Betty Who "Somebody Loves You"

GODDAMMIT THIS IS JUNK

ugh

honestly i got a little worried by that promo image

Acoustic version is nice. Promo image was alarming.

her second single (on spotify) is also bad, worse than "human touch" i would venture. oh well we'll always have "somebody loves you" i guess

might be ok but there's what feels like an interpolation of the chorus melody from fergie's "london bridge" that keeps popping up and ruining everything

she's been charli xcx'd :(

My life would probably be better if I don't listen, but I'm going to anyway...

Okay, so, at its core, I don't find this as offensively bad as Human Touch was, but my god there are so many things going on over the top of it that it's just a car crash. Also, when it comes to melody writing, she's got a very tiny bag of tricks. This doesn't just sound like other people's songs. It sounds like other (better) Betty Who songs.

She really had something going for a while.... but so much for that

Finally, one of these new songs isn't trash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7mIK4fqZf0

What song are those "Whoaaahs" reminding me of?

Figured it out. It was Treasure by Bruno Mars.

Oh, good call.

album is not as horrible as singles implied

Has the label contacted you about making that a sticker quote yet?

lol

It's not, but it's in the same zip code.

Pretty bad.

warren g feature is so random, it kinda works i think. album is alright!

Loved Human Touch, surprised by frosty reception above

Based on the timestamp of my most recent post in this thread, I haven't listened to this shitpile since March 30th.

lol. maybe try again?

I hit play on the You Can Cry Tomorrow video upthread because I mentioned it wasn't bad.

Objectively, it may not be, but I think I'm only madder now at how she's squandered the best qualities from her initial blast of songs.

(fwiw my praise for her first LP was rather muted as well, even though I started the thread)

The EP she put out recently (she's back to being independent) has a few gems: "Ignore Me" and "Just Thought You Should Know" particularly.

new album is pretty good! kind of patchy in the middle but "just thought you should know" is the best song she's ever done imo

Solid album, nothing to dislike, but equally I can't get that excited about much of it. I picked out "Old Me" and "All This Woman" in addition to "Just Thought…".

I saw her a week ago playing a private event at a hotel in Boston with less than fifty people. I thought she was great, but I was pretty drunk. Closed with Somebody Loves You.