The more I listen the more I like it tbh. I'm also 99% sure this was originally meant for N.E.R.D's album for the following reasons:

 

- The sample is from a 2009 confrontation between a man and Senator Arlen Spector, the same Senator who's “Wait a minute” line was sampled in Lemon

- The beat itself is Pharrel all over, but particularly would fit in with a lot of the songs from no_one_ever_really_dies. Not just Lemon either: Lifting You and Kites spring to mind.

- Repetition was a huge thing for that album too. Whilst it's not everyones piece of cake, their whole message was drilled into your head time after time and Ariana talking about light taking over the darkness (paired with the sample) is as political as it gets

 

It was more than likely changed to suit her album better - removing Pharrel's vocals (if any), switching up some lyrics to be more personal to her, etc. NERD's album was a long time in the making so I wouldn't be surprised if they were working on this before the whole Manchester incident but decided afterwards that Ari was best kept off the album

 

edit: also that video is f***ing hilarious

Edited June 20, 20187 yr by Dexton

i told y’all.. :( this is not what we want.. f*ck pharrell

Sounds like a Fergie album track :/

 

It is growing slightly after listening a fair few times but it's such a huge step down in quality from NTLTC unfortunately :cry:

The looped sample is heinous, what an awful production choice! I can't see myself going back to this one much. :(

Too much is going on with the song I hope it's a grower

 

 

I mean, at best, it’s not bad, maybe a 7/10 at a PUSH.

 

But that random talking in the background literally puts me off it so much, I’m not sure I can even bring myself to listen to it again... it actually gave me anxiety :lol:

Ways this song could have been improved:

 

1) Move Nicki’s rap to later in the song / add another rap near the end.

2) Cut down in the sample. If they wanted to send a message by using it, just use it nearer the start of the song, having it looked throughout the entire song is just irritating and distracting.

3) Have the production build nearer the end of the song, build up to a tempo change the way Bon Appetit does at the end.

 

It’s a shame because i feel like the song has the potential, with some tweaks to be a 10/10.

This is very Fergie, especially in the chorus

 

Ari truly is the queen of samples

christ

 

The Shite Is Coming

My hopes and expectations were lowered when I saw the live clip the other day. :(

 

I was hoping that was misrepresenting how bad it is.

repetitive doesn't cover it! :lol:

Easily her worst single for me. It's just bad.

Absolute banger

 

You all need to clean your ears out wtf

Repeating the same 5 second sample throughout the entire song is one of the biggest lows in music for me. As an example, ‘4:44’ irritates the life out of me

4:44 is also a banger, Klaus....

Well this is great I think! I really like it! Very different to anything else in the charts atm. :D

 

And I love the use of the sample and don't find it annoying!

Edited June 20, 20187 yr by The Snake

Well this has Pharrell written all over it. It’s basically a carbon copy of Lemon

The promo video is kinda cool and she looks so cute :heart:

 

Edited June 21, 20187 yr by Blond 2.0

You people are hating on it because its not a basic pop song like we're used to from her x

You people are hating on it because its not a basic pop song like we're used to from her x

G0rl don't even go there!!!!! NTLTC most certainly is not basic :o