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This review ran yesterday, but I just saw it today. 3.7 for Benson Boone from Pitchfork: Benson Boone: American Heart

Among other shots, this review calls Boone "an invasive species in the garden of good taste" and "a step removed from the genuine article: music for people who like how music sounds, but not for people who like music," and even burns a paragraph talking about the TikTok generation's version of showmanship. Ouch!

(I have not listened to this album.)

 

My bad take will always be that bionic is a goated Christina Aguilera album. Y'all slept on it, hated on it and it was the incorrect take. And I love that Christina clearly loves the album despite it flopping it because she played so many album cuts from it when I saw her and it gave me so much life. Now, lotus, we don't talk about and I'm pretty sure Christina doesn't talk about either. The good sis has been uninspired for years but we deserve it for letting bionic flop

And the Gaga comparisons were totally off base and lazy because nothing on that album screams Gaga to me besides us needing to pit two pop girlies

 

God damn. I enjoyed his SNL performance. May still give the album a shot.

That's the second most vicious line I've seen this year next to the pull-quote from P4k's Tha Carter VI review:

"Seemingly written and recorded in a very expensive vacuum, the sixth chapter of Wayne’s legacy-making album series would be a disaster, if it mattered at all."

Edit: I actually think the detour on TikTok showmanship is pretty spot-on. Also I'll give credit for using "jejune" and making it feel relatively natural.

 

I really hate Benson Boone's music, it's soulless

 

I have absolutely no opinion on him. I've definitely heard his big hit more than a few times, but it's the kind of song that doesn't really move the needle for me in either direction.

Also, woof, that Lil Wayne burn. Savage.