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Post by TomX on Nov 23, 2022 12:40:56 GMT
Actually one more day till it gets released in NZ! Unless they’re doing a worldwide release, but even the LG Anniversary album was released at midnight in NZ, so I’m guessing it will be the same case.
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Post by TomX on Nov 21, 2022 17:40:09 GMT
Not a fan of this BTS, kinda basic and raw. But anyway, it's better than nothing I think that's kind of the point of this video, to be as candid and raw as possible. It's showing how they started off the song with the melodies, how they incorporated the lyrics after and how they planned the way they'd sing the harmonies. This is is kind of footage I've been missing since she released TBDT Making Of or those small bits of the Making Of Stop Standing There for GL. It's the way we get the real vibe of the studio sessions and how everything flowed. I think this is a great video, and I hope we get to see the rest of LS.
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Post by TomX on Nov 21, 2022 17:08:59 GMT
Making Of!
Videos like these reinstate in me how talented she really is and how hands-on she is with the whole process of the song. We tend to look over that, but with these videos I get goosebumps seeing how much of a pro she actually is. Now please give us the rest of the Making Of Love Sux please!
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Post by TomX on Nov 21, 2022 15:57:19 GMT
It’s a cute song but I agree that the lyrics sound too juvenile.
I don’t know if it’s just me but this feels like it could’ve been one of those 2 minute songs easily and feels maybe too long.
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Post by TomX on Nov 21, 2022 1:24:47 GMT
I really don't have an issue with 2, 2:30 minute songs anymore. Many mainstream artists are shortening their songs to under 3 minutes now, and it's a trend that will only become more popular. It's not just about her doing pop/punk or working with Feldman, it's more of her following the industry's standard. I say "not just" because it is already known Feldman doesn't like producing songs that are over 2:30 because his attention span is pretty short according to him. I even think Avril might've pushed to get the longer songs on the album as well, like Avalanche and Deja Vu.
I'm not too worried if the songs on the next album have that length as long as the material is good. What I'd like is a longer album in terms of tracklist, at least 14 songs, and no more 1:50 intros or outros. As much as I'm ok with the 2:30-ish standard, I hope we don't get songs under 2 minutes either.
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Post by TomX on Nov 20, 2022 20:02:04 GMT
Since everyone mentioned Demi Lovato's pop punk album "Holy Fvck" along with "Love Sux" during this year, I decided to finally listen to it. Guys, what an album! Now I understand why everyone's mad that it wasn't nominated for the Grammys. by the way this album is way better than Love Sux, starting with the lyrics. A lot of personal lyrics and themes on this album beyond romantic love breakups. and yes, it's still a pure pop punk album. Demi's evolved so much as a songwritter. I'm proud. It is a masterpiece and by far the best album she’s released. It’s right on top as my AOTY along with Love Sux. While I agree the lyrics are much more polished and touch on really personal and dark subjects, Demi didn’t write that much. Most of the songs on the album are co-written by 4 or 5 people aside from Demi. She even claimed in her interview with Zane Lowe that she would be at the writing sessions telling her co-writers how she felt and that they would build the lyrics upon that, but it’s not like she was an active writer on it. Nothing bad of course, just taking into account most of Love a Sux was written by Avril and either Feldy or her and Travis, or three people maximum. We know two songs were entirely self-written and she wrote most of Cannonball by herself. She also said she wrote her verses for Bois Lie and All I Wanted. I’m curious if she wrote either Mercury In Retrograde or Pity Party on her own as well. It would be nice to have one more self-written song.
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Post by TomX on Nov 20, 2022 2:36:21 GMT
Apple music: Mercury In Retrograde: 2:09 Pity Party: 1:54 God.. Is there a link available? I’ve tried googling it but there’s nothing on iTunes yet apparently.
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Post by TomX on Nov 19, 2022 20:52:06 GMT
It's cool to look back at these stories and try to think which songs were being recorded at that time now that we have had the album long enough. For instance, I'm almost certain Avril was recording the bass for BOAH at 2:30. It's the exact same melody. And the story in min 3:47 is her playing the same chord progression for the "woah, wooooah" part of the chorus. Probably that's when she recorded guitars for it. It's great we can now when some of the songs were recorded. It's the closest we'll get to a Making Of lol. There was also a story with her clapping with some rubber gloves, which I'm sure was for the clapping part of the pre-chorus in Bois Lie. I don’t believe she’s credited with playing an instrument on that song though? Weird cause they did the same thing with ICDB where she was clearly shown recording guitar for it but never credited. She might have just been playing for fun but somebody else recorded it for the album. Actually, she is! She’s credited with guitar on that track on the album booklet
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Post by TomX on Nov 19, 2022 18:27:29 GMT
It's cool to look back at these stories and try to think which songs were being recorded at that time now that we have had the album long enough.
For instance, I'm almost certain Avril was recording the bass for BOAH at 2:30. It's the exact same melody. And the story in min 3:47 is her playing the same chord progression for the "woah, wooooah" part of the chorus. Probably that's when she recorded guitars for it. It's great we can now when some of the songs were recorded. It's the closest we'll get to a Making Of lol.
There was also a story with her clapping with some rubber gloves, which I'm sure was for the clapping part of the pre-chorus in Bois Lie.
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Post by TomX on Nov 19, 2022 17:38:58 GMT
The remaining songs from the board that we don't have at all: Me Myself & I Burn Out Dancing with a Hurricane Take My Breath. By the way, someone remembers the snippet from the studio where Avril sing "oh it's like a ..." and also where there was some kind of evil music at the beginning, and then Avril calmly sang the harmony on the rise "oh oh oh ..." and at the end Mod shouted. I remember both. The first one seemed to be a fast paced song, and the second one with the “oh, oh, oh, oh…” and then a sort of chorus of “oh, oh, oh, oh” seemed to be a darker song. Neither of them saw the light of day.
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Post by TomX on Nov 19, 2022 13:14:56 GMT
Yeah, for sure it will be the most complete Deluxe of her career. So that’s definitely a win for us. Also, the fact that she’s close to finishing her new album and that we know it’s very likely we’ll get new music next year makes me happy.
However, if we did get a surprise extra track, I think everyone would be more than pleased and people complaining for “lack of new tracks” would at least be satisfied, since 4 would be more than enough for a deluxe. Yes, one song can make a difference, especially since we’re getting an outro track with PP more than a new full-length song. But I agree, I don’t think that’s going to happen. We would’ve known by now unless it’s literally a surprise track lol.
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Post by TomX on Nov 19, 2022 9:43:27 GMT
So I was just scrolling through her comments on her Deluxe reel yesterday and basically everyone is asking for more songs. I wonder if she/DTA will read into this and change their minds to at least add one or two more songs. If it’s not being released in physical format, it shouldn’t be too much of an issue I think. But I could be wrong, since I have no idea how uploading music to streaming services works.
Call me naive, but a small, tiny part of me still hopes she’ll pull a “3 am version” surprise drop. Not counting on it though, but it would be great.
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Post by TomX on Nov 19, 2022 3:17:20 GMT
I can still say this album to me is her strongest along with UMS. There isn't a single song on it I dislike. Literally it's one banger after another. Sonically, she gave us her most consistent album since TBDT, and I think we all loved that. The weakest tracks for me (LIWYHM, KMLTWIE) are still better than any song on her last two albums (with the exception of IFILWTD and HAW), yes that's how much I love this album lol. My only criticism would be the lack of diversity in terms of lyrical content, and I wouldn't have minded another mid-tempo in the first half to slow down the album's fast pace.
And even though I'm a bit disappointed with what we're getting with the deluxe, at least it's three new tracks that will enhance the experience of listening to this album with 7 extra minutes (not counting you, acoustics).
If AL8 brings us the consistency and sound of this album, and touches on more serious topics with a few more mid-tempos and a couple more ballads with great buildups, I think I'll be the happiest I've ever been as a fan.
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Post by TomX on Nov 19, 2022 2:10:25 GMT
I usually don’t mind 2:30 min songs anymore, I think it’s the current standard. It’s becoming more and more rare to have songs over 3 minutes long, so that wouldn’t be a problem. But as much as I love BOAH as a closer, I don’t need nor want another short closer. Why would they think this was a good idea anyway?
Honestly, why didn’t they just include Joker? It would’ve served the purpose and it’s already a fan favorite. I don’t think it’s worth it to have a new song if it’s going to be that short. Now I can say I would’ve really wanted one of the leaks instead of Pity Party, which were at least the standard length of LS’s tracks.
This deluxe keeps getting more disappointing. I don’t even know who to blame for this, if the leakers or some bad management on behalf of DTA, but right now I just want her to wrap AL8 and give us new music next year.
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Post by TomX on Nov 18, 2022 20:26:29 GMT
Yeah, i also don't think they did a great job trying to only desature the background i texted to designer about it and i think he read my comment so... ofc it is impossible to change but at least he might knew that. Also her and skin and hair is redish and for me background better to be more black. He has a grammy nominee but i really can make it better lol The conclusion is: avril's designers are shit and grammy is shitty also So here's something very odd. I wanted to play around with the cover, so I imported it in Photoshop. Funny thing is that when I did that , only imported it, the cover looked much better, without the red tones. I didn't even have to edit it, just importing it changed the tones. It's very weird. I'm sure there must've been an exporting issue and nobody bothered double checking. This seems to be the original color tone:
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