Hey! It’s time for some early morning results. Some of you are waking up to good news, while others might want to roll over and hit the snooze.
The safe contestants this week are:
And now for the critiques. Thank you again MsKathryne for your help this week on deciding the rankings and adding your comments.
FromAWindow
Kathy- I enjoyed listening to it but it was a bit one-note. Wish it built up to something more.
Ken- A little more variety in the melody would’ve pushed this song over the edge more, but overall I still did enjoy the listen and didn’t mind that so much.
moup94
Kathy- I LOVE the way Japanese lyrics sound usually, but I couldn't stand this singers voice tho i wont lie. If you had done a more standard J-pop track, or maybe submitted something from the genre City Pop, I would probably have enjoyed it more.
Ken- Yeah I’ll agree that the voice got a little grating in parts. He’s reaching for some notes that he might not have. That being said, I did enjoy the verses.
Times_Places
Kathy- I bopped a bit! This genre is super appealing to me. Spanish is the only foreign language I have any amount of actual understanding of, so theres a bit of bias there.
Ken- The little effect she does with the gibberish ad lib works really well for me. This song really perked my ears up when it came on.
JonMcGillis
Kathy- If you are not Ethel Cain, your songs should be under 7 minutes. I can tell there is some historical context to this song that I am missing due to not having a translation/my own ignorance of African history. The guitar parts were very fun to listen to. Partially ranked so high for the nerve.
Ken- Yeah submitting a song that’s 7 minutes long is a risk that I normally would advise against. But this song is absolutely worth it in my opinion, with it’s constantly changing rhythm and the wonderful vocal. Risky pick, but it paid off tonight.
MISSImogen
Kathy- I mean its alright.... the visuals outsold the song itself by a LOT
Ken- It’s a song with a pretty vocal, but it did feel less than in this lineup. Great chorus but kind of samesy otherwise to me.
mathboy9
Kathy- Sounds like something I would've sweated my ass off playing DDR to
Ken- This is a bop not gonna lie. It’s unfortunate because I like the song, but the only reason you got to post it is because we had two judges so there was a bit of extra time that you normally wouldn’t get. So I’m trying to weigh in how much that should drag you down…
Alright, we’ve made some decisions. The winner of this round is…
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TIMES_PLACES! We were speaking the same language between the three of us. And you clearly were both of our favorite submission this time. Good job.
JonMcGillis and FromAWindow, you are safe.
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Mathboy9, you are safe. It was a tough call, but we both did like your song a lot and you did score better than three other people, even with a penalty ranking from me. I’d say don’t let the late submission happen again but I should be able to post pretty immediately after the deadline so you probably won’t get the chance.
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MISSImogen, you are safe.
Moup94, you were saying how out there your music taste was, and I’ve enjoyed hearing what you come up with in this competition. Unfortunately this is gonna be it for you, thank you so much for applying.
Next blog up ASAP, I’ll post the overall scores in the comments as well.
Looking at that gif that konohavillage1 posted of our power rankings... we've come a long way, at least avatar-wise; I'm evolving into what I always said I never wanted to become.
I know MsKathryne saw that Blaire White video and deducted marks on me based off that alone MISSimogen - but Ken doing me dirty like that... I didn't see that cumming.
