waterfall 791 Posted March 9, 2024 Share Posted March 9, 2024 12 hours ago, YoonA said: I know!! We are eating good. I'm loving Ariana's new album. I've had Bye on repeat. Yes! La Luna is a bop. Yeah their new song isn't bad. I just don't know how much I'll actually listen to it. I'm also praying Wendy gives us some upbeat songs. Closer is such a magical experience I get chills every time I hear it. I loved their live performances of it too. what are your favs from ari's new album? and omg taste cuz bye one of my favs rn. def shouldve been lead single vibes cuz it feels so grand. i also liked true story, the boy is mine, and imperfect for you (it kinda hannah montana soundtrack vibes lol). it was great and first listen i liked it more than positions but idk if i like any track on here as much as i loved pov back then. that song really got to me. overall i still loved tho and it def feels like an album u listen to when u wanna look back and reflect ig. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterfall 791 Posted March 9, 2024 Share Posted March 9, 2024 4 hours ago, PoshLife said: We already ranked Utada's singles a year or two ago, but maybe for her 25th anniversary I'll do a top 10 of my favorite album tracks (songs that weren't singles or B-sides). i really wanna get into her. ive heard first love before and its just beautiful. can u rec me some stuff i should check out by her? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bi Rain 130 Posted March 9, 2024 Share Posted March 9, 2024 Speaking of Utada I'm still not over the random cutoff at the end of Take 5 from Heart Station. Why she gotta do that to one of my favorite songs off of the album I like how she at least gave it some sort of end during her live performance. The Good Sis Viola | Have Some Bi Rain | The Bi Rain Train | Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bi Rain 130 Posted March 9, 2024 Share Posted March 9, 2024 9 hours ago, waterfall said: what are your favs from ari's new album? and omg taste cuz bye one of my favs rn. def shouldve been lead single vibes cuz it feels so grand. i also liked true story, the boy is mine, and imperfect for you (it kinda hannah montana soundtrack vibes lol). it was great and first listen i liked it more than positions but idk if i like any track on here as much as i loved pov back then. that song really got to me. overall i still loved tho and it def feels like an album u listen to when u wanna look back and reflect ig. Yeah I definitely like it more than positions. My favorites are Bye, We Can't Be Friends (also did you watch the mv for it? The emotions I went through watching that ) and Imperfect For You The Good Sis Viola | Have Some Bi Rain | The Bi Rain Train | 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoshLife 16,908 Posted March 9, 2024 Share Posted March 9, 2024 12 hours ago, waterfall said: i really wanna get into her. ive heard first love before and its just beautiful. can u rec me some stuff i should check out by her? Sure! Two songs I'd recommend off the bat are Hikari and Flavor of Life. Hikari (and its English version, Simple and Clean) was the theme song to the first Kingdom Hearts game, so it got very famous especially for a Japanese song released back in the early 2000s. Flavor of Life was a gigantic success. She released it shortly after wrapping up a really successful tour, "Utada United 2006" so there was naturally a lot of hype around it. It was the equivalent of Gaga releasing the "Born this Way" single after the Monster Ball. But what made it so successful was that in addition to there being two versions for people to buy (the original and a ballad version), she also released several ringtones (back when people paid for ringtones ) which sold over two million copies before the full song was even released. It ultimately became the second highest selling song in the world for 2007 (Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" was #1 and Rihanna's "Umbrella" was #3, to give you a sense of how popular a song had to be to achieve that). You can listen to both versions here: I'd be happy to recommend some more if you want. Let me know if you're looking for slow songs or upbeat songs - also if you want to dig into her older work like these two, or her more recent stuff (which is generally more acoustic and jazz-inspired than these). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoshLife 16,908 Posted March 9, 2024 Share Posted March 9, 2024 5 hours ago, YoonA said: Speaking of Utada I'm still not over the random cutoff at the end of Take 5 from Heart Station. Why she gotta do that to one of my favorite songs off of the album I like how she at least gave it some sort of end during her live performance. Yeah the end of that song is really jarring lol. I've kind of come to appreciate it though, it's so unique. I remember at the time people thought it was about death, and how things can just end suddenly or without resolution. It's probably my favorite album track on that album (though over half the songs were singles so there weren't that many album tracks ) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bi Rain 130 Posted March 9, 2024 Share Posted March 9, 2024 1 minute ago, PoshLife said: Yeah the end of that song is really jarring lol. I've kind of come to appreciate it though, it's so unique. I remember at the time people thought it was about death, and how things can just end suddenly or without resolution. It's probably my favorite album track on that album (though over half the songs were singles so there weren't that many album tracks ) That's actually a good way to look at it. It's one of my favorites as well. Just the cut off gets me every time. When I first bought the album all those years ago off of itunes and it cut off like that I thought it was bugged lol. I reached out to support who told me to just delete the songs and redownload it. Which I did Then later on I learned the song was supposed to be that way and felt stupid The Good Sis Viola | Have Some Bi Rain | The Bi Rain Train | Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoshLife 16,908 Posted March 9, 2024 Share Posted March 9, 2024 1 minute ago, YoonA said: That's actually a good way to look at it. It's one of my favorites as well. Just the cut off gets me every time. When I first bought the album all those years ago off of itunes and it cut off like that I thought it was bugged lol. I reached out to support who told me to just delete the songs and redownload it. Which I did Then later on I learned the song was supposed to be that way and felt stupid hahaha I'm pretty sure I also thought something was wrong with it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bi Rain 130 Posted March 9, 2024 Share Posted March 9, 2024 Just now, PoshLife said: hahaha I'm pretty sure I also thought something was wrong with it Even with the cut off though it's still one of my favorites. I love Heart Station overall. Heart Station, Exodus, Ultra Blue and Fantome are probably my favorite albums by her. The Good Sis Viola | Have Some Bi Rain | The Bi Rain Train | Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoshLife 16,908 Posted March 9, 2024 Share Posted March 9, 2024 1 minute ago, YoonA said: Even with the cut off though it's still one of my favorites. I love Heart Station overall. Heart Station, Exodus, Ultra Blue and Fantome are probably my favorite albums by her. Yeah I'd say Ultra Blue is my favorite, then Heart Station and Deep River. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopReaper 2,229 Posted March 9, 2024 Share Posted March 9, 2024 15 hours ago, waterfall said: what are your favs from ari's new album? and omg taste cuz bye one of my favs rn. def shouldve been lead single vibes cuz it feels so grand. i also liked true story, the boy is mine, and imperfect for you (it kinda hannah montana soundtrack vibes lol). it was great and first listen i liked it more than positions but idk if i like any track on here as much as i loved pov back then. that song really got to me. overall i still loved tho and it def feels like an album u listen to when u wanna look back and reflect ig. 6 hours ago, YoonA said: Yeah I definitely like it more than positions. My favorites are Bye, We Can't Be Friends (also did you watch the mv for it? The emotions I went through watching that ) and Imperfect For You Echoing the praise for Bye, it's on repeat rn My other faves are Don't Wanna Break Up Again, Supernatural and the title track. But the entire album is really solid, it might end up as my favorite Ariana release Fun Fact: The K in KPop stands for "Kate Bush" 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopReaper 2,229 Posted March 9, 2024 Share Posted March 9, 2024 15 hours ago, waterfall said: i really wanna get into her. ive heard first love before and its just beautiful. can u rec me some stuff i should check out by her? Adding to Posh's recommendations, here are a few upbeat tracks by Utada I really love: Spoiler A 90s house track from her debut album that still holds up really well: One of the highlights from her 2015 comeback album after a long hiatus: A hyperpop-esque bop from her latest album: Fun Fact: The K in KPop stands for "Kate Bush" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoshLife 16,908 Posted March 9, 2024 Share Posted March 9, 2024 2 hours ago, PopReaper said: Adding to Posh's recommendations, here are a few upbeat tracks by Utada I really love: Hide contents A 90s house track from her debut album that still holds up really well: One of the highlights from her 2015 comeback album after a long hiatus: A hyperpop-esque bop from her latest album: 100% agree with these three recs. Actually come to think of it those are my favorite tracks from the three albums they were on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bi Rain 130 Posted March 10, 2024 Share Posted March 10, 2024 7 hours ago, PopReaper said: Echoing the praise for Bye, it's on repeat rn My other faves are Don't Wanna Break Up Again, Supernatural and the title track. But the entire album is really solid, it might end up as my favorite Ariana release It's definitely become one of my top favorite release she's done. Bye is so good omg Supernatural as well! The Good Sis Viola | Have Some Bi Rain | The Bi Rain Train | 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bi Rain 130 Posted March 10, 2024 Share Posted March 10, 2024 7 hours ago, PoshLife said: Yeah I'd say Ultra Blue is my favorite, then Heart Station and Deep River. Ultra Blue is amazing She's got so many good songs on there. Passion, Keep Tryin, Blue, This Is Love, Colors Even the album cover itself is just iconic. The Good Sis Viola | Have Some Bi Rain | The Bi Rain Train | Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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