Pitchfork drags Rebecca Black: "joyless and interminably dull"

[Addison Rae 16,927]

“Can a debut album be a comeback? I wish I could say that Let Her Burn is a scintillating and surprisingly poignant send-up of Rebecca Black’s image and history as a self-created subject of internet scorn, but sadly it is one of the most joyless and interminably dull pop records of the past few years—and confirmation that “Friday” is still the most interesting piece of music she’s ever made.”

[likeitrough 5,862]

"It’s proof that, in less than four years, hyperpop has gone from being a fun, hotly contested new microgenre to being a hacky shortcut into the zeitgeist."

my thoughts exactly.

throwing scratchy tin can sounds and some brutal sfx on to any pop song so it can be labelled as 'alternative' and 'hyperpop'

[RudraCNG 15,221]

I mean, they drag her during the whole review but she still got a 4.4. What would they say about a 0 album?

[lodylody 1,749]

14 minutes ago, RudraCNG said:

I mean, they drag her during the whole review but she still got a 4.4. What would they say about a 0 album?

Their review of Maneskin shows what takes you from a 4.4 to a 2.0. Maybe that's a start to understanding what would actually get a 0   

Måneskin: Rush! Album Review | Pitchfork

[LadyLuca 2,554]

crumbs is a bop tho

[Benji 20,113]

I like the album, nice mix of pop with hyperpop sprinklings.

The girls that get it, get it

[nATAH 50,433]

this company is so bitter and rotten, the daily mail of music

[alsemanche 93,970]

"joyless and interminably dull" sounds like they're describing themselves

[SOON 4,159]

I have no interest in Rebecca but pitchfork has a name for completely stupid reviews and ratings so f them

[ALittleMonsta 1,529]

3 hours ago, likeitrough said:

"It’s proof that, in less than four years, hyperpop has gone from being a fun, hotly contested new microgenre to being a hacky shortcut into the zeitgeist."

my thoughts exactly.

throwing scratchy tin can sounds and some brutal sfx on to any pop song so it can be labelled as 'alternative' and 'hyperpop'

I mean honestly hyperpop has no actual definition, because it can be so so many things. So I'm not mad!

[freebit 6,240]

P4K always goes for easy targets. I would respect them if they actually took no prisoners and were critical of even the sacred cows of music, but they never do. 

[monstertoronto 10,383]

The way this reviewer sounds like a bully.  Rebecca Black has gone on the record about how traumatic the whole Friday thing was for her, and it’s pretty obvious that the new songs are miles better that that song, even if they aren’t to everyone’s taste. This reviewer is trying too hard to e edgy by being this mean. 

[swakby 4,100]

51 minutes ago, freebit said:

P4K always goes for easy targets. I would respect them if they actually took no prisoners and were critical of even the sacred cows of music, but they never do. 

Have to agree with this unfortunately, they’ve been playing it safe for the last 5 years. Kind of understand them though, imagine the swifties if midnight got anything below 7.

[nATAH 50,433]

if i were famous i would simply make it loud and clear that Pitchfork is my arch nemesis

i would release visuals of me destroying their work again and again and make tiktoks mocking their reviews

they would never know peace until they sorted their sh*t out

[NichuuB 43,788]

3 hours ago, alsemanche said:

"joyless and interminably dull" sounds like they're describing themselves

And yet they described midnights, the absolute dull album, as a great work of art