Independent UK: 4/5 - Three Minutes of Euphoric Melodrama

[KatieJudasGaga4 67,907]

While it’s disappointing that something so club-ready won’t be able to live out its destiny any time soon, ‘Rain on Me’ is otherwise a theatrical and replenishing triumph

"Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande make sense together. Not only because they’re big, probably-visible-from-space pop queens, but because they’re also loudly melodramatic with it. “Rain on Me”, a tight three minutes of house euphoria, is about singing through the pain and dancing like nobody’s watching. It’s traditionally Gaga in many respects, full of broad vocal runs and camp spoken word (“Rain on me / Tsunami”, she insists, as if she’s a cyborg with a British accent). It also feels new for her. There’s a heavy dose of early Nineties dance-pop here, shades of “Rhythm Is a Dancer” or Crystal Waters, the track’s production (credited to BloodPop and BURNS) bubbling and flexing beneath her. “Stupid Love”, Chromatica’s first single, was written about as a return to form for Gaga, a glittery respite from the downbeat earnestness of her most recent albums. It was also entry-level Gaga, a track that rested comfortably rather than shooting its way into the stratosphere. “Rain on Me” feels like a step up or at least a course correction – a cool breeze, like Clean Bandit but good, and a celebration of powering through the misery. No one especially thrives in the rain, but we can at least try and make the most of it while it’s here."

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/lady-gaga-ariana-grande-rain-on-me-review-chromatica-release-lyrics-a9527796.html

 

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1 minute ago, KatieJudasGaga4 said:

like Clean Bandit but good

but I love Clean Bandit 

[Gen 223]

1 minute ago, KatieJudasGaga4 said:

like Clean Bandit but good

WHYYYYYYYY 

[Bye 3,947]

The Independent serving good taste

[Sneaky Oliver 22,236]

Hopefully the critics will eat everything up this era. I want her to be universally acclaimed once again 

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3 minutes ago, Hanthos said:

but I love Clean Bandit 

They really threw them under the bus outta nowhere 

[LastNight 5,935]

Ahhhhh what a great review! Totally deserved, the song is epic 

[KatieJudasGaga4 67,907]

Just now, Disclosure said:

This song is a copy,we need to tell that to reviewers

 

Sounds nothing alike lmao

[Quasi 10,936]

7 minutes ago, KatieJudasGaga4 said:

Sounds nothing alike lmao

Don't even bother, they've been posting the same thing in other threads too. She just keeps winning, and some people can't stand it. 

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9 minutes ago, Disclosure said:

This song is a copy,we need to tell that to reviewers

 

You are forcing a face morph between jude law and judge Judy 

freak out freak out freak out

[Hades 27,980]

Love the praise but the Clean Bandit shade is disrespectful and doesn't represent Gaga at all. She praised every new artist and roots for them.

They should delete that line.  

[Red Velvet 10,988]

15 minutes ago, Disclosure said:

This song is a copy,we need to tell that to reviewers

 

I guess Floppy's back... 

[Judas Society 3,584]

the shaaaaade

[C1trus 4,341]

Who the heck is that party spoiler?  

[steven 6,046]

No lies detected, the critics are rooting for her. Very positive reviews so far.