Welcome to next round! Today a new phase of the game begins. Next 2 rounds will work the same way
- We'll have a rejoin round between eliminated albums
- We'll listen to 2 new songs of each safe album (including the rejoined album)
- We'll eliminate an album based on the average rankings of the 2 songs (there will be 1 round per song)
So today we'll have two groups of songs instead of one that will be rated separately. And previous rounds' results won't be considered.
Let's begin with the rejoin round, since it's not the official round of the game, I won't write any opinions and just the song titles. It'll create some more suspense.
- REJOIN ROUND -
💿 01) LAUREN SPENCER SMITH - Flowers / MIRROR
💿 02) CHUNG HA - Demente (with Guaynaa) / QUERENCIA
💿 03) MELANIE MARTINEZ - MOON CYCLE / PORTALS
💿 04) CARLY RAE JEPSEN - Love Again / EMOTION
💿 05) ILLENIUM - Broken Ones (with Anna Clendening) / ASCEND
It was a tough decision between two albums, but I know what to do...
The rejoining album is...
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Emotion! Congrats to Carly Rae Jepsen and Vixens for coming back into the game!
Now time for the actual round. It'll be divided in two parts, one song each part for all albums.
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Let's go revealing this round's competing songs!
(All of the chosen songs were randomized and won't be repeated again in the game unless an album has used all its songs)
- FIRST TRACKS -
💿 01) HILARY DUFF - Stranger / DIGNITY
◼ Yeah after all those rounds I can certainly confirm this girl could make good bops back then. I've been living most of the time with those tracks and had fun with this one too. A very strong opening track too, could definitely make people want to listen more.
💿 02) SUDAN ARCHIVES - Homesick (Gorgeous & Arrogant) / NATURAL BROWN PROM QUEEN
◼ The complexity in these songs is hard to find anywhere else. Usually the elements used in the tracks are not the most appealing but this song kept me haunted and it was quite nice.
💿 03) CHAPPELL ROAN - Naked In Manhattan / THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS
◼ Cute little bop. There were weaker songs but even better bops so this fall into the mid section of the record at this point of the game. It was a fun experience I moved a centimeter, but I'm just saying Chappell will need to rely on next song too, just to be sure.
💿 04) AMAARAE - Wasted Eyes / FOUNTAIN BABY
◼ Not bad not bad. Loved this calm banger, yeah it has some powerful elements but it's not even that fast-paced, and the trumpets are so great. Every song is its own kind of thing and I rly love it for her.
💿 05) KESHA - Bastards / RAINBOW
◼ Let me just say this was not what I expected AT ALL when I first picked the song. I expected some rock banger that would physically destroy me, but it wasn't bad. The ending was really cute and sweet. But Kesha pls you don't name a song "Bastards" and then not expect people to want a bop instead.
💿 06) FLORENCE + THE MACHINE - Remain Nameless / CEREMONIALS
◼ I'll appreciate how different this sounded from other songs of the record, but at the same time this track just felt more confusing and I didn't get a lot of the energy and ultimately left me quite disappointed. Probably the worst song off the record so far. But it's okay, this happens with every record, but I really hope the next song is good or this album risks to go home!
💿 07) CARLY RAE JEPSEN - I Really Like You / EMOTION
◼ OMGGGGGGGGG I LIKED THIS!!! Carly's back into the game with a BANGER!!! I'm so happy I made the right choice with the rejoin I knew she had something good left behind and THIS SOUNDS AMAZING. Yay.
💿 08) KALI UCHIS - All Mine / RED MOON IN VENUS
◼ Had some nice elements and probably it's between the best songs of the record, but like, considering how I bashed many other songs, it's not really hard to be among the best. And I'm not even sure if this song was among the best of this round.
- SECOND TRACKS - (The running order is reversed from the past round)
💿 01) KALI UCHIS - Blue / RED MOON IN VENUS
◼ Ehh this was better than the other song, so one of the best of the record so far YASSSS! Will it stand out compared to what I'm about to hear next? Will Kali escape from elimination today? This is that type of song I'm unsure of the result of until I've heard everything else. We'll see.
💿 02) CARLY RAE JEPSEN - Favourite Colour / EMOTION
◼ Aww another good song. Maybe not as good as the other one I've heard today but I've been really happy to prove this album deserved to continue the game and now it's giving a better performance than some albums who stayed in the game since the beginning until today. Happy about this. (Edit: After listening to the rest of the songs this round this kinda got devoured but it's okay, it is)
💿 03) FLORENCE + THE MACHINE - Strangeness And Charm / CEREMONIALS
◼ Okay this is the Florence I remembered! Gorgeous and intricate without going too far. Loved the harp in this so much!!!! I'm glad the previous song was just a stumble and I actually breathed a sigh of relief. To more bangers!
💿 04) KESHA - Boots / RAINBOW
◼ Okay some country-like (???) kind of thing? I loved it!! We had slow ballads, rock covers, country, and some 2010s pop. Kesha's been giving everything and I'm sure we have something completely different left in those remaining tracks left.
💿 05) AMAARAE - Counterfeit / FOUNTAIN BABY
◼ FJHFJKSDHFKSFJSFHJK well I don't know what else to say anymore. BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER BANGER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
💿 06) CHAPPELL ROAN - Picture You / THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS
◼ Awww a old-style ballad, this brings me back to the first rounds when I thought this album was just made of ballads. Not the most extraordinary song of the album but it was really nice. When it started I was like "oooooooh this bout to be a masterpiece" and maybe it wasn't exactly a masterpiece but we're getting close to that.
💿 07) SUDAN ARCHIVES - Ciara / NATURAL BROWN PROM QUEEN
◼ Alright this might've been the best round for her so far. Maybe the 2nd part wasn't really for me, but it didn't ruin the song experience that much so I'm glad! This has been some sort of underdog record until now but today had its chance to shine brighter than others.
💿 08) HILARY DUFF - With Love / DIGNITY
◼ Hilary both opened and closed tonight's show, and I couldn't be happier! I've noticed this is one of the most famous songs of the record and I absolutely get it! I feel like the queen of the universe listening to these tracks from "Dignity" I'm so happy people were bopping and slaying to those songs when this was released and I was only one year old.
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That's it for the songs today! Time to reveal my personal ranking of both parts.
Here we goooo...
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💿 SLAYFUL ALBUMS | ROUND SEVEN | FIRST TRACKS RANKING 💿
1ST | CARLY RAE JEPSEN / I Really Like You
2ND | AMAARAE / Wasted Eyes
3RD | SUDAN ARCHIVES / Homesick (Gorgeous & Arrogant)
4TH | CHAPPELL ROAN / Naked In Manhattan
5TH | HILARY DUFF / Stranger
6TH | KESHA / Bastards
7TH | KALI UCHIS / All Mine
8TH | FLORENCE + THE MACHINE / Remain Nameless
💿 SLAYFUL ALBUMS | ROUND SEVEN | SECOND TRACKS RANKING 💿
1ST | AMAARAE / Counterfeit
2ND | FLORENCE + THE MACHINE / Strangeness And Charm
3RD | HILARY DUFF / With Love
4TH | SUDAN ARCHIVES / Ciara
5TH | KESHA / Boots
6TH | CHAPPELL ROAN / Picture You
7TH | CARLY RAE JEPSEN / Favourite Colour
8TH | KALI UCHIS / Blue
Congrats to Carly Rae Jepsen and Amaarae, Vixens and Currents | FromAWindow that submitted the albums for today's win in their respective rounds!
Time to reveal the averages based on those two mini-rounds we had.
SHOW THE LEADERBOARD!
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⭐ ROUND 7 FINAL AVERAGES RANKING ⭐
1st | AMAARAE Fountain Baby 1.5
2nd | SUDAN ARCHIVES Natural Brown Prom Queen 3.5
3rd= | CARLY RAE JEPSEN Emotion 4.0
3rd= | HILARY DUFF Dignity 4.0
5th= | FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Ceremonials 5.0
5th= | CHAPPELL ROAN The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 5.0
7th | KESHA Rainbow 5.5
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8th | KALI UCHIS Red Moon In Venus 7.5
This means Kali Uchis' "Red Moon In Venus" is our new fifth eliminated album. We must admit this album really has struggled to stay until now, and this elimination didn't even have a close result. But the vibes were beautiful, the vocals too. I would definitely listen to these songs again in a different context, maybe this ain't the most competitive record out there, but it can absolutely be appreciated by just listening to it and chill. Of course it could get back into the game next round with a good rejoin song, who knows? This game is kinda unpredictable.
Next round, we still hear TWO songs from each album and our final rejoin.
That's all for now see ya next round, maybe tomorrow, maybe in 100 years. Who knows?
