thread has me relistening to currents smfh man he used to be a demigod

obsolete is gassssssss man wdym

easily my most replayed behind dracula

against all logic larp

in the BEST way possible lol

man this song in particular is like easily one of his most gorgeous compositions to date like wow

especially considering if this is just him d***ing around lol

I’m so conflicted on this song
I like what he does with the songwriting and his vocals, and the first 30 seconds had me thinking this was gonna be the climax of this album. But then the drums come in like wtf was this song supposed to be? It sounds like a badly executed Backstreet Boys song. I don’t have a problem with him taking risks, but I would hope there’s payoff at the end
Also is he still solo producing everything? He’s talented but that might be a problem if he’s trying to step into new musical territory. Dave Fridmann helped him mix lonerism, he should’ve called up max martin or mark Ronson who he’s worked with in the past to help execute the vision of a bubblegum pop song. But that’s just my take

travis scott curse

The hooks are unreal

Lonerism is my favorite because it has those amazing hooks and some of the crispiest engineering you'll hear on a rock album. I miss when his drums sounded good.

oblivion was one of the best songs, do y'all travel? its a costal banger for sure

his guitar tones were pretty sick too

The mix on this when the bass falls in

Agreed

It was simultaneously nostalgic and like nothing i’d ever heard before

it sounds like someone doing tame karaoke in a bad way that beat is so lifeless. i think my problem is these songs are so lacking in dynamics (on purpose really with how he changed his studio approach), and his vocals have no character to them over the styles he chose. i don't think the stripped down basics approach works for his music at all

LOL that's a fair take

at least for me, a lot of the stuff like this where he's using machine drums reminds me a lot of like the covers he was putting out during 2020 which i was a fan of

don't think somebody else's input is the problem here. if anything, i think kevin is probably better off left to his own devices if he wanted to do something super poppy if dracula is the example of that

i view the end product of the album more as like an artist who struggled with direction rather than any sort of decline at doing the things he's done in the past

exactly his drums on lonerism & innerspeaker were f***ing unreal, he completely abandoned having good drums in favor of making them as palatable for easy listening as possible. drums all over deadbeat are fisher price, 0 weight or punch to them. also the engineering was so immaculate ON TOP OF how dynamic and layered all of it was, which made the songs so full of life you could live in those albums

I love it, almost a daily listen for me still

whole album is peak but that lonerism opening run is some of the best music ever made

Lame Midpala in 2023

I don’t think it was a bad album but pretty forgettable. And for the bar he set for himself. Yeah that’s not good. But still some decent songs

Been overrated from the get go

Yep it literally had 2 songs on it

Crazy fall off

dracula and loser are amazing

still riding the wave of currents and gaining new fans every day because of it. It’s like his Graduation, it’s gonna be the gift that keeps on giving and allows him to drop stinkers without killing his career entirely.

Absolutely agreed, but yeah idk man he lost the sauce (for now)

I have no doubt he’ll come back strong with a GOAT album eventually, just give it time

Piece of Heaven is so good that I forgive him for making the rest of the album mid