Gloomy Retrospective

I had a rough 2019, to say the least. I got to see Carly Rae Jepsen live, sure, but after that moment, it was all downhill. Something in me definitely snapped that year, and I'm very much in the suspicion that everything after Carly Rae Jepsen's concert is a vivid Brazil -type mental break, what with the relationship drama I'd created, the world literally going to fucking shit, and also apparently I've reapplied to join this organization that rejected me twice (breaking my rule of not going to places or organizations if they rejected you twice) because I realized that if I wanted to be a writer, I needed to be with the best writers I could find (and yeah, that is definitely me complimenting a few people I know but will not name). So that's my excuse for why this list is so late. I don't usually write reviews and critiques anymore. They're too hard, nobody reads them, and everyone wants an argument afterward. But recently, I've been seeing someone (not ...

Because I like to counteract every action I make until everything is a dull, boring neutral, here are some thoughts about some songs I actually did like that came out this year. 10. Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin's "I Like It" The sample here is electric, and Cardi B's personality carries what is an admittedly overstuffed song--overstuffed in the right way, however, and better for how it stands out from all the boring shit released this year than for how good it actually is. 9. Offset and Metro Boomin - "Ric Flair Drip" Just a jam all throughout, "Ric Flair Drip" is such a curious song because it contains all the normal trap stuff, but with one significant difference being the idea of Ric Flair being referenced in 2018. But it works because Offset is just so committed to the idea of it, and the silliness just makes this stand out as a unique song, especially in today's sound landscape. Also, just as a former wrestling fan, I'm just ...

Because I hate myself, I listen to modern radio a lot. And while I do find a lot of it good/passable, there are some repulsive pieces of popular music out there that just makes me want to rant about it till the New Year. See as this man with the black tie, wishing to listen to the white noise tell you the worst hit songs of 2018. 10. DJ Khaled feat. Chance the Rapper, Justin Bieber, and Quavo : "No Brainer" This song is stupid, even by pop music standards. A recycled version of DJ Khaled's slight but charming "I'm The One," it gets rid of the most lyrically-potent and -experienced of that posse (Lil Wayne), and goes for a copy-paste method of trying to recreate the magic of the first, falling short because, no brainer, doing exactly the same thing creates diminishing results. 9. Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla $ign - "Psycho" Post Malone is depressingly boring. And for a song named after a still-horrifying film, it also sounds limp...