I remember that Max Landis guy being the most annoying podcast guest ever, what is he trying to say with the Essays?
Quasi-celeb shitbird somehow spends 150 pages on a surface-level analysis of Carly Rae's songs/albums carrying common themes, pretends he's the first person to ever notice such a thing
Max Landis is super grating and a privileged butthead and just the worst, but based on some snippets in this Twitter thread, this might be the best thing he's ever done. Not because it's good. It's nonsense and pretentious and everything I hate about him. But, he went so full-blown Max Landis in this that it somehow circled around and became so bad that it's funny. Thank you, Max, for this masterpiece of straight white dude ridiculousness.
Warm Blood is boring, her vocals are buried, and doesn't fit the rest of the album. Maybe as a b-side, but not right towards the end of the upbeat album where it brings the vibes down and I just simply think it's a bad song, SORRY
Warm Blood is one of the most interesting on the album, and is where the album goes from fun to whoooo this is great
If you think the album only gets "great" at track 11, then there's going to be a LOT more we disagree on than the quality of Warm Blood.
I was speaking more as more of an emotional reaction than technical The album obviously makes a stake at being fantastic from the first notes of Run Away With Me, but I think Warm Blood is the track that keeps the back half of the album from getting stale, as it is different in a way that catches your ear, but justtttt similar enough to keep it firmly within album, and the second half of the song is wild. The claustrophobic feeling of the song definitely gives When I Needed You a push in feeling more like a closer/release too.
Making The Most Of The Night and Warm Blood are the two I've gone back to the least. I wish I Didn't Just Come Here To Dance and Never Get To Hold You made the album though. Those two b-sides are phenomenal
black heart is the best of the extra tracks though i've never listened to the album not thinking they aren't part of the album