SO CLOSE TO WHAT???

Tate McRae

2/10

I really don't like this. I thought I would. I thought I'd grown enough to like this album after giving up back in February of 2025 after just a few songs... but nothing has improved, and I apparently haven't matured enough to like it. Actually, I would say I matured out of it even more. Like, this album is so explicit and sexual for no reason? I mean, I know she's a grown adult, but who wants to listen to stuff this blatantly gross and "mature" in it's themes. Tate's fanbase is mostly teenage too... like what teenager is enjoying all these songs about toxic sex hook ups? It's like Sabrina Carpenter, but at least Sabrina is joking and toying with the listeners (like winking at us). Tate is dead serious, I fear. Even if I didn't care about the adult content in it... it's just shallow in general. The most basic pop album in the world. I do think the production on this album is cool, but the words just more me to death (that is if I can understand what she's saying- more than anyone else I've listened to I struggle to understand what she's singing because she sings with this accent on it). I know everyone and their mother loves this album, but I don't see the appeal. At best it's a basic pop album that has innovative sound and production. At worst it's a bland, uninspired, shallow album filled with songs about her and the Kid Laroi's sex life. I miss sad girl Tate ig. I do enjoy a couple of the songs and find their lyrics not too gross to listen to haha.

reaganslifeeeeOct 12

Speak Now

Taylor Swift

9/10

God, I love this album so much. Look I'm not here to glaze Taylor Swift (yes, I am), but MAN writing this whole album by herself (like fully by herself just to stick it to the haters because she is and always has been diva) is so insane. Like song writer of the century?? This is such a fun, sweet album too. SPARKS FLY?? Dear John (that man will never recover)?? ENCHANTED??? LAST KISS?? I CAN SEE YOU??? I Can See You is the sexiest song in the world BECAUSE it's not trying to be explicit or gross. It's so not blatantly sexual that the implications make it so much hotter. I would die for that song. I just love everything about this album because it's so sweet and angsty at the same time. I love how Never Grow Up and Better Than Revenge are on the same album. Literally awesome. Also, the Vault tracks on this album got hate, but I genuinely like all of them (except When Emma Falls In Love... sorry). Also, the purple aesthetic and dress is so peak. This album is just pure magic and whimsy and joy. I don't even have nostalgia for it, and I still think it's perfect. There's a few songs I don't personally like, but they're not even objectively bad songs. She just absolutely cooked with this album because she is the goat. Thank you, Taylor. <3

reaganslifeeeeOct 12

Harry Styles

Harry Styles

7/10

Okay, Harry Styles you’re way deeper than I thought. I really enjoy this album. Lowkey if they labeled it as a rock album I would totally see that and agree with them. He got way more rock angst than I anticipated with songs like Carolina, Only Angel, and Kiwi. I enjoyed this a lot. I’ve heard a lot of Harry styles hype in my day and I feel like this debut album makes me see why. If this is how he debuted then I can only imagine it only gets better. I really like Meet Me In The Hallway, Sign of the Times, Two Ghosts, Ever Since New York, and From the Dining Table. Did not like Sweet Creature, Kiwi, or Woman at all. This was definitely a lot different than I expected. Did I think he was kind of just British lover boy?- like yeah… but I stand corrected. Sign of the Times alone proves he has a really cool writing style and sound. (Which obviously that’s the hit from the album, but yeah for good reason cause it sounds like an Elton John song). Lowkey a banger pop-rock (in my opinion) from Mr. Styles. I wonder if any of the songs are about Taylor Swift.

reaganslifeeeeOct 12