This is already just outside my top 5 most played songs of the last six months!!!

Same!!! 75 plays now.. it’s just incredible

I agree, it would have been almost the easy option for her to come out with a ballad that was obviously about Manchester, this shows her as an artist perfectly and what she is capable of bringing alive with her vocals and interpretation (yes, god forbid she didn't write and produce the song, play every instrument and invent a new genre xx). It's carefree, almost appreciative of whatever bad times that led to being able to be stronger and leave them behind, a message that is needed after Machester etc. - don't dwell on all the bad things and people trying to bring you down. I'm sure she would have still slayed with a ballad but what I am loving perhaps most about this is that it was unexpected in its lyrical content, production and overall vibe, and that made it really hit me probably more than something that sounds like her other songs did, or a ballad. It's also much more intricate than say Problem or Dangerous Woman and that's really lending it well to repeat listens for me because you keep finding new little things about it to appreciate :wub: It's got the "boppy" verses, a stunning chorus that feels like a huge moment without trying *too* hard to be huge as it's very breezy and amazing production, like Joseph said it feels like everything I wanted without it being what I thought I needed :lol:

 

Should I say the same for the ones who don't like it?

 

People only hate it coz they want to hate it.

 

No sense.

Omg spill the tea

 

I of course understand that not everyone is going to be falling over themselves over this song and stanning it like many of us are, because everyone has different tastes, but it comes across as really snipy to just come out with "people only stan this for the name/hype/because everyone else does". So we're sheep with no mentality just becasue we don't stroll in every thread saying whatever is popular is whatever you randomly land on in the overdramatic thesaurus under the entry for awful? :lol: Plenty of people who are "loving it because they want to" have explained exactly why they love it, so if the best you can come up with is just that it's shit then cute but let people enjoy what they want? :lol: We haven't just made up explanations and reasons why we love it.

Same!!! 75 plays now.. it’s just incredible

I'm definitely over 100 now fml 😂😂 I'm so obsessed 😍

only listened to this once so far but it's rather great, good on her and the writers/producers for coming with an uptempo dance pop hit yet fitting song considering the events of Manchester.

Well thr musical equivalent of a bulging bug-eyed space alien devouring a shit sandwich doesn't roll off the tongue as well as awful does

 

The song is really bad. Modern commercial pap with no meaning and a bad beat

 

You are MENTAL. How the hell does it have "no meaning"?

He must be deaf

#4 Spotify debut (in UK).

Edited April 21, 20187 yr by Jordan Lee

With huge numbers, almost 200k more than what One Kiss debuted with :o

He must be deaf

 

Amongst other things.

Well thr musical equivalent of a bulging bug-eyed space alien devouring a shit sandwich doesn't roll off the tongue as well as awful does

 

The song is really bad. Modern commercial pap with no meaning and a bad beat

 

I think this is one of the most ignorant things you've ever posted! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: the woman toured the world and unknowingly on one of her shows members of her audience and fanbase were killed and she pays tribute to them in her first new single since? How does THAT not hold meaning? :thinking:

I think this is one of the most ignorant things you've ever posted! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: the woman toured the world and unknowingly on one of her shows members of her audience and fanbase were killed and she pays tribute to them in her first new single since? How does THAT not hold meaning? :thinking:

Agreed! It’s not a nice thing to say at all really :(

I guarantee if she did a ballad that was blatantly about Manchester Michael would have moaned it was milking it or something :lol:

I guarantee if she did a ballad that was blatantly about Manchester Michael would have moaned it was milking it or something :lol:

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She's slaying :cheer:

I highly recommend watching the video on the biggest and best TV possible.

 

It's so stunning, it is genuinely movie quality. :wub:

This is legitimately still getting better with every listen.

 

What a song. :wub:

Amongst other things.

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i die

i am utterly AWESTRUCK by how good this is; i’m 30 listens in and it continues to grow

 

the inflections of ariana’s voice, the intricate but perfectly executed production techniques (be it the backstreet boys-leaning intro synth or the 90s garage backing [which is only ever a subtle nod] or just those ad libs with the mild vocoder put into the background. it’s everything i adore about max martin; a detailed pop song masterfully executed. there are so nsny perfect details

 

and then you chuck in the meyers video which is utterly gorgeous, with casual cinema nods and you realise ariana isn’t the little girl with high voice anymore; she’s come into her own as a woman. ariana casually turns to the screen, the recurring motif ponytail has grown and changed colour. then that beautiful vignette where she removes her face and looks back abjectly; PERFECTION.

 

also the casual melancholic uptempo vibe which only the best (like abba) achieve; the manchester vibe resonates throughout but never defines or all encompasses it it’s so beautifully projected

 

to me it’s that kind of 10/10 song you rarely get; production / context / melody perfection; you throw in an examplorary video and yeah 10/10; this will be in my all time top 50...

i could write so much more; perhaps i’ll do an Ma in this song

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Your comment is just as much of a masterpiece as this song and video tbh. 😍😍😍