Explain The Hate ☎️

[Anderson123 39,874]

Just now, NUTELLA said:

Tbf ☝🏼🤓 I never said any of them are bad

(some just have subjectively bad sections)

But DCT over SOAM? Mildly shocking, I must say

My bad I wasn't talking about you, just the overall reaction from other members I see here (Killah, Don't Call Tonight, ballads).

And yes, I never really got the hype from Shadow of a Man. Even How Bad Do U Want Me has grown on me and I listen to that more now.

[NUTELLA 15,438]

2 minutes ago, EART HL I NG said:

what shocked me was how many people don’t vibe with LD. 

It's a sickness, frankly 

[Gohan 16,551]

4 hours ago, Lextyr97 said:

A song about her MAGA ass dad  

[zevthepaparazzo 1,125]

4 hours ago, River said:

I like all the songs on the album tbh

I never skip

Rare slay from river

[Agunimon 237]

Don't Call Tonight is one of my favorite tracks on the record!!

[SevenWonder 4,503]

7 hours ago, hELXIG said:

I think it's because I'm a lyrics person. I learned recently that people hear different things when they hear music. I'm very hooked by creative lyrics, my dad though literally doesn't even hear the words and only hears the beat. And the 'your love is my drug' thing is one of the most overdone, cliche tropes in all of music, so I just found it kinda boring. Her vocals are absolutely fire though and the instrumental is great too but... meh  

Anyway, I guess I'll be dancing in the flames tonight

This is so funny. I am a lyrics person too. But I really only care about the verses and/or bridge. I think because that's where most of the "story" takes place. 

To contrast, I just want the chorus to hit me emotionally, sonically, etc., as they pay off the story that the verses have set up.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good lyric in the chorus too. But it's the verses that hook me. 

And, for me, the verses of Lovedrug are maybe the strongest on the entire album. 

[Celloo Deng 55,532]

Wait I thought we were agreed that killah is top tier 

[Blackout19 13,223]

9 hours ago, NUTELLA said:

but WHY do so many people dislike Don’t Call Tonight?

i think its a great song

[Bling 31,583]

8 hours ago, Lucas said:

Yeah some people don't mind the mix of genres and don't really pay attention to the order of the songs, but as someone who likes cohesive albums the second half of MAYHEM feels messy to me.

This and your other comment about the first 7 tracks being so superior and vastly different from the tracks that follow is what keeps MAYHEM below ARTPOP for me as an entire project/album. ARTPOP, at least, maintains it's vibe more (minus Dope). 

I enjoy *something* about every song on MAYHEM, but the latter half runs out of steam imo after a huge build up and strong back-to-back run.

[Ladle Ghoulash 32,020]

3 hours ago, Celloo Deng said:

Wait I thought we were agreed that killah is top tier 

(We do, Miss Nut is coping with LD occupying the bottom 3 spot for many 😈)

[Miky 9,568]

14 hours ago, Lucas said:

I personally don't enjoy this song (as well as HBDYWM and LD) because they break the flow of the album. You start with these 7 very strong dark songs and then you move on to 3 more generic songs that even Taylor could sing...

I would love to see her try singing Lovedrug   That chorus would destroy her vocal cords.

[Mirrion Rizzons 12,019]

It’s a good song but why listen to don’t call tonight when you can listen to her older sister Alejandro instead 

[princedeeblebleble 2,321]

14 hours ago, NUTELLA said:

I'm so surprised by this.

I feel like the chorus is refreshing & exciting & stands out in a memorable way

Idk it kinda suffers from the  Joanne/Chromatica curse where they are great catchy songs, but it misses that extra oomph that would make it an "it can only be done by Gaga" thing like we get in Disease, Abra, Killah, Zombieboy, Vanish etc.

[Poltergeist 3,753]

It took me a long time to enjoy it, but last month I came to a moment when I started to crave this song. I've even had it on loop for hours a few times! While I still think that the chorus is rather weak, verses are really nice, and the bridge was a pure extasy since the first listen 

[badboymonsterx 549]

That's crazy people think LoveDrug and Don't Call Tonight are filler songs lol. They are def in my top 5 on the album.