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62. Lana Del Rey - Groupie Love (ft. A$AP Rocky)
Average: 7.33
High: 10 x 6 (
@Sprockrooster @Lila @Oleander @Euphoria @Remyky22 @Rem)
Low: 3 x 1 (
@Jackarywoo)
My score: 7
10 voters in: 75
20 voters in: 74
30 voters in: 68
40 voters in: 64
50 voters in: 57
60 voters in: 58
Finally! I don't hate this track by any means but I really don't think it deserved to make it this far in the rate. It's my least favourite song on the album and in hindsight a 7 was quite generous - especially now that I know it outlasted the likes of White Mustang and Coachella. To my initial joy, it was originally the first Lana song to be out by quite some margin and didn't get many 10s until the later stages of voting. To my surprise, it very nearly sneaked into the top 60, but thankfully that didn't happen.
If anything, it suffers from Lust For Life's sequencing because it follows what is a very similar but superior trap infused track (which even features the same artist). I would prefer both this
and Summer Bummer if they weren't back to back; I know a lot of people like that the album is sonically split in two but I would rather the trap and pop tracks were scattered a bit better. It also really doesn't help that the two buzz tracks premiered back-to-back on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show, which made it even more difficult to judge this track individually. In an interview with BBC Radio 1 on July 12, 2017, Del Rey stated that "Groupie Love" was the first collaboration that her and A$AP Rocky did together for the album and that she had sent him about four songs that she wanted him to contribute to. I must say how much I love the way Lana brings in rappers as genuine collaborators, rather than copy and pasting a canned verse from 2 Chainz or T-Pain with little-to-no communication. That said, I find A$AP's verse here lacklustre and low-energy compared to his verse on Summer Bummer, so I really don't think this should've even made it onto the album in the first place.
Jackarywoo (3) denounces this as
'the poor man's Summer Bummer', which is is pretty savage considering he only gave the latter a 5.
GimmeWork (4) was unimpressed:
Too boring to inspire any love from me, much less groupie love. Can't win them all, I guess...
Trouble in Paradise (6) incorrectly hails this as the better of A$AP’s two features:
I feel like this is the vibe “Summer Bummer” wanted but missed. A$AP works so much better here and brings life into the song.
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mokitsu (7)??
‘This is good but the hook gets annoying. As always, great production.’
Even Lana stan
happiestgirl only gave this a 7!
My lowest scoring Lana song. I find it kind of plodding and I dislike the A$AP feature.
Bleedingheart80 (7):
I actually like how ethereal her voice sounds here. Why wouldn't you?
Fantasy (7.5) also takes issue with the chorus and A$AP's feature:
I absolutely love the smoothness of this and her voice is like honey, it works so perfectly with the production. The verses are my favourite part though because that drawn out ‘groupie loooooove’ changes the pace of the song a bit too much. Also not a big fan of A$AP Rocky’s rap either.
Bangers&Bops (8) chooses to see the best in A$AP's verse:
A more soulful turn than “Summer Bummer," this Rocky duet contemplates the life of a groupie as she has to share her man with the rest of the world.
sfmartin (8), despite their 8, acknowledges that this is one of the worst on the album:
I like this a lot but just because of the sheer quality of the album it falls near the bottom of the album for me. But it's still captivating and such dreamy song to get lost in.
I can't help but feel that
Soratami (9) was being a bit...generous?
In an album full of excellent features, this one is the only one that doesn't really add anything to the song. But Lana and the song itself sound great regardless.
Michael17 (9) REACHES by likening this to one of Lana's very best:
A sweet and calm melody which I love. Reminds me a bit of “Radio” which is my favorite Lana song. The harmonies are orgasmic. Very underrated. This is one where the rap is not needed and makes the song worse. Still excellent.
Sprockrooster (10) serves us some trivia, c’mon Lana Del Rey: Unreleased!
‘Very reminiscent in many ways (vibe and thematically) to Marilyn Monroe (Puppy Love), which is an unreleased track. Definitely a quick highlight during the pre-release, but no loss of love due to fatigue of overplaying.’
