There's something about Gentleman that screams single, though.

 

It's hard to explain.

 

It's the structure of the song, I think. It doesn't follow the basic pattern of "verses, chorus, verses, chorus, middle-8, chorus". It's like Notorious, All Fired Up, they all have that something special in their structure. Even What About Us does with that pre-pre-chorus and pre-chorus (or 1st chorus?) and the catchy "oh why are we waitin'" hook, plus the final part of the song. I don't know, it screams "original, not basic, release it as a single!" and Gentleman also does.

 

I hope we're getting more of that.

 

I would say Wildfire is as good as Gentleman. Both has flaws and qualities.

There's something about Gentleman that screams single, though.

 

It's hard to explain.

 

It's the structure of the song, I think. It doesn't follow the basic pattern of "verses, chorus, verses, chorus, middle-8, chorus". It's like Notorious, All Fired Up, they all have that something special in their structure. Even What About Us does with that pre-pre-chorus and pre-chorus (or 1st chorus?) and the catchy "oh why are we waitin'" hook, plus the final part of the song. I don't know, it screams "original, not basic, release it as a single!" and Gentleman also does.

 

I hope we're getting more of that.

 

I would say Wildfire is as good as Gentleman. Both has flaws and qualities.

 

I have to DISAGREE :lol:

Well I agree that Gentleman does scream single, but it seems like the 'Work' of this Era. Wildfire most likely would have fared better as a singel tbh.

Should this be locked and there be be a pt. 2 now? :)

So does everyone now hates Gentleman all over sudden?

I don't - it's a great, quirky little pop track. It's a shame some people suddenly turn on something and dislike it because it's not a success or whatever - it's silly. It was the same with WAU beforehand - a lot of people were against it (myself included) but after the #1 everyone suddenly jumped on the bandwagon and attached themselves to the track, saying they loved it and it was their best single etc - I'm still not mad on it but at the same time can see its appeal.

I don't - it's a great, quirky little pop track. It's a shame some people suddenly turn on something and dislike it because it's not a success or whatever - it's silly. It was the same with WAU beforehand - a lot of people were against it (myself included) but after the #1 everyone suddenly jumped on the bandwagon and attached themselves to the track, saying they loved it and it was their best single etc - I'm still not mad on it but at the same time can see its appeal.

This is what annoys the hell out of it too

But I didn't post it because I wasn't sure if everyone who dislikes it disliked it before or they just got more vocal

 

I still love Gentleman and always will, after Higher, Issues and WAU this is their best track to date for me

I keep changing my mind about the song. Whenever I'm not listening to it I always think of it as terrible and cringey yet when I do end up playing it on my iPod I end up turning the volume right up and jamming to it. It's just a bit too messy and unpolished for me and I think if it had better production and more power in the chorus (and a MUCH better video) I'd like it alot more.