently forgot to turn off the microphone (I don't know who to express this concept more eloquently) creates an atmosphere of authenticity. It is almost like they had some mind gurus (couldn't think of a scientific name for them) designing songs that you can't stop listening to until you figure out what they remind you of. From a financial point of view Ms Carpenter's sound is ingenius but what about from an artistic point of view?
My favourite artist and an amazing songwriter Raye was criticised by her former label for being versatile: "[One] thing I was always told at my old situation is, 'You don't know who you are, RAYE. You don't know who you are. Nobody knows. Because you can't pick a genre, you can't commit to one thing. This is a weakness. This is confusing,'" In her case it was not ok to be multifaceted but I guess the main problem was that she sounded unique and the industry is not looking for unique. They seem to be looking for artists that are trying to sound like someone who is trying to sound like someone who is trying to sound like someone. What does Moshpit Jones think about this?
In Finland most new music discovery is done through radio. Because I want to make my life difficult I discover music by trying to locate speakers in super markets so I can Shazam songs I don't recognise. Interspar plays mostly As by George Michael and Mary J Blige. In Nanu Nana I discovered Ed Napoli. Their playlists seem to be provided by Audiosparx. So, here is what I found shazaming at parking garages and airport toilets.
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