Hopefully this review "hits" different! (HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Album Review) [15,000 Pageviews Special PART 2]
#1: SKINNY (5/5)
The first song is a really emotional and slow song, but it's beautiful. Billie sounds as good as ever and I love the piano. The violin is a real standout towards the end of the song, and the transition at the end is one of the best I've ever heard. What song does it transition into? Well, it goes into...
#2: LUNCH (5/5)
The first radio single, and probably the obvious one. This one is super fun, and definitely is one of the summer songs of this year. It flopped pretty hard on radio and the countdown once it hit the top 10 though, which is quite disappointing and not what this song deserves.
#3: CHIHIRO (5/5)
This one is gaining some traction on social media I believe, and it's a pretty nice song. It starts off pretty slow, but picks up speed around 2 minutes in and becomes a really fun song. The production is so good here, and it's a very VERY rare song nowadays, being over 5 minutes!
#4: BIRDS OF A FEATHER (5/5)
The second radio single, and the second song Hits 1 picked up on once HMHAS dropped is honestly the right single choice. It gives perfect summer vibes, and I love it. It's such a fun song, and the production is fantastic. This is on track to become one of her biggest songs ever, and I hope it does.
#5: WILDFLOWER (5/5)
This is one of the slower songs on here, but it has great evolution, and you know I love some evolution! It slows down towards the end, but this is such a beautiful song.
#6: THE GREATEST (5/5)
This one starts off as a mid ballad, but it grows super quickly into a power ballad, and wow. The vocals during that part are insane, it's crazy and fantastic. It slows back down, but that little part saves this song from being a 3 or 4. It reminds me of The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived in a way.
#7: L'AMOUR DE MA VIE (3/5)
This one kind of has a swing-type vibe, and it's kinda cool. About 2/3 of the way into the song, there's a beat switch into a kinda hyperpop section, and it's definitely something. Her voice in there is not great, which I get is the point, but I don't really like it.
#8: THE DINER (5/5)
The vocal effects on this one are awesome, and the production is even better. It kinda gives actual diner vibes, which is hard to explain. It's a really catchy song for some reason, even though it doesn't really work on paper, but I love it.
#9: BITTERSUITE (3/5)
This one starts as hyperpop, but slows down a little bit before a beat switch around 1:30 in. I don't really like how she's whispering in this one, as you can barely even here Billie in this one. Plus the production after the beat switch is kinda weird. The production at the end is really cool.
#10: BLUE (5/5)
And we've arrived at our last song, and it's quite a way to end. The production here is awesome, and Billie sounds as good as ever. The backing vocals are great here as well, and it's almost 5:45. It's another song about color, like Taylor's Red. I love this concept and it's executed really well here. It slows down into a ballad, and turns into something weird at the end, but I kinda dig it. The last line, "But when can I hear the next one?" is definitely foreshadowing something to come.
Overall Score: 46/50 (92%) - Great
Favorites: LUNCH, BIRDS OF A FEATHER, THE DINER
Least Favorites, L'AMOUR DE MA VIE, BITTERSUITE
So this album was a great listen, and I'm glad I finally listened to a couple of these songs! Hopefully see you tomorrow for another radical 15,000 pageviews special post, and I'll see you then.
"radical"... does this mean dua lipa is next
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