Posted April 10Apr 10 Not yet a single but making waves on streaming, definitely the highlight of the album for me so I hope it can be big!
April 10Apr 10 It specifically reminds me of this Charli song a lot:Not too much of a surprise though as Charli was involved with ‘Bluest Flame’. They go years back with Selena’s ‘Same Old Love’ too!
April 10Apr 10 21 minutes ago, Jessie Where said:Oh my god, this rips off Charli XCX so shamelessly!Charli's a co-writer on it!
April 10Apr 10 I do realise Charli XCX is a part of this and I do enjoy this - as a big fan of Charli's music, this is obviously sonically up my street. But, this is so shamelessly close to the... original source, that it's hampering my will to go back to it, as much as I ordinarily would with a song like this.There's no attempt to add any "Selena" to the mix, the vocal style mimics Charli, the lyricism is completely Charli, the production is completely Charli. It's near identical to Roll With Me, and I just don't really get the point of not even trying to mix up the formula a bit to make it feel your own? Like, it's SO obviously a demo that's been sat in the basement since Number 1 Angel and they've dug it up, let Selena mumble on it and called it a day without even thinking "how can we adapt this to make it feel like a Selena song?"
April 10Apr 10 29 minutes ago, WhoOdyssey said:Charli's a co-writer on it!Really? I think she's done a significant amount of the heavy lifting here in that case!
April 11Apr 11 I see what people are saying about the Charli XCX comparisons - especially with her being a co-writer but Selena has steered into similiar lanes before - I'm thinking B.E.A.T on her first album is quite similiar.I did not realise this was a single? I thought Ojos Triste was headed in that direction as it seems to have a lot of plays on spotify. Edited April 11Apr 11 by Starbooty
April 13Apr 13 Was this just something Charli had gathering dust in the xcx vault? Dylan Brady makes me think it's an outtake from 'How I'm Feeling Now' — I imagine the autotune and cadence are identical to the demo too
April 13Apr 13 Not terrible but I agree with Rob this is just too shamelessly on the nose I just don’t have any reason to go and play this of my own volition over the countless albums of Charli songs I could choose that achieve this sound with an actual bit of personality and charm to it. This whole era of hers does feel like chucking whatever at the wall and seeing what sticks so I wouldn’t be shocked if it was just a Charli leftover at all rather than something she specifically wrote for this project for Selena.
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