FLO's sophomore album “Therapy at the Club” might be the most slept-on girl group record of the year, and on this episode we're breaking down every single track. This is our full, honest review of “Therapy at the Club”, going song by song from "Side Effects" to "Haterbooth" to figure out if FLO just delivered a sophomore album that beats their Grammy-nominated debut “Access All Areas”.
We get into the hidden story running through the whole record (this "night out" album is secretly a breakup detox, and the real love story is the friendship), the Juicy J verse everyone's arguing about on "Pose," the "Leak It" and "Remedied" video universe, and the big question: are FLO the best girl group working right now, and why aren't they bigger?
Timestamps:
- 0:00 - Intro
- 0:26 - “THERAPY AT THE CLUB” Album Info
- 1:42 - Album Cover
- 3:53 - “Side Effects”
- 7:56 - “Small Doses”
- 12:33 - “Cry Ugly”
- 19:58 - “Leak It”
- 31:58 - “Touché”
- 36:10 - “i can’t be high around you anymore”
- 41:24 - “Sober”
- 45:21 - “Therapy at the Club”
- 49:49 - “Remedied”
- 55:50 - “Pose” feat. Juicy J
- 1:03:09 - “Call Me”
- 1:08:15 - “Sex in Peace” feat. kwn
- 1:14:24 - “Floating”
- 1:19:38 - “Miss u Missing me”
- 1:24:49 - “Don’t Break Her Heart”
- 1:31:51 - “Haterbooth”
- 1:36:34 - Cut or Keep
- 1:40:44 - Overall Thoughts & Final Rating
References:
- Lyric Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc5wKwfpKGo&list=OLAK5uy_lFf9bYH9gz2myuOEgunXCNh9Gu7ABGySc&index=1
- “Cry Ugly” MV https://youtu.be/waAzBC31RHk?si=jnDeDr3r4P9d1pEC
- “Leak It” MV https://youtu.be/pbIhE3XnmJQ?si=IvDt8occvQoJYYa5
- “Leak It” Live at VEVO Studios https://youtu.be/fPLvQsZwuu8?si=iXM8fLvR4lgGeWbO
- “Leak It” Choreography Version https://youtu.be/WcO_sksjdrY?si=hhWvx1XdTVMXBY2R
- “Therapy at the Club” Live at VEVO Studios https://youtu.be/zoUYo8Wln20?si=SmlecFE5xtGY6LJe
- “Remedied” MV https://youtu.be/qpjboOAxIls?si=jH0drqv4YFxHLEwS
- FLO x Juicy J x Plaqueboymax recording “Pose” Livestream https://youtu.be/1gewy_x7Xk8?si=-QyC9ypHqNjDhgYn
- “Don’t Break Her Heart” MV https://youtu.be/BsMJaanzzg0?si=1zes4KFqTuc__oP3
- NPR Tiny Desk Set https://youtu.be/5Q7LyfbOQD8?si=RzxKHhrVch6MX-kn
- Acoustic Set Live from London https://youtu.be/SPr98_IUJeE?si=5dtN3zffubNZILn6
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00:00:14 --> 00:00:15 That's right.
00:00:15 --> 00:00:18 And Flo's second album, Therapy at the Club, has just released.
00:00:18 --> 00:00:21 And we've done a few Flo episodes on the show so far.
00:00:21 --> 00:00:23 And we really believe in them and love them.
00:00:24 --> 00:00:26 So let's go through the sophomore album track by track.
00:00:27 --> 00:00:27 AE.
00:00:28 --> 00:00:32 Alright, so Therapy at the Club, as you mentioned, is their second studio album.
00:00:32 --> 00:00:39 It was released August 7th, 2026, and it is the follow-up to their 2024 debut, Access All Areas, which we did do a full
00:00:39 --> 00:00:40 album review for it.
00:00:40 --> 00:00:42 So definitely go check that out if you haven't.
00:00:42 --> 00:00:52 And so for the concept of this album, Flo framed the nightclub not just as a party, but as a confession booth, a place for confession, release, and self-possession.
00:00:52 --> 00:01:01 And the track list is sequenced as the arc of one night out from being at home and feeling all the emotions about a relationship through to heading to the dance floor all the way to the morning after.
00:01:02 --> 00:01:10 And there are a lot of new collaborators for the group on this album, including Amy Allen, Jillian Bonetta, Steph Jones, and Boy Matthew, to name a few.
00:01:10 --> 00:01:14 And they also put themselves much more directly in the writing room.
00:01:14 --> 00:01:18 So this time around, not so much M&E K. Hmm.
00:01:18 --> 00:01:19 How does that affect the sound?
00:01:20 --> 00:01:23 And there has been a lot of debate amongst the Flow Lifers about this album.
00:01:24 --> 00:01:25 So how does it compare to AAA?
00:01:26 --> 00:01:31 We'll dive into the production, vocals, visual, and performances of each song, and then drop our individual ratings.
00:01:31 --> 00:01:33 And of course, Flow Lifers, you are willing.
00:01:34 --> 00:01:34 And willing.
00:01:34 --> 00:01:37 You are open to joining us, okay?
00:01:38 --> 00:01:39 But viewer discretion is advised.
00:01:40 --> 00:01:41 Your faith will be criticized.
00:01:42 --> 00:01:46 So before we get to the album songs, let's talk about the visuals.
00:01:46 --> 00:01:48 Let's talk about this album cover.
00:01:48 --> 00:01:49 Oh my God.
00:01:49 --> 00:01:50 What do you think?
00:01:52 --> 00:01:52 Okay.
00:01:52 --> 00:01:55 So, honey, it's futuristic.
00:01:55 --> 00:01:55 Like,
00:01:57 --> 00:01:58 It's futuristic, dark, it's blue.
00:01:58 --> 00:02:00 I call AAA the red album.
00:02:00 --> 00:02:04 So if you guys hear me say red album throughout this, I'm not going to say AAA, AAA, all access.
00:02:04 --> 00:02:04 I'm not going to say it every time.
00:02:05 --> 00:02:05 So I'll say the red album.
00:02:06 --> 00:02:08 This is a nice step up.
00:02:08 --> 00:02:12 Like, instead of, like, facing us head on, the girls are giving strong, confident.
00:02:12 --> 00:02:14 I love the actual, like, armchair vibe.
00:02:14 --> 00:02:15 But it's even futuristic.
00:02:16 --> 00:02:17 And then they're also in a club.
00:02:17 --> 00:02:20 Like, I just love how...
00:02:21 --> 00:02:37 like mature they look i'm surprised don't get me wrong on the red album they were giving like you know but this one just feels like they are comfortable they are serving looks it's just i want to see the full like book booklet for the artwork for this album i didn't get the album yet but
00:02:37 --> 00:02:38 I want a signed copy.
00:02:38 --> 00:02:40 I'm trying to order it from a website.
00:02:40 --> 00:02:40 Ooh, yes.
00:02:40 --> 00:02:41 But it all sold out.
00:02:41 --> 00:02:44 And there are the individual covers, too.
00:02:44 --> 00:02:44 Oh, yes.
00:02:45 --> 00:02:46 Yeah.
00:02:46 --> 00:02:49 So I love that blue, this kind of dark blue.
00:02:49 --> 00:02:51 It seems to be the color for this album.
00:02:51 --> 00:02:51 It makes sense.
00:02:51 --> 00:02:53 It works for the project.
00:02:53 --> 00:02:54 Yeah.
00:02:54 --> 00:02:54 I agree with you.
00:02:54 --> 00:02:55 I love that they are in a club.
00:02:56 --> 00:03:02 You see these kind of shadowy dancing figures in the back, but they're in this glass box that is like they're in a therapy session.
00:03:02 --> 00:03:02 Yeah.
00:03:04 --> 00:03:19 um and yeah i think it just matches the album oh yeah like when i listen to this and i watch and i look at this cover i'm like yes this all goes together so exactly very the career direction was on point for this for sure and i love the disco ball logo up for flow
00:03:20 --> 00:03:21 Oh, my God.
00:03:21 --> 00:03:21 Wow.
00:03:21 --> 00:03:22 Nice kick.
00:03:22 --> 00:03:23 Nice peak.
00:03:23 --> 00:03:25 Nice eye-catching, whatever.
00:03:25 --> 00:03:26 But, yeah, I didn't notice.
00:03:26 --> 00:03:27 I was like, ooh, yeah.
00:03:28 --> 00:03:31 Also, if you guys have been to their website, it has gotten revamped.
00:03:31 --> 00:03:32 It looks just like therapy at the club.
00:03:33 --> 00:03:36 And interestingly enough, now when you actually –
00:03:36 --> 00:03:59 like roll your cursor or i guess your thumb over each member it tells you the personality what role these girls play so it's interesting how much deeper we are getting into the psyche of the group so let's see if the psyche matches the sonics honey and let's get into it track by track okay so the first song is side effects done by jonah christian one in the forest and stella of flow
00:04:05 --> 00:04:31 oh yes so i think it's gonna be really interesting as we go through this album to kind of figure out whose voices is whose voice is who for each song right because when i heard some of the songs i was like oh interesting oh interesting oh i hear an influence here so this is stella's first track and it's interesting right like i think it's um the side effect listing cracks me up because it's like when you're watching those commercials they're like dancing or like in the park and
00:04:34 --> 00:04:35 Yes.
00:04:35 --> 00:04:35 The main one.
00:04:36 --> 00:04:37 Itchy skin, balding.
00:04:37 --> 00:04:37 Death.
00:04:38 --> 00:04:40 This one is just like unexpected attachment.
00:04:40 --> 00:04:42 Butterflies in a future you're not ready for.
00:04:43 --> 00:04:44 So real.
00:04:44 --> 00:04:48 I can't say I've never been in love, but I've had some mild side effects of feelings.
00:04:49 --> 00:04:50 So it's like, I feel like it's true.
00:04:50 --> 00:04:52 I feel like not a single person is in you.
00:04:52 --> 00:04:56 Like if you like someone and especially if things are going well, you start to get a little like, oh, I wonder.
00:04:57 --> 00:04:57 Yeah.
00:04:57 --> 00:05:08 But instead of being like this little dreamy, sad, kind of like boohoo moment, I think it's empowering in a sense because the girls are like really confident on this one.
00:05:09 --> 00:05:11 I don't think AAA's intro will ever...
00:05:12 --> 00:05:32 be top not because it was Cynthia Erivo but I just think the way the whole delivery of it all was and then how it went right to the next song I just feel like because of that it's just unbeatable um but yeah I think for the most part like this song is confident it's definitive and it's like listen I know what I want you better come correct or you will be cut out you will be replaced um and I think
00:05:33 --> 00:05:36 So I made a video about R&B tropes like love is a drug.
00:05:36 --> 00:05:44 Like, you know, of course, you know, so I'm really glad that the girls didn't lean too heavy into the metaphors.
00:05:44 --> 00:05:48 Like you have lines like prescribing pretty girls or lover girls, but nothing too obvious or cheesy.
00:05:48 --> 00:05:52 Like they are the drugas, the cause, the cure kind of vibe.
00:05:53 --> 00:05:54 And I would say the song isn't bad.
00:05:55 --> 00:05:58 It is a commanding intro that grabs you by the throat.
00:05:58 --> 00:06:01 And it makes good for a show opener.
00:06:01 --> 00:06:03 But I'm not like in love with it.
00:06:03 --> 00:06:06 So, you know, the throat part cracks me up, by the way.
00:06:10 --> 00:06:12 Yeah, this is an interesting way to start the album.
00:06:13 --> 00:06:14 It's introspective.
00:06:14 --> 00:06:20 It's like they're kind of just sitting at home, like looking in the mirror or something, you know?
00:06:20 --> 00:06:21 Because, yeah, I agree with you.
00:06:21 --> 00:06:22 There is a confidence to it.
00:06:22 --> 00:06:23 Like the lyrics are quite hard.
00:06:23 --> 00:06:31 They're like this warning to these potential men, or in this case, we'll talk through kind of what we think the story they're telling is.
00:06:32 --> 00:06:34 You know, it's a warning.
00:06:34 --> 00:06:35 But then at the same time,
00:06:37 --> 00:06:41 You know, especially with that intro that that man says, you know, about the unexpected attachment and stuff.
00:06:41 --> 00:06:43 That's actually more for them.
00:06:43 --> 00:06:45 Like, that's also side effects for them.
00:06:45 --> 00:06:48 They're falling for this man, right?
00:06:48 --> 00:06:50 So I kind of love that.
00:06:50 --> 00:06:51 I think there's a lot of...
00:06:53 --> 00:07:17 performance of confidence in this album which is quite real to you know human experience especially when you're their age as well oh my god yeah you know when you're kind of in your young 20s you're still kind of trying to figure yourself out so but especially now with the way social media is a lot of people do put on that armor and put on that self-confidence even if they're not fully feeling it inside so you kind of get that too which is yeah yeah
00:07:18 --> 00:07:43 um yeah the production production wise i like how ethereal it is you get these kind of warping sounds these wiry sounds vocal execution is very strong confident of course the bgv is very subtle here they almost kind of blend in with the with the production as well so it makes for a really cool track so yeah i agree with you it's not the most impactful song but it's mood setting you know it's kind of setting up the scene you know we see that they're feeling a lot of things
00:07:48 --> 00:08:11 to start yes yeah right so my rating for this one is a seven i will match you with a second all right up next is small doses and this was done by skips production jake elliott cole's yours truly boy matthews and renee of flow and the girls say when they sing this it feels like they're releasing something it's all passion
00:08:17 --> 00:08:17 All right.
00:08:18 --> 00:08:20 So do we feel the passion here in small doses?
00:08:21 --> 00:08:24 Yeah, I think that chorus for sure, you know.
00:08:25 --> 00:08:27 They're belting their face off, you know.
00:08:27 --> 00:08:29 I think that's Stella, right, doing the chorus.
00:08:29 --> 00:08:31 Yeah, nothing is good.
00:08:31 --> 00:08:35 Comes without a warning.
00:08:35 --> 00:08:36 I love it.
00:08:36 --> 00:08:38 And the bass, like, super heavy.
00:08:38 --> 00:08:41 So the song feels very powerful because of that.
00:08:41 --> 00:08:45 Georgia on that second verse, she really grabs your attention there.
00:08:45 --> 00:08:46 Yes.
00:08:46 --> 00:08:47 You know, just...
00:08:48 --> 00:09:13 just feeling it you know yeah um so yeah the vocal layer builds in this one are so good like i'm probably gonna say this in every song but the way they build the harmony arrangements oh my god uh there's so much to listen to like i was talking to another friend of ours and er um who also loves flow and i was like oh my gosh i want to learn all of these like i just want to like figure it all out because they did that acoustic set too
00:09:14 --> 00:09:15 that they put on their YouTube.
00:09:15 --> 00:09:22 And I was like, oh my gosh, these harmonies, they're not doing the standard kind of like third, third, third, kind of down.
00:09:23 --> 00:09:28 There are actually some really interesting choices that they make with how they, where they sit.
00:09:28 --> 00:09:29 Yeah.
00:09:29 --> 00:09:31 So yeah, it's really, really cool to listen to.
00:09:31 --> 00:09:34 Yeah, this builds well from side effects.
00:09:34 --> 00:09:38 You know, I think these two songs kind of act together as the intro to the whole thing.
00:09:38 --> 00:09:40 You know, they both have this drug metaphor.
00:09:40 --> 00:09:42 It's still very internal, very self-aware.
00:09:43 --> 00:09:43 It's emotional.
00:09:44 --> 00:09:48 They're kind of spiraling now about this situation ship that they're in.
00:09:48 --> 00:09:51 I don't know if we can call it a relationship, right?
00:09:52 --> 00:09:55 And this is all what will eventually drive her to need to go to the club.
00:09:55 --> 00:09:56 Yes.
00:09:56 --> 00:09:56 Yeah.
00:09:57 --> 00:10:06 You know, I have a note about that as well, where it's like a lot of these songs seem to have a pair or a coupling or some sort, which is good.
00:10:07 --> 00:10:13 I think there's a way of towing the line of creating the story and also making sure we don't,
00:10:14 --> 00:10:21 have a song that literally has the same meaning, but it's a different perspective, which we'll get into as we go further in the album.
00:10:22 --> 00:10:26 But yes, this is, like I said, the response, like you said, sorry, to side effects.
00:10:26 --> 00:10:29 And I do appreciate, at least there's a thread.
00:10:30 --> 00:10:56 a common thread because there's been a couple albums I've heard lately and I'm like girl what is this um and girl can be boy too because I heard some other albums I was like girl what do it um but yes the la la la la's in the beginning sound so dreamy and it also can tie into the sonic the soundscape of the song of it you kind of feel like you're going crazy going a little cuckoo um but I guess it fits because you're a dumb bish in la la la la la la la la love love that part after the first chorus um
00:10:57 --> 00:10:59 But yeah, like the lines, like, I should be careful with the boy I'm rolling.
00:10:59 --> 00:11:00 He'll go straight to my head.
00:11:00 --> 00:11:06 Like, you get all these symptoms, like, especially the second verse, the weight loss, the cutting the hair, all for your mon cher.
00:11:07 --> 00:11:09 Love that line.
00:11:09 --> 00:11:10 Something about that just gets me.
00:11:10 --> 00:11:11 I'm like really excited.
00:11:11 --> 00:11:14 I'm talking about, you know, they're talking about like basically dying because of this man.
00:11:17 --> 00:11:29 But yes, I do appreciate the story and the songwriting, like the arc of the energy, because it is quiet in the beginning before the second verse and the chorus come in and take it over second half.
00:11:31 --> 00:11:32 awesome, of course.
00:11:32 --> 00:11:33 BGV's also has a note for mine.
00:11:33 --> 00:11:36 And I think, I wonder what the bridge would have sounded like on this.
00:11:36 --> 00:11:41 Like, you know, can you imagine if they would have gotten a little bit deeper into how crazy they felt?
00:11:42 --> 00:11:50 Not saying that the song is bad, but I feel like certain songs like this, especially what they did with, you know, the la-la-la-la-las, ugh, can you imagine something?
00:11:50 --> 00:11:50 Ooh!
00:11:51 --> 00:11:52 I have something just happening.
00:11:52 --> 00:11:54 Listen, you know, I'm in my mama's basement.
00:11:54 --> 00:11:57 I get it, but I can write a good song.
00:11:57 --> 00:11:57 You know what I'm saying?
00:11:57 --> 00:11:58 I love writing a good bridge.
00:11:59 --> 00:12:00 Yeah, a lot of these songs are so short.
00:12:01 --> 00:12:03 Yeah, which is surprising for them.
00:12:03 --> 00:12:08 Because I feel like it is a way to shorten the verse and make a longer song fit the bridge in.
00:12:08 --> 00:12:10 Just get rid of the second verse.
00:12:11 --> 00:12:13 But yeah, I feel like this was cool.
00:12:14 --> 00:12:19 I feel like this song could have been experimented a little bit more with the instrumental in terms of how crazy and kooky it could have been.
00:12:20 --> 00:12:21 But not bad at all.
00:12:22 --> 00:12:23 Okay, so what do you rate it?
00:12:24 --> 00:12:25 I give it a 7.5.
00:12:25 --> 00:12:26 It's a little bit better.
00:12:26 --> 00:12:27 We're getting somewhere.
00:12:27 --> 00:12:28 I have the same score.
00:12:29 --> 00:12:30 Look at us.
00:12:30 --> 00:12:31 Yeah.
00:12:31 --> 00:12:32 Well, we stay the same.
00:12:32 --> 00:12:33 Ooh.
00:12:33 --> 00:12:34 Okay.
00:12:34 --> 00:12:43 Next is Cry Ugly, done by Oak, Oscar, Linander, Jamie Silverstein, Amy Allen, Boy Matthews, and Georgia of Flow.
00:12:43 --> 00:12:47 And this was released as a single the same day of the album release with the music video as well.
00:12:48 --> 00:12:52 And the song describes a mix of feeling powerful and still giving yourself permission to cry.
00:12:57 --> 00:12:58 You know what?
00:12:59 --> 00:13:00 My butt was up that morning.
00:13:00 --> 00:13:01 I said, it's flow day.
00:13:02 --> 00:13:04 It's flow day.
00:13:04 --> 00:13:04 Yes.
00:13:05 --> 00:13:08 Listen, this is, I put as a note, Brandy Drak.
00:13:08 --> 00:13:11 They have mentioned Wandsbroker Brandy so badly.
00:13:11 --> 00:13:13 I could totally hear Brandy like...
00:13:15 --> 00:13:40 this is baby Brandy we all know like the greatness that is Brandy vocally and like her work with dark child on full moon all things like that but in terms of the emotion and such um it feels like that it's not so like boohoo like uh you know almost doesn't count or like no offense to so but she Brandy does boohoo so oh my god she does boohoo so well um so
00:13:41 --> 00:13:42 Or, um, you be right here with me.
00:13:42 --> 00:13:44 Is it right here, Brandy?
00:13:45 --> 00:13:45 Yeah.
00:13:45 --> 00:13:46 So songs like that she can do.
00:13:46 --> 00:13:54 This song still has some oomph to it because the girls, I think, as people are a little bit more feistier
00:13:55 --> 00:13:57 And I think a lot of people expect R&B.
00:13:57 --> 00:14:00 I feel like R&B girlies get the kind of rap of being like soft.
00:14:01 --> 00:14:04 I guess you can be soft, but you can also be like stand up for yourself.
00:14:04 --> 00:14:10 I think the song does a really good job of sounding super grounded and confident, even if someone's breaking your heart.
00:14:10 --> 00:14:12 Because like, I'm very sure I'm going to leave you.
00:14:12 --> 00:14:15 And it just sucks I have to because you're breaking my heart.
00:14:15 --> 00:14:19 So I love the BGVs on this one because I feel like they leans a lot more into Renee's tone.
00:14:20 --> 00:14:24 Just to, and it grounds those higher notes that Stella and Georgia are singing.
00:14:24 --> 00:14:29 And eventually in the chorus, in the latter half with the belts and the ad-libs, you do need something to really root it down.
00:14:29 --> 00:14:31 And Renee can get low.
00:14:31 --> 00:14:34 Obviously, the girls are singing in unison, but I was listening.
00:14:34 --> 00:14:36 I'm like, no, that's Renee.
00:14:37 --> 00:14:38 Doubled and quadrupled.
00:14:38 --> 00:14:39 Like, it sounds so good.
00:14:40 --> 00:14:42 Love this song upon first listen.
00:14:42 --> 00:14:43 Like, the title...
00:14:44 --> 00:15:09 cry ugly like what do you mean y'all are beautiful nothing there's nothing like running you're ruining your mascara and burning your eyes for an idiot when i tell you i've never cried in my makeup never but but no i have but it wasn't over a guy it was over something like like like professional i was upset about how to get my makeup redone cost me another hundred dollars point is though love the song storytelling is amazing like i'm not sure about you chris but oh
00:15:11 --> 00:15:14 There's a part of the song where she says 1 a.m. she put her lip liner on.
00:15:14 --> 00:15:21 I remember when you and I went on vacation and something that we know was just kind of like, you know, and you were like, ah, and you came and I see you in the mirror.
00:15:21 --> 00:15:23 And I was like, I know.
00:15:23 --> 00:15:23 I know.
00:15:27 --> 00:15:33 Watching a man enter through the mirror or watching a person enter through the mirror, instant callback to that.
00:15:33 --> 00:15:34 Like I said, the attitude is amazing.
00:15:35 --> 00:15:37 This is not a complete sob fest.
00:15:37 --> 00:15:39 I love the pictures that they have here.
00:15:39 --> 00:15:40 I'll throw the mu-mues.
00:15:40 --> 00:15:41 I'm tired of your ish.
00:15:41 --> 00:15:44 This is one of my favorites on the album, I'd say.
00:15:44 --> 00:15:46 Yeah, for sure.
00:15:46 --> 00:15:50 Yeah, so now we're no longer with the drug metaphors for now.
00:15:52 --> 00:15:54 And now, I mean, so it's interesting, right?
00:15:54 --> 00:15:56 But the last song we learned, they fall hard.
00:15:57 --> 00:15:58 That's why they take love in small doses.
00:15:59 --> 00:16:00 They've fallen hard.
00:16:00 --> 00:16:02 And then now this man has shown up.
00:16:02 --> 00:16:03 Yeah.
00:16:03 --> 00:16:04 But they're fighting.
00:16:04 --> 00:16:06 So now we're like, okay, this is a toxic relationship.
00:16:06 --> 00:16:07 But she's in it.
00:16:07 --> 00:16:08 She's fallen deep.
00:16:09 --> 00:16:10 Yeah.
00:16:10 --> 00:16:15 So it's interesting kind of having it come after side effects.
00:16:15 --> 00:16:19 And yeah, I think it's... Yeah, it's just interesting storytelling for sure.
00:16:19 --> 00:16:20 They've set up the story quite well.
00:16:21 --> 00:16:21 Yeah.
00:16:21 --> 00:16:23 Yeah, I love that it starts acapella.
00:16:23 --> 00:16:25 Because like you said...
00:16:25 --> 00:16:45 the harmonies are so satisfying so full and this melody is just fun to sing along to it's very catchy for sure yeah um and yeah the wiry guitar that leads production again to have really super hard beat as well yeah which is very prominent throughout this whole album so it's kind of the thing but it does make everything feel very powerful for sure
00:16:46 --> 00:16:50 And I also have a note about Renee on the low Hermes as well.
00:16:50 --> 00:16:53 She deserves all the credit, like all the attention.
00:16:54 --> 00:16:59 Yeah, I think a lot of people don't think like the altos in a group, like a lot of love.
00:17:00 --> 00:17:02 But yes, she does sing some verses that we'll get into.
00:17:02 --> 00:17:04 But like you can get lost in the sauce.
00:17:04 --> 00:17:07 Like Latavia and Latoya, we shouted them out on our Destiny Child episode.
00:17:07 --> 00:17:09 And people keep trying to come for you.
00:17:09 --> 00:17:10 Like, oh, you don't know what you're talking about.
00:17:10 --> 00:17:12 And Chris is like, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:17:12 --> 00:17:12 She's there.
00:17:12 --> 00:17:13 And then she also...
00:17:14 --> 00:17:14 She retweeted us.
00:17:15 --> 00:17:15 She did.
00:17:15 --> 00:17:16 I mean, retweeted us.
00:17:16 --> 00:17:17 She re-instagrammed us?
00:17:17 --> 00:17:18 Yeah, she shared it, yeah.
00:17:18 --> 00:17:20 She shared it a bunch of places.
00:17:20 --> 00:17:21 So Chris was right.
00:17:22 --> 00:17:25 Yeah, but yeah, I have a lot of my notes are the same as yours.
00:17:25 --> 00:17:29 But this one, like the attitude is really good because it's vulnerable, but there's still that strength there.
00:17:29 --> 00:17:31 There's that armor there.
00:17:31 --> 00:17:31 Yeah.
00:17:32 --> 00:17:34 And this one, you mentioned a bridge for the last one.
00:17:34 --> 00:17:36 This one needed a super dramatic bridge.
00:17:37 --> 00:17:39 Oh, they would be so epic for this one.
00:17:39 --> 00:17:40 And especially watching the music video.
00:17:40 --> 00:17:42 I was like, dang, can you imagine that a bridge?
00:17:42 --> 00:17:47 And then, I don't know, they were like properly in the storm or, you know, it could have been like this big climax.
00:17:48 --> 00:17:48 Yeah.
00:17:48 --> 00:17:49 Yeah.
00:17:49 --> 00:17:50 What do you think of the video?
00:17:51 --> 00:18:14 oh my god okay listen i think every pop girly deserves a wet moment they deserve a moment rain shower because i feel like the men are always singing in the rain the girls are crying or dancing in it um so i love it for them they it feels also it felt really glamorous without trying too hard it wasn't like super high budget but i think for this one
00:18:15 --> 00:18:21 It's almost, I was looking at them like coming to the camera with certain steps and I was like, wow, this is like Kiritiba, like completely flipped over.
00:18:21 --> 00:18:22 Black dresses.
00:18:22 --> 00:18:25 Like the way the parents kind of rushed up and they rushed forward.
00:18:25 --> 00:18:26 Yes.
00:18:26 --> 00:18:33 When they're on the desert, the girls are in this cold, dark factory looking gorgeous and being rained on and crying about them.
00:18:34 --> 00:18:37 God, the Destiny's Child comparison is always going to come.
00:18:37 --> 00:18:41 But like, I feel like they do so well about not trying to be DC.
00:18:42 --> 00:18:42 Yeah.
00:18:43 --> 00:18:47 Like, oh my, Rene looked delicious, okay?
00:18:48 --> 00:18:49 Oh, they all looked really good in that ring.
00:18:49 --> 00:18:52 And this is, I would say, the tightest their choreography has looked so far.
00:18:53 --> 00:18:54 Ooh, yes.
00:18:54 --> 00:18:57 And we know they've been putting work in that for sure.
00:18:57 --> 00:18:57 Yeah.
00:18:58 --> 00:18:59 Yeah, this video was great.
00:18:59 --> 00:19:02 It was giving classic girl group in the best way.
00:19:02 --> 00:19:02 Yeah.
00:19:03 --> 00:19:04 You know, it was dramatic.
00:19:04 --> 00:19:05 They looked amazing.
00:19:06 --> 00:19:07 I was definitely in it.
00:19:07 --> 00:19:08 Like, I agree with you.
00:19:08 --> 00:19:09 They did a good job.
00:19:09 --> 00:19:15 Like, you could tell, especially compared to some of the other videos, definitely not as much went into it.
00:19:15 --> 00:19:16 But it worked for the song.
00:19:16 --> 00:19:17 This is a great one.
00:19:17 --> 00:19:19 I hope they continue to promote it.
00:19:19 --> 00:19:20 Oh my god, yes.
00:19:20 --> 00:19:24 Because I know they've still been doing Leak It everywhere, which makes sense because it's like the main hit.
00:19:24 --> 00:19:24 Yes.
00:19:24 --> 00:19:28 But this does deserve some light, so we'll see what happens with it.
00:19:28 --> 00:19:32 We should do like a fake little like, the next time I see you, it's just be dramatic.
00:19:32 --> 00:19:33 Look, I learned the choreo.
00:19:34 --> 00:19:34 Oh yeah.
00:19:35 --> 00:19:36 It's simple enough.
00:19:36 --> 00:19:36 We can do it.
00:19:36 --> 00:19:37 We can do it.
00:19:39 --> 00:19:41 Okay, so I have it as an 8.5.
00:19:41 --> 00:19:43 It would be higher if it had a bridge.
00:19:43 --> 00:19:44 Same.
00:19:44 --> 00:19:49 Most of the time, the scores that I feel like for me, it's always reflective of where the song could have gone.
00:19:50 --> 00:19:53 Sometimes songs are really bad, but I don't think for this album is going to be that.
00:19:53 --> 00:19:55 I think it's more just like what's missing.
00:19:55 --> 00:19:56 So 8.5 as well.
00:19:58 --> 00:19:59 Up next is Leak It.
00:19:59 --> 00:20:01 And this was done by Julian Bonetta.
00:20:02 --> 00:20:06 Grant, Steph Jones, and Georgia, Renee, and Stella of Flow.
00:20:06 --> 00:20:09 And this is the lead single from the album, Releach, March 2026.
00:20:09 --> 00:20:17 And it hit number 45 in the UK, which is their highest charting UK single to date, which is crazy to me.
00:20:17 --> 00:20:23 And they first performed at the 2026 Mobile Awards, where they also won Best R&B Slash Soul Act.
00:20:30 --> 00:20:31 Okay, we got some big names.
00:20:31 --> 00:20:35 We had Oak on Cry Ugly, and he's worked with Demi, and he's worked with a lot of people.
00:20:35 --> 00:20:36 He's a big one.
00:20:36 --> 00:20:37 Yeah, he's a huge name.
00:20:37 --> 00:20:39 And now we have Julian Bonetta.
00:20:39 --> 00:20:39 Hey.
00:20:40 --> 00:20:40 Wow.
00:20:40 --> 00:20:40 Okay.
00:20:41 --> 00:20:43 So for people who don't know who Julian Bonetta is, Chris, who's Julian Bonetta?
00:20:44 --> 00:20:45 We've spoken about him on our show.
00:20:45 --> 00:20:48 I mean, Julian Bonetta is an icon.
00:20:48 --> 00:20:49 Anyone who loves pop music.
00:20:50 --> 00:20:52 you need to respect this man, right?
00:20:52 --> 00:21:00 He started with Alexandra Burke in One Direction and he went to like, now he's done Espresso, Sabrina Carpenter, he did Teddy Swims.
00:21:00 --> 00:21:03 So yeah, he is up there.
00:21:03 --> 00:21:05 So he's a big name for Flo to have.
00:21:05 --> 00:21:07 I'm happy for the, come on budget.
00:21:08 --> 00:21:08 Yes.
00:21:09 --> 00:21:13 And yeah, the UK charts, I mean, charts in general, they're so much harder now.
00:21:13 --> 00:21:14 It's so much more difficult.
00:21:14 --> 00:21:16 You know, it's so funny because you talk about all these legacy artists.
00:21:16 --> 00:21:18 We were like, oh, this is like number five.
00:21:18 --> 00:21:23 And that was like horrible for the, you know, it was like the record label freaked out that didn't hit number one or whatever.
00:21:24 --> 00:21:25 It's very different world now.
00:21:25 --> 00:21:27 So I'm glad they are charting, which is good.
00:21:28 --> 00:21:33 okay, so obviously this is the main single, the first song we heard from this project.
00:21:33 --> 00:21:38 But now in the context of the album, okay, they fought with this man.
00:21:38 --> 00:21:39 He's gone.
00:21:39 --> 00:21:41 We're back to the mirror.
00:21:41 --> 00:21:43 We've gone from crying to now realizing, you know what?
00:21:43 --> 00:21:44 We're a catch.
00:21:44 --> 00:21:45 We look good.
00:21:45 --> 00:21:46 There's confidence here.
00:21:46 --> 00:21:50 But again, it's that kind of performative confidence.
00:21:50 --> 00:21:54 Like she's clearly very hurt about what just happened.
00:21:55 --> 00:21:58 And it's kind of the band-aid that, again, that armor that you kind of put on.
00:21:58 --> 00:21:58 You know what?
00:21:59 --> 00:22:00 Before anyone goes, you know what you're talking about?
00:22:00 --> 00:22:01 Guys, think about it.
00:22:01 --> 00:22:06 When someone pisses you off, do you not just put on your best stuff and put your, you put on your stories?
00:22:06 --> 00:22:07 I hope you watch it.
00:22:07 --> 00:22:09 You know what I'm saying?
00:22:09 --> 00:22:10 Or she watches it, whoever.
00:22:10 --> 00:22:11 I mean, get what you're saying.
00:22:11 --> 00:22:18 And that's what's so fun about the lyrics, too, because, you know, it starts with, oh, I know this is for my ex.
00:22:18 --> 00:22:19 This is for my boyfriend.
00:22:20 --> 00:22:21 I know I want to make them see this.
00:22:21 --> 00:22:24 But then at the same time, it's just for me, myself, and I.
00:22:24 --> 00:22:25 Right.
00:22:25 --> 00:22:29 You know, like it is that it's like you, we know you also want them to look at it.
00:22:30 --> 00:22:31 Oh, yeah.
00:22:31 --> 00:22:32 We all want all eyes on us.
00:22:32 --> 00:22:34 It's not just for you, yourself and yourself.
00:22:35 --> 00:22:36 No.
00:22:36 --> 00:22:37 It can be for all.
00:22:37 --> 00:22:39 All things can be true at once.
00:22:39 --> 00:22:39 Exactly.
00:22:40 --> 00:22:40 Exactly.
00:22:40 --> 00:22:41 But that's what's fun about the writing.
00:22:41 --> 00:22:44 Like, it's very human, you know.
00:22:44 --> 00:22:44 Yes.
00:22:45 --> 00:22:46 I remember the first time I heard it.
00:22:46 --> 00:22:49 I feel like we probably talked about it, you know, just with each other.
00:22:49 --> 00:22:50 It's so big.
00:22:50 --> 00:22:51 It's catchy.
00:22:51 --> 00:22:52 It feels like a hit.
00:22:52 --> 00:22:54 And I love that it's done so well for them.
00:22:55 --> 00:22:57 And just the whole premise of Leak It is exciting.
00:22:58 --> 00:22:58 Yeah.
00:22:58 --> 00:22:59 You know?
00:22:59 --> 00:23:01 Like the bulk reduction is great.
00:23:01 --> 00:23:03 It's very intricate, you know.
00:23:03 --> 00:23:09 And this, from going from the last year to this one, their voices have really developed so well.
00:23:09 --> 00:23:12 Like the blend is now just so effortless.
00:23:13 --> 00:23:16 And they've kind of developed their own tones a lot more.
00:23:16 --> 00:23:17 Yes.
00:23:17 --> 00:23:21 Because I think with the first couple songs, it's a little bit harder to pick out the individual voices.
00:23:21 --> 00:23:22 But now...
00:23:23 --> 00:23:27 you can hear all three of them and you know where each of them sits.
00:23:27 --> 00:23:32 And Georgia, especially, like, with those big ad-libs and stuff, she has improved so much.
00:23:32 --> 00:23:35 Her voice has really grown a lot.
00:23:35 --> 00:23:35 Yeah.
00:23:35 --> 00:23:36 I love this one.
00:23:36 --> 00:23:38 I love that it's become such a hit for them.
00:23:39 --> 00:23:40 Absolutely.
00:23:40 --> 00:23:41 I think this song is interesting.
00:23:41 --> 00:23:44 Um, cause like you said, do you have a lot of big names like Steph?
00:23:44 --> 00:23:48 Uh, the other person we mentioned, she also worked on espresso and also with black pink.
00:23:48 --> 00:23:51 So this whole track is injected with pop.
00:23:52 --> 00:24:01 And I think the toughest thing about this song's being so big and so bright and so different from what they usually do is that you also have the girl group say now, and I've,
00:24:02 --> 00:24:03 We've interviewed them for the show.
00:24:04 --> 00:24:04 I was there.
00:24:04 --> 00:24:05 I say we.
00:24:05 --> 00:24:06 I feel like you and I are saying.
00:24:06 --> 00:24:07 But I interviewed them.
00:24:07 --> 00:24:08 I wish you were there.
00:24:08 --> 00:24:15 But just meeting these two, meeting the girls and then listening to the album and listening to their music, they're very different.
00:24:15 --> 00:24:19 Because Millions, for example, could be comparatively, I think, in terms of size.
00:24:21 --> 00:24:49 to this but it does not sound alike and I love that whatever was going on in that room they didn't try to say well we're going to do something bigger and better than Say Now it was just listen they can both exist in these spaces and sound completely different because their harmonies do not sound like Say Now the same as it does not sound like flow and I think it could have easily happened especially when we're talking about like girl groups now like a cat sign things like that we definitely did a review about that so make sure you watch that episode after this
00:24:50 --> 00:25:15 um so yeah i think it sounds very bespoke to them so i'm saying all of this to say it doesn't sound like any other girl group could another girl group cover this yeah with some struggling i think maybe say now is the only girl that has the the the prowess to actually hit notes like this but in terms of any other girl group in the system of what's going on right now in music no i think that's great
00:25:15 --> 00:25:22 No one can do what George is doing on the track, what Stella is doing, what Renee is doing on each of these verses.
00:25:22 --> 00:25:25 Like, Renee's voice is the coolest.
00:25:26 --> 00:25:26 Mm-hmm.
00:25:27 --> 00:25:28 throughout these girls.
00:25:28 --> 00:25:31 And I think people, again, forget because she's not, she doesn't usually sing.
00:25:31 --> 00:25:33 Sometimes she comes to the system when it's not her part and she's just vibing with her girls.
00:25:34 --> 00:25:38 But when she's on that verse and she's talking her ish, it sounds super poised.
00:25:39 --> 00:25:40 And I appreciate it.
00:25:40 --> 00:25:44 And I think it's so interesting how they adopt like American accents to sing certain songs.
00:25:44 --> 00:25:52 But yeah, I love how they don't lose the essence of who they are and like they talking their ish and very much like the Pussycat Doll saying, don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?
00:25:52 --> 00:25:53 They're like, I'm hot.
00:25:54 --> 00:25:56 I'm too piecing on these beaches.
00:25:56 --> 00:26:01 I'm like, there's other girls that look as good as we would love to meet them.
00:26:02 --> 00:26:06 It's believable because these girls are like that and their personalities are great.
00:26:06 --> 00:26:11 I think the only time Renee let her accent slip out at one point was when she goes, too hot to keep a secret.
00:26:11 --> 00:26:13 It's cute, it's cheeky, and again, it's them.
00:26:14 --> 00:26:15 It doesn't feel like anyone else could sing this.
00:26:16 --> 00:26:18 I love the lyrics in this.
00:26:18 --> 00:26:19 So shout out to songwriters.
00:26:19 --> 00:26:19 Like,
00:26:20 --> 00:26:27 when they say, wait, when they say I eat fast metabolism, like, they look so good that they didn't recognize themselves.
00:26:27 --> 00:26:31 Like, somebody like, MJ about to beat it.
00:26:32 --> 00:26:32 It's fun.
00:26:33 --> 00:26:39 But it's also like, I can imagine these girls writing that because it's kind of cheeky, but it fits their personality.
00:26:39 --> 00:26:42 And BGVs, I think, are amazing on this, of course.
00:26:42 --> 00:26:44 Every time they perform it live as well.
00:26:44 --> 00:26:45 Oh my gosh.
00:26:45 --> 00:26:45 On me.
00:26:45 --> 00:26:49 That Viva performs with that mirror, mirror, mirror on the wall.
00:26:49 --> 00:26:49 I was like,
00:26:50 --> 00:26:53 I was losing my God ever loving mind.
00:26:53 --> 00:26:55 I swear I was losing my mind.
00:26:55 --> 00:26:57 Do you have a favorite live performance?
00:26:58 --> 00:27:00 Oh my gosh, they're all so good.
00:27:00 --> 00:27:03 I'm actually very lucky because I actually got to see them do it live in person.
00:27:03 --> 00:27:04 Oh.
00:27:04 --> 00:27:06 At the WeHo Pride Festival.
00:27:06 --> 00:27:06 Oh, that's right.
00:27:06 --> 00:27:07 I forgot you meant lucky.
00:27:08 --> 00:27:08 Yeah, yeah.
00:27:08 --> 00:27:12 The sound was terrible, but their harmony still shone through.
00:27:12 --> 00:27:13 And I think that's the thing.
00:27:14 --> 00:27:18 You know, of course we mentioned they're really emphasizing the dance and we'll get to the video in a second.
00:27:19 --> 00:27:25 I'm glad that the vocals are still the main thing when they perform live because the dance routine that they do for the video is a little crazy.
00:27:26 --> 00:27:26 Yes.
00:27:26 --> 00:27:27 So...
00:27:27 --> 00:27:44 they tone in way down for the performances and then we do still get the little dance break at the end so they balanced it well they balanced that well for sure and yeah some of these i the new background vocals that they've added uh i need the acoustic version on streaming please
00:27:45 --> 00:27:49 You know, do they ever, okay, to say they don't ever do, but it's very rare now.
00:27:49 --> 00:27:52 I feel like they don't usually put it, you have to kind of like comb through Apple Music or something.
00:27:52 --> 00:27:54 Like, it has to be an Apple Music performance.
00:27:54 --> 00:27:57 They don't usually put like Vivo performances up or like.
00:27:57 --> 00:28:04 So they did release a deluxe version of the album, you know, to try and get the charts, you know, placement a little bit higher.
00:28:04 --> 00:28:09 That does include the live performances, but that's just like to buy at the moment.
00:28:10 --> 00:28:25 oh god like their acoustic stuff like the cardboard box acoustic i still listen to that all the time yes it's so good oh my god yes losing you and they're bending my rules bending my rules vivo is on that is on streaming well um okay yes the video what do you think yes
00:28:26 --> 00:28:28 Okay, so there's two versions of the video.
00:28:28 --> 00:28:30 We're not talking about the choreography version by Full Out Cortland.
00:28:31 --> 00:28:33 But the music video, I think, is so funny.
00:28:33 --> 00:28:34 It's silly.
00:28:34 --> 00:28:36 It allows for us to see the girls' personalities.
00:28:37 --> 00:28:41 The whole, like, going to, you know, pop girl or, like, boot camp for A-list wannabes.
00:28:42 --> 00:28:45 Create controversy and be ready for photo ops at any point.
00:28:45 --> 00:28:48 Like, that is the whole thesis of this whole thing.
00:28:49 --> 00:28:52 The video is full of ridiculous things like overpriced smoothies.
00:28:52 --> 00:28:55 $20 smoothies in L.A. L.A.
00:28:57 --> 00:28:58 The thirst bar at the Zoom In.
00:28:58 --> 00:28:59 So you guys watch the video.
00:28:59 --> 00:29:09 When Stella's at the thirst bar, like talking about how nasty the smoothies are, is one called the Nipple Baby, the main pop girl probiotic in the industry plant.
00:29:10 --> 00:29:11 I'm in stitches, okay?
00:29:11 --> 00:29:21 And then also the tabloid titles were like, Floap era, Cancel Culture Wars, Flow Way Out, Flow and Behold, like viral or vanished.
00:29:22 --> 00:29:25 Like all of these faux tabloid moments are amazing.
00:29:25 --> 00:29:30 Like in their bimbo bash that they had, it was called a bimbo bash.
00:29:30 --> 00:29:33 When they literally fall from grace because they're fighting in the hallway.
00:29:33 --> 00:29:34 The video is clever.
00:29:34 --> 00:29:39 Especially with the quote unquote controversy they've had, like people think they're hard to work with or like they're divas.
00:29:39 --> 00:29:44 And then like most recent in my brain was that they got accused of not paying their stylist.
00:29:44 --> 00:29:44 Oh, yeah.
00:29:45 --> 00:29:47 And they had a teacher that says pay the stylist.
00:29:47 --> 00:29:50 Not in the video, but like in a photo or something.
00:29:50 --> 00:29:51 I was like, this is amazing.
00:29:51 --> 00:29:58 So I think overall, this video just made them seem a little less like posh and more approachable.
00:29:59 --> 00:30:23 oh yeah that's interesting yeah yeah it's still giving like it wasn't like oh we're gonna stoop down to a level it's more just like we can take a joke and we can also dish it out yes you know yes yeah there are some really great modes like them all fighting was pretty funny um and the filming the apology video near the end as well oh my god yes those close-ups have me in stitch they're like yeah i'm like sorry is that right
00:30:25 --> 00:30:26 I love it.
00:30:26 --> 00:30:27 Oh my gosh.
00:30:27 --> 00:30:31 But yes, the dance routine and the choreography version
00:30:33 --> 00:30:36 Like I was saying, they have improved a lot.
00:30:37 --> 00:30:43 You can tell they put a lot of effort into working on their dance abilities, dance skills.
00:30:44 --> 00:30:53 And, you know, I think it's interesting because I guess they feel that's what they need to do to also kind of keep up with what's going on in pop.
00:30:53 --> 00:30:56 Like you need the dance challenges already.
00:30:57 --> 00:30:58 you need.
00:30:58 --> 00:31:05 Yeah, so it's interesting because it didn't really feel like that was something that was too innate in them, like in the very beginning.
00:31:05 --> 00:31:06 Yeah.
00:31:06 --> 00:31:08 So to see them embrace that more is interesting.
00:31:08 --> 00:31:10 Right, they move, but now they're catching eight counts.
00:31:10 --> 00:31:15 I'm very curious to know how the fans feel as well because I will say at the Mobile Awards, like, I...
00:31:16 --> 00:31:16 They were giving.
00:31:17 --> 00:31:17 They were full.
00:31:17 --> 00:31:19 They were hitting an arc.
00:31:19 --> 00:31:22 And it's so interesting because I think Renee's probably the best dancer.
00:31:22 --> 00:31:24 I agree.
00:31:24 --> 00:31:25 Stella is catching up.
00:31:26 --> 00:31:28 But Georgia, she threw her whole body.
00:31:30 --> 00:31:31 I love them so much.
00:31:31 --> 00:31:32 I'm not laughing because I think they're funny.
00:31:33 --> 00:31:34 I love it because I'm just like, wow.
00:31:34 --> 00:31:38 The amount of commitment and how much they want it is so apparent.
00:31:38 --> 00:31:38 Yeah.
00:31:38 --> 00:31:53 this song yeah this song i wish it was a little gotten a little bit bigger and they can keep promoting it i hope they do but yeah like oh my gosh i just can't wait to see what they do if we get a tour with this it might not be for a little while but my rating is a big fat 10 i haven't said 10 as well
00:31:54 --> 00:31:56 Yes, like you let the people see.
00:31:58 --> 00:32:07 Okay, next we're at Touché, done by TB Hits, Leather Jacket, One and the Four Rest, Olivia Blue, Sevin Streeter, and Stella Aflo.
00:32:08 --> 00:32:16 So Sevin Streeter, I've gotten compared to her.
00:32:16 --> 00:32:19 We don't look alike anymore, but we used to look alike.
00:32:19 --> 00:32:20 I don't know why it's so hard.
00:32:21 --> 00:32:23 I enjoy Seamus Reader a lot.
00:32:23 --> 00:32:27 She's written for a lot of people, mostly Chris Brown.
00:32:27 --> 00:32:30 Not mostly, but she's collaborated with him quite a bit.
00:32:30 --> 00:32:35 She was also on that Netflix show about the songwriters, and she wrote a lot of good songs, too, on that show.
00:32:37 --> 00:32:38 I can hear her style on this a little bit.
00:32:40 --> 00:32:42 And in terms of ad-libs and, like,
00:32:43 --> 00:32:44 harmonies and things like that.
00:32:44 --> 00:32:45 The girls got it.
00:32:45 --> 00:32:49 Seven's really good at adding extra for a song.
00:32:49 --> 00:32:50 Like, oh my God.
00:32:51 --> 00:32:52 But yeah, she's an amazing songwriter.
00:32:53 --> 00:32:54 And Touche is a very interesting tie.
00:32:54 --> 00:32:55 Like the whole, you got me.
00:32:56 --> 00:32:57 You've made your points.
00:32:57 --> 00:32:58 I'm quince.
00:32:59 --> 00:32:59 I'm a bitch.
00:33:00 --> 00:33:01 I'm a shiz.
00:33:01 --> 00:33:03 I have to say it like this guy because I want her AdSense.
00:33:03 --> 00:33:04 I'm going to be sober with you.
00:33:04 --> 00:33:05 Like, I'm every woman.
00:33:06 --> 00:33:07 It's all in me, okay?
00:33:07 --> 00:33:07 Like...
00:33:08 --> 00:33:09 I love that.
00:33:09 --> 00:33:10 Like, they're owning it.
00:33:10 --> 00:33:13 And I think the intro is fun.
00:33:13 --> 00:33:16 I think the intro with the...
00:33:16 --> 00:33:18 It's a clarinet?
00:33:18 --> 00:33:18 Not clarinet.
00:33:19 --> 00:33:19 A flute?
00:33:19 --> 00:33:20 Yeah.
00:33:20 --> 00:33:20 It's a flute.
00:33:20 --> 00:33:21 It's a flute.
00:33:21 --> 00:33:21 My bad.
00:33:22 --> 00:33:23 The flute, it felt jazzy.
00:33:23 --> 00:33:24 I was like, where is this going to go?
00:33:25 --> 00:33:28 So I appreciate the darker tone and the darker sound coming over.
00:33:29 --> 00:33:32 The bass line is super funky, though, which I appreciate.
00:33:32 --> 00:33:36 Kind of gives 70s nothing too obvious, but it is nice.
00:33:36 --> 00:33:39 The BGVs are minimal and very paceful.
00:33:40 --> 00:33:43 When they do get a little bit beefier, it doesn't feel like they're trying too hard.
00:33:43 --> 00:33:45 They let the lead vocals take control here.
00:33:47 --> 00:33:54 But yeah, I like this song because I've had moments that you know of where people have said things to me, literally to me, have maimed me in the court square.
00:33:54 --> 00:33:56 And yet here I stand.
00:33:57 --> 00:33:58 So what's your point?
00:33:58 --> 00:34:00 I make more money than you and I'm taller than you.
00:34:00 --> 00:34:00 So mind your business.
00:34:01 --> 00:34:01 You know?
00:34:01 --> 00:34:01 Yes.
00:34:04 --> 00:34:05 Yeah.
00:34:05 --> 00:34:07 So I like the song for personal reasons.
00:34:07 --> 00:34:09 I sing this song and I'm jiving my car.
00:34:10 --> 00:34:10 Yeah.
00:34:11 --> 00:34:13 I mean, it's really fun to sing along to, for sure.
00:34:13 --> 00:34:13 Yeah.
00:34:13 --> 00:34:20 And yeah, so I think in the story, if you go back to it, like now their confidence is here, they're feeling themselves.
00:34:20 --> 00:34:23 You know, any criticism thrown at them, they're going to own it, like you just said.
00:34:24 --> 00:34:24 Right.
00:34:24 --> 00:34:28 So it's still armor, you know, it's kind of like, I don't care what you think of me.
00:34:29 --> 00:34:55 yeah I have a lot of the same notes in terms of production I love the kind of funkiness that's there and that low synth yeah and the strings ninja are nice for sure yeah the whole I'm uh I'm uh I'm uh yeah that is so funny like the first time I heard I was like wait did they just say that and then of course you get the big ad-lib I'm like
00:34:57 --> 00:34:58 I'm a bitch.
00:35:00 --> 00:35:02 And I was like, dang, I love it so much.
00:35:02 --> 00:35:03 That's so much fun.
00:35:04 --> 00:35:08 My vocal highlight, though, is the second verse, Stella.
00:35:08 --> 00:35:12 She has so much attitude when she puts on her lower tone because she's usually the high for them.
00:35:14 --> 00:35:20 So when she goes a bit low, it just naturally sounds a bit sassier because I think she has to put a bit more throat into it, you know?
00:35:20 --> 00:35:22 So there's just a bit more of that push there.
00:35:24 --> 00:35:27 And in Georgia's pre-chorus, that is when the BGBs get very full and kind of lush.
00:35:27 --> 00:35:29 It's very, very beautiful.
00:35:29 --> 00:35:31 Of course, the main highlight is Georgia.
00:35:32 --> 00:35:32 I'm a cult.
00:35:33 --> 00:35:34 Yeah.
00:35:34 --> 00:35:36 That ad-lib is amazing.
00:35:36 --> 00:35:37 Oh, my God.
00:35:37 --> 00:35:38 It's so funny.
00:35:39 --> 00:35:43 It's just like, yes, I am.
00:35:44 --> 00:35:50 And they did include this on the acoustic set that they did, or that they've been doing around the UK, which is awesome.
00:35:50 --> 00:35:53 So I would love to go to an acoustic show of theirs.
00:35:53 --> 00:35:53 Oh, yeah.
00:35:54 --> 00:35:56 So I'm glad we at least got that properly recorded.
00:35:56 --> 00:35:56 Yeah.
00:35:57 --> 00:35:57 Word up.
00:35:58 --> 00:36:00 So for me, this is a nine.
00:36:00 --> 00:36:02 I have this as a nine as well.
00:36:02 --> 00:36:03 Yeah.
00:36:03 --> 00:36:03 Wow.
00:36:09 --> 00:36:10 So far, so matchy.
00:36:11 --> 00:36:12 All right.
00:36:12 --> 00:36:16 Up next is, I can't be high around you anymore.
00:36:17 --> 00:36:21 This was done by King Jet, Julian Bonetta, Ama, and Renee of Flo.
00:36:21 --> 00:36:25 And for those who don't know who Ama is, that is Ray's little sister.
00:36:25 --> 00:36:26 That's right.
00:36:27 --> 00:36:29 And I've been listening to some of Ama's music.
00:36:29 --> 00:36:32 I can't pinpoint her writing style here because she's a little bit more like that whole, like,
00:36:33 --> 00:36:56 existential like Olivia Rodrigo vibe pop which is not bad but it's just a certain age group of like 10z like sensitive girly thing um I can't describe her right now it's so inarticulate I mean I apologize guys but yeah I guess it's a good thing I can't pinpoint her um I might have to revisit her discography for sure but I could not think of oh did Amma write this?
00:36:56 --> 00:37:02 um so I think that's definitely a good thing so she knows how to you know place herself outside of the music so
00:37:08 --> 00:37:13 I think this is an interesting take on Old Flame or whatever the heck is going on with this person.
00:37:13 --> 00:37:21 Because you've already discovered and listed and helped explain this lore that's running through this album.
00:37:21 --> 00:37:22 So I guess the Old Flame is back.
00:37:22 --> 00:37:25 He came back around unannounced.
00:37:25 --> 00:37:26 Yeah.
00:37:26 --> 00:37:27 I mean, you run into him.
00:37:27 --> 00:37:28 He pops up.
00:37:28 --> 00:37:31 Things should be over when the smoke is rising and maybe the drinks are flowing.
00:37:31 --> 00:37:31 The feelings return.
00:37:31 --> 00:37:33 And sometimes it might not even be like, hey.
00:37:33 --> 00:37:36 I was doing something, you know, I'm under the influence.
00:37:36 --> 00:37:41 It gets you by just being around you and being happy around you.
00:37:41 --> 00:37:43 It just confuses me.
00:37:43 --> 00:37:49 It doesn't, I, at first I was like, I can't really relate to the whole, like, you know, being that inebriated or high around someone.
00:37:49 --> 00:37:55 But I think just the idea of being around someone that thinks feeling good and the, you know, you're like, Ooh, it's like, wait, you don't love me.
00:37:55 --> 00:37:55 Yeah.
00:37:58 --> 00:38:22 oh well yeah i think well so i think if we think about the story i think they're all just kind of spiraling right like if you think about it they know that they've fallen deep yeah in in they're into this guy but it's not the best situation yeah then they put on all that armor and we're like eff it like i look amazing like i don't care what anyone thinks to me and they're kind of then just swung way back to the other side of where they're just like feeling defeated again and they're like oh gosh
00:38:23 --> 00:38:30 Like, every time I let my guard down, which I assume is what they mean with it being high, they just keep thinking about him.
00:38:30 --> 00:38:31 They want to keep going back to him still.
00:38:32 --> 00:38:37 You know, it's that whole thing of, like, I just don't want to be in a state where, like, we're rekindling.
00:38:37 --> 00:38:39 There's nothing to rekindle, you know?
00:38:39 --> 00:38:42 Shout out to the bridge on this one, finally, a bridge.
00:38:43 --> 00:38:44 Another bridge, rather.
00:38:45 --> 00:38:48 Because the baton pass on this one is quite nice.
00:38:48 --> 00:38:49 You have Renee.
00:38:49 --> 00:38:52 Shout out to her projecting that voice some more right here.
00:38:52 --> 00:38:59 Boy, like I said, the smoke and the warmth of her voice can sometimes get overlooked, but the girl holds it down.
00:38:59 --> 00:39:06 OK. And I feel like this song sonically is like a callback to side effects because of like the whole like boom bap R&B vibe.
00:39:06 --> 00:39:07 Yeah.
00:39:07 --> 00:39:08 So I do appreciate that.
00:39:08 --> 00:39:10 Again, there's a common thread of production here.
00:39:10 --> 00:39:11 For sure.
00:39:11 --> 00:39:11 Yeah.
00:39:11 --> 00:39:14 There's more of a bounce to this one, I think.
00:39:14 --> 00:39:17 And there is something in the production that feels very nostalgic to me.
00:39:17 --> 00:39:21 Like, yes, you mentioned Destiny's Child earlier, but this totally sounds like it could be.
00:39:21 --> 00:39:21 Janet,
00:39:22 --> 00:39:24 Well, I was thinking like the writing is on the wall.
00:39:25 --> 00:39:25 Oh, okay.
00:39:25 --> 00:39:29 Like it fits in with like temptation or she can't love you.
00:39:29 --> 00:39:32 Like that same kind of bouncy kind of vibe.
00:39:33 --> 00:39:34 But kind of slow as well.
00:39:34 --> 00:39:35 Oh, nice.
00:39:35 --> 00:39:35 Okay.
00:39:35 --> 00:39:37 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:39:37 --> 00:39:39 Yeah, it's interesting.
00:39:39 --> 00:39:42 You know, I think lyrics are actually really well written.
00:39:43 --> 00:40:07 like it's just there's still something there that is not it's still pulling them back to this guy even though they know it's not a good situation um i just think that's interesting the way they framed it yeah um and i think melodically there's kind of a playful cadence to it like they're not just kind of on the beat it's kind of um it's kind of jumps around yeah don't you mean yeah yeah
00:40:08 --> 00:40:09 Yeah.
00:40:09 --> 00:40:12 And I like that the chorus is a bit, it's less belty.
00:40:12 --> 00:40:14 Like Georgia's using more of her head voice there.
00:40:15 --> 00:40:18 Like the overall execution of this is just a bit softer.
00:40:18 --> 00:40:21 So I think it's a nice balance to what we've heard so far.
00:40:21 --> 00:40:23 It's all been quite kind of loud and confident.
00:40:24 --> 00:40:24 Yeah.
00:40:24 --> 00:40:32 You know, so I think kind of getting some vulnerability in there now as we're kind of getting really into the album, I think is a good thing for sure.
00:40:32 --> 00:40:32 Yeah.
00:40:33 --> 00:40:34 So yeah, I'm looking forward to hearing this one live.
00:40:34 --> 00:40:38 Like, I feel like the vocal arrangement for this is going to be so good.
00:40:38 --> 00:40:39 Oh, yeah.
00:40:39 --> 00:40:40 You know?
00:40:40 --> 00:40:40 Oh, wow.
00:40:40 --> 00:40:42 What an interesting group.
00:40:42 --> 00:40:43 They're like, oh, yes, we got on the album.
00:40:43 --> 00:40:43 It's really good.
00:40:44 --> 00:40:44 You hear the live version.
00:40:44 --> 00:40:46 What the heck was that?
00:40:46 --> 00:40:46 Oh, my gosh.
00:40:46 --> 00:40:47 That happens, though.
00:40:47 --> 00:40:48 Like, remember the first EP?
00:40:48 --> 00:40:48 Yeah.
00:40:49 --> 00:40:53 Like, every time they sang one of the songs live, because they were kind of everywhere.
00:40:53 --> 00:40:54 And, oh, my gosh, he finally sang this one.
00:40:54 --> 00:40:55 And be like, oh, my gosh.
00:40:56 --> 00:40:58 That's what's so funny, because you and I are very much like, we like this.
00:40:58 --> 00:40:59 We'll learn it.
00:40:59 --> 00:41:00 We'll be like, yeah.
00:41:00 --> 00:41:01 And it's something different.
00:41:01 --> 00:41:01 That's not the, yeah
00:41:04 --> 00:41:04 I love that, though.
00:41:04 --> 00:41:08 I mean, it makes it for a very fun conversation for pop fans, for sure.
00:41:08 --> 00:41:10 Because, like, which run was your favorite?
00:41:10 --> 00:41:11 And then I haven't been on tour yet.
00:41:11 --> 00:41:13 What's your favorite run?
00:41:13 --> 00:41:13 Yeah.
00:41:14 --> 00:41:14 Oh, my God.
00:41:14 --> 00:41:15 But, yes.
00:41:15 --> 00:41:16 Ooh, I'm curious about your rating.
00:41:17 --> 00:41:18 I really like this one.
00:41:18 --> 00:41:18 I'll give it a 9.
00:41:19 --> 00:41:19 Okay.
00:41:19 --> 00:41:20 I will give this one an 8.5.
00:41:24 --> 00:41:31 Next we have Sober done by Skip's production, Ashton Sellers, Boy Matthews, and all three members of Flow.
00:41:32 --> 00:41:41 This is one of those response tracks that I mentioned in the beginning of the review where it's like right after.
00:41:41 --> 00:41:42 They turned it back around now to him.
00:41:42 --> 00:41:42 Yeah.
00:41:43 --> 00:41:43 Okay.
00:41:43 --> 00:41:44 How do you feel about this one?
00:41:45 --> 00:41:46 I love this one.
00:41:47 --> 00:41:49 I'm here for acoustic flow as I just said.
00:41:49 --> 00:41:50 Right?
00:41:50 --> 00:41:52 Like I would love the whole album just read out acoustic things.
00:41:53 --> 00:41:53 Oh wow, okay.
00:41:54 --> 00:41:54 That'd be amazing.
00:41:54 --> 00:41:55 Okay.
00:41:55 --> 00:41:58 But yeah, I think this is just so beautiful.
00:41:59 --> 00:42:02 Like the fact that the whole chorus is this three part harmony situation.
00:42:02 --> 00:42:04 Mm-hmm.
00:42:05 --> 00:42:10 And I think just the melody of it, it adds more to what I was just saying with the last one.
00:42:11 --> 00:42:13 It feels very vulnerable.
00:42:13 --> 00:42:22 Like there's, I don't know, there's just something very relatable about it because they were kind of self-reflecting.
00:42:22 --> 00:42:24 But then it was also like, no, it's not just me.
00:42:24 --> 00:42:25 Like, it's also you.
00:42:26 --> 00:42:27 Like, you're also the problem.
00:42:27 --> 00:42:28 Like, it's not just me.
00:42:28 --> 00:42:28 Yeah.
00:42:29 --> 00:42:31 You know, because that's, again, very humid.
00:42:31 --> 00:42:35 Like, I think initially you're kind of like, what am I doing wrong or like whatever?
00:42:35 --> 00:42:37 But then, no, it's actually no, there's actually something wrong with you.
00:42:37 --> 00:42:38 Like, what is this?
00:42:38 --> 00:42:41 You know, so I love that.
00:42:41 --> 00:42:46 And so this is one that grew on me quite a lot, because I think the first time I listened to the album, it wasn't one.
00:42:47 --> 00:42:50 I think because it's quite subtle, it just didn't really jump out that much to me.
00:42:50 --> 00:42:52 But then as I kept listening to it, it started to.
00:42:53 --> 00:42:54 You know, that was me for Can't Be High around you.
00:42:54 --> 00:42:57 Because at first I was like, okay, this is okay for me.
00:42:58 --> 00:43:02 I think this one I liked a little bit more because of, like, the Neo Soul vibe of it.
00:43:03 --> 00:43:05 It's more, not more, but it's conversational.
00:43:06 --> 00:43:08 And it has an organic build.
00:43:08 --> 00:43:09 The emotions are growing.
00:43:09 --> 00:43:11 It's not even about being angry.
00:43:11 --> 00:43:12 I think it's really important.
00:43:12 --> 00:43:16 Because what you had with the, was it, small doses where it kind of felt a little like,
00:43:16 --> 00:43:40 god dang it i like this man it's more like i like you like this is really disappointing that you can't even tell me this without needing some kind of extra oomph or you know or actually literally being drunk i think it doesn't have to be just like someone's inebri and they tell you how you feel but there are some people who have experiences where i mean i've had an experience but someone was like tipsy and they could only tell me how they felt that i'm like that's freaking weird
00:43:40 --> 00:43:41 That's so weird.
00:43:42 --> 00:43:43 Stop being a loser.
00:43:44 --> 00:43:45 But yeah, I do.
00:43:45 --> 00:43:49 I wasn't I wasn't like, you know, why don't you understand?
00:43:49 --> 00:43:52 I was more like, if you don't get my face, get out my face.
00:43:52 --> 00:43:58 So I do appreciate them being a little bit more like, I'm willing to hear you out if you if you want to try.
00:43:58 --> 00:44:01 Maybe I will just pour you a drink just to hear it once.
00:44:01 --> 00:44:14 once more um but yeah i think this is um very interesting because like they're not being dramatic and there is this appointment but there's also a little bit of jadedness it's like okay biatch please um
00:44:15 --> 00:44:18 Like when they see that second verse gets me every second.
00:44:18 --> 00:44:19 I was like, girl, same.
00:44:19 --> 00:44:20 Because what are you doing right now?
00:44:21 --> 00:44:24 Also, if you are listening to this and you are dating someone who can't really tell you how they feel.
00:44:25 --> 00:44:25 Girl.
00:44:25 --> 00:44:26 Maybe boy.
00:44:26 --> 00:44:27 Maybe whomever.
00:44:27 --> 00:44:28 They dump them.
00:44:29 --> 00:44:30 Quickly.
00:44:30 --> 00:44:31 Expeditiously.
00:44:31 --> 00:44:32 It's not worth the fight.
00:44:32 --> 00:44:34 And I think I appreciate.
00:44:35 --> 00:44:39 the woundedness, the vulnerability without sounding pathetic.
00:44:40 --> 00:44:44 And it's hard not to sound super weepy, especially with the way the cadence of this whole song.
00:44:44 --> 00:44:46 Like, I don't think what I said.
00:44:47 --> 00:44:51 Like, a lot of the notes here could lean toward, like, I'm crying, I'm weeping.
00:44:51 --> 00:44:54 It's just more like mild broken heart or maybe complete.
00:44:55 --> 00:44:59 Maybe completely because the next track hops right in.
00:44:59 --> 00:45:02 And I guess we'll get to it, but yeah, it's just very interesting for sure.
00:45:02 --> 00:45:02 Yeah.
00:45:03 --> 00:45:09 Yeah, and this is also in the acoustic set and, yo, the harmonies live.
00:45:09 --> 00:45:10 It's wild.
00:45:10 --> 00:45:11 It's wild.
00:45:11 --> 00:45:12 It's so beautiful.
00:45:17 --> 00:45:18 All right, I guess on a nine.
00:45:19 --> 00:45:19 Same nine.
00:45:20 --> 00:45:25 Up next is Therapy at the Club, and this is my Amma, Leroy Clampett, and Lost Boy.
00:45:25 --> 00:45:27 And this is the thesis for the album.
00:45:27 --> 00:45:33 In a room with loud music and dance, you can pretend to be someone else, address your problems, or forget about it altogether.
00:45:34 --> 00:45:35 The club is your healing space.
00:45:36 --> 00:45:40 And this was released as a promo single for the album in May of this year.
00:45:44 --> 00:45:46 We're at the middle of the album.
00:45:48 --> 00:46:09 title track is not big she's understated the song is meant to comfort more than it is to be about the club you know and i love that um and i think there's something like a lullaby to how they're singing it something about it just feels like it's lulling you to sleep a little bit or at least kind of like being like listen
00:46:09 --> 00:46:13 Listen, look, look at the cloud.
00:46:13 --> 00:46:17 You know, like I come to this faraway land and we'll flow off on a cloud.
00:46:18 --> 00:46:20 Like it's just a very sad cloud full of tears.
00:46:22 --> 00:46:25 So I appreciate the dreamy floatiness of it all.
00:46:25 --> 00:46:27 I will say at the end, it got a little...
00:46:27 --> 00:46:31 It's egregious, the word, but the...
00:46:31 --> 00:46:33 I love that.
00:46:34 --> 00:46:36 That part makes me laugh every time I was sitting in the car listening to it.
00:46:36 --> 00:46:40 I was like, ain't no way y'all are this nasty in unison live.
00:46:40 --> 00:46:40 And then they were.
00:46:40 --> 00:46:42 I was like, oh my God.
00:46:42 --> 00:46:43 They did it.
00:46:43 --> 00:46:44 They do it all the time live, too.
00:46:44 --> 00:46:45 They're nasty live.
00:46:45 --> 00:46:46 They're so nasty.
00:46:46 --> 00:46:48 I'm like, it just feels like a flex.
00:46:50 --> 00:46:52 It's the same of the club.
00:46:52 --> 00:46:52 Oh, I hope.
00:46:53 --> 00:46:53 Club.
00:46:53 --> 00:46:53 Club.
00:46:54 --> 00:47:03 Because the best thing about the song is it does kind of feel like a lullaby, but then you get to this ending where it's like, and then you get the next song.
00:47:03 --> 00:47:05 And you are where you need to be.
00:47:05 --> 00:47:13 So I think just in terms of how the song is right now, this album is going, I'm starting to really appreciate the thought.
00:47:13 --> 00:47:13 Yes.
00:47:13 --> 00:47:14 Behind it.
00:47:14 --> 00:47:14 Yeah.
00:47:15 --> 00:47:16 Yeah, for sure.
00:47:16 --> 00:47:17 Like, it's so interesting.
00:47:17 --> 00:47:19 We're finally mentioning the club.
00:47:19 --> 00:47:22 Like, this is the first time you've ever mentioned the club so far on this album.
00:47:23 --> 00:47:29 And to do it in this kind of sad way is interesting and unique, for sure.
00:47:29 --> 00:47:30 But yeah, I love the production.
00:47:30 --> 00:47:35 You get this kind of 60s kind of pop ballad situation, which I'm totally here for.
00:47:35 --> 00:47:42 It has that kind of call and response vocal arrangement, especially that chorus, that makes it feel just very classic.
00:47:43 --> 00:47:43 Yeah.
00:47:43 --> 00:47:45 You know?
00:47:45 --> 00:47:49 Yeah, Stella on that chorus, this song, that is, like, made for her.
00:47:49 --> 00:47:51 She sounds amazing.
00:47:51 --> 00:47:58 And that line in that chorus, go run your mouth to a stranger because their arms feel safer than telling the man that you love.
00:47:58 --> 00:47:59 What a beautiful line.
00:48:00 --> 00:48:01 That is such a beautiful lyric.
00:48:02 --> 00:48:03 That feels like Ama.
00:48:03 --> 00:48:07 Like, this song, I feel like little baby Ray.
00:48:09 --> 00:48:13 But not like in a way where it feels like she's derivative of her sister, but there's just certain lines.
00:48:13 --> 00:48:13 Mm-hmm.
00:48:14 --> 00:48:16 from listening to her music that felt like this.
00:48:17 --> 00:48:20 You can just feel the defeat in all of it.
00:48:21 --> 00:48:29 Like you just, they need to get away from this situation that they've been spiraling about for the last, you know, seven songs or whatever.
00:48:31 --> 00:48:33 So yeah, this is such a great moment.
00:48:33 --> 00:48:36 I got to hear this one live too, which I'm quite happy about.
00:48:37 --> 00:48:39 And I will go to the tour if they tour.
00:48:40 --> 00:48:40 Oh yeah.
00:48:40 --> 00:48:41 Because yeah.
00:48:41 --> 00:48:43 And they've also been starting the acoustic sets with this as well.
00:48:44 --> 00:48:45 Oh, nice.
00:48:45 --> 00:48:45 Set it off.
00:48:46 --> 00:48:47 Put it out the way.
00:48:47 --> 00:48:52 The sad, kind of floaty, you know, on a bubble song.
00:48:52 --> 00:48:55 Yeah, I almost love this one even more than Leak It.
00:48:55 --> 00:48:57 Like, this is for sure 10 for me.
00:48:57 --> 00:48:59 Yeah, this is a 10 for me as well.
00:48:59 --> 00:49:00 Go ahead, thesis.
00:49:00 --> 00:49:02 We're already halfway through.
00:49:03 --> 00:49:03 Insane.
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00:49:40 --> 00:49:41 Okay, so we're at the club.
00:49:42 --> 00:49:50 It's time for Remedied, which was done by Oak, Oscar, Linander, Jamie Silverstein, Amy Allen, and Georgia of Flo.
00:49:50 --> 00:49:55 And this was released as a single in July, 2026, and a music video that is a prequel to leak it.
00:50:01 --> 00:50:05 So the names on this production and songwritings are folks that have worked with Demi Lovato.
00:50:06 --> 00:50:06 Just period.
00:50:06 --> 00:50:07 Big voice.
00:50:07 --> 00:50:08 Big production.
00:50:08 --> 00:50:08 Love.
00:50:09 --> 00:50:14 I mean, the girls have mentioned that they've used Christina Aguilera as their North Star.
00:50:15 --> 00:50:20 They also mentioned that Uptimble isn't their usual bag, but they're intentional about this track.
00:50:20 --> 00:50:21 And I can hear it.
00:50:21 --> 00:50:24 It reminds me of Ain't No Other Man.
00:50:26 --> 00:50:42 I was like I was trying to figure out what it was about this I liked so much and I was like it sounds like ain't no other listen if you are a dj you can do it please make it happen for me um it's not a bad thing it is not derivative me making any kind of comparison does not mean that it's hack and hacking night was that word hacking eyed
00:50:44 --> 00:51:11 played out i'll just say that i can't think of the word right now it's a good thing and that means they are tapping into their reference their references well and being able to show the flowness of everything and i love that they use both american and uk access in this song it cracks me up it makes the song again feel more bespoke to them it feels quirky it feels fun um renee holding down those verses i think songs like this also keep
00:51:11 --> 00:51:15 the Destiny, Child, and Sugar Babe comparisons at a respectable distance.
00:51:16 --> 00:51:16 Because,
00:51:17 --> 00:51:19 Like, could either of these groups perform the song?
00:51:19 --> 00:51:20 Yeah, sure.
00:51:20 --> 00:51:22 But would it be true to their sonic makeup?
00:51:23 --> 00:51:23 No.
00:51:23 --> 00:51:24 Like, period, no.
00:51:24 --> 00:51:30 But in terms of being willing to step out and do some kind of fun, like, Sugar Bay's Rakata series, Round Round.
00:51:30 --> 00:51:31 That song is, what is that?
00:51:32 --> 00:51:32 Right?
00:51:32 --> 00:51:35 You know, like, Destiny's Child doing, you know, Bootylicious.
00:51:36 --> 00:51:36 What is that?
00:51:36 --> 00:51:38 They can sing their butts off.
00:51:38 --> 00:51:38 Yeah, sure.
00:51:38 --> 00:51:40 But why not have a really fun song where we're hitting harmonies?
00:51:41 --> 00:51:41 You know what I'm saying?
00:51:41 --> 00:51:42 So I think.
00:51:43 --> 00:51:50 It's awesome that all these groups that they've been referenced to or compared to rather have that side of we're fun.
00:51:51 --> 00:51:52 You're silly.
00:51:52 --> 00:51:55 And I love that the girls are going for that big pop record.
00:51:55 --> 00:51:56 Like, go for Brittany Houston.
00:51:56 --> 00:51:57 Give it to me.
00:51:57 --> 00:51:59 Give me Brittany Houston.
00:51:59 --> 00:52:01 Oh, my gosh.
00:52:03 --> 00:52:04 Yeah.
00:52:04 --> 00:52:06 I hate that the song is so short.
00:52:07 --> 00:52:07 Oh.
00:52:09 --> 00:52:10 Because I think it's great.
00:52:10 --> 00:52:11 I think it's great.
00:52:11 --> 00:52:14 Like, I feel like it could totally be an amazing three and a half minute song.
00:52:14 --> 00:52:15 You know what I mean?
00:52:16 --> 00:52:17 Because, yeah, the production is super fun.
00:52:17 --> 00:52:23 Again, you saw that really strong beat, but you get some different percussion elements here.
00:52:23 --> 00:52:26 You get these big synth and kind of horn flourishes there.
00:52:28 --> 00:52:35 And again, it brings back that whole drug medicine metaphor with, you know, the good medicine and the melody that they're chasing.
00:52:35 --> 00:52:36 Yeah.
00:52:36 --> 00:52:39 So I love that that's still showing up, you know, at all times.
00:52:39 --> 00:52:45 I will say lyrically, just personally, I'm not a huge advocate of getting so drunk you end up on the floor.
00:52:47 --> 00:52:49 in the toilet, et cetera.
00:52:50 --> 00:52:52 Like the whole, a little blackout clears your head.
00:52:52 --> 00:52:55 That, that, I've never, never happened to me.
00:52:55 --> 00:52:59 No, I feel, I've just feel so terrible that it makes me feel worse.
00:52:59 --> 00:53:00 Like, I just don't, why?
00:53:01 --> 00:53:02 But you know what?
00:53:02 --> 00:53:04 If it works for them, great.
00:53:04 --> 00:53:04 Okay.
00:53:04 --> 00:53:06 So no great goose for Chris y'all.
00:53:07 --> 00:53:08 Great goose is disgusting.
00:53:08 --> 00:53:09 Vodka's one of the worst ones.
00:53:10 --> 00:53:11 Absolutely not.
00:53:11 --> 00:53:11 Yeah.
00:53:13 --> 00:53:16 We're not doing any liquor promo on our show ever.
00:53:16 --> 00:53:16 Sorry.
00:53:16 --> 00:53:18 No, it's okay.
00:53:18 --> 00:53:22 I don't think I would ever do it either because I don't drink.
00:53:22 --> 00:53:24 Neither do I.
00:53:24 --> 00:53:31 But I think the song and the drunkenness, I'm glad that they didn't reference it in the music video.
00:53:32 --> 00:53:36 It just felt really silly and more like, okay, let's tone it up, tighten it up.
00:53:36 --> 00:53:37 What is it?
00:53:37 --> 00:53:38 Hip-hop abs?
00:53:38 --> 00:53:41 Tilt, tone, tight, tuck, or whatever the heck he was saying.
00:53:41 --> 00:53:41 Yeah.
00:53:42 --> 00:54:08 the face surgery the the working out like it's very interesting how it was like we're not good enough let's know they're chasing fame they're chasing fame and they're like i don't know do we need to get surgery like i guess we need to work out more like let's go to a psychic like what's happening yeah that was so silly and it's fun but i also love that they had a little dance break moment like right before the second verse yeah so y'all release the snyder cut i want that on streaming that the song would have been longer because you didn't give us like a
00:54:09 --> 00:54:11 you know, a big moment at the end.
00:54:11 --> 00:54:12 It deserves a bridge.
00:54:12 --> 00:54:13 It deserves a proper explosive.
00:54:13 --> 00:54:16 And like Christina has some amazing bridges.
00:54:16 --> 00:54:17 Yeah.
00:54:17 --> 00:54:21 If you've got to the Christina thing, go for the full bit.
00:54:21 --> 00:54:24 But yeah, I think that part is great.
00:54:24 --> 00:54:27 Again, Renee is whipping that hair in that dance break.
00:54:27 --> 00:54:29 But yes, I think, I think.
00:54:30 --> 00:54:52 them dancing and having the wigs it takes away it extracts them from this cold ice princess vibe that they may have developed and people don't realize it maybe um too cool for school so i love that they're having fun for sure yeah george has facial expressions yo she's i love them so much
00:54:53 --> 00:54:55 She has the cutest face ever.
00:54:55 --> 00:54:56 Oh my gosh.
00:54:56 --> 00:54:58 But yeah, there is a euphoria to this song for sure.
00:54:58 --> 00:55:03 But there is still that tinge of melancholy because you know they're just like running away from pain also.
00:55:04 --> 00:55:09 Wow, Chris, you are really in your, like, back tonight, guys.
00:55:09 --> 00:55:10 I love it.
00:55:10 --> 00:55:12 No, it's because, like, you know they're telling a story.
00:55:12 --> 00:55:17 So, like, I feel like this whole time we, like, have now connected to this person or this woman.
00:55:17 --> 00:55:19 Yeah, no, you are so in your bag.
00:55:19 --> 00:55:22 Like, usually I'm the one, like, you know, tinfoil hatting everything.
00:55:22 --> 00:55:23 Like...
00:55:24 --> 00:55:26 Like, y'all, my boy's on it.
00:55:26 --> 00:55:27 My boy's on it.
00:55:27 --> 00:55:28 So what is the song for you?
00:55:28 --> 00:55:29 Is it yes?
00:55:29 --> 00:55:30 It's not yes, but it's not no?
00:55:31 --> 00:55:31 What's the score?
00:55:33 --> 00:55:34 I'll give it an eight.
00:55:34 --> 00:55:35 You know what?
00:55:36 --> 00:55:37 That's valid.
00:55:37 --> 00:55:39 I may have scored it a little too high.
00:55:39 --> 00:55:40 It's not a yes, but it's not no.
00:55:40 --> 00:55:42 So I'll do an 8.5 because I can see your reasoning.
00:55:43 --> 00:55:45 I think I'm just thinking about the music video version.
00:55:45 --> 00:55:46 So I'll say the song's long enough.
00:55:49 --> 00:55:49 Give me more.
00:55:50 --> 00:55:53 Up next is Pose featuring Juicy J.
00:55:53 --> 00:55:56 And this was done by... Pose.
00:55:56 --> 00:55:58 That's how they sound.
00:55:58 --> 00:55:59 I know.
00:56:00 --> 00:56:11 And this one was done by TB Hit, One in the Forest, Olivia Blue, 7th Streeter, Juicy J, Thomas De Quincey, Manuela Camosi, and Stella Of Flow.
00:56:12 --> 00:56:14 And it samples Pump Up The Jam by Technotronic.
00:56:14 --> 00:56:17 And this song almost didn't make the album because it's so different.
00:56:18 --> 00:56:22 But they decided to put it on because it reflects what a night out actually looks like for them.
00:56:22 --> 00:56:24 They recorded vocals on the track.
00:56:25 --> 00:56:30 They recorded vocals for The Trap with a Twitch streamer named Plaque Boy Max.
00:56:31 --> 00:56:33 And Juicy J showed up and got involved.
00:56:33 --> 00:56:34 Listen, y'all.
00:56:36 --> 00:56:36 Wow.
00:56:37 --> 00:56:38 That was a lot for me.
00:56:38 --> 00:56:39 I don't.
00:56:39 --> 00:56:43 Yeah, you chose a lot of sentences to attempt an accent for.
00:56:43 --> 00:56:46 Y'all, every episode we have a British artist, I try at least once.
00:56:46 --> 00:56:49 Because I don't really care for like, I'm not like, oh my God, the British accent.
00:56:49 --> 00:56:50 I think certain words were there.
00:56:50 --> 00:56:51 Certain words were good.
00:56:51 --> 00:56:53 Thank you, guys.
00:56:53 --> 00:56:55 Yeah, certain words need some work.
00:56:55 --> 00:57:00 Rate my accent in the comments below, guys, because I've been working on it.
00:57:00 --> 00:57:01 Not a lot, but just enough.
00:57:02 --> 00:57:03 It did not sound good.
00:57:03 --> 00:57:07 I think you need to choose exactly which British accent you want.
00:57:08 --> 00:57:08 Oh, you didn't?
00:57:08 --> 00:57:11 Because it kind of went all over the place a little bit.
00:57:11 --> 00:57:16 In my defense, I was thinking about the VH1 announcing voice when they used to do the countdowns.
00:57:16 --> 00:57:17 That's how I found Girls Alive.
00:57:17 --> 00:57:18 Okay, sorry.
00:57:18 --> 00:57:20 We went on a random tangent, guys.
00:57:20 --> 00:57:21 But this is the show.
00:57:21 --> 00:57:22 Welcome!
00:57:22 --> 00:57:22 Hey!
00:57:22 --> 00:57:22 Hey!
00:57:23 --> 00:57:24 How is it?
00:57:28 --> 00:57:56 guys now i find it so interesting i watched the full live stream no offense i don't watch streamers especially when they're men women i'll watch i know it's not so messed up guys but guys they get a little they get a little goony in the comments you know i don't really like it um so yeah the girlies were they were chilling at the streamers house if you're wondering why streamers are like the go-to for a lot of artists now it's like there's so many people watching this is another level of marketing for a lot of artists and a lot of people now so
00:57:57 --> 00:58:03 But yeah, I think them taking this moment of them being a little tipsy and making it into a song was fun.
00:58:03 --> 00:58:05 Like they streamed it back in February, which is interesting.
00:58:05 --> 00:58:08 So the song literally just made the cut for them.
00:58:08 --> 00:58:10 Georgia was giving chaos.
00:58:11 --> 00:58:12 Stella was giving...
00:58:13 --> 00:58:15 So it was giving me, I got an idea.
00:58:15 --> 00:58:15 I got an idea.
00:58:15 --> 00:58:16 Let me lay down the track.
00:58:17 --> 00:58:18 And then Renee was just being her usual self.
00:58:19 --> 00:58:22 Like, I'd be, you know, because I'm top tier.
00:58:23 --> 00:58:23 La, la, la.
00:58:23 --> 00:58:27 Like, it was just, their personalities were so evident.
00:58:28 --> 00:58:56 the recording even when they're tipsy it's just interesting to see but yeah Stella was definitely holding down the rap moments God for all my compliments and from all my understanding I have to be super honest it threw me out that they were singing in their accents right because this whole album they've been doing this American accent maybe tossing some British accent here and there but they all the calm f***ed up you know it just sounded like
00:58:59 --> 00:59:21 not you're doing the queen no that's what it sounded like they're not here so here i am right listening to it and they had juicy j i forgot where he's from but he has a southern accent and also no offense when i was listening to the demo juicy j was breathing on the track and i'm so glad they took that out thank god i do wish they would have kept something because the girl's breathing would have been kind of hot and sexy it's like
00:59:22 --> 00:59:24 You know, girl breathing.
00:59:24 --> 00:59:28 I will say also, I wish they would have gotten a female rapper.
00:59:28 --> 00:59:33 This song, I know it's probably going to sound so messed up, but this song is giving out with the girls.
00:59:33 --> 00:59:34 Yes.
00:59:34 --> 00:59:43 Why the heck, when I sit there and put all this makeup on, sit there and put my one size setting spray on, my lip liner, my Fenty lip liner, just to go suck some D in the race.
00:59:43 --> 00:59:44 Are you kidding me?
00:59:44 --> 00:59:45 Why?
00:59:45 --> 00:59:46 So, part four is...
00:59:46 --> 00:59:48 You know, don't get me wrong.
00:59:48 --> 00:59:50 Some girls like to go out and do a little gock-gock, whatever.
00:59:50 --> 00:59:53 But for me, if I'm going out, it's not for a man.
00:59:53 --> 00:59:55 So they should have had Mona Leo, Flo Millie.
00:59:55 --> 00:59:56 Like, I get it.
00:59:57 --> 00:59:58 It's like, why not just keep it the same way?
00:59:58 --> 00:59:59 Whatever.
00:59:59 --> 01:00:04 But it's just, oh, I need a quantity buzz, not faa on a track.
01:00:04 --> 01:00:08 Yeah, because he was giving disgusting man in club.
01:00:08 --> 01:00:08 Yeah.
01:00:09 --> 01:00:09 No crying.
01:00:09 --> 01:00:13 Which, to be fair, you know, a lot of girls have to deal with that.
01:00:13 --> 01:00:14 So maybe it's just...
01:00:14 --> 01:00:41 it's a layer of something people can relate to but i do also agree with you i wish they got a rapper that was more like a friend coming in and like you know supporting their friend she's posing or whatever um because also they mentioned that a lot of the influence for this song was they're like gay friends and they would go to the gay clubs and they're all the drag queens and stuff so i kind of wish that they kind of went that route and leaned into that kind of side of things
01:00:45 --> 01:00:46 leaned into that, I don't know.
01:00:46 --> 01:00:46 Yeah.
01:00:47 --> 01:00:48 It would have been better for me.
01:00:48 --> 01:00:49 It's tough.
01:00:49 --> 01:00:50 Juicy J's a legend.
01:00:50 --> 01:00:52 Three-six Mafia to let die.
01:00:52 --> 01:00:57 But I just feel like certain things are a little bit, mm, but I think the girls also feel that way.
01:00:57 --> 01:01:00 So if you're a flow lifer and you're like, we love this song, good for you.
01:01:00 --> 01:01:05 But the girls have gone on Zach Sang's show and Stella's like, yeah, and now it's on the record.
01:01:06 --> 01:01:06 Like they don't think...
01:01:09 --> 01:01:12 Yeah, I will say, I think this is the most divisive song on the album, for sure.
01:01:12 --> 01:01:13 Right?
01:01:13 --> 01:01:15 Because it is kind of out there.
01:01:15 --> 01:01:17 Mm-hmm.
01:01:17 --> 01:01:23 But, you know, again, if we're looking at the story of what's happening in the album, like, they're drunk and it's messy.
01:01:23 --> 01:01:25 And they're just kind of living in the moment.
01:01:26 --> 01:01:26 And...
01:01:27 --> 01:01:29 You know, they were, like, throwing up earlier.
01:01:29 --> 01:01:29 Yeah.
01:01:29 --> 01:01:31 Yeah, okay.
01:01:31 --> 01:01:32 You know?
01:01:32 --> 01:01:35 But, yeah, the pump up the jam sample is a fun idea.
01:01:36 --> 01:01:36 Oh, yeah.
01:01:36 --> 01:01:37 That's, yeah.
01:01:37 --> 01:01:44 But, yeah, I can see, in general, why some people find this quite annoying.
01:01:44 --> 01:01:46 I definitely have to be in the right mood for this song.
01:01:46 --> 01:01:47 Oof.
01:01:47 --> 01:01:51 Because I think, for example, like, I did listen to this sometimes, like, while I was working as well.
01:01:52 --> 01:01:53 And I was like, I need to skip this.
01:01:53 --> 01:01:55 Like, this is not the time for this song.
01:01:57 --> 01:01:59 You can't walk past me.
01:01:59 --> 01:02:02 Yeah, but then there are other times where I'm like, okay, click, click, sure.
01:02:02 --> 01:02:03 You know?
01:02:03 --> 01:02:12 So, I don't see myself listening to this that much following this review, I'm going to be honest.
01:02:12 --> 01:02:14 Like, this is not Girls Aloud fling.
01:02:15 --> 01:02:15 Oh my god, fling.
01:02:16 --> 01:02:18 It's just a fling, baby, fling, baby.
01:02:18 --> 01:02:19 That sounds ridiculous too.
01:02:20 --> 01:02:22 Yeah, but that one's, I don't know, a little bit less...
01:02:25 --> 01:02:25 I don't know.
01:02:25 --> 01:02:27 This was just a little so in your face.
01:02:28 --> 01:02:30 I feel like if they had a female rapper, I would have been like, yes.
01:02:31 --> 01:02:32 I just don't, I get it.
01:02:32 --> 01:02:33 Juicy J was there.
01:02:33 --> 01:02:34 So I keep it the same.
01:02:34 --> 01:02:34 But yeah.
01:02:34 --> 01:02:35 All right.
01:02:35 --> 01:02:39 Anyway, in the album though, I see why it's there.
01:02:39 --> 01:02:43 It's like the peak of the club portion of this album.
01:02:43 --> 01:02:43 Yeah.
01:02:43 --> 01:02:44 So, yeah.
01:02:45 --> 01:03:05 i'll give it a six sorry i'll give it a seven it's not terrible i don't know it's hard like this is not this is not like they're i feel like they can do better so if this is where they're starting with their cute little like kwansi puss tracks ground zero i guess it's like i got seven god okay it's not yes but it's not no
01:03:08 --> 01:03:10 All right, next is Call Me.
01:03:10 --> 01:03:11 Call me.
01:03:12 --> 01:03:12 Call me.
01:03:14 --> 01:03:22 This was done by Pop Wansel, Fenice, MNEK, Seven Streeter, Jelly Dorman, and all three members of Flow.
01:03:22 --> 01:03:22 Yes.
01:03:22 --> 01:03:26 And apparently this was one of the kind of first songs that they wrote.
01:03:27 --> 01:03:33 Or at least they wrote a lot for this album, but I guess this is from one of the older sessions and still made its way onto it.
01:03:33 --> 01:03:34 Okay.
01:03:34 --> 01:03:34 And MNEK's here.
01:03:34 --> 01:03:36 Yes, absolutely.
01:03:39 --> 01:04:02 all right here's the accent you know i'm living for the moments that come with the rounder sound and the most verses i've been trying to do it i can't do is whatever um i will say i like the verses a little bit more than the chorus i can say that honestly the call me hook is okay it does however sound like a ringtone call me like me
01:04:04 --> 01:04:08 So I appreciate the jingle of it all.
01:04:08 --> 01:04:08 Okay.
01:04:08 --> 01:04:09 Yeah.
01:04:09 --> 01:04:09 That's interesting.
01:04:10 --> 01:04:12 I mean, if that was the goal to make it sound like a jingle, it worked.
01:04:13 --> 01:04:31 I feel like with Seven Streeter and even with MNK, I don't know his brain, but just listening to how Seven has written and watching that show, her methodology of writing is like, if we're trying to make something like a story here, why not have the vocals match what story we're trying to tell us?
01:04:31 --> 01:04:32 I do appreciate that.
01:04:32 --> 01:04:32 Yeah.
01:04:33 --> 01:04:38 And also, it's been a while since we've had a little nasty song about phone.
01:04:39 --> 01:04:42 Digital Get Down by NSYNC.
01:04:42 --> 01:04:44 Vibe On by Danny Minogue.
01:04:45 --> 01:04:47 The Touch of My Hand, Britney Spears.
01:04:47 --> 01:04:48 And now we have Call Me.
01:04:48 --> 01:04:51 It's like, listen, those are all...
01:04:51 --> 01:04:53 I'm just kind of...
01:04:53 --> 01:04:58 They're indirect intimacy or Cyber X by Doja Cat.
01:04:58 --> 01:05:00 I love songs where this is like, listen...
01:05:01 --> 01:05:03 I'm not with you, but we're together.
01:05:03 --> 01:05:04 Like, somehow.
01:05:04 --> 01:05:06 I love how they're like, listen, I'm a little too drunk.
01:05:06 --> 01:05:09 When I get home, though, call me.
01:05:09 --> 01:05:10 I'm going to get nasty on the phone.
01:05:10 --> 01:05:11 I think it's so fun.
01:05:12 --> 01:05:15 It's naughty without being super in your face.
01:05:16 --> 01:05:18 But yeah, the line, Ben and Min is that finished on the line.
01:05:19 --> 01:05:19 Okay.
01:05:20 --> 01:05:36 oh okay i have never i have never actually had like a phone conversation i was like it's never happened um but i don't even let men nasty text me like i mean it might be fun knock it till you try girl
01:05:36 --> 01:05:37 You know, hear me out.
01:05:37 --> 01:05:39 I didn't say that I don't like it.
01:05:40 --> 01:05:40 Okay?
01:05:40 --> 01:05:41 I like the play.
01:05:42 --> 01:05:45 But I don't, you have to, you have to actually like someone, you know?
01:05:45 --> 01:05:46 Um, guys, fun fact here.
01:05:47 --> 01:05:48 Yeah, but that's my thing.
01:05:48 --> 01:05:56 Like, some guys, like, I don't, I don't, they don't get that, they don't get that far with me for them to even establish that it's okay.
01:05:56 --> 01:05:57 I keep them on eggshells, you know?
01:05:57 --> 01:05:58 Um...
01:06:02 --> 01:06:06 I like the song for the cheekiness of it.
01:06:06 --> 01:06:08 I just think that the chorus is a little weak.
01:06:09 --> 01:06:12 I memorized it, but it's a little weak compared to the other stuff.
01:06:12 --> 01:06:13 Yeah.
01:06:14 --> 01:06:19 So yeah, I guess, you know, the night's winding down and the horniness is just fully kicked in.
01:06:19 --> 01:06:21 I don't hear her.
01:06:21 --> 01:06:22 It's a fun track.
01:06:22 --> 01:06:25 Like, it has a kind of, it has a nice bounce to this.
01:06:25 --> 01:06:26 It's very bassy.
01:06:27 --> 01:06:32 We do get this kind of bed springy kind of tight metallic noise in the background as well, which makes sense.
01:06:34 --> 01:06:36 I have kind of the same thoughts, though.
01:06:36 --> 01:06:38 It is a bit fillery.
01:06:38 --> 01:06:42 And I think the reason for that is it just doesn't really go anywhere.
01:06:43 --> 01:06:47 Like even the chorus, call me, call me.
01:06:47 --> 01:06:49 It's just a bit repetitive.
01:06:49 --> 01:06:49 Yeah.
01:06:50 --> 01:06:52 And I don't know.
01:06:52 --> 01:06:59 It doesn't take you on the same ride that a lot of these other songs do, where there's like these big belty moments.
01:06:59 --> 01:06:59 It gets kind of quieter.
01:06:59 --> 01:07:01 Like there's just a lot going on in a lot of this.
01:07:01 --> 01:07:07 So I think because you kind of just went through all of that, and I get it because it's yes, the night's like winding down.
01:07:07 --> 01:07:08 You can't belt on the vault.
01:07:10 --> 01:07:14 And yes, I get that they're going for this kind of nonchalant vibe.
01:07:14 --> 01:07:14 Oh, okay.
01:07:15 --> 01:07:19 But I think because we've just gotten so much on the album, like it's been very powerful.
01:07:19 --> 01:07:21 It just doesn't make much impact.
01:07:22 --> 01:07:51 basically go oh on the phone no I'm not asking you for that I mean even if they just like added some interesting kind of vocal arrangement you know instead of call me like it could have been like call me is like different kind of ad-lib versions and then the group sings call my phone with like an extra I don't know it's like different things you could do you know just to switch up the arrangement a little bit I will say the bridge is nice though you know it gets a bit warmer it gets a bit lighter there that's definitely my favorite part of the song yes yes
01:07:52 --> 01:08:11 um yeah i think this is one i tend to forget about though and be honest when i listen to the album okay yeah i feel that way about a certain track but we're not there yet um for me this one is also like pose where it's not bad it's a little bit better than pose for me so i give it a 7.5 okay i have it as a seven okay
01:08:15 --> 01:08:26 Up next is Sex and Peace featuring K1, and this was done by Dee Phelps, Kwan Prather, K1, Eric Billinger, Felicia King, Georgia Renee, and Stella Aflo.
01:08:26 --> 01:08:32 And this song marks their second collab with K1 with Talk You Through It being a personal favorite of mine.
01:08:33 --> 01:08:35 Ugh, God, I made choreographies of that song.
01:08:35 --> 01:08:39 I was on the floor rolling and flipping and grabbing and legging and stuff.
01:08:39 --> 01:08:46 So needless to say, I think that talking through it is possibly the superior track.
01:08:46 --> 01:08:48 No offense to anyone who wrote on this one.
01:08:54 --> 01:08:59 I love the whole, like, you know, stud on the track with the three girls to fly.
01:08:59 --> 01:09:02 I think it's very sexy because K-1 is very sexy.
01:09:03 --> 01:09:04 So I appreciate...
01:09:06 --> 01:09:08 The whole, like, I'm gonna put this on you moment.
01:09:09 --> 01:09:12 But I also feel like, I don't know.
01:09:13 --> 01:09:18 And something about it is just not really, like, getting me, really.
01:09:18 --> 01:09:21 I do appreciate the Timbaland-esque Aaliyah beat.
01:09:22 --> 01:09:25 I mean, Felicia King is from Cherish and also...
01:09:25 --> 01:09:40 the encore b t show which we did talk about right she is so much better than that damn show y'all she's so talented eric billinger amazing songwriter like we've mentioned him on the show oh yeah um but yeah like this one's like a sexy one it's like love in the club part two but like
01:09:41 --> 01:10:05 the girl's perspective um in a way it's like oh my god everything's so complicated like oh my god the club is so loud some really hot person is taking my hand it's like oh in the bathroom we go i don't know maybe maybe it's like because she said we're going to a valet as well so maybe they're yeah that was actually my question do we think this is about a stranger that they met in the club that they just like locked eyes with or did the main man come to come get her
01:10:06 --> 01:10:07 you know what?
01:10:07 --> 01:10:08 You know he got his stuff?
01:10:08 --> 01:10:09 I think he got his stuff together.
01:10:09 --> 01:10:10 Or they got his stuff together.
01:10:10 --> 01:10:11 Whoever.
01:10:11 --> 01:10:11 Because K1 is...
01:10:12 --> 01:10:37 k1's k1 um interesting i think it could be anything i think at this point it's like i've never been in this situation but i know people who have been in this situation and there's something comforting about reconnecting with someone when you know you can get reliable good pickle you know it's like hey this is good pickle i could let me just open the jar one more time
01:10:38 --> 01:10:41 Might have to get a fork to get this one out, but I can get it.
01:10:42 --> 01:10:48 So I feel like maybe it's the same guy, but it's just, you know, it feels like a brand new pickle because you're a little drunk and it feels a little smexy.
01:10:48 --> 01:10:49 And it's like, listen, I look really good.
01:10:49 --> 01:10:51 And you know I'm that biatch.
01:10:51 --> 01:10:52 And he's like, oh, God, I miss this.
01:10:52 --> 01:10:52 Ooh.
01:10:52 --> 01:10:54 You know, like the whole thing.
01:10:54 --> 01:10:56 I haven't experienced this.
01:10:56 --> 01:10:56 Interesting.
01:10:57 --> 01:11:00 I haven't experienced this, but it's all fan fiction in my brain.
01:11:00 --> 01:11:01 But people have told me it's just like that.
01:11:02 --> 01:11:04 I haven't been here for a while.
01:11:04 --> 01:11:05 Welcome back home, you know?
01:11:07 --> 01:11:09 Yeah.
01:11:09 --> 01:11:11 The beatboxing is a cool production element.
01:11:12 --> 01:11:13 For sure.
01:11:14 --> 01:11:16 Okay, you clearly do not know how to beatbox.
01:11:17 --> 01:11:24 But yeah, and we're still kind of in this bi-bass drum, very heavy situation.
01:11:25 --> 01:11:27 I think I said this even with the last album.
01:11:27 --> 01:11:29 Like, this type of R&B is just not really for me.
01:11:30 --> 01:11:31 Oh, you don't want to?
01:11:31 --> 01:11:31 In general.
01:11:32 --> 01:11:36 I think when things are too overtly sexy.
01:11:37 --> 01:11:37 Okay.
01:11:37 --> 01:11:39 It almost like turns me off a little bit.
01:11:40 --> 01:11:41 I like subtlety.
01:11:41 --> 01:11:42 We've talked about this, yeah.
01:11:42 --> 01:11:43 Or like innuendo.
01:11:43 --> 01:11:43 Yes.
01:11:43 --> 01:11:48 When it's too like, I want to put you on the counter and I'm going to, you know, I'm just like, okay.
01:11:52 --> 01:11:52 You didn't know?
01:11:53 --> 01:11:53 Okay.
01:11:54 --> 01:11:55 Okay.
01:11:56 --> 01:11:56 You know what?
01:11:56 --> 01:11:58 So that's just my personal taste.
01:11:58 --> 01:11:59 You know what?
01:11:59 --> 01:12:00 I get it.
01:12:00 --> 01:12:02 Because K1's verse, I was like, this is a lot.
01:12:03 --> 01:12:05 Like, you can do this behind closed doors.
01:12:05 --> 01:12:06 It's fine.
01:12:08 --> 01:12:13 But I think overall, the melody of this just drags a little bit for me.
01:12:13 --> 01:12:15 Like, there's some really nice background vocals.
01:12:15 --> 01:12:16 There's a lot of depth there.
01:12:17 --> 01:12:17 Yeah.
01:12:18 --> 01:12:18 But just the
01:12:20 --> 01:12:21 I don't know.
01:12:21 --> 01:12:28 There's, I think because it's so slow, I get that it's supposed to be this kind of sexy thing, but it just, it doesn't work for me personally.
01:12:32 --> 01:12:32 Oh my God.
01:12:33 --> 01:12:33 You know what?
01:12:33 --> 01:12:36 Knowing who you are, knowing our conversations, it makes sense.
01:12:36 --> 01:12:36 Right.
01:12:37 --> 01:12:44 Like, like IRL, IRL, do not come at me on this fantasy me is like, you know, like I could teach my heels to this.
01:12:44 --> 01:12:46 I, again, I love to talk you through it.
01:12:47 --> 01:12:49 She said, I want it in the bed.
01:12:49 --> 01:12:50 I want it in every corner of the room.
01:12:50 --> 01:12:52 Stella said this.
01:12:52 --> 01:12:53 I was like, oh, that's nasty.
01:12:54 --> 01:12:54 You know what I'm saying?
01:12:55 --> 01:12:58 But it creates like a fun little moment with the choreography.
01:12:59 --> 01:12:59 Oh, yeah.
01:12:59 --> 01:13:06 But I've also always said, like, if you can't listen to a song without envisioning choreographies are really that good, I don't know.
01:13:07 --> 01:13:10 Or, like I said, it inspires some movement for me.
01:13:10 --> 01:13:12 So I don't really dislike it.
01:13:12 --> 01:13:13 I don't love this song.
01:13:13 --> 01:13:14 Yes.
01:13:14 --> 01:13:17 I think I feel like it feels almost like we had to put something in there.
01:13:17 --> 01:13:20 Because we've been talking about this man this whole time for me a little bit.
01:13:20 --> 01:13:21 I can't lie.
01:13:21 --> 01:13:23 I mean, it makes sense for me in the story, right?
01:13:23 --> 01:13:25 Like, they were just very horny.
01:13:25 --> 01:13:28 They likely texted him, you know.
01:13:29 --> 01:13:29 Yeah.
01:13:29 --> 01:13:30 And then he showed up.
01:13:30 --> 01:13:31 And they're like, okay, let's see.
01:13:32 --> 01:13:33 But that's what I'm saying, though, right?
01:13:33 --> 01:13:36 We only had one minute to feel really good with Pose.
01:13:36 --> 01:13:36 There's nothing else.
01:13:36 --> 01:13:37 And now we're back to this man.
01:13:37 --> 01:13:39 So I'm a little bit like, OK, I guess.
01:13:40 --> 01:13:42 It just feels like it needed to be there.
01:13:42 --> 01:13:43 Yeah.
01:13:43 --> 01:13:46 K1 was a reliable, a reliable pickle.
01:13:47 --> 01:13:50 You know, we again talking through it's so good.
01:13:51 --> 01:13:53 But yeah, so for me, this one's OK.
01:13:53 --> 01:13:55 It's not yes, but it's not no.
01:13:55 --> 01:13:56 So what score is that?
01:13:58 --> 01:13:58 Seven.
01:13:59 --> 01:14:01 Sorry, I was like...
01:14:01 --> 01:14:03 I've been saying every time I give a seven.
01:14:06 --> 01:14:07 Sorry, I did not.
01:14:08 --> 01:14:08 It's mine, guys.
01:14:08 --> 01:14:09 But we play along.
01:14:10 --> 01:14:11 It's not yes, but it's not no.
01:14:11 --> 01:14:12 You know?
01:14:13 --> 01:14:13 Let me give it a seven.
01:14:14 --> 01:14:15 I will give it a six.
01:14:15 --> 01:14:16 I'm sorry.
01:14:16 --> 01:14:17 This is not...
01:14:18 --> 01:14:21 This chunk of the album is not voted well for us, guys.
01:14:23 --> 01:14:23 All right.
01:14:23 --> 01:14:38 Next up, we have Floating, done by Jean-Baptiste, Victor Thiel, DJ Replay, Astral Weeks, Carl Rubin, Gerald Haddon, Jack Quiz-Swanagan, Sebastian Lundberg, Jonas Ackerlund, and all three members of Flo.
01:14:38 --> 01:14:39 Wow, that's a lot of people.
01:14:39 --> 01:14:45 And the girls did say that this is a big standout moment for their vocals, and it's going to be a moment live.
01:14:45 --> 01:14:45 Yeah.
01:14:51 --> 01:14:51 Yeah.
01:14:52 --> 01:14:52 All right.
01:14:52 --> 01:14:56 Now, Jonas Akerlund, Sebastian Lindbergh, I'm familiar with.
01:14:56 --> 01:14:56 Oh, yeah.
01:14:56 --> 01:14:57 Like songwriting.
01:14:57 --> 01:14:58 The other, John Baptiste, yes.
01:14:59 --> 01:15:01 Everyone else, I can't second place right now.
01:15:01 --> 01:15:03 Not because you guys aren't talented.
01:15:03 --> 01:15:04 I just can't place it mentally right now.
01:15:05 --> 01:15:07 But yeah, I'm not going to hold you.
01:15:07 --> 01:15:08 I'm going to hold you.
01:15:08 --> 01:15:11 This sounds like something the dream would have written back in the day.
01:15:11 --> 01:15:11 Oh.
01:15:12 --> 01:15:12 Yeah.
01:15:14 --> 01:15:15 But we're not talking about the dream.
01:15:15 --> 01:15:18 I'm going to go into super deep because the dream has been caught up in some things.
01:15:19 --> 01:15:22 But I will say the intro, Heavenly, it sounds like the gates of heaven were being opened.
01:15:22 --> 01:15:23 Oh, yeah.
01:15:23 --> 01:15:25 Like, you know, after therapy at the club, you open.
01:15:26 --> 01:15:30 Floating.
01:15:30 --> 01:15:31 We are not floating.
01:15:31 --> 01:15:31 We are no.
01:15:32 --> 01:15:36 But I will say this song has like this.
01:15:36 --> 01:15:38 How do you say?
01:15:39 --> 01:15:40 What's this?
01:15:40 --> 01:15:40 Sniffy.
01:15:44 --> 01:15:47 It smells like Netflix romantic drama, you know?
01:15:47 --> 01:15:48 It's not a bad thing.
01:15:49 --> 01:15:52 It's not a bad thing, but it feels very formulaic.
01:15:52 --> 01:16:00 I'm picturing a scene where the main couple are making love for the first time and then a montage and doing everyday tasks, shopping, cooking.
01:16:00 --> 01:16:19 the fucking jenga phone calls and then it and then it all ends with them laughing and gently or getting like really close to each other before kissing and then the camera spins around them like before act two of the film kicks off and the drama starts that leads to the second movie that goes straight to dvd you know it's giving me that vibe um
01:16:21 --> 01:16:25 But that being said, I will say the song is just God.
01:16:26 --> 01:16:28 It, I, no, no.
01:16:28 --> 01:16:29 Do the girls sound good?
01:16:29 --> 01:16:30 Absolutely, yeah.
01:16:30 --> 01:16:34 Like Stella, love, she sounds so good.
01:16:34 --> 01:16:37 But like this song, it goes nowhere.
01:16:38 --> 01:16:38 Like what?
01:16:39 --> 01:16:40 And it doesn't have a bridge.
01:16:40 --> 01:16:45 Like once you've hit floating status, why are we not soaring and gliding and like touching the clouds?
01:16:45 --> 01:16:48 Like give me like the most corny ass.
01:16:48 --> 01:16:55 Give me the corniest cloud nine, touching the sky to the moon and back ass lyrics.
01:16:55 --> 01:16:57 I feel like it just kind of was like, I'm fling!
01:16:58 --> 01:17:21 done and i was like okay like the song is begging for just more like oh give me smoke give me big diva fans like all that to like let the song fall back to or it's like a pretty little feather that's what i got from this is it amazing no yeah is it bad no but it's not bad because the girls can sing
01:17:22 --> 01:17:39 like yeah no i don't i don't care for this one i think in the context of the album it is nice to have something a bit warmer here it just adds just a different sonic because there is a dreaminess to this that i appreciate um
01:17:41 --> 01:17:49 And I will say, if this song was just on its own, that it would be that kind of Netflix rom-com situation that you were just talking about.
01:17:50 --> 01:17:53 But in this situation where we know they've now...
01:17:53 --> 01:17:54 I mean, it could be either, right?
01:17:54 --> 01:18:02 If they went home again with the same toxic man, it's kind of a bit sad because it's like, oh, this guy sucks.
01:18:03 --> 01:18:06 I mean, yes, you're having great sex with him, but he kind of sucks.
01:18:06 --> 01:18:07 Hello!
01:18:09 --> 01:18:12 Or it's a stranger and it's like them running away, right?
01:18:12 --> 01:18:13 It's an escape.
01:18:13 --> 01:18:17 So then it's also kind of like... BLEEEE!
01:18:17 --> 01:18:21 It's like both situations are kind of like not the greatest situations.
01:18:21 --> 01:18:24 So that adds a little... That makes the song almost more interesting by being on the album.
01:18:25 --> 01:18:26 You know what I mean?
01:18:26 --> 01:18:31 My thing is you can totally articulate this point without it sounding so like cheesy and like...
01:18:31 --> 01:18:35 Okay, so I actually hate the chorus melody.
01:18:36 --> 01:18:39 Yeah, I actually find it, unfortunately, a bit annoying.
01:18:39 --> 01:18:44 I actually like the verse melodies and the layers and stuff that happen in the verses.
01:18:44 --> 01:18:46 That chorus, not my fave.
01:18:47 --> 01:18:47 Yeah.
01:18:48 --> 01:18:49 It catches your attention.
01:18:49 --> 01:18:50 Super low!
01:18:50 --> 01:18:51 Super low!
01:18:52 --> 01:18:54 But yeah, I agree with you in that it doesn't really go anywhere.
01:18:55 --> 01:18:57 It definitely feels like it could have taken us to another level.
01:18:58 --> 01:18:58 Yeah.
01:18:58 --> 01:19:01 Like there was more that could have been here.
01:19:01 --> 01:19:04 And that's why actually I was so surprised by how many writers were on this.
01:19:04 --> 01:19:05 Right.
01:19:05 --> 01:19:06 That's crazy.
01:19:06 --> 01:19:06 Right.
01:19:07 --> 01:19:10 So yeah, I do at least like this more than the last one.
01:19:10 --> 01:19:11 So I'll give it a 6.5.
01:19:11 --> 01:19:11 Yeah.
01:19:14 --> 01:19:14 You know what?
01:19:15 --> 01:19:16 I'm going to match this square.
01:19:16 --> 01:19:22 I had it on a seven, but like upon further thought, the fact that I'm sitting there throwing myself off this chair to hit this note is not worth it.
01:19:22 --> 01:19:22 6.5.
01:19:22 --> 01:19:25 It's not even going to go off live.
01:19:25 --> 01:19:26 That's the thing.
01:19:26 --> 01:19:28 I shouldn't have to wait for a live version.
01:19:28 --> 01:19:30 Oh, I actually like the song.
01:19:30 --> 01:19:33 Have the song be good and then have the live version be great.
01:19:33 --> 01:19:33 You know?
01:19:33 --> 01:19:34 I just can't.
01:19:34 --> 01:19:35 Sorry, guys.
01:19:35 --> 01:19:36 Hmm.
01:19:36 --> 01:19:37 Sorry.
01:19:37 --> 01:19:40 So up next is I Miss You Missing Me.
01:19:41 --> 01:19:41 Hey.
01:19:41 --> 01:19:47 Miss You Missing Me by Skip's production, Jake Elliott, Ashton Sellers, Boy Matthews, and Georgia of Flow.
01:19:47 --> 01:19:52 They've noted that this is an ode to R&B diva vocals like Mariah Carey.
01:19:58 --> 01:20:03 This definitely has that my all vibe without reheating the nachos too, too much.
01:20:04 --> 01:20:04 Yeah.
01:20:04 --> 01:20:10 However, I do wonder what would have happened if they would have leaned a little bit more toward Unbreak My Heart.
01:20:11 --> 01:20:30 especially with renee's you know i'm saying like this song isn't bad right but it's a little interesting in a in a way where it's like i can see what you're trying to do melodically like i love the melody but in terms of um the words it's a little i get it like i know that feeling i'm i miss somebody missing me um
01:20:32 --> 01:20:33 Like, not even, like, in a romantic sense.
01:20:33 --> 01:20:34 I'm like, you're not thinking about me?
01:20:35 --> 01:20:36 Dang, you don't think about me?
01:20:36 --> 01:20:38 Like, we used to go to the movies together.
01:20:38 --> 01:20:40 Like, it could be platonic, romantic, obviously.
01:20:40 --> 01:20:41 But, like, this is romantic.
01:20:42 --> 01:20:44 But for me, I was like, oh, I get the sentiment.
01:20:45 --> 01:20:50 But I don't know if it's, like, not to sound dramatic, but everything feels dramatic.
01:20:50 --> 01:20:51 Why not say traumatic?
01:20:51 --> 01:20:51 Traumatic.
01:20:53 --> 01:20:57 You know, as opposed to, that sounds dramatic, but everything feels dramatic.
01:20:57 --> 01:20:59 Like, I'm just like, okay.
01:20:59 --> 01:20:59 I don't know.
01:21:00 --> 01:21:01 That line bothered me a little bit.
01:21:02 --> 01:21:02 I'm nitpicking.
01:21:02 --> 01:21:03 I'm literally nitpicking at this point.
01:21:03 --> 01:21:04 I get it.
01:21:04 --> 01:21:04 Yeah.
01:21:04 --> 01:21:05 But there's something about it.
01:21:05 --> 01:21:06 I'm like, okay.
01:21:06 --> 01:21:10 I appreciate the vulnerability, the yearning, wanting the person to give you that attention.
01:21:10 --> 01:21:10 Yeah.
01:21:12 --> 01:21:13 But yeah, it kind of does stink.
01:21:14 --> 01:21:16 Like, dang, you don't care about me no more?
01:21:18 --> 01:21:27 I will say toward the kind of sort of bridge vocally, I can hear some auto-tuning around like 2 minutes and 30 seconds to around 240.
01:21:27 --> 01:21:27 Yeah.
01:21:33 --> 01:21:36 And I hate that because I'm like, they can sing, first of all.
01:21:37 --> 01:21:40 And allowing vocalization with some vocal cracks.
01:21:41 --> 01:21:41 Oh, my God.
01:21:42 --> 01:21:43 In a song about being upset.
01:21:43 --> 01:21:44 Oh, my God.
01:21:44 --> 01:21:44 Wow.
01:21:44 --> 01:21:45 Shocker.
01:21:45 --> 01:21:46 Like, let it happen.
01:21:46 --> 01:21:48 I think sometimes with pop vocals, we get a little too late.
01:21:48 --> 01:21:49 Let's clean this up.
01:21:49 --> 01:21:50 Let's melodyne the hell out of it.
01:21:51 --> 01:22:10 because that because i can hear the tinniness of it it kind of pissed me off a little bit but like i said nitpicking because i was listening really closely don't dislike the song um but yet can you imagine if the song would have had like a little solo guitar moment like really go yeah that whole don't leave me in all this pain you give me give me give me a little something
01:22:12 --> 01:22:18 Mariah is a great jump off point, but I think it would have been elevated if you look on for that little, that moment.
01:22:18 --> 01:22:20 Give me David Foster, like full on.
01:22:20 --> 01:22:23 Did he write that song or did Diane Warren did?
01:22:23 --> 01:22:24 Either way, both of them.
01:22:24 --> 01:22:25 Give me one of them.
01:22:25 --> 01:22:26 Give me both.
01:22:27 --> 01:22:28 Menage a trois, that whole thing.
01:22:28 --> 01:22:29 I don't care.
01:22:29 --> 01:22:30 But yeah.
01:22:30 --> 01:22:31 Yeah.
01:22:31 --> 01:22:33 I like it, but to certain little things, I'm just picking up.
01:22:33 --> 01:22:34 That's fair.
01:22:34 --> 01:22:37 Yeah, so I guess in the story, you know, this is the post-come clarity.
01:22:39 --> 01:22:41 That's clicked in like a...
01:22:42 --> 01:22:43 The high has dropped.
01:22:44 --> 01:22:45 They're gone again.
01:22:45 --> 01:22:49 And now they're back to feeling the same pain that they were at the beginning of the night.
01:22:50 --> 01:22:52 Not the post-nut clarity.
01:22:52 --> 01:22:53 I spot.
01:22:53 --> 01:22:54 You're not watching.
01:22:54 --> 01:22:56 I just spat all my water out of my mouth.
01:22:56 --> 01:22:57 I wasn't expecting that.
01:22:58 --> 01:22:59 I don't see your notes at all.
01:23:00 --> 01:23:04 Obviously, I love the Mariah influence, and I heard it the second I heard the song the first time.
01:23:04 --> 01:23:06 I was like, oh, wow, I get it.
01:23:07 --> 01:23:10 And there is an electric guitar that is leading this production as well.
01:23:11 --> 01:23:13 I like the kind of echoey that they put on it.
01:23:13 --> 01:23:13 Mm-hmm.
01:23:14 --> 01:23:15 Yeah, they sound great on this.
01:23:15 --> 01:23:16 It's very vulnerable.
01:23:16 --> 01:23:17 It's very intimate.
01:23:17 --> 01:23:21 I think Mariah would appreciate the vocal execution on this for sure.
01:23:22 --> 01:23:22 Yeah.
01:23:22 --> 01:23:25 I like how intense it kind of gets at the end.
01:23:25 --> 01:23:27 Like this song does have a great build to it.
01:23:27 --> 01:23:29 You get all these extra harmonies.
01:23:29 --> 01:23:31 They do a lot more runs by the end.
01:23:31 --> 01:23:33 Also very Mariah as well.
01:23:34 --> 01:23:35 So this is a good one.
01:23:35 --> 01:23:37 It's interesting because...
01:23:38 --> 01:23:39 No offense if you couldn't tell from my scores.
01:23:39 --> 01:23:41 The last couple songs for me was just a bit of a slog.
01:23:42 --> 01:23:43 Slog is crazy.
01:23:44 --> 01:23:49 It kind of sucks when you have like a run of songs that you just don't connect as much with.
01:23:49 --> 01:23:52 Because then it's a little bit harder to kind of get me back.
01:23:52 --> 01:23:53 You know?
01:23:53 --> 01:23:56 So this is one I think on its own.
01:23:57 --> 01:23:58 I really, really like it.
01:23:58 --> 01:24:01 But for some reason on the album it's kind of just like there.
01:24:02 --> 01:24:03 Ooh.
01:24:03 --> 01:24:03 For me.
01:24:03 --> 01:24:04 Okay.
01:24:04 --> 01:24:05 Yeah.
01:24:05 --> 01:24:06 So I don't know.
01:24:06 --> 01:24:10 I think maybe it's just a sequencing thing, but then in the story of it all, it makes sense.
01:24:10 --> 01:24:12 So it's just interesting, right?
01:24:12 --> 01:24:17 Because I tried to listen to the whole album, you know, in sequence the whole time.
01:24:17 --> 01:24:20 But then when I was really starting to get my notes, I was kind of going all over the places.
01:24:20 --> 01:24:22 I was like, oh, wait, I want to like listen to this part again.
01:24:22 --> 01:24:23 I'll listen to this part again.
01:24:23 --> 01:24:28 And then when I would listen to this song kind of on its own, I almost liked it more like outside of the album.
01:24:28 --> 01:24:29 It's a bit weird.
01:24:29 --> 01:24:31 But yeah.
01:24:31 --> 01:24:32 I do like it though.
01:24:32 --> 01:24:33 So I will give it an eight.
01:24:34 --> 01:24:34 I understand you.
01:24:35 --> 01:24:36 My score was like in between two.
01:24:37 --> 01:24:38 I will match the eight.
01:24:38 --> 01:24:39 Like I said, my nitpicking is me.
01:24:39 --> 01:24:41 I hate the song.
01:24:41 --> 01:24:44 I feel like Cry Ugly and Her, they're cute.
01:24:45 --> 01:24:46 They're cute together.
01:24:46 --> 01:24:47 So I like it.
01:24:48 --> 01:24:55 Okay, next we have Don't Break Her Heart, done by Julianne Bunetta, Steph Jones, and George Arborne and Stella of Flo.
01:24:56 --> 01:25:06 And the girls refer to this as a friendship anthem and was released as a single from the album in June 2026, hitting number 24 on the US rhythmic airplane chart.
01:25:12 --> 01:25:14 I love this song so much.
01:25:14 --> 01:25:17 Oh my gosh, me too.
01:25:17 --> 01:25:18 Oh, golly.
01:25:18 --> 01:25:20 I hate that this song doesn't get any bigger.
01:25:20 --> 01:25:22 It's so weird what people like and what they don't like.
01:25:22 --> 01:25:25 But then again, it is so hard with like things.
01:25:25 --> 01:25:29 If it doesn't go viral, you have to kind of almost organically find these groups sometimes.
01:25:30 --> 01:25:30 I know.
01:25:30 --> 01:25:31 As big as they are.
01:25:34 --> 01:25:58 I've Jesus I listen to the song more than I watched the video I'll tell you that um this song is like they're a girl by destiny's oh yeah yeah it's all your destiny fulfilled but it's again it fits their personality because nothing about these girls would be like we've been you know I've been your friend you can't I've been knowing you since you were 10 you cannot lie to your friend like that fits them they're more like I'll beat your ass
01:25:59 --> 01:26:06 If you are, and I'm also like that, cause I'm like, I am always in my friend's boyfriend's face with high expectations.
01:26:06 --> 01:26:13 Like I legit, I think I told you, like I was at my friend's birthday party and her boyfriend like stopped everyone to give his big speech.
01:26:13 --> 01:26:14 And I was at the end of it.
01:26:14 --> 01:26:15 It was just like, I love you, babe.
01:26:15 --> 01:26:21 And I'm like, uh, no, when you got married my friend, y'all been together for too long and they're getting married and I'm hosting their wedding.
01:26:21 --> 01:26:22 So listen, y'all.
01:26:22 --> 01:26:25 Listen, the friends that are all up in people's business, we care, okay?
01:26:25 --> 01:26:26 But it's true.
01:26:26 --> 01:26:27 It's silver labels.
01:26:27 --> 01:26:28 Like, this is my girl.
01:26:28 --> 01:26:29 Like, she's my angel.
01:26:29 --> 01:26:29 You need to love her.
01:26:29 --> 01:26:29 Like, I do.
01:26:30 --> 01:26:34 Because the saying goes, an average man's effort is like...
01:26:35 --> 01:26:43 Like, you know, an average girl's effort is like a man's like, oh, God, like, you know, mildly bare minimum, like an average man is like an amazing woman or something like that.
01:26:44 --> 01:26:45 Or the amazing man is an average woman.
01:26:45 --> 01:26:48 Because we're like, think about how your friends treat you.
01:26:48 --> 01:26:54 If your guy doesn't treat you as good, if not better, then it's like, is he really trying?
01:26:55 --> 01:26:59 Like, why would I give up what my friends and what I give myself to be with you and you don't love me?
01:27:00 --> 01:27:01 So I do appreciate that.
01:27:01 --> 01:27:03 The lines are hilarious.
01:27:03 --> 01:27:07 Like, probably think you got ghosted, but I had you disappear.
01:27:07 --> 01:27:10 I'm sitting in five, six, seven, mandem.
01:27:10 --> 01:27:11 Like, come on.
01:27:11 --> 01:27:13 Like, there's so much realness in this song.
01:27:13 --> 01:27:16 And I love, I love how it sounds.
01:27:16 --> 01:27:18 It would have gone off in the 2000s.
01:27:18 --> 01:27:19 Oh, yeah.
01:27:19 --> 01:27:20 Yeah.
01:27:20 --> 01:27:22 And that don't do it, don't do it, don't do it, no.
01:27:23 --> 01:27:28 It reminds me almost of, no, baby, no, baby, no, baby, no.
01:27:28 --> 01:27:29 Black Street.
01:27:29 --> 01:27:31 If you let down the road from me.
01:27:31 --> 01:27:35 There's something, again, there's something very nostalgic about the way it was written.
01:27:35 --> 01:27:41 Obviously, it's on purpose, but it just connects the current with the lyrics and then the past with the production.
01:27:41 --> 01:27:45 I think this is a really well-executed song.
01:27:45 --> 01:27:47 Of course, the music video is hilarious too, but I just love this song.
01:27:47 --> 01:27:48 I watched it.
01:27:48 --> 01:27:50 video sparingly because I don't need it.
01:27:51 --> 01:27:51 I don't know.
01:27:53 --> 01:27:53 Yeah.
01:27:53 --> 01:27:54 So it's good.
01:27:55 --> 01:27:59 We've now seen this girl go full circle, but now the friends are here to support, which I love.
01:28:00 --> 01:28:03 I was obsessed with this from the second it was released.
01:28:03 --> 01:28:10 I'll be really surprised if this isn't in my top 20, 30 songs for the year.
01:28:10 --> 01:28:14 I listen to this a lot because it feels so classic.
01:28:15 --> 01:28:16 It really does deserve to be a hit.
01:28:16 --> 01:28:17 It's a hit.
01:28:18 --> 01:28:22 And I hope they can teach this one too, alongside Cry Ugly.
01:28:23 --> 01:28:27 Yeah, it is really refreshing, this song, like on this album.
01:28:28 --> 01:28:37 Because I think, like I just said, the last few songs, it was kind of like, oh gosh, like you just put yourself in the situation again with this guy, you know?
01:28:37 --> 01:28:40 And everything's just been kind of the same vibe a little bit.
01:28:41 --> 01:28:42 So this one just kind of,
01:28:43 --> 01:28:47 picks you up a bit, you know, and you get a bit of a switch in, like, the lyrics as well.
01:28:47 --> 01:28:49 It's good.
01:28:49 --> 01:28:53 Yeah, there's a lot of sass in the lyrics, and they execute that really well.
01:28:53 --> 01:28:54 Like, it's funny.
01:28:54 --> 01:28:58 It sounds like they're almost smiling or even laughing as they sing it.
01:28:58 --> 01:29:01 Like, you just picture them singing this together and for each other.
01:29:01 --> 01:29:03 It feels very genuine in that way.
01:29:04 --> 01:29:11 And for me, my favorite lyric is probably the transition into the first chorus, which is...
01:29:13 --> 01:29:16 You can break her bed, but if you break her heart...
01:29:16 --> 01:29:17 I was like, damn.
01:29:17 --> 01:29:19 Okay, well, sure.
01:29:19 --> 01:29:19 Yes.
01:29:20 --> 01:29:21 It's true.
01:29:21 --> 01:29:23 That's the whole...
01:29:23 --> 01:29:28 I'm not sure if you've heard of it, but a lot of straight women have been like, listen, there's a lot of things you can do, but just don't do that.
01:29:29 --> 01:29:30 Again, it's that whole like...
01:29:31 --> 01:29:58 an average woman is like a man's like oh my god he's amazing or yeah yeah i just thought that was very funny no it's hilarious because it's just one of those things was like you have one job don't mess it up make her happy uh but yeah it feels like there's a lot of thought put into the writing of the song into the build of the song um and i i really think it deserves a lot more attention than it's gotten
01:29:59 --> 01:30:01 Yeah, that's, again, it's a weird conversation.
01:30:01 --> 01:30:04 I feel like it's like a larger conversation that we could totally have.
01:30:04 --> 01:30:11 Like, if you are a flow lifer, even just someone who listens to girl groups, why do you think the girls haven't hit their stride?
01:30:11 --> 01:30:14 I think it's because of like, their market, like who they're marketing to.
01:30:14 --> 01:30:16 Like, they're not meant for children.
01:30:16 --> 01:30:17 Like, children can catch on to this.
01:30:18 --> 01:30:22 But like, they're not like, hey, we're gonna put a random like, you know, like,
01:30:23 --> 01:30:37 lol doll or like lip gloss ad and i very rarely do you see like a lot of ads in there they're things that are geared toward children so i think it's just one of my hypothesis may be that um it's not fair unfortunately but i feel like maybe that might be the reason
01:30:38 --> 01:30:59 yeah because if you break your heart i will break your face yes get him so for me this is uh awesome the music video is hilarious this whole like private i love it so much this is my favorite video for this era so far for sure it's so silly what was your favorite scene
01:31:02 --> 01:31:08 Um, maybe Stella in the cafe, just like over like on the tables and over pouring the coffee and stuff.
01:31:08 --> 01:31:09 I thought that was very funny.
01:31:09 --> 01:31:11 Yeah, they've been really working.
01:31:11 --> 01:31:13 I loved George's wig.
01:31:13 --> 01:31:14 That thing was wigging.
01:31:14 --> 01:31:14 That wig was wigging.
01:31:15 --> 01:31:16 Like the long and the short of the ponytail.
01:31:16 --> 01:31:18 I love the blue latex suits as well.
01:31:18 --> 01:31:19 Oh, yeah.
01:31:19 --> 01:31:21 Super cute nod to the cover.
01:31:22 --> 01:31:24 But yeah, like, I watched it once.
01:31:24 --> 01:31:25 Heard the song.
01:31:26 --> 01:31:26 Loved it.
01:31:27 --> 01:31:29 Them sitting on the bench talking about some, I'll break your face.
01:31:29 --> 01:31:31 Again, I love a good little, like,
01:31:32 --> 01:31:55 oh i was giving like sleuth comedy gone yes like the spice girls could make a movie like that you know like a video yes totally so so often all right so what is your score this one is a 10 for me too i love it yeah me too i love that so much all right guys we are at the final song and that is
01:31:56 --> 01:31:56 Hater Booth.
01:31:57 --> 01:32:05 And this was done by solo monophonic Dixon, Renee, Stella, and Georgia of Flow and they debuted this song during the performance at NPR's Tiny Desk.
01:32:06 --> 01:32:10 And Renee said the song might be a little bit weird but strange but she's amazing.
01:32:10 --> 01:32:11 And
01:32:11 --> 01:32:12 Do we agree?
01:32:12 --> 01:32:13 That's the question.
01:32:13 --> 01:32:18 Because last album, the Red album, which I have not referenced at all, proud of myself.
01:32:19 --> 01:32:20 It had what?
01:32:20 --> 01:32:23 I'm Just a Girl was a little bit more rocky, right?
01:32:24 --> 01:32:25 You had Nocturnal.
01:32:25 --> 01:32:30 I was kind of leaning toward this hyper-ish R&B moment, crunchiness.
01:32:30 --> 01:32:35 So I feel like this is an experimental song as well.
01:32:42 --> 01:32:43 It's very interesting.
01:32:43 --> 01:32:46 And then I think, was it Kiki Palmer interview?
01:32:46 --> 01:32:47 They said that they can do any genre.
01:32:47 --> 01:32:48 And I agree.
01:32:48 --> 01:32:55 And the reason they can do any genre is because they are so sure as to who they are as a group.
01:32:56 --> 01:32:56 Locally.
01:32:56 --> 01:32:58 If they can sing acapella, you know it's them.
01:32:59 --> 01:33:02 You put a track on it and you know it's them.
01:33:02 --> 01:33:04 So I think this song is well written without feeling...
01:33:04 --> 01:33:07 It doesn't feel like they're attempting to sound super mainstream.
01:33:07 --> 01:33:11 Like we need a song that sounds like a Chapel Rowan song or like a rant.
01:33:11 --> 01:33:13 I don't know who would sing this.
01:33:13 --> 01:33:13 Let me think.
01:33:14 --> 01:33:16 Who would sing this song if it wasn't them?
01:33:17 --> 01:33:19 It's so funny because it kind of feels very pop rock.
01:33:20 --> 01:33:20 Yeah.
01:33:20 --> 01:33:21 Okay.
01:33:21 --> 01:33:22 Yeah, I get that.
01:33:22 --> 01:33:23 So, yeah.
01:33:23 --> 01:33:25 So I didn't think of an actual artist, though.
01:33:25 --> 01:33:27 I was more just like thinking of...
01:33:27 --> 01:33:36 genre like the genre being such a switch we were A&R's maybe Little Mix maybe maybe but that's like a stretch for me I feel like hmm
01:33:38 --> 01:33:39 I feel like it's a stretch.
01:33:39 --> 01:33:40 It's kind of hard to place.
01:33:42 --> 01:33:44 Girl, you're gonna make it to morning.
01:33:44 --> 01:33:46 It's just, it feels very like nostalgic as well.
01:33:46 --> 01:33:49 So again, it's good that they don't sound like anyone else.
01:33:49 --> 01:33:51 Again, this is on mainstream, I will say.
01:33:52 --> 01:33:54 I just can't place who else could do it, which is good.
01:33:54 --> 01:33:55 I can't either, yeah.
01:33:55 --> 01:33:56 Which is great.
01:33:56 --> 01:33:57 It kind of goes back to my point.
01:33:57 --> 01:33:59 It's great, it is great.
01:34:00 --> 01:34:03 But yeah, no, this one just felt good.
01:34:03 --> 01:34:04 It just feels good.
01:34:05 --> 01:34:07 It wraps everything up in a nice bow.
01:34:09 --> 01:34:10 I mean, it's a new day.
01:34:10 --> 01:34:11 It's a new start.
01:34:11 --> 01:34:12 They made it till morning.
01:34:12 --> 01:34:13 They're still standing.
01:34:14 --> 01:34:14 Yes.
01:34:14 --> 01:34:19 However, it's kind of a bow, but it's also not.
01:34:19 --> 01:34:22 Because we actually don't know what ended up happening with this toxic man.
01:34:22 --> 01:34:23 He's still in the picture.
01:34:23 --> 01:34:24 They haven't broken up with him.
01:34:24 --> 01:34:26 We did not have a breakup anthem on this album.
01:34:26 --> 01:34:27 They didn't get back with him.
01:34:29 --> 01:34:31 They just f***ed him.
01:34:31 --> 01:34:32 They were just with him last night.
01:34:35 --> 01:34:35 With floating?
01:34:35 --> 01:34:37 Yeah.
01:34:37 --> 01:34:39 Maybe they're thinking about someone else.
01:34:40 --> 01:34:40 Floating.
01:34:41 --> 01:34:41 Maybe.
01:34:41 --> 01:34:42 Maybe.
01:34:42 --> 01:34:44 And then that's why I say they'll break her heart.
01:34:44 --> 01:34:45 I don't know.
01:34:46 --> 01:34:50 I'm trying to give these girls a bit of other doubt because he's just like, how are you going to sit there and leave us on the cliffhanger?
01:34:52 --> 01:34:52 No, no.
01:34:52 --> 01:34:53 I'm not mad at the cliffhanger.
01:34:53 --> 01:34:55 Like, I think, again, it's quite it's quite human.
01:34:55 --> 01:34:56 You don't sound mean.
01:34:56 --> 01:34:57 You don't sound like you're angry at all.
01:34:57 --> 01:34:58 It's just really funny.
01:34:58 --> 01:34:59 You were like, wait, is he still with this?
01:34:59 --> 01:35:02 They just like he's not fully gone, I feel like.
01:35:02 --> 01:35:07 Oh, you know, like the friends gave the warning, but it didn't he didn't run away.
01:35:07 --> 01:35:33 oh okay i see your brain working i love it i love it oh wow yeah okay yeah i it's not life don't let life affect you i don't think it's just about a man you know it's more just about like yeah no at the end of the day it's just we're we made it yeah period like it's just even though there's all this other crap going we made it till the next day we're here yeah yeah um but yeah the production on this is is cool like i do like this kind of more organic kind of pop rock
01:35:34 --> 01:35:45 Situation And there is an authentic joy In it And you can feel that Like this is going to be a great Encore track For the tour You know
01:35:46 --> 01:36:12 um it is a bit random for sure like i think if i think if i wasn't listening to the album that closely i'd just be like oh i think oh the album's like it's autoplayed to something else yeah and you know yeah yeah it is a little bit jarring but i'm not mad at it they sound great i really love the the kind of these unplugged stick performances that they've been doing of it um
01:36:13 --> 01:36:16 And yeah, it is a satisfying end to the album.
01:36:17 --> 01:36:19 I like it way more than I'm just a girl.
01:36:21 --> 01:36:22 That is me and Renee's favorite.
01:36:22 --> 01:36:23 I'm joking.
01:36:23 --> 01:36:24 Sorry.
01:36:24 --> 01:36:24 Oh, I'm joking.
01:36:25 --> 01:36:25 I'm totally joking.
01:36:26 --> 01:36:28 I do appreciate the experimentation.
01:36:28 --> 01:36:30 I think this one is annoying.
01:36:31 --> 01:36:32 I also have this as a nine.
01:36:32 --> 01:36:33 All right.
01:36:33 --> 01:36:34 Oh my gosh.
01:36:34 --> 01:36:40 Flow Lifers, we are at a very interesting section of our show now where we have to pick, cut, or keep.
01:36:40 --> 01:36:42 So cutting one song, keeping one song.
01:36:43 --> 01:36:48 Let us know in the comments below what song you would cut from this album and what song you would keep on the album to represent.
01:36:49 --> 01:36:52 What you like, what it is, all the good stuff.
01:36:52 --> 01:36:53 All right.
01:36:53 --> 01:36:55 So, Chris, if you want to kick us off or...
01:36:56 --> 01:36:59 Yeah, well, first, we do have some thoughts from our listeners.
01:36:59 --> 01:36:59 That's right.
01:36:59 --> 01:37:04 So first, there's Ryan from Pop for Real Podcast, who says that his cut would be sober.
01:37:04 --> 01:37:09 He says they sound great, but it's just not as strong as the rest of the album.
01:37:10 --> 01:37:17 And then another listener of ours, Xander, his cut would be pose, which he said was kind of the obvious choice, but also floating.
01:37:18 --> 01:37:19 Because at least pose's catchy.
01:37:23 --> 01:37:24 Is that your choice as well, then?
01:37:26 --> 01:37:26 Oh, shoot.
01:37:27 --> 01:37:27 No, man.
01:37:27 --> 01:37:29 Okay, I had a different song, actually.
01:37:30 --> 01:37:30 Oh, okay.
01:37:30 --> 01:37:31 What would you cut?
01:37:31 --> 01:37:33 Something I might cut.
01:37:33 --> 01:37:35 Like, I get it in terms of the story.
01:37:35 --> 01:37:38 Like, yeah, yeah, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure.
01:37:39 --> 01:37:42 Um, but maybe... Mm-hmm.
01:37:44 --> 01:37:45 Maybe sex and peace.
01:37:45 --> 01:37:46 It doesn't do anything.
01:37:46 --> 01:37:47 Like, yeah, you gotta have sex.
01:37:47 --> 01:37:51 But y'all have done better with K1 and there's a better song that could fit there.
01:37:51 --> 01:37:53 But yeah, floating, she could go.
01:37:53 --> 01:37:54 Like, without a doubt.
01:37:54 --> 01:37:57 If someone had to rip my arm and be like, either one, it would be floating.
01:37:57 --> 01:38:00 Like, I don't need it for the story.
01:38:00 --> 01:38:01 At all.
01:38:01 --> 01:38:02 I don't need to know that you got back with this man.
01:38:02 --> 01:38:04 And you seem to not like that they got back with this man.
01:38:04 --> 01:38:06 So let's not go back with this man.
01:38:08 --> 01:38:10 Yeah, I'm definitely between those two as well.
01:38:11 --> 01:38:11 Yeah.
01:38:11 --> 01:38:12 I think I...
01:38:13 --> 01:38:14 Look, I'm not going to listen to either of these much.
01:38:15 --> 01:38:15 I'm going to be honest.
01:38:16 --> 01:38:16 Okay, so.
01:38:16 --> 01:38:18 So maybe just both of them.
01:38:19 --> 01:38:21 Like going from call me through to miss you, missing me.
01:38:21 --> 01:38:22 Yeah.
01:38:23 --> 01:38:23 Oh, okay.
01:38:23 --> 01:38:24 Okay.
01:38:24 --> 01:38:25 Yeah.
01:38:25 --> 01:38:26 I wouldn't notice a difference.
01:38:26 --> 01:38:27 Yeah, no.
01:38:28 --> 01:38:29 No, sorry, guys.
01:38:29 --> 01:38:30 Okay.
01:38:30 --> 01:38:30 Okay.
01:38:30 --> 01:38:31 So, a keep.
01:38:31 --> 01:38:34 If you had to keep only one song on this album.
01:38:34 --> 01:38:37 So, Ryan chose Pose, actually.
01:38:37 --> 01:38:41 He said he's fighting for Pose's right to keep real estate on the album.
01:38:41 --> 01:38:43 Real estate on the album.
01:38:44 --> 01:38:48 And Xander, his keep would be... Well, he couldn't choose, so he listed four.
01:38:48 --> 01:38:50 He said, Touche, I can't get high around you anymore.
01:38:50 --> 01:38:53 Sober and Interbooth are amongst his states.
01:38:53 --> 01:38:55 Okay, I respect that.
01:38:55 --> 01:38:55 I respect that.
01:38:55 --> 01:39:00 You know, it's been an interesting album, this whole thing.
01:39:00 --> 01:39:06 So for me, the song that I would keep... Oh, it's a little hard because I feel like they've made the right singles a single.
01:39:06 --> 01:39:07 I agree.
01:39:07 --> 01:39:09 The singles are really the strongest songs.
01:39:09 --> 01:39:09 Super strong.
01:39:09 --> 01:39:10 Yeah.
01:39:10 --> 01:39:12 But if I had to keep...
01:39:13 --> 01:39:18 I feel like to keep... Oh, it's hard because I think Touche sounds a little bit too much like AAA.
01:39:20 --> 01:39:20 Oh.
01:39:20 --> 01:39:24 Because AAA, the way the organic sounds kind of float in...
01:39:24 --> 01:39:25 Throw it in there.
01:39:26 --> 01:39:31 Instead of I'm just a girl, I feel like you would have preferred Touche as opposed to I'm just a girl.
01:39:31 --> 01:39:32 Oh, yeah, yeah.
01:39:32 --> 01:39:34 Because it's basically the same thing.
01:39:34 --> 01:39:37 But now it's just like I'm a girl who's also a quant.
01:39:38 --> 01:39:39 Let me see.
01:39:39 --> 01:39:39 Ooh.
01:39:39 --> 01:39:39 Ooh.
01:39:41 --> 01:40:05 damn okay i'm gonna keep a single i think the song that we can keep is um don't break our heart i'm i'm just yeah i i know it's a single already but like it's a single for a reason totally um totally yeah i think i do think the singles are the strongest yeah songs on this album so it's really hard not to choose one of those if i had to i'd probably pick i can't be high around you
01:40:11 --> 01:40:12 Yeah, I feel you.
01:40:12 --> 01:40:15 Touche's my keep, if I can't keep my single.
01:40:16 --> 01:40:18 But yes, like I said, this is a very interesting album.
01:40:19 --> 01:40:19 The Red album.
01:40:20 --> 01:40:23 She was a hefty girl.
01:40:23 --> 01:40:24 Can't get past that sometimes.
01:40:24 --> 01:40:26 So I had to kind of get out of my...
01:40:27 --> 01:40:43 this isn't triple a this isn't triple a with this one for sure i'd say um and i mean a few of our full life of friends have stated that this isn't as strong as access all areas um but you know people will defend therapy at the club do you feel like this is defendable
01:40:45 --> 01:40:45 I do.
01:40:45 --> 01:40:57 I mean, so yes, Xander, our listener, did say that as a sophomore effort, they did manage to give, you know, a pretty good demonstration of their growth and trajectory into their sound and artistry.
01:40:57 --> 01:40:59 And I fully agree with that.
01:41:00 --> 01:41:08 He did note that it may not be as clean and polished as AAA, but that this shows the group's authenticity a bit better.
01:41:08 --> 01:41:09 Okay.
01:41:09 --> 01:41:10 So I totally feel that.
01:41:10 --> 01:41:13 I think it's hard with a sophomore album.
01:41:13 --> 01:41:16 You know, sophomore slump is a thing.
01:41:16 --> 01:41:16 Yeah.
01:41:16 --> 01:41:17 You know?
01:41:17 --> 01:41:26 And it can be tough to match the expectations that people have of you while trying to grow as an artist, while you're still trying to establish yourself as an artist.
01:41:26 --> 01:41:28 Like, there's just a lot when it comes to the second album.
01:41:28 --> 01:41:29 So...
01:41:29 --> 01:41:30 They did a really good job.
01:41:31 --> 01:41:32 I think I really like it.
01:41:32 --> 01:41:36 I think there are some really great songs on here, mainly those singles.
01:41:37 --> 01:41:39 And I appreciate that they went for the story.
01:41:40 --> 01:41:46 You know, a lot of the art of the album is not a thing as much anymore.
01:41:46 --> 01:41:50 So I like that they kind of really thought through it.
01:41:50 --> 01:41:55 And it was fun for me to listen to it and try to kind of imagine the story in my head of this young...
01:41:55 --> 01:42:21 20 something year old woman like what she's going through with toxic situation um and you can tell yeah it feels authentic they're having a lot of fun with this they're exploring different sounds they're getting involved in the writing yeah you know so i i'm here for it as part of their growth as an artist but i'm also very confident that this will not be their best album ever you know like this is like a step towards yes where they're going
01:42:21 --> 01:42:22 Oh, yeah, absolutely.
01:42:22 --> 01:42:22 I agree.
01:42:22 --> 01:42:26 I think they took a lot of time to really figure out who they wanted to be here.
01:42:26 --> 01:42:30 Because M&EK was not executive producing this one.
01:42:30 --> 01:42:34 So it wasn't going to be like, you know, hook after hook after.
01:42:34 --> 01:42:38 Because M&EK, you want to talk about brilliance as a young pop writer?
01:42:38 --> 01:42:39 Jeez Louise.
01:42:40 --> 01:42:44 But yeah, I think they did the right thing while stepping away a little.
01:42:46 --> 01:42:50 Because I know he's still working on their arrangement.
01:42:50 --> 01:42:54 Like he just did the Midnight Sun arrangement.
01:42:55 --> 01:42:57 So M&EK's presence is still there.
01:42:57 --> 01:42:59 It's just not like, hey, we're using this name.
01:43:00 --> 01:43:04 We're using your pen, your everything to give us what we need.
01:43:04 --> 01:43:06 We're trying to figure it out on our own.
01:43:06 --> 01:43:07 I can hear that.
01:43:07 --> 01:43:08 And I agree with you.
01:43:08 --> 01:43:10 This is not the best that they're ever going to do.
01:43:10 --> 01:43:11 But this is a nice...
01:43:13 --> 01:43:40 start yeah triple a is just so hard to beat go so good yeah i'm excited for them i really like them yes i mean we were squealing about them quite a bit today so if anyone doubts that like that's something you have to just kind of do it on your own stop projecting um that being said what is your final squaw oh i'll give it an eight and i did look back i gave triple a an 8.5 so i think that that makes sense for me this is an eight
01:43:41 --> 01:44:03 yeah okay i'm not gonna lie i wanted this to be a pop record because i said they want to do more pop this is more r&b with some pop in it yeah um i did have a lower score at first um but upon listening and really just sitting with it my score will match yours so eight as well but they only got a 7.5 y'all
01:44:05 --> 01:44:26 not because it's bad but because of the intent that i heard in those interviews just didn't completely match the story was there but just like the whole we want to be considered pop artists this is an r&b record there's nothing wrong with that but this felt very r&b which is fine but yeah i i want some more pop next time girl is if you're gonna do pop give me some y'all can handle it y'all can handle it give me some more
01:44:28 --> 01:44:34 Okay, Flowlifers, what do you all think of the Therapy at the Club album?
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