The Batlord

lulz

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Klein - Tommy

debaserr

11/10 art

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Justthefacts

I completely agree you couldn't be more right.

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Goofle

Billie Eilish - don't smile at me [EP] (2017)

A little bit like Melanie Martinez in parts and generally nice electropop.

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Nate Perry

I´ve been trying to listen to some modern pop albums, but only very few contain good tracks. Ariana Grande´s Dangerous Woman was decent. She may not be the best composer/lyricist in the industry, but she has a voice powerful enough to level herself with Aretha, Whitney, and Mariah. The instrumentation on most tracks on the DW album was nice too.
Best track: Moonlight
A solid 6 out of 10

However, I was shocked when I listened Katy Perry´s One of the Boys record. Of all things, I never expected a KP album to be rock, maybe even indie-rock. Raspy voice, attitude and great instrumentation on behalf of Perry and the band. Enjoyed most of it, except the atrocious Hot n´Cold. Hate that song. She still has to work on her lyrics, most of them being very teenage-y, but maybe she was a teen when she recorded this, I don´t know.
Stand-out track was Lost, where Perry describes what I perceived as a sort of existential or religious crisis while living as a loner in L.A.
I´ve only listened to this one and her latest 2017 album and One of the Boys is definitely superior. When I´m done with further entries in my to-listen list, I may give her other stuff a chance.
Final score: 7.5 out of 10

I also listened to The Who´s Who´s Next for the millionth time. No further words needed, a sublime entry in their discography. Up there with Tommy and Quadrophenia.
10 out of 10

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard

who the **** listens to pop music for good lyrics

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The Batlord

People who want to justify listening to pop when it sounds like ****ty indie rock and not pop that doesn't sound like ****ty indie rock I suppose.

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Nate Perry

I listen to music in general for good lyrics and good instrumentation. Taylor Swift, for example, was already lacking in songwriting skills before going pop while doing country music, hence I would say she needs to improve both in lyrics and instrumentation if that´s the case. If you´re gonna spend time on writing the lyrics of a song which belongs to the pop, rock, blues, folk, etc, genre I will give my thoughts on those lyrics because they exist.
On the other hand, I would not say negative things about repetitive phrases on say, a Kraftwerk song because I know why the phrase/lyrics are in constant repetition.