Did Charli XCX make the first great Covid album? Professor Skye Reviews how i'm feeling now
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- Could this hetero-erotically charged Pop/EDM fusion be the first great Covid album? I think so. Watch my video to find out why.
Skye's Stamp (best track): anthems • Charli XCX - anthems [...
c2.0 is actually a second version of the song Click that is on the “Charli” album. you should definitely check Pop 2 and Charli
You should def check out her mixtape POP2
The Vroom Vroom EP is probably the best place to start diving into her catalogue, it was the turning point when she started to work with more abrasive and eccentric producers such as SOPHIE and A.G cook. The two mixtapes that follow are definitely worth listening to, particularly her track with Carly Rae Jepsen called Backseat, but for me, neither of those albums quite reach the heights of her album from last year, Charli. In particular, her single from that with Christine and the Queens blows me away every time I hear it.
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Those slugs know they can’t catch me
charli is known for being an experimental artist. she's pushing pop boundaries and i think she's changing the music industry, she does everything she wants without caring about charts or sales and that's so inspirational to me.
some albums with a similar production style if you are interested: 1000 gecs by 100 gecs (dylan brady, the guy who produced claws and also some parts of anthems, is a member of this group), flamboyant by dorian electra, product by sophie and no now by clarence clarity
100 gecs slaps cheeks
so happy to see no now by clarence clarity being recommended. An album so criminally overlooked it is alarming.
@@joaquinlopeztorres1071 im not a huge fan of it tbh, but its def an influential album
the crowd noises at the end of P4U were because it was a very requested and sought after by her fans so it was included because it was for the Angels (what she calls her fans)
thanks for letting me know.
Hi, I'm a huge Charli xcx fan and this was the first video from you I've seen. I think it's very interesting to see my favorite artist viewed through the lens of someone who knows almost nothing about her. In my opinion, Charli xcx has one of the most interesting career trajectories in the current pop/music landscape. She went from writing and singing radio friendly, commercial music, to creating some of the most absolutely insane and unique sounds in pop today. She straddles the line between commercial and underground so well. Her first two albums "true romance"(2013) and "sucker"(2014) in my opinion are really boring, really bland pop music that you would find playing in your local forever 21. However, in 2016 she released her "vroom vroom" ep, and her musical style changed dramatically. I'd highly recommend giving it and her "pop2" mixtape a listen.
I'm also glad that you brought up the discussion you had with your son about pop music, because I believe it opens up such an interesting dialogue. When I say that I like pop music, most people will picture in their head the clean, commercial, bland songs that that get repeated on the radio endlessly; Artists like Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, The Chainsmokers, etc. But I believe that pop is so much more than that. Artists like Charli xcx are changing the way pop looks, by using crazy and unique production that you won't hear on the radio. I personally like to call this type of music "hyperpop" but it doesn't really have an official name. I hate it when people tell me that pop music sucks, or that people only like it because it's catchy, because for the people who say these things the only type of pop music they've been exposed to is the non-offensive, boring stuff that plays on the radio.
Some great pop album recommendations are:
-"1000 gecs" by 100 gecs. One of the members of this band, Dylan Brady, did some production work for Charli's "how im feeling now". so if you want some crazy, abrasive pop/edm, give this a listen.
-"oil of every pearl's un-insides" by SOPHIE. SOPHIE is also a producer that charli xcx has worked with in the past. I think that SOPHIE is way ahead of her time, and is making some of the most uniquely produced music in the pop landscape right now. Her music ranges from cutesy bubble gum pop to heavy industrial, nightmarish music.
-"Pang" by Caroline Polachek. "Pang" is not a "hyperpop" album, in fact I believe this album is classified as "art pop", but this album has some of the most beautiful, layered, and unique pop music I've heard.
-"Art angels" by Grimes. This is not a hyperpop album either, I just think it's just some really solid pop music. The production on this album is really upbeat and just all around fun.
I'd love to hear you review any of these or charli xcx's past works :)
You have my music taste please hmu sir or ma'am 💜
Great review! If you were not familiar with this experimental pop sound and you liked it i think you should check out the latest Rina Sawayama album that came out last month. I'm interested to hear what you think about it
I hope your kids know that they have a really cool dad !
A lot of her songs are 'bubble-gum bass pop' songs. Dylan Brady, who produced Anthems (I agree the highlight) has produced amazing music, from his music in his duo 100 gecs (some love it some hate it), to experimental hip-hop songs by Injury Reserve and some songs in my favourite bubblegum bass pop album by Dorian Electra called Flamboyant. DO LISTEN TO FLAMBOYANT IT IS AN AMAZING ALBUM.
Really enjoyed your review! Very well-spoken and providing good arguments even if I didn’t necessarily agree with all of them. Loved your analyses of the tracks.
Feel like you would enjoy her previous album, Charli. It’s done with the same producers but is more polished.
"Don't Max Martin it out" haha love it
This album is so good! Strangely for such an immediate-sounding album, its grown on me the last few listens, the middle section especially. Agreed r.e Anthems, with Claws the best song, it sounds like Where's Your Head At on steroids, and thats saying something!
Great Review!
You Should Totally Check Out Hannah Diamond's "Reflection", as well as Lou Kessler's commentary on PC Music.
check out her previous album "Charli" its her most polished record
god damn, I love your videos!!!
As a 20 years old that wants to be a professor and ADORE music, i look up to you... I kinda hope ill be like you one day.
You seem open-minded, true to yourself, articulate and extremely genuine.
Keep the videos up !
Thanks for the kind words. Becoming a professor is a real "dream job" that it is not as dependent on luck as other dream jobs.
Pop 2 is her masterpiece IMHO. Give it a listen, you'll enjoy it!
C2.0 means Click 2.0. Click is a song from her previous album 'Charli'. You should check it out! Click is about her clique and c2.0 is about not being able to see her clique anymore because of the quarantine, at least that's my interpretation.
This is Charli's first album without any features. If you enjoyed this album you should definitely listen to her work she's released since 2016.
Do you think that you could review Yung Lean's new album "Starz", it would be really interesting to hear your perspective on it.
For ME Charli XCX is the MOST INTERESTING ARTIST!!! Im sick and tired of the mainstreams, they all sound the same!!!
U should check her mixtapes and her previous album 'Charli' out, thank u
anthems is definately the highlight (given the timeliness) though apart from that iggy pop song "I don't care" which you reference and her feature on Iggy Azela's "Fancy" her song "Boom Clap" was all that I had heard previous (was working in the service industry in 2014). This was the first album of hers I've listened through and I agree given the context (coronavirus/pop) it works surprisingly well (though I did like enemy lol).
That was Icona Pop, not Iggy Pop :). You should definitely listen to her 2019 album 'Charli', her 'Vroom Vroom' ep and maybe her two 2017 mixtapes.
@@jaap3520 lol Freudian slip
I absolutely LOVE enemy it’s so catchy and I really enjoy her vulnerability on the track. Simply a difference of opinion, I guess.
This is man is so on point... enemy is the only bad song on this project tbh. And HE LIKES I FINALLY UNDERSTAND when will he adopt me
Professor Skye I love your videos!!
I like this album, but I still love the Vroom Vroom EP that Charli XCX and Sophie made more. I never knew that I could enjoy music like that, but I do because it's doing something different. Trophy and Secret are my favorites from the EP. I didn't like the song that A.G. Cook produced which was called Paradise.
Anthems really did that ✋🌝✨💅
Fun review! Love this album 🌸
Producers would send instrumental samples to her, then she’d write/ sing her lyrics and send it back. She documented the process in Instagram/ UA-cam.
I'm genuinely surprised by how good this album is. I liked a few Charli songs in the past but didn't get into her work. I really enjoyed the experimental fun production on this album and that's saying something considering I'm not a big fan of pop music in general. Definitely going to be in my favourite albums of the year.
Charli calls her fans ANGELS haha
I really liked the song Enemy I didn't mind the autotune it sounded a little interesting and the therapist bit felt natural and long enough unlike some songs that try to do that and fail but it does sound a little out of place with the song being autotuned
Good thoughts as always!
Dude....I'm hooked on your videos.
I left an obscene amount of comments on your review of The 1975's NOACF....but that's because you provoked a LOT of ideas about the album.
I kind of love that you're willing to look into artists a generation younger that you are. I'm probably 10 years younger than you...but I hope I'm as open minded and curious and willing to put my finger to the pulse of whatever it is that happens to be happening...NOW. History proves that NOW is always where novelty is happening. Why not invest in that?
Thanks for the kind (and multiple) comments.
her previous album is a masterpiece
Yass we love a Party 4 U stan! taste
If you like that idm + pop approach to you should definitely listen to E by Ecco2k. Nice videos
I'm now realizing the comment section is full of recommandations.
Agreed on claws, specially with the agressiveness because it shows it's not that she likes how he's sweet, or cute, or good to her, she likes EVERYTHING, the catchy and the annoying.
No
It was actually Floral - Floral LP
Listen to it it's probably the best instrumental record from 2020 maybe more than that
listen to her album named "charli"
You should check out her album released last year.
So Charili's friend and fellow popstar (of 'Call Me Maybe' fame) Carly Rae Jepsen has apparently just released a surprise album of sorts today and I'm interest to see if you'll give it a listen. As a Canuck I was familiar with Jepsen's debut album (which I liked) more of a folksy pop piece of work and even the EP 'Curiosity' which Call Me Maybe was initially on. Then she blew up and apart from her first mainstream album following CMM 'Kiss' which was okay, and 2015 single 'Run Away With Me' I haven't listened of hers since then but I'll think I'll give this one a listen. Interested to hear what you think.
Stay tuned, I am working on a Carly Rae review right now, despite the fact that I didn't want to!
Okay A SNACK 🤤
i wouldn't say enemy is right out bad. its just the most poppy of all the songs on the album. it felt very personal and it seemed the producer wanted that to show by mostly taking their hands off the craziness and just having a cut and dry pop song.
Enemy is definitely good...
You forgot Dua Lipa, a very good album imo.
I think it's kinda odd that we think of sexual imagery of women as intrinsically "hetero" and sexual men as "homo." Maybe this criticism is off-base because Charli is a straight woman and Micael Hadreas is a gay man, but it seems very male-centric (I'm sure there's a more proper term for this but I don't know what it is) to assume that sexual depictions of both men and women are presenting to a male gaze. Anyway, just some food for thought.
Fair points.
Do cupcakke zaddy 😋
POP2
Please review Miley Cyrus and her dead petz. It is a really outstanding and experimental album and Mileys best piece of art 🙌🏼
young women singing about "yolo life" crashing cars.... dude are you talking about all the male rappers?
Yup, he seems Hella pretentious
you should listen to wings by bts, i think you would really enjoy that one
i was betting the bad track for you was going to be "I Finally Understand" it does nothing new and its very boring imo.
Me too
React to her 2nd latest album Charli! One of the best albums of the century in my opinion. Very similar to How I'm Feeling Now, a lot of experimental production and meaningful lyrics. I'd say it's a more polished version of the HIFN album