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Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Little Simz Little Mix Glass Animals – Heat Waves (this shortlist is so terrible, there are only a few I even remotely like :’)) Self Esteem Taylor Swift ABBA Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever RAYE Glass Animals Dua Lipa Little Simz

Gutted for Lemon, she’s the one I was looking forward to the most 😭 I’d have gone Baga / Juju bottom two too (or maybe Cheryl in there too, that runway…), but it’s clear neither of them would be going home first.

Loving this, she never misses. Such a solid record start to finish. Cool to Cry, Youth is Lost, New Moon and Hip Bones :heart: Brad Pitt has grown to be one of my absolute favourites of hers too.

That’s a surprisingly good list, I never usually agree with these things! So good to see Venice Bitch at #2, that would be my #1. It’s a shame Chemtrails, The Blackest Day and Honeymoon aren’t there though – they’re the most notable omissions for me. And Young and Beautiful is way too high up, but apart from that I mostly agree with it.

It’s going to take a lot to beat this as my album of the year (despite having not heard half of it yet :’)) Love Me More might just be my favourite yet 😭 incredible

Absolutely love this

Surprised at the lack of love for Move so far 😱 01 Move 02 Break Up Song 03 Woman Like Me 04 Black Magic 05 Love (Sweet Love) 06 Shout Out to My Ex 07 Wings Only Move and Break Up Song would be in my top 10 singles of theirs, leads don’t seem to be a strong point for them

I've still got all of these on repeat. OBSESSED. What an incredible set of albums. So many highlights throughout, and like you, Pavel, my list of favourites just keeps getting longer :')

Amazing video as always but I'm not that sold on the song. I do like it, but not as much I was expecting or hoping to. It feels a bit pedestrian compared to her other material. And especially knowing Arca's involved in the production too, I just feel like they're both capable of better.

YES! Loooove that grungy production. I think Joya might just be SOTY for me :heart:

Heat Lightning is out now too. 3/3 for me, can already tell it'll be one of my favourite albums of next year. The Only Heartbreaker is absolute perfection

Agree there’s a lot to take in, it’s all so impressive. I love her :heart: Can’t get over how perfect it is having Bruja as the opener and Joya as the closer on iii. Joya gives me such Björk vibes, beautiful. No idea how I’d rank them yet, but each one has so many highlights. I’ve seen ii being a lot of people’s least favourite, but that Prada / Rakata / Tiro / Luna Llena run! 🤩

Lost Woman Found :heart: stunning Same, can’t wait to listen to them all back to back tomorrow. I thought they could end up being quite samey but they all have their own distinct sound while all being very distinctly Arca

I know, WHAT an opener * . *

Ha I was thinking the same thing I love No, really hoping it does manage to somehow turn into a hit, it's looking less and less likely by the day though :( Maybe the last hope for the new tracks is for Between Us to get a proper push in the new year? I love all five of the new ones (LSL a bit less so), it'd be a shame for none of them to smash

Apparently iii is coming tomorrow, iiii on Thursday and then a 'surprise' drop of v on Friday :o Has anyone released four albums in four days before? On my first listen of ii and LUNA LLENA! :heart:

Really hope it’s managed to climb to #2 today, it doesn’t deserve to be her lowest-charting album 😭 Too early to say but I think it’ll end up being one of my favourites of hers, it’s been on repeat all week.

Managed to get the standard vinyl in hmv today so it looks like it’s just the variants that are delayed. I’ve had this on repeat since yesterday morning and I’m loving it. Too early to compare it to her others yet but it’s another great album in her discography, and much more instant than Chemtrails was for me.

It looks like there are vinyl delays for this now… I imagine that’ll affect the first week sales quite a bit 💔

Completely agree. The fact anyone can interpret this situation as Leigh being the one in the wrong or inciting hate…wow.

I actually really wanted to like this and I want her to have a successful solo career, but this is such an awful way to launch it. Relying so heavily on the sample is so odd for her debut single, but then again, that’s the only part I like 🥲 The verses are awful, no idea what she’s saying for most of it, and it all just comes off so embarrassing which is really not what she needs when she gets so much hate already. Honestly no idea how this’ll do, interested to see how the public take to it.

Honeymoon definitely seems to be the least liked overall, but I really like it! The title track is one of her best ever for me :heart: I think it’d be my third favourite album of hers after NFR and UV, maybe even edging towards second favourite.

Can't wait for this, it's been way too long :heart: No idea what to expect from it, but she's excelled at everything she's done so far, so I have high hopes

Same here, they all passed me by on the first few listens but I'm loving them now Text Book is such a gorgeous opener, and I can definitely hear the Honeymoon comparisons in that :heart: I like Arcadia a lot too but I think it's my least favourite of the four so far

Following on from last year's KiCk i, Arca's just released the first single from KiCk ii, which is out 03/12. And it features...Sia. _Ed8EpTp-NI Quite an unexpected collaboration, and it's by far her most pop release yet, but I'm loving it. I can't imagine the rest of the album being so pop though, she's described it as being 'heavy on backbeats, vocal manipulation, mania, and craziness'. Can't wait for this, the first volume was my favourite album of last year. 01 Doña 02 Prada 03 Rakara 04 Tiro 05 Luna Llena 06 Lethargy 07 Araña 08 Femme 09 Muñecas 10 Confianza 11 Born Yesterday 12 Andro I've seen a lot online about KiCk iii and iiii following soon after, supposedly all before the end of the year (!)