Davian 44,859 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 You know Tonight I'm feeling a little out of control Is this me? You wanna get crazy? 'Cause I don't give a... Today (April 6th 2010) it’s already 10 years (!) ago that Christina Aguilera released Not Myself Tonight as leadsingle for Bionic! The single was sonically a whole different direction from her last leadsingle (Ain’t No Other Man) and set the tone for the whole album. The explosive, electronic single marked a new era and became to be a gay cult classic Sadly the song didn’t get the commercial succes it deserved and peaked in the US at #23. However it did loose a lot of sales because of illegal downloads. It became the 5th most illegal downloaded song of 2010. The musicvideo was the 3rd most illegally downloaded MV of 2010. Meaning: Not Myself Tonight is a track about letting go and essentially feeling like a whole different person. After the birth of Xtina’s son in 2008 she became inspired to make music again and wanted to her album Bionic to celebrate the woman. Not Myself Tonight celebrates freedom of sexuality and not being afraid to let go. “Not Myself Tonight is all about freeing yourself. Freeing your inhibitions, freeing whatever it is inside of you that you’ve been holding back. Or maybe a little afraid to let loose and let go of. So it’s got a little rebellion to it, but it’s all in good fun and it’s just a really ‘free yourself’ sort of anthem” - About NMT, during a Bionic Track By Track MUSIC VIDEO: It’s MV is very sexually charged and has SM references in it. In the beginning she feel compressed and bound in a way, but at the end of the video she let’s everything go. It’s a celebration of a strong female. There’s also a scene on top of big stairs which is a direct reference to Madonna in the Express Yourself video! She loves Madonna and always saw her as a strong female, so she wanted to pay tribute to her. She explains it further in the BTS Behind the scenes: Live performance: She did more, but I chose to highlight this one specifically So, what are your thoughts on this major sl*tty bop? Any memories with it, or do you just really enjoy the song? Discuss! Happy NMT anniversary! What you want Lady Gaga🥂 What you want with Christina🥂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 I LOVE NMT!!! Stream Vanity and Bionic.. actually stream the entire album.. I don't understand why people dislike bionic so much.. can someone explain for me lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Runway 27,876 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 It’s so funny she was an OGH back then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davian 44,859 Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, mxnster said: I LOVE NMT!!! Stream Vanity and Bionic.. actually stream the entire album.. Taste!! Definitely in my Top 3 albums of her, if not my fav 5 minutes ago, mxnster said: I don't understand why people dislike bionic so much.. can someone explain for me lol I think it had mostly to do with bad timing. It took her 4 years to release Bionic after Back To Basics (2006) and when she came back the pop scene had changed a lot. Most importantly Gaga came to the scene and made dance music and extravagant outfit more popular than ever. So when Xtina came back with an electronic dance album with a futuristic aesthetic a lot of people accused her of being a Gaga copy. That and some other things really hurt the whole album cycle. But 10 years later it’s definitely a fan fave and even lots of non Xtina fans love it! Like she said “maybe it was too ahead of it’s time for certain people” What you want Lady Gaga🥂 What you want with Christina🥂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davian 44,859 Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Just now, Runway said: It’s so funny she was an OGH back then I mean, she wasn’t really a hater, but she did hate the comparisons. And can you blame her? Plus P*rez sabotaged the whole Bionic era in favor of Gaga so that wasn’t nice for her either. But glad they ‘made up’ What you want Lady Gaga🥂 What you want with Christina🥂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei 61,110 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 an epic bop Musery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUtterfield 8 41,411 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Was this the video they compared bad romance to Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davian 44,859 Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Throwback to last summer when the single finally got the recognition it deserved and won the Bionic Megarate What you want Lady Gaga🥂 What you want with Christina🥂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davian 44,859 Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Blue Lagoon said: Was this the video they compared bad romance to Tbh I never heard that and don’t see it either If anything it can be compared to Express Yourself by Madonna, but Xtina made clear that was a direct reference What you want Lady Gaga🥂 What you want with Christina🥂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTBOP 7,433 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 O Omg, I've had If the shoe fits (fits), wear it bitch (bitch) stuck in my head the whole day for some reason. Wow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shame 25,360 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 ugh such good memories attached to this era. this album defined one of my childhood summers. i miss it so much! i remember going swimming every week and humming this in the pool and some other bionic tracks because they were THAT catchy. this album deserved to blow up and i'm still bitter to this day it never got the limelight that it deserved. #Justice4Bionic angels forever, forever angels Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaney Elias 1,318 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Delaney Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence 1,206 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 All the memories of stans saying Gaga sabotaged Xtina like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FentyGa 14,340 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 ...a lot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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