My friends and I (E, A, R) decided to listen to Chromatica, rating the songs as we listened to them. Enjoy!
ALICE:
E: 5/10: “miss halsey in a mall”
A: 5/10: “lyrics give me chlamydia”
R: 6/10: “second verse was a trip”
STUPID LOVE:
E: 7/10: ME! energy
A: 6/10: not bad but not good as a comeback song
R: 7/10: a little basic
RAIN ON ME:
E: 9/10
A: 9/10
R: 10/10
universal consensus: brilliant, showstopping, amazing
FREE WOMAN:
E: 7/10: likes the chorus
A: 3/10 yawn, made him sleepy
R: 5/10: gaga needs to stop the instrumental breakdowns and 2012 rihanna energy
FUN TONIGHT:
E: 7/10
A: 6/10 not very fun
R: 8/10: i love it she’s a bop
911
E: 5/10 : “poker face but ratchet”
A: 2/10 “this is noise”
R: 6/10 the way chromatica II blends into 911 is everything (and i kinda like this one on 2nd listen)
PLASTIC DOLL:
E: 7.5/10: “love this one”
A: 7/10: understands what miss gaga is going for
R: 8/10: intro giving me ol mcdonald energy (2nd listen: i love the femmebot theme)
SOUR CANDY: ft blackpink
E: 3/10 hates gaga’s vocals on this one
A: 8/10 blackpink ate this one up
R: 8/10 blackpink ate this one up
ENIGMA:
E: 6.5/10 “she starts out cute but then she just keeps going and going and going and keeps going and keeps going and then i get bored”
A: 5/10
R: 6.5/10 “killer vocals” but she needs to stop these boring instrumentals
REPLAY:
E: 5/10
A: 6/10 overall: we liked the chorus but once again the instrumental is 2012 and forgettable
R: 5/10
overall: we liked the chorus but once again the instrumental is 2012 and forgettable
SINE FROM ABOVE FEAT. ELTON JOHN
E: 6/10: “lyrics give me moana/disney energy”
A: 7/10 really good until elton john
R: 8/10 “i love love love it so much, the charli xcx print at the end is everything”
1000 Doves:
E: 6/10
A: 6/10
R: 6/10
Babylon:
E: 9/10 loves it, hates first verse bc she talking about religion i think
A: 3/10 (editor’s note: this score is homophobic)
R: 9/10 what i was waiting for in this album honestly, babylon = babble on omg
Consensus: seems like it was made for drag race/vogue
OVERALL : 6.2
Note: upon second listen, Chromatica improved greatly and in my opinion, deserves an 8.
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