Jae Stephens’ “AUDACITY” gets the full CCTV treatment in this honest, track by track album review, with exclusive clips from Jae’s press conference for the album. Chantel was in the room, and you’ll hear Jae herself break down “Attaboy!”, “Sugar Trap” and “Gymnastics” before we weigh in.
AUDACITY is Jae Stephens’ debut album on Issa Rae’s RAEDIO and Def Jam, made with longtime producer Dallas Caton and her best friend and co-writer Lita, with MNEK and PinkPantheress also on board. It’s set in Auda City, her fictional nightlife world, and everyone who worked on it had to watch Coyote Ugly as homework. We go through every song: “Crush,” “No One Knows My Name,” “Attaboy!,” “Sugar Trap,” “I Miss The City,” “The Distance,” “Soft Side,” “Downhill,” “B4U,” “Expensive & Difficult” and “Gymnastics.”
JaeBaes, did we get it right? Tell us your favorite track and all your thoughts in the comments.
Timestamps:
- 0:00 - Intro
- 0:36 - “AUDACITY” Album Info
- 1:23 - Jae Stephens on “AUDACITY” (Press Conference)
- 3:56 - Album Cover
- 5:33 - “Crush”
- 9:39 - “No One Knows My Name”
- 13:55 - “Attaboy!”
- 22:20 - “Sugar Trap”
- 28:39 - “I Miss The City”
- 32:58 - “The Distance”
- 37:04 - “Soft Side”
- 42:36 - “Downhill”
- 46:33 - “B4U”
- 51:45 - “Expensive & Difficult”
- 56:53 - “Gymnastics”
- 1:01:44 - Cut or Keep
- 1:05:00 - Overall Thoughts & Final Rating
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00:00:00 --> 00:00:03 Attaboy, attaboy, attaboy Good boy
00:00:08 --> 00:00:14 This is CCTV, the nonstop pop show where we do honest music reviews and iconic interviews across global pop music.
00:00:15 --> 00:00:16 Yes, that's right.
00:00:16 --> 00:00:23 And Jay Stephens, if you did not know, is a new pop artist signed to Issa Rae's radio, a Def Jam imprint.
00:00:23 --> 00:00:27 And she's made quite the splash on the music scene with her particular brand of pop.
00:00:28 --> 00:00:31 And I've got to attend her press conference for her new album, Audacity.
00:00:31 --> 00:00:35 And with all the hype around her, CCTV decided to give the album a review.
00:00:36 --> 00:00:45 So Audacity was released on September 25th, 2026 and is Jay Stevens' debut album after a decade writing songs for other artists and a run of EPs.
00:00:46 --> 00:00:51 And the album was produced by longtime collaborator Dallas and she co-wrote most of it with her best friend Lita.
00:00:52 --> 00:00:58 And the title, Audacity, is her mission statement, daring to take up as much space as she wants after feeling boxed in.
00:00:59 --> 00:01:02 Yes, and the songs are set in Audacity.
00:01:03 --> 00:01:08 A fictional nightlife world she's built, and everyone who worked on the album had to watch Coyote Ugly as homework.
00:01:09 --> 00:01:10 Yes, iconic.
00:01:10 --> 00:01:11 Yes, we love that.
00:01:12 --> 00:01:18 So we're going to dive into the productions, vocals, visuals of each song, and then drop our individual ratings.
00:01:18 --> 00:01:20 But viewer discretion is advised.
00:01:20 --> 00:01:22 Your fave will be criticized.
00:01:23 --> 00:01:31 All right, JBaze, listen, before we get started though, we're gonna hear a little bit about Audacity from Jay, and she's gonna tell us what makes this album so audacious.
00:01:32 --> 00:01:37 Audacity is super bold and you've been touching upon being bold this whole time.
00:01:37 --> 00:01:43 But since the beginning of your career, even with some of the doubts that you have had, you've had the effort, I'll do it myself.
00:01:43 --> 00:01:48 And it seems to be the ethos of your musical presentation, right?
00:01:48 --> 00:01:53 So what makes this project in particular your boldest and most daring yet?
00:01:54 --> 00:02:03 Um, I think, yeah, like I always have had to kind of, I have always had like a very, I'll do it.
00:02:03 --> 00:02:06 The only way to do things right is to do them yourself mentality.
00:02:07 --> 00:02:10 Um, but I think in the past that always came with a lot of stress.
00:02:11 --> 00:02:15 I think that, uh, that EP that you're referencing in particular was definitely like,
00:02:16 --> 00:02:35 very spiteful like you know my managers and you have to put something out and i'm like here damn it you know um like i have nothing else i don't know who else to work with or turn to and i kind of just want to do it myself anyway like whatever and this project is me like really being confident in that you know ability to
00:02:36 --> 00:02:59 to trust myself and know myself, but then also having the confidence to know when to delegate, when to let a new writer in, when to let the producer do his thing and handle that himself, you know, because I have, you know, confidence in myself to know what I can do and also to know when I should relinquish a little bit and let somebody else in.
00:03:01 --> 00:03:02 And so, yeah, I think it's...
00:03:03 --> 00:03:28 still very much like doing it myself but maybe less physical all the time maybe it's like um it's a it's like more of a mental thing of like preparing myself to like bring people into the world to expand upon it and i think that confidence is shown overall across the record and it feels very self-assured even when it might be in the wrong it's still like well i'm gonna stand on it because
00:03:29 --> 00:03:30 I said what I said.
00:03:30 --> 00:03:41 And yeah, I think that's a confidence that maybe hasn't been there as prevalent in previous projects.
00:03:42 --> 00:03:42 Oh, yeah.
00:03:42 --> 00:03:43 No, that makes complete sense.
00:03:43 --> 00:03:48 Like being a princess also means knowing how to rule, but knowing how to release the reins a little bit.
00:03:48 --> 00:03:51 Okay, you do both.
00:03:52 --> 00:03:53 Yeah, go ahead.
00:03:53 --> 00:03:54 Pop princess treatment.
00:03:54 --> 00:03:55 Pop princess treatment only.
00:03:56 --> 00:03:59 So before we get into the music, let's talk about this album cover.
00:03:59 --> 00:04:02 Yes, I actually have the album.
00:04:02 --> 00:04:04 I have my Audacity CD.
00:04:04 --> 00:04:04 There you go.
00:04:05 --> 00:04:07 I love like this era.
00:04:08 --> 00:04:09 I'm here for the phonetic album.
00:04:10 --> 00:04:11 you know, universe.
00:04:11 --> 00:04:11 I'm here for it.
00:04:12 --> 00:04:12 I love it.
00:04:13 --> 00:04:20 Because she also had like her fans announce the track listing using like street names signs.
00:04:20 --> 00:04:21 So I like that.
00:04:21 --> 00:04:21 The whole thing.
00:04:21 --> 00:04:22 I'm here for it.
00:04:22 --> 00:04:31 Also, I feel like I do enjoy this cover with her like, you know, you know, on the rooftop, like a little sexy cat.
00:04:31 --> 00:04:38 However, there's an alternate like picture on the back, like on the sign part of it where she's just standing facing the camera.
00:04:39 --> 00:04:40 Yeah, I think I prefer that a little bit more.
00:04:40 --> 00:04:43 It's giving like more in charge and things like that.
00:04:43 --> 00:04:48 But considering, I guess, her approach and what I've gotten from her personality, it makes sense.
00:04:48 --> 00:04:51 It feels like effortless.
00:04:51 --> 00:04:53 Cause like she's on the edge, you know?
00:04:53 --> 00:04:55 But yeah, no, she looks great.
00:04:56 --> 00:04:58 Skin is poppin', melanin poppin', hair is poppin'.
00:04:58 --> 00:05:01 It's giving Aaliyah, Ciara, all that stuff.
00:05:01 --> 00:05:01 Yes.
00:05:01 --> 00:05:02 I like it.
00:05:02 --> 00:05:05 It's totally giving to thousands in a great way.
00:05:05 --> 00:05:06 Mm-hmm.
00:05:06 --> 00:05:07 And yeah, she looks cool.
00:05:08 --> 00:05:08 Yeah.
00:05:08 --> 00:05:11 And I like the time of day, this kind of like dusk situation.
00:05:11 --> 00:05:14 Oh yeah, you know, I was trying to do that with my lights, but I can't quite figure out, should I make it orange?
00:05:16 --> 00:05:17 Yeah, it's hard.
00:05:17 --> 00:05:19 It's like such a blend, you know?
00:05:19 --> 00:05:19 Yes, it is.
00:05:19 --> 00:05:20 Golden hour.
00:05:20 --> 00:05:22 But yes, I'm excited for this.
00:05:23 --> 00:05:27 And she didn't mention M&EK and Lita for being people that helped her out with this album writing.
00:05:27 --> 00:05:30 So I'm really interested in seeing how all this turns out.
00:05:30 --> 00:05:32 So let's get into it.
00:05:33 --> 00:05:33 Okay.
00:05:33 --> 00:05:34 Yes.
00:05:35 --> 00:05:39 So first up, we have Crush done by Jay, Lita, and Dallas.
00:05:40 --> 00:05:43 And Pink Panther has provided some additional vocals.
00:05:49 --> 00:06:12 okay now that we've mentioned the pink panthers association this i was like where's this british accent coming from it's actually really kind of funny um but yes i like this song um as an intro it is interesting because i think i'm so used to hearing like either like bold intros or like the single being the intro you know um but i'm trying to think of like
00:06:13 --> 00:06:14 Like there's another artist, what's her name?
00:06:14 --> 00:06:16 Cherry, I think it is, or even like Flo.
00:06:16 --> 00:06:20 Like everyone kind of has like this one track where you're like, this is the intro.
00:06:21 --> 00:06:23 But that doesn't mean like the intro is bad.
00:06:23 --> 00:06:24 I will say that.
00:06:24 --> 00:06:28 It's a cheeky kind of vibe, like very Janet Jackson-esque for me.
00:06:28 --> 00:06:34 The song is relatable to a certain extent for me because like, I always ask you where the honey's at.
00:06:35 --> 00:06:37 I always say like, where's my crush?
00:06:37 --> 00:06:37 I don't even have a crush.
00:06:38 --> 00:06:39 I work with women all the time.
00:06:39 --> 00:06:41 And then like also like the places we go, like there's no opportunities for me.
00:06:42 --> 00:06:43 So I love the song.
00:06:43 --> 00:06:44 There's never any honeys.
00:06:44 --> 00:06:45 Like, I just need a crush.
00:06:45 --> 00:06:46 Nothing crazy.
00:06:46 --> 00:06:52 It's very like Jennifer Page, you know, not, you know, just a little crush.
00:06:52 --> 00:06:56 Second verse was giving bridge vibes just because of like the newer melody.
00:06:56 --> 00:06:58 And I really do appreciate that.
00:06:58 --> 00:07:01 Like as a songwriter myself, I hate when the melody is the exact same.
00:07:02 --> 00:07:02 Yes.
00:07:03 --> 00:07:05 So yes, I love it.
00:07:05 --> 00:07:07 And also she's kind of giving me like early Victoria Monet vibes.
00:07:07 --> 00:07:11 Like I was a Victoria Monet, like baby Monet, baby Jaguar fan.
00:07:12 --> 00:07:17 And but I think with Victoria, she was so on the nose with her references where you're just like, OK, girl, this sounds like Janet.
00:07:18 --> 00:07:20 With this, it doesn't sound like she's just like.
00:07:21 --> 00:07:23 copying and pasting, which I appreciate.
00:07:23 --> 00:07:23 So yes, I do like that.
00:07:24 --> 00:07:26 It just feels like their influences.
00:07:26 --> 00:07:27 Yeah, for sure.
00:07:27 --> 00:07:33 Yeah, I mean, going back to what I said about the cover, this is definitely getting 2000s as well in a great way.
00:07:33 --> 00:07:35 Because yeah, the production is so good.
00:07:35 --> 00:07:37 Like there's so much space in there.
00:07:37 --> 00:07:41 That drum loop is very powerful and you got that kind of vocal loop as well.
00:07:41 --> 00:07:46 And there's all these little sounds that come in and out and it gets all lush in that second verse that you mentioned as well.
00:07:46 --> 00:07:48 So there's just a lot going on throughout the whole album.
00:07:48 --> 00:07:50 The production is really, really strong.
00:07:50 --> 00:07:53 So shout out to Dallas and the whole team on that.
00:07:54 --> 00:07:56 I love the rappy post-chorus.
00:07:57 --> 00:07:57 Super fun.
00:07:57 --> 00:07:59 It's got a great groove to it.
00:07:59 --> 00:08:03 And also just the spoken ad-libs and stuff all over the whole song are good.
00:08:03 --> 00:08:06 And that gives 90s, 2000s too.
00:08:06 --> 00:08:10 I miss when artists did that, where they would kind of do these little spoken things all over it.
00:08:12 --> 00:08:39 things over you know it's fun that's what everyone tends to do you know like a karaoke and stuff everyone likes to do those little parts that come in so right I love that yeah and Jay has a great pop voice she's oh yeah it's a very very clean tone she doesn't do too much it feels kind of easy and smooth which is maybe where you're getting kind of that Janet feel as well so yeah I really like this one um like every time the album loops back around this starts I like get excited about it so yeah this was a highlight I think
00:08:40 --> 00:08:41 off this whole project.
00:08:41 --> 00:08:42 Okay.
00:08:42 --> 00:08:42 All right.
00:08:43 --> 00:08:47 I just want to say, I love the whole, like, it looks like she's giving like a speech for the visual.
00:08:47 --> 00:08:52 I love the visual because it looks like she's giving like a, like an assembly with her little star hat.
00:08:52 --> 00:08:56 And then her trying to find a pledge, like where her, her heart is.
00:08:57 --> 00:09:00 I like, I like her visuals for this whole rollout.
00:09:00 --> 00:09:02 Cause A, it gives you something to kind of latch onto.
00:09:02 --> 00:09:05 And then B kind of gives a more of an idea of what her personality is.
00:09:05 --> 00:09:07 Like, I think she's very cheeky.
00:09:07 --> 00:09:09 I'm excited to kind of deep dive more into it.
00:09:09 --> 00:09:10 Yes.
00:09:10 --> 00:09:14 I do also just appreciate in general, there are visualizers for the entire album.
00:09:14 --> 00:09:15 Oh my God.
00:09:15 --> 00:09:18 Like there's so much effort that gets put into that, you know, so much thought.
00:09:18 --> 00:09:19 So yeah.
00:09:19 --> 00:09:21 Love that for sure.
00:09:21 --> 00:09:21 Come on.
00:09:21 --> 00:09:21 Yes.
00:09:21 --> 00:09:23 Color scheme, color palette, color concepts.
00:09:25 --> 00:09:30 So my score is going to be an 8.5 because I thought I was going to like love, love, love, love.
00:09:30 --> 00:09:31 And I listened to this album.
00:09:31 --> 00:09:33 So, Oh, there you go.
00:09:33 --> 00:09:34 What's your score?
00:09:34 --> 00:09:34 Yes.
00:09:34 --> 00:09:35 I guess on a nine.
00:09:36 --> 00:09:37 Ooh, starting off strong.
00:09:37 --> 00:09:38 All right.
00:09:39 --> 00:09:43 So up next is, No One Knows My Name.
00:09:43 --> 00:09:46 And this was done by Jay, Lita, and Dallas.
00:09:46 --> 00:09:48 No one knows my name.
00:09:48 --> 00:09:51 How these people watching, I would do that.
00:09:51 --> 00:09:56 All right, this one is so fun.
00:09:56 --> 00:10:06 I always mention that when I listen to songs that kind of have like the sort of getting ready to go out vibe, I think of you and I, because every time we get ready to go out, we mildly act up, not in the point where we're like ashamed of how we're acting,
00:10:07 --> 00:10:09 but we're always like, let's go.
00:10:09 --> 00:10:09 We're getting ready to go out.
00:10:10 --> 00:10:11 We're going to have a good time.
00:10:11 --> 00:10:12 This song kind of brings that same energy.
00:10:13 --> 00:10:14 The feel is so 2000.
00:10:15 --> 00:10:18 I do appreciate that it's not super big in production.
00:10:18 --> 00:10:19 It's like, it's a warmup.
00:10:19 --> 00:10:25 It's the ride to the afters, like until then you get to that party, that second verse, and that's when we get that breakdown.
00:10:25 --> 00:10:26 So it's really fun.
00:10:27 --> 00:10:32 Like her lyrics, her lyricism, I think I'm going to cite lyrics every single song.
00:10:32 --> 00:10:32 Yeah, please do.
00:10:34 --> 00:10:38 I do appreciate the drunk off her audacity, can't cancel me, can't even catch me vibe.
00:10:39 --> 00:10:42 She hit the party and is acting up, but she's untouchable.
00:10:43 --> 00:10:44 So I do appreciate it.
00:10:44 --> 00:10:50 Her background vocals on this feel a little low in the mix, but I do appreciate the ad libs and the harmonies.
00:10:50 --> 00:10:55 It creates depth to a lyrically, I'm using air quotes here, a lyrically shallow.
00:10:55 --> 00:11:23 song because like I'm so pretty and like my baby T is thrifted and the sky is Cavalli like you can look at listen to it if she didn't sing as well or like had all these layers to add depth it could come across as like mildly vapid and if it is vapid it's fine but the sonic surrounding it make it feel like it's a little bit more like a little higher stakes here and I do like that whole concept of you know we're so hot we're so this we're so that you can't touch me everyone's asking who I am so
00:11:24 --> 00:11:27 But it sounds like full and not like a demo.
00:11:28 --> 00:11:29 Yeah, no, for sure.
00:11:29 --> 00:11:32 There's a playfulness to this that's really, really fun.
00:11:33 --> 00:11:35 And the chorus is a fun melody.
00:11:35 --> 00:11:38 No one knows but it's chanty.
00:11:38 --> 00:11:42 You know, it's kind of asking for the sing-along aspect of it.
00:11:42 --> 00:11:45 And then, yeah, again, those little hooks like, who is it?
00:11:45 --> 00:12:08 is it jay like those little things are just fun you know it sounds like a lot of fun writing this song and it's all very very catchy and i think going into the lyrics like yes i think in terms of concept there is a line like this can go kind of annoying like you could be that annoying girl in the club that thinks she's everything but i feel like because there's this playfulness to the song you don't really feel that like it almost feels a little um
00:12:09 --> 00:12:33 like she's not really saying this like it's just kind of she's just kind of putting on this persona just to kind of yeah it's a little tongue-in-cheek slater did that with um yeah i'm kind of famous where she was like putting on a whole voice and she's like oh you know the dj i'm actually famous like it's like yeah yeah it's kind of funny yeah i like it yeah like it's not she's not taking herself too seriously like she doesn't actually think she's i don't think at least that's how it reads yeah
00:12:34 --> 00:12:37 But yeah, the track again is great.
00:12:37 --> 00:12:41 Love that snare roll that comes in as a transition in that loop that's going on.
00:12:41 --> 00:12:43 And the drum is super dynamic as well.
00:12:43 --> 00:12:45 Like I was still choreographing.
00:12:45 --> 00:12:47 This would go on my short list.
00:12:47 --> 00:12:49 Like there's a lot of things to hit.
00:12:49 --> 00:12:50 Oh my God.
00:12:50 --> 00:12:51 You're still choreographing.
00:12:51 --> 00:12:52 I feel like you should add this to your list.
00:12:53 --> 00:12:54 Maybe I should.
00:12:54 --> 00:13:01 Yeah, or like something on this album because there's a lot going on in terms of musicality that you can kind of play with as a dancer for sure.
00:13:01 --> 00:13:03 But yeah, that chanty start to the bridge as well.
00:13:04 --> 00:13:06 Love that like again, it's just fun.
00:13:06 --> 00:13:08 You know, it is fun.
00:13:08 --> 00:13:14 Oh my god This is the album kind of like hard to like really Review sometimes cuz I'm like am I glazing this right now?
00:13:14 --> 00:13:15 Or is it actually good?
00:13:15 --> 00:13:29 So that being said though Um, I do appreciate like you said her not taking things seriously because even the visuals are super easygoing She's in the she's basically doing car karaoke with her friend like they're just in the backseat just chillin having a good time I do wonder is that Lita?
00:13:29 --> 00:13:30 I don't know if it's lead or not.
00:13:30 --> 00:13:31 I assume so.
00:13:31 --> 00:13:31 Right.
00:13:32 --> 00:13:33 I want it to be lead.
00:13:33 --> 00:13:34 I should have read the credits.
00:13:34 --> 00:13:34 Oops.
00:13:34 --> 00:13:35 Sorry.
00:13:36 --> 00:13:38 But yes, for me, I feel like this feels natural.
00:13:38 --> 00:13:39 It feels good.
00:13:39 --> 00:13:42 I feel like I might regret the score I'm giving it.
00:13:42 --> 00:13:44 But for now, I'm going to give it an 8.5.
00:13:44 --> 00:13:46 I'll leave it there.
00:13:46 --> 00:13:47 I feel like I'm going to regret it.
00:13:47 --> 00:13:50 I don't know why, but I just, I have stronger thoughts, I feel like.
00:13:50 --> 00:13:51 Nice.
00:13:51 --> 00:13:52 I really like this one.
00:13:52 --> 00:13:53 I'll give it the nine.
00:13:53 --> 00:13:53 Yes.
00:13:55 --> 00:13:59 Okay, next is Atta Boy, done again by Jay, Lita, and Dallas.
00:13:59 --> 00:14:03 And this was the lead single from the album, released in May, 2026.
00:14:03 --> 00:14:09 And we do have a little snippet from that press conference from Jay, talking about this song.
00:14:09 --> 00:14:11 Honestly, the singles are like the most kitschy ones.
00:14:11 --> 00:14:17 Like, Atta Boy has always seen so many dog references, like How to Train a Man, like all of that.
00:14:23 --> 00:14:24 So what do you think of Atta Boy?
00:14:25 --> 00:14:25 You know what?
00:14:26 --> 00:14:30 I agree with her so much about like the wordplay and things like that.
00:14:30 --> 00:14:31 Like it's so fun.
00:14:32 --> 00:14:35 I think the lyrics I just, it cracks me up.
00:14:36 --> 00:14:37 I'll get to that in a second.
00:14:38 --> 00:14:43 But I also want to shout out the production because I think her and Dallas have this amazing chemistry.
00:14:44 --> 00:14:52 It's like with Candy and Shakespeare, or however you pronounce it, Shakespeare, however you pronounce it, Dallas Austin and TLC.
00:14:52 --> 00:14:52 Like, you...
00:14:53 --> 00:15:02 not saying you need someone, but when you find a producer as an artist that can help you materialize all your thoughts and your feeling and your vibes, it comes out like this.
00:15:02 --> 00:15:07 And I think it's really cool because I can hear Britney blackout, I can hear PCD bottle pop.
00:15:07 --> 00:15:11 Like I can hear certain things without it sounding super derivative.
00:15:11 --> 00:15:13 It just makes me feel like it's familiar.
00:15:14 --> 00:15:15 which is really good because it helps.
00:15:16 --> 00:15:21 If you're a pop fan, like an actual pop music fan, you'll listen to this and be like, why do I want to like this?
00:15:21 --> 00:15:23 And then you listen to it and you're like, oh, I actually do like this.
00:15:25 --> 00:15:27 So yeah, my notes about the wordplay, I think it's just...
00:15:29 --> 00:15:50 great it's fun a lot of like dog things like a lot of like training and this is like my personality like i don't do bad boys it's like get it right or get the step and i'm here for it like first verse is telling us about the dude second verse is telling the standard that she has set um this feels like after body's cousin i'm not sure if you've heard her past no i haven't sell out
00:15:51 --> 00:15:51 Sellout is good.
00:15:51 --> 00:15:54 Sellout, the parts of Sellout and the total Sellout is the full project.
00:15:55 --> 00:15:56 Dude, I think you would really like it.
00:15:56 --> 00:15:58 She has a lot of like 90s influences in there.
00:15:59 --> 00:16:00 It's bone apple taste.
00:16:01 --> 00:16:04 But yes, I will say, I do wish the chorus was a little bit bigger.
00:16:05 --> 00:16:06 It's not bad.
00:16:06 --> 00:16:10 I'm curious to hear if it would give the song something a little bit more like
00:16:11 --> 00:16:12 Fuller.
00:16:12 --> 00:16:22 Because if you think Britney, Janet, even Sierra, they would let Cassie, especially Cassie, they layer their voice to kind of give a little bit more of a chorus vibe and you'd be singing, sung in unison.
00:16:22 --> 00:16:28 It doesn't have to be like a vocoder or like a harmony, but it just I feel like it needed something because you're like
00:16:29 --> 00:16:30 I don't know.
00:16:30 --> 00:16:30 I'm just trying to figure out.
00:16:31 --> 00:16:32 In terms of just like more power?
00:16:32 --> 00:16:32 Yes.
00:16:32 --> 00:16:34 That's what it was.
00:16:34 --> 00:16:34 Yeah.
00:16:34 --> 00:16:37 Just a little bit more power because everything else is like really soft and gentle.
00:16:37 --> 00:16:38 Like, oh, the boy.
00:16:38 --> 00:16:39 Song in her head voice.
00:16:40 --> 00:16:41 So I'm just like, okay.
00:16:42 --> 00:16:46 And like, if it would have been really bigger for me and then that good boy, it all falls away.
00:16:47 --> 00:16:47 I'd be like, ooh.
00:16:48 --> 00:16:48 Ooh.
00:16:48 --> 00:16:48 Yeah.
00:16:49 --> 00:16:49 That's just me.
00:16:49 --> 00:16:51 Like, it doesn't mean the song is bad.
00:16:51 --> 00:16:53 It's just, I'm like, ooh, I wonder what it would have sounded like.
00:16:54 --> 00:16:55 Yeah, you know, that's fair.
00:16:55 --> 00:17:04 I think actually one more general comment across the whole thing, because she has moments where she can do these kind of runs and stuff and be like, oh, okay, you can sing, you know.
00:17:06 --> 00:17:08 She doesn't actually utilize that all the time.
00:17:08 --> 00:17:08 I'm fine.
00:17:08 --> 00:17:09 And I'm fine with that.
00:17:09 --> 00:17:12 Like, she doesn't have to be Christina and like doing runs all over the whole thing.
00:17:12 --> 00:17:16 But I agree with you that she actually does have a lot of depth to her tone.
00:17:16 --> 00:17:20 And she does stay to this kind of chill, breathy kind of thing for most of it.
00:17:20 --> 00:17:43 most of this album so yeah i can see where yeah maybe in the future she can kind of play with that a bit more um but yeah i i like this one i can see why this was the first single it's very catchy and i think that whole concept of you kind of training this guy that's memorable like it's fun yeah you know um and there's an energy to the song itself like the drums are really powerful yeah
00:17:43 --> 00:17:44 Yes.
00:17:44 --> 00:17:47 And yeah, that bum, bum, bum, bum that, you know, that I kind of did in the beginning.
00:17:47 --> 00:17:48 Isn't that what you did earlier?
00:17:48 --> 00:17:49 That's so memorable.
00:17:49 --> 00:17:49 Yes.
00:17:49 --> 00:17:52 Like every time that comes on, it's like, ooh, you know?
00:17:52 --> 00:17:52 Yeah.
00:17:52 --> 00:17:55 And this one has some great background vocals.
00:17:55 --> 00:18:00 I think in general, the production of the background vocals is quite subtle across this whole album.
00:18:01 --> 00:18:03 But if you really listen to them, they're so dynamic.
00:18:03 --> 00:18:04 They're very tasteful.
00:18:05 --> 00:18:06 how they're played with.
00:18:07 --> 00:18:14 So yeah, I will say sometimes when I play around sometimes on Spotify, like Equalizer with some things just so I could hear different elements of things.
00:18:15 --> 00:18:19 And for this one, I did kind of play around with it just to try to pick that up a bit more.
00:18:19 --> 00:18:20 Yeah.
00:18:21 --> 00:18:21 Yeah.
00:18:22 --> 00:18:45 um yeah that kind of vocoder yeah it's fun you know it's fun just to kind of play around with it uh yes we do want to dj so i'm here for that exactly and plus you know the way all these platforms they all compress the songs differently so sometimes just sometimes if you do kind of have to play around with it to actually get it to sound the way it's supposed to but anyway um i will say though i actually think the chorus might be my least favorite part of the song um
00:18:46 --> 00:18:47 I really like the verses.
00:18:47 --> 00:18:49 I love the repeat.
00:18:49 --> 00:18:52 But yeah, the actual chorus itself, I'm kind of just like okay with, to be honest.
00:18:53 --> 00:18:54 But I enjoy the concept.
00:18:54 --> 00:18:56 I like the confidence in it.
00:18:56 --> 00:19:02 And I think I would love if she could do like a big, like, award show performance of this.
00:19:02 --> 00:19:06 You know, like this song deserves like a huge moment.
00:19:06 --> 00:19:08 So it'd be cool to see her do something big.
00:19:08 --> 00:19:10 But yeah, what'd you think of the music video?
00:19:11 --> 00:19:13 Oh my god.
00:19:13 --> 00:19:13 Okay.
00:19:14 --> 00:19:14 Okay.
00:19:15 --> 00:19:15 Okay.
00:19:16 --> 00:19:17 I love how she looks.
00:19:18 --> 00:19:20 Again, the consistency throughout.
00:19:20 --> 00:19:25 Like the visual, the phonetic consistency.
00:19:25 --> 00:19:27 I just love the black and the red.
00:19:27 --> 00:19:29 It just gives me like Aliyah vibes.
00:19:29 --> 00:19:30 And I'm so here for it.
00:19:32 --> 00:19:33 More than a woman kind of energy.
00:19:33 --> 00:19:35 Like the tight leather pants.
00:19:35 --> 00:19:35 Yeah.
00:19:36 --> 00:19:37 You know, the Red album.
00:19:38 --> 00:19:40 I love this little alley cat vibe that she was giving us.
00:19:40 --> 00:19:41 Yeah.
00:19:41 --> 00:19:45 You know, and the boy, I would say the dog, and the guy's like, you know, trying to follow after.
00:19:45 --> 00:19:47 I will say I'm not gonna lie.
00:19:48 --> 00:19:50 The dancer kind of made me laugh, right?
00:19:50 --> 00:19:53 Because like, I think he was trying to butch it up a little bit, you know, trying to hit that.
00:19:53 --> 00:19:53 Definitely.
00:19:53 --> 00:19:53 Yeah.
00:19:53 --> 00:19:54 It was so funny.
00:19:54 --> 00:19:56 And I was like, I'm like, guys move their hips, man.
00:19:56 --> 00:19:57 Give it to us.
00:19:57 --> 00:19:57 Give it to us.
00:19:58 --> 00:20:00 But aside from that, like, that's like my only complaint.
00:20:00 --> 00:20:01 But it's one of those things I noticed.
00:20:01 --> 00:20:03 And I was like, for sure.
00:20:03 --> 00:20:06 I was like, man, if you don't give me what you usually give.
00:20:07 --> 00:20:09 But yeah, I feel like the energy was good.
00:20:09 --> 00:20:14 And just thinking about how she used to dance, like, you've never really like delved into her.
00:20:14 --> 00:20:15 No, not really.
00:20:15 --> 00:20:15 Okay.
00:20:16 --> 00:20:18 At WeHo, you did almost kind of see her, but there's like overlapping.
00:20:18 --> 00:20:25 I remember you said, but her dancing, maybe like what, months ago, several months ago, felt a little bit more restrictive.
00:20:25 --> 00:20:28 At least now it feels like she's really leaning into it, performing more.
00:20:29 --> 00:20:34 So I do appreciate it because an after body, she was, she was concentrating and it was, you can see it on her face.
00:20:34 --> 00:20:35 Like it's very fierce.
00:20:35 --> 00:20:37 Like she wears like the fierce well, but
00:20:38 --> 00:20:40 It was like soft ferocity.
00:20:41 --> 00:20:43 With this one, she's like really engaged and I really appreciate that.
00:20:43 --> 00:20:47 And she's performing on the fire escape.
00:20:47 --> 00:20:48 So I love that.
00:20:48 --> 00:20:49 They do a lot.
00:20:49 --> 00:20:56 Whoever our team is that was working with her for this video, they did a lot to make this specific space feel a bit more expansive.
00:20:57 --> 00:21:02 Yeah, no, I think the setting was definitely effective, this whole kind of alleyway situation.
00:21:02 --> 00:21:12 I will say the tension leading up to these dance breaks was better than the actual dance break, I think because there's so much tension leading up to it.
00:21:12 --> 00:21:12 Yeah.
00:21:13 --> 00:21:18 Then when they kind of break into it, I was just expecting something a little bit more explosive, maybe.
00:21:18 --> 00:21:18 Oh, okay.
00:21:18 --> 00:21:20 I see you grooving.
00:21:20 --> 00:21:20 I get it.
00:21:20 --> 00:21:21 Yeah, you know what I mean?
00:21:21 --> 00:21:23 It was a lot of kind of like...
00:21:24 --> 00:21:27 I don't know, just kind of simpler grooves.
00:21:27 --> 00:21:27 Yeah.
00:21:27 --> 00:21:29 Which, yeah.
00:21:29 --> 00:21:35 And I think because there was so much tension building up, it's just a little bit more dynamic there.
00:21:35 --> 00:21:36 Yeah.
00:21:36 --> 00:21:39 But in terms of concept, I think it works for sure.
00:21:39 --> 00:21:39 Yes.
00:21:40 --> 00:21:43 So yeah, I think the potential is definitely there.
00:21:43 --> 00:21:43 Yes.
00:21:43 --> 00:21:45 Janet would eat this up on discipline.
00:21:45 --> 00:21:46 Maybe not discipline.
00:21:46 --> 00:21:47 Maybe not that album, but I'll figure it out.
00:21:48 --> 00:21:52 Speaking of Janet, I think a new era is finally happening, everyone.
00:21:52 --> 00:21:53 Oh, my God.
00:21:53 --> 00:21:55 There was a little teaser at the Singapore F1 race.
00:21:55 --> 00:21:57 So, oh, my God.
00:21:57 --> 00:21:57 More Janet to come.
00:21:57 --> 00:21:59 I love us having a pop show.
00:21:59 --> 00:22:00 We can tie it and connect all the dots.
00:22:00 --> 00:22:01 We're going to review it.
00:22:01 --> 00:22:02 We have to.
00:22:02 --> 00:22:03 Oh, yes.
00:22:04 --> 00:22:05 Anyway, I give this one an eight.
00:22:05 --> 00:22:06 How about you?
00:22:06 --> 00:22:06 Okay.
00:22:06 --> 00:22:08 See, now I'm thinking about my scores from the previous songs.
00:22:08 --> 00:22:10 Maybe I should have scored them a lot higher.
00:22:10 --> 00:22:10 My bad.
00:22:11 --> 00:22:12 Oops, I'm sorry.
00:22:12 --> 00:22:13 Yeah, I know it's too late.
00:22:13 --> 00:22:14 I didn't know it's late.
00:22:14 --> 00:22:15 I'm going to give this one an eight.
00:22:16 --> 00:22:18 I should have given it a nine.
00:22:18 --> 00:22:20 Sorry.
00:22:20 --> 00:22:22 Up next is Sugar Trap.
00:22:22 --> 00:22:25 And this is done by Jay, Dallas, and Lita.
00:22:25 --> 00:22:28 And this is released as a single in July 2026.
00:22:29 --> 00:22:32 And Jay had something to say about this song as well.
00:22:32 --> 00:22:33 Sugar Trap.
00:22:33 --> 00:22:37 I think Sugar Trap is so fun lyrically.
00:22:37 --> 00:22:45 There's a lot of puns and bars and like sugar references and candy and you know I just feel like it's super sticky.
00:22:45 --> 00:22:46 No pun intended.
00:22:51 --> 00:22:55 I will say this song has been stuck in my head a lot over the last few weeks.
00:22:55 --> 00:23:00 Like I think the first few times I listened to this album, this didn't particularly stand out to me.
00:23:00 --> 00:23:03 But now I actually think it is one of the faves.
00:23:03 --> 00:23:04 Oh, it took a minute to grow.
00:23:05 --> 00:23:05 Yeah.
00:23:05 --> 00:23:09 And like that melody just got stuck in there for sure.
00:23:09 --> 00:23:11 But yeah, this production is cool.
00:23:11 --> 00:23:13 It's giving me Scott Storch a little bit.
00:23:13 --> 00:23:14 Oh my God.
00:23:14 --> 00:23:15 Do you feel that?
00:23:15 --> 00:23:16 Yeah.
00:23:16 --> 00:23:20 It's like the intense strings mixed with the hip hop beat and that bassy synth.
00:23:21 --> 00:23:21 I don't know.
00:23:21 --> 00:23:22 That is so funny.
00:23:22 --> 00:23:27 I feel like I danced with a lot of Scott Storch beats when I was a kid.
00:23:27 --> 00:23:28 That's so funny.
00:23:28 --> 00:23:29 Right.
00:23:29 --> 00:23:29 Yeah.
00:23:29 --> 00:23:29 I don't know.
00:23:29 --> 00:23:30 That's just what I think of.
00:23:30 --> 00:23:31 Oh, yeah.
00:23:31 --> 00:23:32 This is a cool song.
00:23:32 --> 00:23:34 The urgency in the verses is really good.
00:23:34 --> 00:23:36 The chorus has this kind of darkness to it.
00:23:37 --> 00:23:39 Love the rappy verse for the second verse.
00:23:40 --> 00:23:43 It's giving Beyonce a little bit, I think, here in a good way.
00:23:44 --> 00:23:46 But yeah, this one, this was a grower.
00:23:46 --> 00:23:48 This is one of the faves, I think, off this album.
00:23:49 --> 00:23:54 Okay, see for me, I feel like I like this song right off rip.
00:23:55 --> 00:24:03 So I feel like in terms of what she used to do, like boyfriend forever, she had like those like 90s new Jack swing kind of vibe.
00:24:03 --> 00:24:07 So it was like really chill, but the song was like, he won't be my boyfriend forever.
00:24:07 --> 00:24:12 You know, so it's it was like easy, breezy, beautiful cover girl.
00:24:12 --> 00:24:19 You know, it was like, you know, this one, there's tension, there's energy, there's seduction, just so I lace in the production.
00:24:19 --> 00:24:24 And I think the bait sense keeps things super grounded while Jay is like floating over the beat with her vocals.
00:24:24 --> 00:24:28 So I love that balance that her and Dallas have found between.
00:24:29 --> 00:24:34 these metallic, like really like grumbly throaty beats.
00:24:34 --> 00:24:39 And then she's over here floating on top with her harmonies and such.
00:24:40 --> 00:24:43 That first line, her first lines are thesis statements.
00:24:44 --> 00:24:45 I got them where I want them.
00:24:45 --> 00:24:46 And that's too deep.
00:24:47 --> 00:24:47 I love that.
00:24:47 --> 00:24:48 And that's in too deep.
00:24:49 --> 00:24:50 That's right there.
00:24:50 --> 00:24:55 There's another song on this album that made me kind of laugh because the first line is amazing.
00:24:55 --> 00:24:57 And I think as a songwriter,
00:24:57 --> 00:25:04 A lot of people may not think about it because you're just listening, but that first line in a song matters almost as much as the chorus does.
00:25:04 --> 00:25:14 Like a lot of people are like the chorus is most important, but like K-pop takes that approach where it's like they have the lead singer, the one that's going to really capture your ear, sing that first verse because it matters.
00:25:14 --> 00:25:19 And I got them where I want them and that's into deep is amazing because like what the hell do you even mean?
00:25:19 --> 00:25:23 Sugar Trap, it's sticky in terms of melody.
00:25:23 --> 00:25:29 This song feels like a precursor to Attaboy where it's like playful and confident and merciless, like drip drip don't drown, honey.
00:25:29 --> 00:25:34 Like she's saying things where it's like, you can try to come over here, you're not gonna get anything, but yeah, sure.
00:25:34 --> 00:25:36 You can, you know, I feel like a lot of hotties can relate to this.
00:25:36 --> 00:25:37 I mean, people,
00:25:38 --> 00:25:41 people do put a lot of effort in when they really want something.
00:25:41 --> 00:25:42 And like, that's how they're going to act.
00:25:43 --> 00:25:44 And yes, play hard to get.
00:25:44 --> 00:25:46 I am a I don't play hard to get.
00:25:46 --> 00:25:46 I am hard to get.
00:25:47 --> 00:25:48 But I love this.
00:25:48 --> 00:25:54 And the chorus has a fun call out moment with the with the Fruit Loop bubblegum high chew.
00:25:54 --> 00:25:56 Like, yeah, that it's fun.
00:25:56 --> 00:25:57 It's super fun.
00:25:57 --> 00:26:00 And then the chorus is asking for like a sing along.
00:26:00 --> 00:26:03 Of course, the bridge, excuse me, the bridge, the ladies.
00:26:03 --> 00:26:04 No, no, no.
00:26:04 --> 00:26:05 Like it's very Channey.
00:26:05 --> 00:26:08 Boy From Forever does that as well, but it doesn't like copy itself.
00:26:08 --> 00:26:09 So I do appreciate it.
00:26:09 --> 00:26:12 And then the music video, that's where the Coyote Ugly thing came in.
00:26:13 --> 00:26:13 Yes.
00:26:14 --> 00:26:15 I love Coyote Ugly.
00:26:16 --> 00:26:17 I wanted to work through an Aussie kid.
00:26:18 --> 00:26:23 I saw it and I was like, wow, my sister, shout out to my sister for showing me all these movies I had no business watching.
00:26:23 --> 00:26:25 But this one wasn't that dirty.
00:26:26 --> 00:26:42 okay I was kind of a prude when I was like really bad I even heard the word h like h-e-l double h-e double hockey sticks I was like they said hell no h2o hell no you know I see I see and they were like dancing all provocatively so I was like oh I was that kid now look at me um um
00:26:44 --> 00:26:45 Yeah, this is a super fun video.
00:26:45 --> 00:26:48 Love all the dancing and stuff here.
00:26:48 --> 00:26:50 I think the choreography is actually quite strong.
00:26:51 --> 00:26:53 Yeah, this whole kind of situation with the key.
00:26:54 --> 00:26:55 Oh, the chastity belt?
00:26:55 --> 00:26:57 I was living for the chastity belt.
00:26:59 --> 00:27:00 Okay, listen.
00:27:00 --> 00:27:08 Okay, the video was interesting because I was trying to figure out if those are her fans in the video because they all look kind of young and not like people that belong at a bar.
00:27:08 --> 00:27:11 No offense to anyone, but they look like they were 20, 21, which is fine.
00:27:12 --> 00:27:13 But you know that there's a whole kind of look
00:27:14 --> 00:27:16 To like people that let go of a bar.
00:27:16 --> 00:27:20 It was just giving like, it was just giving young faces, which is fine.
00:27:20 --> 00:27:21 It's not a big deal.
00:27:21 --> 00:27:22 But it was just like, are those fans?
00:27:23 --> 00:27:27 Because I feel like she's really in tune with like her fans online.
00:27:27 --> 00:27:30 I mean, she's even left us a comment about being gentle with the review.
00:27:31 --> 00:27:31 Yeah.
00:27:31 --> 00:27:35 So, I mean, I like the video, the choreography.
00:27:35 --> 00:27:38 Speaking of like building up tension, the choreographer is.
00:27:38 --> 00:27:41 And it was Eliza or Eliza Hoskins.
00:27:42 --> 00:27:49 The major rec choreography with the getting low and like the bucking, that felt like it was earned.
00:27:49 --> 00:27:53 Speaking of like tension being built, I did see a little super shy.
00:27:53 --> 00:27:56 Did you see it in the...
00:27:56 --> 00:27:58 I saw some new jeans, super shy hand.
00:27:59 --> 00:28:00 But yeah, no, I do enjoy it.
00:28:00 --> 00:28:03 I will say the love interest was not giving like...
00:28:04 --> 00:28:05 He was giving schnickums.
00:28:05 --> 00:28:07 He was so adorable with his little keys.
00:28:07 --> 00:28:08 He was jingling the whole video.
00:28:08 --> 00:28:12 He said every five seconds, every time it was B-roll, it was him shaking these keys.
00:28:13 --> 00:28:15 It was just him shaking the keys.
00:28:15 --> 00:28:22 So yeah, I think it was cute, but I just felt like she needs a, you know, a more broody leading man, I think.
00:28:22 --> 00:28:25 But that's just me like looking around and nitpicking.
00:28:25 --> 00:28:26 I do enjoy the video though.
00:28:26 --> 00:28:27 I do like watching it for sure.
00:28:28 --> 00:28:28 Yeah.
00:28:28 --> 00:28:29 Yeah, super strong.
00:28:29 --> 00:28:30 But yeah, I like this one a lot.
00:28:30 --> 00:28:32 This one's a nine for me.
00:28:32 --> 00:28:33 I will give.
00:28:34 --> 00:28:35 My first nine.
00:28:37 --> 00:28:37 Okay.
00:28:38 --> 00:28:38 Nice.
00:28:39 --> 00:28:44 Okay, next up is I Miss the City, done by Jay, Dallas, and MNEK.
00:28:44 --> 00:28:48 And this was released as a single in September 2026 with Gymnastics.
00:28:48 --> 00:28:49 Yes.
00:28:49 --> 00:28:50 Look at her doing the double A side thing.
00:28:55 --> 00:28:56 I want to get sidetracked.
00:28:57 --> 00:28:58 Anyway, M.D.K., love your music.
00:28:59 --> 00:29:00 Yes, everyone go stream.
00:29:00 --> 00:29:02 Everyone go stream Bulldozer.
00:29:02 --> 00:29:04 Bulldozer's amazing.
00:29:04 --> 00:29:05 I need a tour.
00:29:05 --> 00:29:06 Even if it's like a club date, I'll take it.
00:29:06 --> 00:29:06 Ooh.
00:29:07 --> 00:29:07 All right.
00:29:08 --> 00:29:17 So this is an interesting instrumental because this reminds me of like Neo meets Ryan Leslie, maybe like Twinkly, Owl City, but we don't talk about Owl City on this show.
00:29:18 --> 00:29:20 But anyway, definitely Neo, Ryan, Leslie vibes.
00:29:20 --> 00:29:22 That's what they do.
00:29:22 --> 00:29:23 You have to tell me afterwards.
00:29:23 --> 00:29:24 I will.
00:29:26 --> 00:29:29 But yes, production has twinkle.
00:29:29 --> 00:29:30 It has melancholy.
00:29:30 --> 00:29:32 It has flow.
00:29:33 --> 00:29:38 Again, the comparisons that are being made does not come with a carby copy implication.
00:29:38 --> 00:29:53 jay definitely has her own style where her top lines feel so fresh over these nostalgic sounds and i think that's so important mdk is another writer that i noticed that does that like you've heard this before like maybe it was a sample you've you've heard before like oh why does this feel familiar
00:29:54 --> 00:30:01 Let it feel familiar, but then bring in these melodies and like these harmonies and these sonics with the vocals that feel like really fresh.
00:30:01 --> 00:30:02 And I do appreciate that.
00:30:03 --> 00:30:05 Melodic maestros, you know, we love them.
00:30:06 --> 00:30:12 And this song I do appreciate as well for it to be like a mild, like a pseudo breakup song because it's not pathetic.
00:30:13 --> 00:30:13 It's like.
00:30:14 --> 00:30:15 I need to find me again.
00:30:15 --> 00:30:18 But it's like, I'm over this situation.
00:30:18 --> 00:30:21 It's not like, oh, I need to find myself because I lost myself loving you.
00:30:21 --> 00:30:23 And there's nothing wrong with that because sometimes it does happen.
00:30:24 --> 00:30:28 But I think I appreciate the approach of like, this is true to her personality.
00:30:28 --> 00:30:33 Like I find myself losing my, I find myself being different when I'm with you.
00:30:33 --> 00:30:35 I'm not the same person I was when I met you.
00:30:36 --> 00:30:40 The line, I don't mean to be demanding, but you're moving way to Kansas, bar.
00:30:40 --> 00:30:41 Okay, bar.
00:30:42 --> 00:30:42 Bar.
00:30:42 --> 00:30:45 Because I don't like when people are stagnant either.
00:30:45 --> 00:30:46 Like, I feel like you and I have talked about it.
00:30:46 --> 00:30:48 It's like, you don't even want to eat this new food.
00:30:49 --> 00:30:50 You don't even want to go see this new thing.
00:30:50 --> 00:30:55 You don't even want to go walk in this park that we just read about in the book on a TV show or a TV show you used to watch.
00:30:55 --> 00:30:56 Like, where's your whimsy?
00:30:57 --> 00:30:57 Ugh.
00:30:57 --> 00:30:58 Don't be a stick in the mud, hoe.
00:30:58 --> 00:30:59 Don't control me.
00:30:59 --> 00:31:00 So I appreciate that.
00:31:00 --> 00:31:01 I can relate to this, truly.
00:31:02 --> 00:31:04 And also, a little mild key change.
00:31:05 --> 00:31:25 after the bridge definitely have a favorite moment production wise the synth is going off the harp so i do appreciate all the little elements in the song for sure yeah no i agree with you i love the dreaminess love how sweet the whole thing sounds it's a nice vibe switch from what we've heard so far and and those light guitar strums they feel very classic
00:31:26 --> 00:31:29 R&B pop, you know, in the best way.
00:31:29 --> 00:31:31 But yeah, some really great vocals across this.
00:31:31 --> 00:31:35 Like she has that kind of run down the scale in the second verse, which is really good.
00:31:35 --> 00:31:36 Yes, she does that thing, yes.
00:31:36 --> 00:31:37 She has her thing.
00:31:38 --> 00:31:42 But yeah, her tone just sounds super prettier with the head voice.
00:31:42 --> 00:31:43 The chorus is really nice.
00:31:43 --> 00:31:44 I just like the melody a lot.
00:31:45 --> 00:31:47 The bridge is probably my favorite part.
00:31:47 --> 00:31:51 Just the way it's vocally produced, all the layers and the oohs in the back and everything.
00:31:51 --> 00:31:53 Yeah, this one's a good one for sure.
00:31:53 --> 00:31:54 And yeah, I agree with you.
00:31:54 --> 00:31:57 The lyrics and stuff, I like the way it's written.
00:31:57 --> 00:32:12 Because I think, especially if you give this whole concept of this audacity that she's built and this kind of nightlife, kind of, you know, she met this person out at the club and now they're like in the burbs and she's like, okay, my life is boring now.
00:32:12 --> 00:32:13 What the hell is going on?
00:32:15 --> 00:32:18 I just find that as a concept really fun.
00:32:18 --> 00:32:19 It is, yeah.
00:32:19 --> 00:32:21 And it's relatable, especially like I know so many friends.
00:32:21 --> 00:32:25 Like one of my really good friends literally just moved from New York City to a burb.
00:32:26 --> 00:32:28 And like she's sending me all these photos.
00:32:28 --> 00:32:29 And I'm just like...
00:32:29 --> 00:32:33 Miserable.
00:32:33 --> 00:32:38 So anyway, also agree with you about the lyrics.
00:32:38 --> 00:32:40 But yeah, this one's up there.
00:32:40 --> 00:32:42 Another one that has grown on me a lot.
00:32:42 --> 00:32:42 Yeah.
00:32:43 --> 00:32:44 Ooh, same, grower, it's a grower.
00:32:45 --> 00:32:46 Yeah, so I'll give this one an 8.5.
00:32:48 --> 00:32:49 Oh, oh.
00:32:49 --> 00:32:52 Okay, I'm going to give this one an eight.
00:32:52 --> 00:32:58 Give this one an eight, because the next song, The Distance, I think I might like a little bit more.
00:32:58 --> 00:33:02 So The Distance was done by Jay Stevens, Lita, and Dallas.
00:33:02 --> 00:33:06 And this was described as the opposite side of the same coin to I Miss the City.
00:33:12 --> 00:33:15 So hear me out.
00:33:16 --> 00:33:17 This song is an avoidant anthem.
00:33:17 --> 00:33:18 I'm not an avoidant.
00:33:18 --> 00:33:21 I'm going to say that right now, but I can totally relate to it.
00:33:21 --> 00:33:22 It's like, I don't mind the distance.
00:33:23 --> 00:33:24 I'm that kind of person.
00:33:24 --> 00:33:32 And Jay did say that in the press conference, she did say that she has a song that kind of is a little bit more about her being avoidant and like her opening up more.
00:33:32 --> 00:33:39 So I'm getting that audacious spirit now, you know, I think melodically this song is absolutely amazing.
00:33:40 --> 00:34:05 brilliant because it sounded so sad and i was like oh and i'm listening to the lyrics and i was like wait what she really is saying reduce your expectations you're clingy i yeah stop smothering me yes and i get it though i stay busy people tell me all the time um the lines like can't make it to dinner i got too much on my plate or like got me feeling cuffed and not the way i love bars okay
00:34:06 --> 00:34:07 B-b-b-b-bars.
00:34:08 --> 00:34:08 I love it.
00:34:08 --> 00:34:20 And honestly, the way the song sounds, I feel like if Timbaland was on this, like actually like producing, because it kind of has Timbaland light vibes, he'd be like, eh, eh, come back, girl, eh.
00:34:21 --> 00:34:23 Like, I like the song.
00:34:23 --> 00:34:27 It's fun and it doesn't feel like super nasty.
00:34:28 --> 00:34:29 You know what I'm saying?
00:34:29 --> 00:34:32 It doesn't feel like she's being like, ugh, my God.
00:34:32 --> 00:34:33 It's a bit cold.
00:34:33 --> 00:34:34 I would say it's a bit cold.
00:34:34 --> 00:34:38 I feel a little bit bad for the person on the other side.
00:34:39 --> 00:34:40 Ooh, Jay, what are you talking about, girl?
00:34:40 --> 00:34:41 What are you talking about?
00:34:41 --> 00:34:43 Who are you talking about?
00:34:44 --> 00:34:44 Oh, my.
00:34:44 --> 00:34:46 Yeah, I will say this one stood out to me, actually.
00:34:47 --> 00:34:48 on the first listen.
00:34:48 --> 00:34:51 I think melodically, this song, for some reason, just really grabbed me.
00:34:52 --> 00:34:53 And yeah, the production's nice.
00:34:53 --> 00:34:57 Like the way it kind of starts with the violin and there's a kind of a groove to it as well.
00:34:57 --> 00:34:57 Yes.
00:34:57 --> 00:35:00 Along with these twinkly kind of synth noises, which I like.
00:35:01 --> 00:35:04 But yeah, the lyrics are quite funny to me.
00:35:05 --> 00:35:12 Because, you know, I agree with you because she's like trying to let this person know, you know, yeah, she's communicating, which is good.
00:35:12 --> 00:35:13 Yes, good job.
00:35:13 --> 00:35:13 Yeah.
00:35:14 --> 00:35:18 Just trying to see it from the other person's perspective like that.
00:35:18 --> 00:35:20 It's like, dang, okay.
00:35:21 --> 00:35:21 You know what?
00:35:21 --> 00:35:22 I appreciate that.
00:35:22 --> 00:35:24 But Chris, can you really see yourself with a clingy person?
00:35:24 --> 00:35:25 You know, it's just like.
00:35:25 --> 00:35:27 No, I also hate clingy people.
00:35:27 --> 00:35:29 Yeah, but you're not an avoidant.
00:35:29 --> 00:35:30 You're not an avoidant.
00:35:30 --> 00:35:31 I don't think I'm an avoidant.
00:35:31 --> 00:35:31 Yeah.
00:35:31 --> 00:35:33 Ooh, I wonder.
00:35:33 --> 00:35:33 Am I?
00:35:33 --> 00:35:34 No, no, no.
00:35:34 --> 00:35:36 Because the last person I was talking to, I was very like secure in that.
00:35:36 --> 00:35:37 So.
00:35:37 --> 00:35:46 Well, for me, I think it is important to, I mean, now we're turning into a different podcast, but for me, it's important that you also have your own life.
00:35:47 --> 00:35:47 Right.
00:35:47 --> 00:35:51 And the way she's singing about this, it's like, dude, like, yes, I have plans like without you.
00:35:52 --> 00:35:53 And it's fine that I do.
00:35:53 --> 00:35:54 And you can too.
00:35:54 --> 00:35:55 And that's good.
00:35:55 --> 00:35:55 Yes.
00:35:56 --> 00:35:56 You know what I mean?
00:35:57 --> 00:35:59 So that aspect of it, I'm on the same page.
00:36:00 --> 00:36:28 exactly I agree with you the whole kind of it's quite deceiving the difference between the melodic um yeah the melody of it and vocal execution because it sounds kind of sweet and kind of yeah melancholic but then she's actually being like quite cold to this person yeah yeah um so yeah I like this one a lot this was a highlight on the album I think yeah for sure oh I maybe give us a little higher okay okay
00:36:29 --> 00:36:31 I'm going to give this one a nine.
00:36:31 --> 00:36:32 I like it.
00:36:32 --> 00:36:32 Yeah.
00:36:33 --> 00:36:34 I'm going to give it a nine.
00:36:34 --> 00:36:34 Yeah.
00:36:34 --> 00:36:35 Nice.
00:36:35 --> 00:36:36 I have it as an 8.5.
00:36:37 --> 00:36:39 All right.
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00:37:03 --> 00:37:03 That's right.
00:37:04 --> 00:37:04 Yes.
00:37:04 --> 00:37:07 So let's move on to Soft Side.
00:37:07 --> 00:37:09 This was done by Jay and Dallas.
00:37:15 --> 00:37:16 I feel like Jay is speaking to my soul.
00:37:16 --> 00:37:21 You know, like I've said something similar to a guy before and he's like, yes, I feel very lucky.
00:37:21 --> 00:37:22 I've been told.
00:37:24 --> 00:37:36 Not me cackling like an evil witch, but I've been told that my opening up, my energy is like, they feel fortunate to be in the soft side, you know?
00:37:36 --> 00:37:37 Okay, yeah, yeah.
00:37:37 --> 00:37:38 All my soft side.
00:37:38 --> 00:37:40 Let's be, hang on.
00:37:41 --> 00:38:04 preposition matters on my soft side not let's get that right y'all um anyway it's not exactly like this song oh yeah no she means it like literally okay yeah um i was more like i said i guess that little girl who was mildly prudish has not left my body yeah i mean it's not it's like you can touch me you know yeah don't feel good i mean i would i
00:38:06 --> 00:38:08 I'll let this one guy touch me, not like touch me, touch me.
00:38:08 --> 00:38:09 I'll let him touch me, you know?
00:38:10 --> 00:38:12 It was PG-13 touching, you know?
00:38:13 --> 00:38:15 So I feel like this song is PG or it can be the other thing.
00:38:16 --> 00:38:17 Not NC-17.
00:38:17 --> 00:38:18 R. There we go.
00:38:18 --> 00:38:19 X, X. X?
00:38:22 --> 00:38:24 Oh my goodness, guys.
00:38:26 --> 00:38:32 But yes, I, I, I appreciate the song because I have been, I feel lucky.
00:38:32 --> 00:38:38 Anyway, point is, I think at this point in the album, I'm looking forward to the wit that Jay presents in her writing.
00:38:38 --> 00:38:44 Like, it's almost like with Sabrina Carpenter, where she'll throw in a little joke and throw in a little jab here and there.
00:38:44 --> 00:38:45 So yeah.
00:38:45 --> 00:38:51 I think at this point, a lot of like contemporary pop writers are adding their actual humor in here, which I appreciate.
00:38:52 --> 00:38:53 Like it means a lot.
00:38:53 --> 00:38:57 It feels a lot more bespoke to the songwriter, to the song as well and the singer.
00:38:57 --> 00:39:01 And I think it's just interesting because it's like, does it sound a little like...
00:39:02 --> 00:39:30 a little bit sure am i pretty enough to get away with it yeah am i worth the trouble heck yes you know what it is i know what it is um she knows her worth and there's nothing wrong with that and i love that she has reiterated this throughout the whole album in different kind of ways um and also i was letting our editor our social editor listen to this song and she loves the one i don't like strangers in my house and it's so true i too do not like strangers in my house i will legitimately
00:39:32 --> 00:39:53 people come to my house and ring it like i know i don't i'm answering the door um also shout out to that key change beautiful yes um like right before that soft side cassie-esque outro like oh my god yes i will say that the whole kind of electric guitar situation that happens near the end mm-hmm
00:39:54 --> 00:39:55 That is my favorite part of this song.
00:39:55 --> 00:40:00 I was so happy when that kicked in and it really elevates the song.
00:40:01 --> 00:40:06 I will say, I think I like the lyrics more than the melody of this personally.
00:40:06 --> 00:40:10 Because you actually do enjoy the way the lyrics are written for this one.
00:40:10 --> 00:40:15 Because again, I do think this concept of you're very lucky that I'm letting you even near me right now.
00:40:16 --> 00:40:17 I find that very funny.
00:40:19 --> 00:40:21 But in this case, it is written in like a very sincere way.
00:40:22 --> 00:40:23 So I appreciate that.
00:40:23 --> 00:40:26 And I like the way the verses are written as well.
00:40:27 --> 00:40:29 I will say one thing with this.
00:40:29 --> 00:40:33 I don't know if it's the vocal production or just the way she wanted to sing it in this case.
00:40:34 --> 00:40:35 But I think because the execution...
00:40:38 --> 00:40:41 The enunciation is not fully there in the chorus.
00:40:41 --> 00:40:43 Like, I don't know.
00:40:43 --> 00:40:43 Yeah.
00:40:43 --> 00:40:45 Oh, I know what you mean.
00:40:45 --> 00:40:46 Yeah.
00:40:46 --> 00:40:47 Like, I don't know what it is.
00:40:47 --> 00:40:50 Like, I remember the first few times I listened to it, I was like, wait, what is she saying?
00:40:50 --> 00:40:52 Like, some of these words, I was like, what is she saying?
00:40:52 --> 00:40:56 So I don't know if it was just because of the way it was produced or something.
00:40:56 --> 00:40:57 Or just melodically.
00:40:57 --> 00:40:59 That's just what happens with some of these words.
00:40:59 --> 00:41:02 But anyway, that kind of took me out a little bit.
00:41:02 --> 00:41:07 But yeah, I would say, melodically, this one's not my fave on this album.
00:41:08 --> 00:41:31 yeah okay that's valid i think i think this song in terms of like its production and its just approach is probably the most like sonically interesting because you're having electric guitar you're having key changes you're having just bigger vocals i think this is quote unquote the biggest track out track on the album that's fair yeah she's new kind of a big belt yeah
00:41:32 --> 00:41:33 Yeah, so I get what you're saying.
00:41:34 --> 00:41:35 Oh, man, is that the Victoria Monet thing?
00:41:35 --> 00:41:36 Victoria used to do that too.
00:41:36 --> 00:41:42 I think she kind of does it still, but not as much, where she'd kind of like sing the words in a way that they flowed into each other.
00:41:42 --> 00:41:45 La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
00:41:45 --> 00:41:47 So I get, ooh, food for thought.
00:41:48 --> 00:41:48 Interesting, okay.
00:41:50 --> 00:41:53 This is Audacity and the Key of Life, this song.
00:41:53 --> 00:41:54 And I do appreciate it.
00:41:55 --> 00:41:58 And I do appreciate the changes.
00:41:58 --> 00:41:59 So now I got to rethink my score.
00:42:00 --> 00:42:01 Christoph.
00:42:02 --> 00:42:02 Wait, hang on.
00:42:02 --> 00:42:04 I should be affecting your score?
00:42:04 --> 00:42:06 Okay, so I have it as a 7.5.
00:42:06 --> 00:42:07 What do you have it as?
00:42:07 --> 00:42:08 Hear me out.
00:42:08 --> 00:42:09 You add perspective.
00:42:09 --> 00:42:10 So I'm like, oh.
00:42:10 --> 00:42:11 No, I'm just joking.
00:42:12 --> 00:42:12 Okay, I was about to say.
00:42:12 --> 00:42:14 But no, you've added perspective.
00:42:14 --> 00:42:16 I think I'm still going to keep my score, but it's interesting.
00:42:16 --> 00:42:18 I'm like, oh, I didn't think about that until you mentioned it.
00:42:18 --> 00:42:18 I'm like...
00:42:19 --> 00:42:23 I can't explain a disconnect and then someone puts a word to it, you know?
00:42:23 --> 00:42:24 All right.
00:42:25 --> 00:42:27 I'm going to keep it at where it was.
00:42:27 --> 00:42:28 I like the song.
00:42:28 --> 00:42:31 I think the key change is awesome, but I do see your point.
00:42:31 --> 00:42:33 So I'll give it 8.5.
00:42:34 --> 00:42:34 Nice.
00:42:36 --> 00:42:39 Okay, guys, we're going to move to this banger.
00:42:40 --> 00:42:41 This next song.
00:42:41 --> 00:42:43 It's called Downhill.
00:42:43 --> 00:42:46 It's done by Jay Dallas and Whitney Phillips.
00:42:46 --> 00:42:48 We got a new name on the list, y'all.
00:42:54 --> 00:42:58 Well, first I need to ask you, does the melody of the chorus slightly remind you of Million Dollar Bill?
00:43:00 --> 00:43:01 Chris!
00:43:01 --> 00:43:02 Wait, wait!
00:43:02 --> 00:43:06 Can I tell you, I was singing it, and I was like, I don't know if he knows that song, I don't want to ask him.
00:43:06 --> 00:43:06 What?
00:43:06 --> 00:43:07 Excuse me?
00:43:07 --> 00:43:12 No, no, listen, listen, a lot of people were not checking for Whitney in her latter years, like, when she came back.
00:43:13 --> 00:43:15 But then I keep forgetting it's you, you know?
00:43:15 --> 00:43:15 I'm so sorry.
00:43:15 --> 00:43:18 Like, you know deep cuts on, like, Destiny's Child album.
00:43:18 --> 00:43:20 Like, there's no question about you, okay?
00:43:21 --> 00:43:21 Yes.
00:43:22 --> 00:43:22 Right?
00:43:22 --> 00:43:24 Yeah, I'm going to play it right here.
00:43:24 --> 00:43:26 We're going to play it right here so people can hear it.
00:43:37 --> 00:43:40 Thank you for saying that because I was like, ain't no way.
00:43:42 --> 00:43:43 But there is a way.
00:43:43 --> 00:43:44 Yeah.
00:43:44 --> 00:43:45 I mean, great reference.
00:43:45 --> 00:43:46 Yes.
00:43:46 --> 00:43:46 Great song.
00:43:46 --> 00:43:48 Not to get anyone in trouble because apparently Olivia Dean.
00:43:48 --> 00:43:48 No, no, no.
00:43:49 --> 00:43:49 No, it's not.
00:43:49 --> 00:43:51 No, it's not like exactly.
00:43:51 --> 00:43:52 It's just a bit similar.
00:43:52 --> 00:43:52 Yeah.
00:43:53 --> 00:43:54 But yeah, I like this one.
00:43:54 --> 00:43:55 The production on this is nice.
00:43:55 --> 00:43:57 I kind of like how kind of chill it is.
00:43:57 --> 00:43:58 Yeah.
00:43:58 --> 00:43:59 And the background vocals.
00:43:59 --> 00:44:01 Again, just really nice layers here.
00:44:02 --> 00:44:02 This is another one.
00:44:02 --> 00:44:03 I'm going to be honest.
00:44:03 --> 00:44:05 I enjoy the lyrics more than the melody.
00:44:07 --> 00:44:32 but but the lyrics are amazing like this whole you know gossip situation it's just a it's just fun storytelling yeah I almost wish there was a bit more sass in the execution like I understand kind of the oh like I don't care that much so just kind of like haha like your life is going down hill and I don't care yeah
00:44:32 --> 00:44:32 kind of thing.
00:44:33 --> 00:44:34 Like, I think that's funny.
00:44:34 --> 00:44:39 But I almost wish there was a little bit more sass in it just to kind of make it a bit cheekier maybe.
00:44:40 --> 00:44:43 But yeah, I think just lyrically, though, this one's a highlight.
00:44:44 --> 00:44:46 Yeah, lyrically, I think it's probably going for, like, best, I will say.
00:44:47 --> 00:44:47 Yeah.
00:44:48 --> 00:44:59 This song reminds me of the song Baby Blue by Action Bronson and Chance the Rapper, where Chance the Rapper, in his first, he says, I hope you get a paper cut on your tongue from a razor and a paper cup.
00:44:59 --> 00:45:01 I hope you win the lottery and lose your ticket.
00:45:01 --> 00:45:01 Wow.
00:45:02 --> 00:45:03 I hope your car don't work.
00:45:03 --> 00:45:05 It was like really petty stuff.
00:45:05 --> 00:45:06 Like, really petty.
00:45:07 --> 00:45:09 But like, she was being even more petty.
00:45:09 --> 00:45:13 This man lost his job, got arrested with a negative balance, and he's balding.
00:45:13 --> 00:45:15 Golly, pick a struggle.
00:45:15 --> 00:45:17 You can't be bald and broke, apparently.
00:45:19 --> 00:45:21 And yeah, I think this song does have a fun balance to it.
00:45:25 --> 00:45:27 It's a single-long vibe for sure.
00:45:28 --> 00:45:31 Like it's meant to be like the girls, you know?
00:45:31 --> 00:45:33 Switch with that down, da, da, da.
00:45:33 --> 00:45:39 I'm not singing the melody properly, but that part feels like it was built, is a built in sing along moment.
00:45:39 --> 00:45:42 And honestly, this song is very interesting.
00:45:42 --> 00:45:49 I will say the guys I used to talk to, I don't know how they're doing, but I do know that the ones I turned down, but they were like actually respectful, I just was not feeling it.
00:45:50 --> 00:45:50 They're married now.
00:45:51 --> 00:45:54 But the other ones, honey, the other ones,
00:45:55 --> 00:45:58 They're alone, single, or otherwise doing nothing or doing the same thing.
00:45:58 --> 00:46:00 So I'm not sure about downhill, but they're pretty much stagnant.
00:46:00 --> 00:46:02 And for me... Flatlined.
00:46:02 --> 00:46:03 That is a no-no.
00:46:03 --> 00:46:05 Yeah, completely flatlined.
00:46:06 --> 00:46:08 Hold on, darling.
00:46:08 --> 00:46:10 How was it?
00:46:10 --> 00:46:11 Shout out, sugar babes.
00:46:12 --> 00:46:12 Yes.
00:46:15 --> 00:46:19 But yeah, that being said, love this track for the sheer pettiness of it.
00:46:19 --> 00:46:22 But I do understand your sense of like execution.
00:46:22 --> 00:46:23 I feel like this is going to be a highlight when it's performed.
00:46:24 --> 00:46:25 Ooh, yeah.
00:46:25 --> 00:46:27 Yeah, it's like a performance highlight for sure.
00:46:27 --> 00:46:30 So for me, this one is going to be an eight as well.
00:46:30 --> 00:46:31 Nice.
00:46:31 --> 00:46:32 Yes, I have it as an eight.
00:46:33 --> 00:46:37 Next is Before You, done by Jay, Lita and Dallas.
00:46:37 --> 00:46:40 And this one does interpolate Beyonce's videophone.
00:46:47 --> 00:46:51 Fun choice.
00:46:52 --> 00:46:57 I love how she slows down the song to then kind of get to that moment so it really catches your attention.
00:46:57 --> 00:47:01 She's like, I am paying for the sample so I'm going to make you listen to it.
00:47:02 --> 00:47:03 Oh my God, yes.
00:47:03 --> 00:47:05 Before You is so fun.
00:47:05 --> 00:47:06 Oh my gosh.
00:47:06 --> 00:47:11 This gives me Beyonce and early Sierra like way before Fantasy Ride.
00:47:11 --> 00:47:13 We don't talk about Fantasy Ride.
00:47:13 --> 00:47:14 We don't talk about her.
00:47:15 --> 00:47:18 But yes, Jay's opening up.
00:47:19 --> 00:47:21 We're getting more of her audacity here.
00:47:21 --> 00:47:23 She's like, hey, listen, I actually like this guy.
00:47:23 --> 00:47:28 And again, going back to the thesis statements that are her lyrics, I think I don't hate you.
00:47:29 --> 00:47:30 Bro, that's bare minimum.
00:47:31 --> 00:47:33 Like, I love that.
00:47:33 --> 00:47:34 I sound so crazy.
00:47:34 --> 00:47:38 But literally, I was listening to the song, but like, not really.
00:47:38 --> 00:47:39 Because I was like, okay, it was a cute little beat.
00:47:39 --> 00:47:46 Like, I kind of like mentally skipped to the end with, you know, the Ashanti Foolish line and the Willow Whip My Hair Apart and the Chopin Scream.
00:47:46 --> 00:47:47 I skipped mentally there.
00:47:47 --> 00:47:48 Not on purpose.
00:47:48 --> 00:47:50 But I'm looking at the lyrics.
00:47:50 --> 00:47:52 I'm looking at my little booklet here in my Audacity.
00:47:52 --> 00:47:53 Yeah.
00:47:54 --> 00:47:56 And I see, I think I don't hate you.
00:47:56 --> 00:47:57 And I'm like, yo.
00:48:01 --> 00:48:02 I was laughing a little too hard at that.
00:48:02 --> 00:48:09 She is so tsundere, like really just like hard to get, black cat vibe.
00:48:09 --> 00:48:11 And it's just, it's not about playing a game.
00:48:11 --> 00:48:11 I think...
00:48:12 --> 00:48:18 where people might have her a little bit misunderstood or just women in general, or people who are like this understood.
00:48:18 --> 00:48:19 It's just like, I'm not playing games.
00:48:20 --> 00:48:23 It's more like, I'm not about to be super geeked about this.
00:48:23 --> 00:48:25 I do like where this is going.
00:48:26 --> 00:48:27 Like I'm acting really different.
00:48:27 --> 00:48:30 Like before you, I don't know what changed, but something's up.
00:48:31 --> 00:48:32 Something's up.
00:48:32 --> 00:48:32 Okay.
00:48:32 --> 00:48:34 I'm a little Shanti foolish when it comes to you.
00:48:34 --> 00:48:38 And it happens on occasion, but it's not hard just being like, Oh, I hate men.
00:48:38 --> 00:48:39 Like, okay.
00:48:39 --> 00:48:41 Like, all right.
00:48:41 --> 00:48:41 Like move on.
00:48:42 --> 00:48:42 Whatever.
00:48:42 --> 00:48:45 The bridge is one of my favorites on this album for sure.
00:48:45 --> 00:48:52 I think in terms of like all the bridges and just thinking about them, I feel like this one top sugar trap for me.
00:48:53 --> 00:49:22 um and i do wonder just bringing that back again like where are the layers a la after body or even her other songs like you know um body favors she layers her voice a lot more on that as well or thug style by sierra from the goodies album like the backgrounds do what they need to do the bgvs do what they need to do but i do wonder if it needs to be fuller not bigger just a little bit more stacked as opposed to like little harmony in the mix but yeah aside from that i do like this song it's fun it's clever she's
00:49:22 --> 00:49:23 Mm hmm.
00:49:23 --> 00:49:23 She's in her back.
00:49:23 --> 00:49:24 Yeah.
00:49:24 --> 00:49:25 That's so interesting.
00:49:25 --> 00:49:27 I really need to check out her older stuff.
00:49:27 --> 00:49:31 I guess my question is, were those were those all done by Dallas as well?
00:49:31 --> 00:49:32 We'll have to double check.
00:49:32 --> 00:49:33 Double.
00:49:33 --> 00:49:34 Ooh, I'll have to double check.
00:49:35 --> 00:49:35 Yeah.
00:49:36 --> 00:49:42 Because I wonder if it might be that, you know, just a different producer, different production style, vocal production style.
00:49:42 --> 00:49:43 Oh, shoot.
00:49:43 --> 00:49:44 Maybe not.
00:49:44 --> 00:49:44 I don't know.
00:49:45 --> 00:49:45 Yeah.
00:49:45 --> 00:49:48 Because I personally think, because I don't have any context, right?
00:49:48 --> 00:49:49 This is my first time listening to Jay.
00:49:50 --> 00:49:52 And I actually think this song builds really nicely vocally.
00:49:53 --> 00:49:53 Mm-hmm.
00:49:54 --> 00:49:55 production-wise.
00:49:55 --> 00:49:59 Even though the melodies are a bit repetitive, there are new elements that come in.
00:49:59 --> 00:50:00 There's new background vocals that come in.
00:50:00 --> 00:50:03 So it actually is a satisfying build there.
00:50:03 --> 00:50:07 So now I'm really curious to kind of listen to the vocal execution and production in her older stuff just to compare.
00:50:07 --> 00:50:11 But yeah, it's a really cool track.
00:50:11 --> 00:50:13 I love how funky the drum loop is.
00:50:13 --> 00:50:17 There's this kind of bouncy synth, this whistle situation.
00:50:18 --> 00:50:22 And that Beyonce interpolation was such a good idea.
00:50:22 --> 00:50:22 Yeah.
00:50:23 --> 00:50:24 Yeah, such a good idea.
00:50:24 --> 00:50:27 And it makes this song a standout, for sure.
00:50:27 --> 00:50:33 I think this one is one where there's just a nice vibe to it, you know?
00:50:34 --> 00:50:34 And so then when I...
00:50:35 --> 00:50:41 This is one I didn't really pay attention as much to the lyrics because I think this has such a bounce to it that I was kind of just like...
00:50:42 --> 00:51:07 feeling it and not really paying attention so it took me a few lessons to then read the lyrics and then pay attention to that yeah yeah but you know again i i kind of like that she's so consistent with this whole album yeah um and she's just very self-aware you know yeah i'm not mad at that actually like i'd much rather her be like this than you know
00:51:08 --> 00:51:10 in denial, in complete denial.
00:51:10 --> 00:51:11 In denial.
00:51:11 --> 00:51:12 That's just so valid.
00:51:13 --> 00:51:16 But yeah, I think... She's aware of what's happening.
00:51:16 --> 00:51:19 I don't think anything that's happening on this album is bad.
00:51:19 --> 00:51:26 And I think with reviews or criticism, people might take it, like fans too especially, might take it like, oh, you guys don't like it.
00:51:26 --> 00:51:27 It's not a matter of not liking it.
00:51:27 --> 00:51:32 I'm just curious to hear what the expansion would be of certain things.
00:51:32 --> 00:51:35 But aside from that, the track is solid.
00:51:35 --> 00:51:36 I think it's...
00:51:36 --> 00:51:36 Yeah.
00:51:36 --> 00:51:37 Good.
00:51:37 --> 00:51:39 It does have a really fun moment.
00:51:40 --> 00:51:41 So I will give it an eight.
00:51:42 --> 00:51:42 Yes.
00:51:42 --> 00:51:44 I also have this as an eight.
00:51:45 --> 00:51:45 All right.
00:51:45 --> 00:51:47 Up next is expensive and difficult.
00:51:47 --> 00:51:50 And this was on my Jay Stevens, Lita and Dallas.
00:51:56 --> 00:51:57 Yes, expensive and difficult.
00:51:57 --> 00:51:58 Very fun.
00:51:58 --> 00:52:00 Very silly with these lyrics.
00:52:01 --> 00:52:03 Again, kind of what we were saying about No One Knows My Name.
00:52:03 --> 00:52:11 Like, it's taking this kind of annoying archetype of a girl that's super spoiled and difficult to please, but there's a cheekiness to this.
00:52:11 --> 00:52:15 And she also turns it into kind of an empowering situation.
00:52:15 --> 00:52:19 Like, yes, I have high expectations, and that just is what it is at all.
00:52:19 --> 00:52:19 Yeah.
00:52:19 --> 00:52:20 You know?
00:52:20 --> 00:52:21 And she's kind of owning that.
00:52:21 --> 00:52:22 Yeah.
00:52:22 --> 00:52:27 So I appreciate that this song could have very easily been sung more brat-tilly.
00:52:28 --> 00:52:28 Yeah.
00:52:28 --> 00:52:29 Is that a word?
00:52:29 --> 00:52:30 More like a brat.
00:52:30 --> 00:52:30 Yeah.
00:52:30 --> 00:52:33 You know, kind of like that kind of way, that kind of annoying way.
00:52:33 --> 00:52:34 Mm-hmm.
00:52:34 --> 00:52:36 But instead, it just feels confident.
00:52:37 --> 00:52:37 Yeah.
00:52:37 --> 00:52:40 And kind of similar to what I said with the last song, like she's just self-aware.
00:52:40 --> 00:52:44 Like she's just like, look, like this is just how I feel.
00:52:45 --> 00:52:47 Yeah, like I am.
00:52:47 --> 00:52:50 And it is what it is, what it was.
00:52:50 --> 00:52:51 Exactly.
00:52:51 --> 00:52:55 So I appreciate that because I do think this again, this concept, there is a line there.
00:52:56 --> 00:52:59 Some people like the kind of, you know, super kind of annoying bratty thing.
00:53:00 --> 00:53:00 I personally don't.
00:53:00 --> 00:53:04 So I appreciate that she didn't cross that line personally.
00:53:04 --> 00:53:04 Yeah.
00:53:05 --> 00:53:07 But yeah, again, the track in this too, really cool.
00:53:07 --> 00:53:12 Love the electric guitar and this kind of clicky percussion loop situation.
00:53:12 --> 00:53:15 And again, these get all these spoken bits again all over it.
00:53:15 --> 00:53:16 The hook is super fun.
00:53:16 --> 00:53:21 There's a lot of tension within all of it because it kind of pulls back and kind of in.
00:53:21 --> 00:53:23 So yeah, I actually really like this one.
00:53:23 --> 00:53:24 It grew on me.
00:53:25 --> 00:53:26 You know what?
00:53:26 --> 00:53:27 Listen, I like the song from the jump.
00:53:28 --> 00:53:29 Yeah.
00:53:29 --> 00:53:31 I think for me it's a little bit difficult.
00:53:31 --> 00:53:32 This is the most like...
00:53:33 --> 00:53:37 related to album we've reviewed in a really long time for me.
00:53:38 --> 00:53:38 Oh, yeah.
00:53:38 --> 00:53:40 Like other albums, I'm like, oh, I like it.
00:53:40 --> 00:53:41 Like Mystique, we've done, we've done.
00:53:42 --> 00:53:47 We don't really do a lot of contemporary pop artists on here, if you are new here and didn't know that.
00:53:48 --> 00:53:54 But for me, it's like the way I speak and the way I talk, I feel like this is like a sonic representation of it.
00:53:55 --> 00:53:59 Because for me, I tell people all the time, it's like, you have to know your worth.
00:53:59 --> 00:54:01 The whole ad tax thing, but it's true.
00:54:01 --> 00:54:04 It's like, this all represents a lot of girls, a lot of people in general.
00:54:04 --> 00:54:06 It's like, gone is the whole, I'm so shy.
00:54:07 --> 00:54:08 You don't know your beautiful girlies.
00:54:08 --> 00:54:10 It's like, a lot of us take this approach.
00:54:10 --> 00:54:13 It's like, I am all of the things and I am a lot for those who can't handle it.
00:54:13 --> 00:54:16 Like I am the thousand dollar wooden box Beyonce was selling.
00:54:17 --> 00:54:39 it's like the line oh my gosh maybe that's a little too far because that box was stupid but yeah okay listen but here's the thing though here's are you one of the buyers okay if you're a man enough you'll know what she says if you're a man enough you'll survive we both know you i'm worth the price okay and no i wasn't because i'm not part of that tax bracket but i thought about it i did gosh yeah
00:54:40 --> 00:54:41 Here's my thing, right?
00:54:42 --> 00:54:44 For those who can't afford it, it's nothing.
00:54:45 --> 00:54:50 For those who, or even if you can afford it, like I don't want it, you don't have that value to it.
00:54:50 --> 00:54:53 But like, for me, I don't think Lamborghinis are attractive, but people are like, oh, I love that car.
00:54:53 --> 00:54:54 I'm like, okay, whatever.
00:54:54 --> 00:54:55 I like Volkswagen Beetles.
00:54:56 --> 00:54:57 People don't like them.
00:54:57 --> 00:54:59 But if someone was like, hey, do you want this?
00:54:59 --> 00:54:59 Oh, my.
00:54:59 --> 00:55:00 I'm marrying this person.
00:55:00 --> 00:55:01 You know what I'm saying?
00:55:01 --> 00:55:01 Oh, my God.
00:55:01 --> 00:55:02 Give me a Lamborghini.
00:55:02 --> 00:55:03 You don't care about me at all.
00:55:03 --> 00:55:05 So I think it's one of those things where she knows her worth.
00:55:05 --> 00:55:06 She knows her value.
00:55:07 --> 00:55:08 If you can handle it, that's what it is.
00:55:08 --> 00:55:10 And I love that because that's how I talk.
00:55:10 --> 00:55:11 I'm not.
00:55:11 --> 00:55:14 I think I'm a little bit more like funny with mine.
00:55:14 --> 00:55:16 I mean, she is funny as well, especially with that line.
00:55:16 --> 00:55:18 If I'm too much, go back to basics because it's true.
00:55:19 --> 00:55:19 It's true.
00:55:21 --> 00:55:21 But I do appreciate it.
00:55:21 --> 00:55:23 Like the attitude is not for everyone.
00:55:24 --> 00:55:24 I get it.
00:55:25 --> 00:55:32 But if you're taking it from like a less of like an expensive thing, it's more like if you're late on a date, you're never making time, you're too controlling, next.
00:55:32 --> 00:55:37 We all have something that we're unwilling to tolerate and her's like baseline, I love that.
00:55:37 --> 00:55:41 So I think this song kind of just gets everything encapsulated.
00:55:41 --> 00:55:46 It's fun, it's feisty and it definitely reminds me of Britney or even Nicole Scherzinger, like,
00:55:47 --> 00:55:52 I get more Britney meets Carrie meets Danger, you know, blackout on this one for sure.
00:55:52 --> 00:55:54 Or even I wouldn't say discipline, Janet.
00:55:54 --> 00:55:59 I feel like Janet was more like shocking with her activism and her sexuality.
00:56:00 --> 00:56:01 Not so much like I'm super confident.
00:56:02 --> 00:56:02 Yeah.
00:56:02 --> 00:56:08 So I was just like, I don't know what I would see for like yesteryear artist, but I
00:56:09 --> 00:56:13 Yeah, if I was an artist that was like big in the 2000s, I would be hitting J-Up.
00:56:13 --> 00:56:16 Lyrically, I could see Christina singing lyrics like this.
00:56:17 --> 00:56:18 Not necessarily melodically.
00:56:19 --> 00:56:20 Yes, thank you.
00:56:21 --> 00:56:21 Yeah.
00:56:21 --> 00:56:22 Not just Britney.
00:56:24 --> 00:56:25 But yeah, I think I appreciate it.
00:56:25 --> 00:56:30 Or maybe like a one-hit wonder that like just had this one awesome sassy song that we all relate to.
00:56:30 --> 00:56:31 But yeah, I like this one.
00:56:31 --> 00:56:32 This one, I'm not going to lie.
00:56:32 --> 00:56:32 Okay.
00:56:33 --> 00:56:38 It started off lower for me, not because I didn't like it, but because I was like, there's no way I like a song that much.
00:56:38 --> 00:56:41 But I think for me, this is it's a nine, which is generous.
00:56:41 --> 00:56:43 But I feel like this is a nine for me.
00:56:43 --> 00:56:43 Nice.
00:56:43 --> 00:56:45 Yeah, actually, I agree with you.
00:56:45 --> 00:56:46 I had this on the lower end.
00:56:46 --> 00:56:49 I had this at like a 7.5 or something at first.
00:56:49 --> 00:56:50 It's now gone up to an eight.
00:56:51 --> 00:56:52 Respect, respect.
00:56:53 --> 00:56:57 Okay, so the last song on this album is Gymnastics.
00:56:57 --> 00:56:59 And this was done by Jay Dallas and Whitney Phillips.
00:57:00 --> 00:57:03 And this was released as a single with I Missed the City.
00:57:03 --> 00:57:07 And we have a little blurb from Jay about gymnastics.
00:57:08 --> 00:57:24 I'm really proud of the lyrics on gymnastics because I thought it was really fun to find a way to write about my avoidance issues in means of just like,
00:57:25 --> 00:57:31 Just staying and flipping and just, you know, car wiggling out of here, you know.
00:57:31 --> 00:57:35 The Winter Olympics were going on at the time, so that's where that title came from.
00:57:35 --> 00:57:43 And we just, like, had a lot of fun finding a way to turn it into this song that's about something actually maybe a little bit concerning.
00:57:44 --> 00:57:45 Um, and yeah, that was a lot of fun.
00:57:51 --> 00:57:57 For me, I feel like, speaking of track listing and things like that, I've been pretty satisfied in terms of where the album went.
00:57:58 --> 00:58:03 I do wonder, hear me out, I do wonder if I would swap this with expensive and difficult.
00:58:04 --> 00:58:05 Oh, just in order.
00:58:05 --> 00:58:09 Yeah, but then you have this spoken outro, and I was like, damn, maybe not.
00:58:10 --> 00:58:15 You know, I would say in terms of melodics, it's not like, wow, this is my favorite one.
00:58:15 --> 00:58:18 And oh, my God, like this needs to be on the album.
00:58:18 --> 00:58:23 I'm not going to be like this one stood out to me like amazingly, but it's not like something that we slept on.
00:58:23 --> 00:58:25 It's one of those things where I was like, OK, this is cool.
00:58:25 --> 00:58:26 This is chill.
00:58:26 --> 00:58:30 It's maintaining the ethos of this album is maintaining her personality.
00:58:31 --> 00:58:32 It doesn't feel like it's discongruent.
00:58:32 --> 00:58:35 I will say there is no experimentation on that last track.
00:58:35 --> 00:58:36 Like, you know, you get like a pop track and there's like.
00:58:37 --> 00:59:04 one song and you're like girl I guess or girl what's that you know it's all very consistent yes like I'm just a girl or even I'm hater booth you know so that doesn't mean that every artist has to follow this formula but I am curious to know about like the bonus tracks on iTunes or like the demos that didn't get finalized or if she had any other songs that were like
00:59:05 --> 00:59:08 big, bold, and was like, oh, what is that?
00:59:09 --> 00:59:12 So yeah, I think, again, we have another avoidance song.
00:59:12 --> 00:59:18 And like I said, usually I'm not a fan of that concept of like avoidance.
00:59:19 --> 00:59:22 However, going back to what we've said already, this song has a playfulness.
00:59:23 --> 00:59:25 drama in the production.
00:59:25 --> 00:59:28 Like, the girls aren't speaking on records anymore, and she did it.
00:59:28 --> 00:59:29 Like, it's fun.
00:59:30 --> 00:59:31 It's solid.
00:59:31 --> 00:59:31 It's good.
00:59:32 --> 00:59:34 But yeah, I just wonder.
00:59:34 --> 00:59:37 I'm like, hmm, would I swap it out still?
00:59:37 --> 00:59:41 And I think that spoken, that spoken, that show kind of just took it, so it makes sense.
00:59:41 --> 00:59:45 But I do wonder, you know, just what if would have happened?
00:59:46 --> 00:59:52 Yeah, I mean, I think with this one, lyrically at least, it's almost the final, like, mm-hmm.
00:59:53 --> 01:00:15 acceptance of just who she is at this moment in her life yeah she's just like yeah i don't want yeah because the whole time she is kind of saying without really saying it that she's doesn't love commitment and it's gonna take a lot for her to get there i think and so this one is just very just straightforward like yeah
01:00:16 --> 01:00:17 Yeah.
01:00:17 --> 01:00:20 I'm running away with a backflip.
01:00:20 --> 01:00:20 Yeah.
01:00:20 --> 01:00:22 Yeah, with a backflip.
01:00:22 --> 01:00:23 So I appreciate that.
01:00:23 --> 01:00:23 I think it's fun.
01:00:24 --> 01:00:27 And then vibe-wise, I do think it does bring something a little bit different.
01:00:27 --> 01:00:33 There's kind of an electro-pop situation more so with all the synths and everything.
01:00:33 --> 01:00:37 Like production-wise, I could see Kylie maybe writing something for this, like backflip.
01:00:37 --> 01:00:38 in like the X era or something.
01:00:39 --> 01:00:40 Fun, yeah.
01:00:40 --> 01:00:45 Not the way the song turned out, but if you just listen to the track, I could see her wanting to do something with it, you know?
01:00:45 --> 01:00:46 Yeah.
01:00:46 --> 01:00:49 But yeah, again, it's unapologetic.
01:00:49 --> 01:00:49 Yes.
01:00:49 --> 01:00:51 You know, and I appreciate that.
01:00:51 --> 01:00:55 Like she doesn't ever go, like she's not like timid about the fact.
01:00:55 --> 01:00:56 that she feels this way.
01:00:56 --> 01:01:01 She's literally just like, I'm just telling you straight up that I, this is what's going to happen.
01:01:01 --> 01:01:02 You know?
01:01:03 --> 01:01:04 So I appreciate that.
01:01:05 --> 01:01:09 And yeah, that kind of chanty host chorus being the main climax is fun.
01:01:09 --> 01:01:11 And then of course, yes, the spoken outro.
01:01:12 --> 01:01:14 very lush, kind of dark.
01:01:14 --> 01:01:15 Great way to end the album.
01:01:15 --> 01:01:23 I am curious if that was there before or if it was kind of a, oh, this is going to end the album, so let's give it like a proper outro.
01:01:23 --> 01:01:25 But regardless, very effective.
01:01:26 --> 01:01:27 You know what?
01:01:27 --> 01:01:27 Yeah.
01:01:28 --> 01:01:29 food for thought.
01:01:29 --> 01:01:33 But yeah, I mean, like I said, I don't, I don't dislike this one.
01:01:34 --> 01:01:34 It's just interesting.
01:01:34 --> 01:01:39 I can see that it's good, but I think I might give it an eight, an eight for me.
01:01:39 --> 01:01:40 Yeah, it's not bad.
01:01:40 --> 01:01:42 I have it a little bit higher.
01:01:42 --> 01:01:42 I have it as an 8.5.
01:01:44 --> 01:01:44 All right.
01:01:44 --> 01:01:45 Ooh.
01:01:45 --> 01:01:48 It's so interesting just listening to like what our tastes are.
01:01:48 --> 01:01:50 And like now we have like a contemporary album to discuss.
01:01:51 --> 01:01:55 So I'm interested to know what you're going to cut for our cut or keep section.
01:01:55 --> 01:01:56 Yeah.
01:01:56 --> 01:01:58 Ooh, this is hard actually.
01:01:58 --> 01:02:00 Cause I think I appreciate this album.
01:02:00 --> 01:02:02 You know, it's, it feels very cohesive.
01:02:02 --> 01:02:04 It doesn't feel like there's any filler on here.
01:02:04 --> 01:02:06 I think every song does have a place.
01:02:06 --> 01:02:06 Yeah.
01:02:08 --> 01:02:23 but I guess just personally just for my own taste I'd probably cut Soft Side the J-Base are going to get you in the comments I'm joking are they?
01:02:23 --> 01:02:34 this is one of the least streamed on the album so if anybody wants to cape for hang on you're right hang on wait you're right if anyone wants to cape for Soft Side I'm sorry
01:02:35 --> 01:02:36 Explain those numbers.
01:02:37 --> 01:02:37 Okay?
01:02:37 --> 01:02:38 Do better, J-Baze.
01:02:39 --> 01:02:39 That's crazy.
01:02:39 --> 01:02:42 Spread the gospel of soft side.
01:02:42 --> 01:02:44 Ooh, you know what?
01:02:44 --> 01:02:44 That makes sense.
01:02:44 --> 01:02:46 It's not a bad song, but based on what you were saying, I get it.
01:02:47 --> 01:02:47 Yeah.
01:02:48 --> 01:02:50 Who got the lowest score for me?
01:02:57 --> 01:02:57 Oof.
01:03:00 --> 01:03:00 Eek.
01:03:02 --> 01:03:03 Let me see.
01:03:03 --> 01:03:05 Mmm.
01:03:06 --> 01:03:07 What would I cut?
01:03:07 --> 01:03:07 Let me think.
01:03:07 --> 01:03:08 Okay, what's one song I'm like?
01:03:08 --> 01:03:09 Okay, whatever.
01:03:09 --> 01:03:16 If it helps, the least streamed song on this is Downhill.
01:03:19 --> 01:03:20 Followed by Soft Side.
01:03:20 --> 01:03:20 Just FYI.
01:03:20 --> 01:03:21 What about I Miss the City?
01:03:21 --> 01:03:22 I feel like everyone loves I Miss the City.
01:03:22 --> 01:03:23 NB for you.
01:03:23 --> 01:03:24 Those are the bottom three.
01:03:25 --> 01:03:25 Really?
01:03:26 --> 01:03:26 Mmm.
01:03:26 --> 01:03:26 Yeah.
01:03:26 --> 01:03:27 I can see why that would be.
01:03:27 --> 01:03:28 Oof.
01:03:29 --> 01:03:30 It's fun, but I get it.
01:03:34 --> 01:03:37 Damn, because I like, okay.
01:03:38 --> 01:03:39 Yes, okay, I agree with you.
01:03:39 --> 01:03:48 This is very hard to cut, but I think in terms of just like making space for something a little bit more, like give me something.
01:03:48 --> 01:03:51 And I think my background vocal thing was kind of big for me too.
01:03:51 --> 01:03:53 I would say B for you.
01:03:54 --> 01:03:57 I vibe with it hard in terms of like, listen, I don't hate you.
01:03:59 --> 01:04:00 I don't hate you before you.
01:04:00 --> 01:04:01 I don't.
01:04:03 --> 01:04:07 But yeah, I think in terms of like making space for something a little bit bigger, maybe that one.
01:04:08 --> 01:04:08 Okay.
01:04:08 --> 01:04:09 Maybe that one.
01:04:09 --> 01:04:09 Yeah.
01:04:10 --> 01:04:11 Yeah.
01:04:11 --> 01:04:11 Nice.
01:04:11 --> 01:04:11 Okay.
01:04:11 --> 01:04:14 In terms of keeping.
01:04:14 --> 01:04:14 Yeah.
01:04:14 --> 01:04:15 In terms of a keep.
01:04:16 --> 01:04:16 Yeah.
01:04:16 --> 01:04:20 There's a lot of good choices here for sure.
01:04:20 --> 01:04:21 Yeah.
01:04:22 --> 01:04:30 I guess if I were to like introduce someone to her based off of this album, I would probably choose either Sugar Trap or Crush.
01:04:30 --> 01:04:30 Yeah.
01:04:32 --> 01:04:33 Oh, fun.
01:04:33 --> 01:04:33 Oh, man.
01:04:33 --> 01:04:34 Yeah.
01:04:34 --> 01:04:35 Of course.
01:04:35 --> 01:04:37 Okay, I would use probably Sugar Trap too.
01:04:37 --> 01:04:37 Yeah.
01:04:38 --> 01:04:42 And maybe expensive and difficult because it does tie in Sellout's vibe.
01:04:43 --> 01:04:44 I think in terms of like songwriting.
01:04:44 --> 01:04:51 I mean, obviously it's her, but like it's vibe of being like, I don't actually need you, but then like giving you bars.
01:04:51 --> 01:04:53 I would say expensive and difficult.
01:04:53 --> 01:04:55 It's fun and like the title itself.
01:04:55 --> 01:04:56 It's like, what the hell does that even mean?
01:04:56 --> 01:04:57 So I feel like it's a standout for sure.
01:04:58 --> 01:04:58 Yeah.
01:04:59 --> 01:04:59 Nice.
01:05:00 --> 01:05:00 That's cool.
01:05:00 --> 01:05:00 All right.
01:05:00 --> 01:05:01 So overall thoughts.
01:05:02 --> 01:05:02 Yeah.
01:05:02 --> 01:05:04 So I have no context on Jay.
01:05:05 --> 01:05:15 Honestly, we did our flow review for the latest album and we got a bunch of comments actually from the Jay fans that were like, oh my gosh, review Jay's upcoming album.
01:05:16 --> 01:05:19 And so we were like, yeah, let's add it to our list.
01:05:19 --> 01:05:19 And I'm really glad we did.
01:05:20 --> 01:05:21 Like, she's really cool.
01:05:21 --> 01:05:22 Love the vibe.
01:05:22 --> 01:05:23 Love the vocal tone.
01:05:23 --> 01:05:26 And yeah, I think there's some really great moments across this album.
01:05:27 --> 01:05:30 And I appreciate how well written the whole thing is.
01:05:30 --> 01:05:32 I appreciate that there's a full concept to it.
01:05:33 --> 01:05:34 And that they've thought so much.
01:05:35 --> 01:05:38 You can tell there's a lot of thought that's been put around the entire project.
01:05:38 --> 01:05:47 both from the writers and producers with the, you know, they're good hosts or good melodies, but even just this whole audacity situation, you know, I think it's cool.
01:05:48 --> 01:05:49 And I love that about pop music.
01:05:50 --> 01:05:56 Like I love a concept, you know, I will say as a whole, I do think the front half of the album is stronger overall.
01:05:57 --> 01:05:57 Okay.
01:05:58 --> 01:05:59 More so in melody.
01:05:59 --> 01:06:03 I think lyrically that this project is pretty flawless actually.
01:06:03 --> 01:06:04 Mm-hmm.
01:06:04 --> 01:06:04 Yeah.
01:06:04 --> 01:06:08 In terms of just what grabs me, though, I'd say the first half is a bit stronger.
01:06:08 --> 01:06:11 But, yeah, I think this is a really strong start for her.
01:06:12 --> 01:06:12 I think so, too.
01:06:13 --> 01:06:14 And, like, I love sellout.
01:06:14 --> 01:06:17 The whole sellout, like, series that turned into total sellout, it was fun.
01:06:18 --> 01:06:21 And I know I made comparisons to it, but it is tough.
01:06:21 --> 01:06:25 It's one of those, like, you're not as good as your best work, but your last work or whatever the expression is.
01:06:25 --> 01:06:28 But I think for this to be something that came out of it,
01:06:29 --> 01:06:47 nothing really dipped below seven for me i will think that she accomplished her goal of being audacious in terms of opening up a little bit more i can understand that if you're someone who does not know who she is and you're seeing an album called audacity it's like what is audacious about this album it's like the lyricism
01:06:48 --> 01:06:49 It's a production.
01:06:49 --> 01:06:51 So audacity can mean a lot of different things for a lot of different people.
01:06:52 --> 01:06:54 But for Jay, it was, I'm doing this more.
01:06:54 --> 01:06:56 I'm letting other writers come in.
01:06:56 --> 01:07:00 I'm letting production just do what it has to do and trusting the process.
01:07:01 --> 01:07:04 You know, I even told her, I was like, when you're a pop princess, yeah, I know how to hold on and let it go.
01:07:04 --> 01:07:06 And she's like, yes, that's exactly.
01:07:06 --> 01:07:09 So I get that also as a singer and as a writer.
01:07:10 --> 01:07:10 So for me.
01:07:11 --> 01:07:19 I feel like this is really solid, but next album, or like if you're going to give us like a suburb version of Audacity, give me some experimentation.
01:07:19 --> 01:07:21 Because I think at this point we understand who she is.
01:07:22 --> 01:07:22 Yeah.
01:07:22 --> 01:07:23 I want to know who she wants to be.
01:07:23 --> 01:07:25 Fun.
01:07:25 --> 01:07:26 You know?
01:07:26 --> 01:07:27 Because I'm really excited.
01:07:27 --> 01:07:28 I mean, I bought the album.
01:07:29 --> 01:07:29 Hell yeah.
01:07:30 --> 01:07:31 I don't do vinyls, guys.
01:07:31 --> 01:07:35 Not because I'm like, I don't have a record player, but yes, I did buy the album.
01:07:35 --> 01:07:36 So excited.
01:07:36 --> 01:07:37 I've been listening to it in my car.
01:07:38 --> 01:07:39 But yeah, I feel like this is a solid.
01:07:39 --> 01:07:40 I gave really high scores.
01:07:41 --> 01:07:50 So for me, overall, without the experimentation, it does kind of like overall lose a little bit of points, but it's still solid.
01:07:50 --> 01:07:51 8.5.
01:07:52 --> 01:07:54 Yes, I also have it as an 8.5.
01:07:54 --> 01:07:55 Really solid debut.
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