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SCORE: 8.383
Highest Score: 10 x 25 (@PLUTO @AlexD @IMHO @send photo @lalaclairi_ @Number @RJF @K94 @WarmBlood11 @LTG @KAG @Jonathan27 @kermit_the_frog @Pinkie @BeingBoring @Jam @Maria @P'NutButter @RetroPhysical @allyshone @Jersey @Conan @Oceandrive @Mr.Arroz @theincredibleflipper)
Lowest Score: 5 x 3 (@First2Run @LPMA @Sprockrooster)
My Score: 10/10
Outstanding. The way it plays with Beyoncé’s vocals is genius. How it starts with her reserved, exhausted mumbling before you have her more traditionally expected vocals echoing from the second verse onwards, like an aching inner monologue, and then it’s those vocals that take over completely for the total emotional takeover. The middle-eight and its reprise are heart wrecking.
We kick off with Remyky22, "More Frank Ocean than it is Beyoncé, but somehow it feels fitting on this album." That's funny, I don't hear any atonal, layering screaming. Or aimless murmuring passing for depth. Or general dickheadery. Maybe that's just me! CasuallyCrazed serves some soulless mess, "Something about the production feels underbaked. The chorus doesn’t really go anywhere." I mean, it goes straight to your heart, but whatever. ohnostalgia enjoys the delicacy of it all, "There's a nice sparseness here." and K94 awards it full marks, "So achingly beautiful – the internal screaming from the second verse always kills me." while ericcccc appreciates it as, "A moody moment. Much appreciated."
joe_alouder declares it, "Quietly heartbreaking." and IMHO is sobbing, "Underrated, understated, heartbreaking majesty. "It hurts my pride to tell you how I feel but I still need to" gives me all of the feels." See, that's why I haven't been replying to your PMs. My pride. Jersey proclaims it to be, "One of Frank's best contributions to music. Instant highlight from the get go." It's probably going to be Frank's best contribution to music if he keeps going the way he's going. KAG co-signs (kind of) in both sentiment and score, "I honestly think this is one of the best songs Frank Ocean has ever written. The production is suitably moody and intense, the message is one everyone can relate with, and Beyoncé sounds gorgeous."
"Dreamy, heartbreaking, and beautifully sung." says ThighHighs, "The added echo in the last chorus ("but. you're. a.way.") really add to the wistful effect. I'm deducting a point because I don't enjoy the double layered vocals through most of the second verse and chorus. The effect doesn't work for me." Mess. That's one of the most brilliant things about the whole song. constantino serves further mess by lamenting the fact it isn't a bop, "This is a nice, swooning ballad…but an uptempo was really needed at this point in the record. The production is gorgeous, mind."
We will close with Oceandrive, who gave this a 10/10, " When I said 1+1 could be her finest ballad, this is another track that stakes a claim to that title. I Miss You is utterly stunning in its simplicity. It took Frank Ocean to drag Beyoncé out of her comfort zone and give her the gift of restraint and vulnerability, and boy does she deliver. Ultimately as beautiful as the production and vocals are, I think I Miss You ultimately resonates so much because it's so universally understood, "It don't matter who you love, it is so simple, I feel it " Mmm yes punch me in the gut until I have internal bleeding.
The song got performed during the Roseland showcases, the A Night With Beyoncé ITV special, and also had a place on the setlist of the first leg of the Mrs Carter Show Tour. It doesn't have a video, because that probably would have been too fucking much, quite frankly.
SCORE: 8.383
Highest Score: 10 x 25 (@PLUTO @AlexD @IMHO @send photo @lalaclairi_ @Number @RJF @K94 @WarmBlood11 @LTG @KAG @Jonathan27 @kermit_the_frog @Pinkie @BeingBoring @Jam @Maria @P'NutButter @RetroPhysical @allyshone @Jersey @Conan @Oceandrive @Mr.Arroz @theincredibleflipper)
Lowest Score: 5 x 3 (@First2Run @LPMA @Sprockrooster)
My Score: 10/10
Outstanding. The way it plays with Beyoncé’s vocals is genius. How it starts with her reserved, exhausted mumbling before you have her more traditionally expected vocals echoing from the second verse onwards, like an aching inner monologue, and then it’s those vocals that take over completely for the total emotional takeover. The middle-eight and its reprise are heart wrecking.
We kick off with Remyky22, "More Frank Ocean than it is Beyoncé, but somehow it feels fitting on this album." That's funny, I don't hear any atonal, layering screaming. Or aimless murmuring passing for depth. Or general dickheadery. Maybe that's just me! CasuallyCrazed serves some soulless mess, "Something about the production feels underbaked. The chorus doesn’t really go anywhere." I mean, it goes straight to your heart, but whatever. ohnostalgia enjoys the delicacy of it all, "There's a nice sparseness here." and K94 awards it full marks, "So achingly beautiful – the internal screaming from the second verse always kills me." while ericcccc appreciates it as, "A moody moment. Much appreciated."
joe_alouder declares it, "Quietly heartbreaking." and IMHO is sobbing, "Underrated, understated, heartbreaking majesty. "It hurts my pride to tell you how I feel but I still need to" gives me all of the feels." See, that's why I haven't been replying to your PMs. My pride. Jersey proclaims it to be, "One of Frank's best contributions to music. Instant highlight from the get go." It's probably going to be Frank's best contribution to music if he keeps going the way he's going. KAG co-signs (kind of) in both sentiment and score, "I honestly think this is one of the best songs Frank Ocean has ever written. The production is suitably moody and intense, the message is one everyone can relate with, and Beyoncé sounds gorgeous."
"Dreamy, heartbreaking, and beautifully sung." says ThighHighs, "The added echo in the last chorus ("but. you're. a.way.") really add to the wistful effect. I'm deducting a point because I don't enjoy the double layered vocals through most of the second verse and chorus. The effect doesn't work for me." Mess. That's one of the most brilliant things about the whole song. constantino serves further mess by lamenting the fact it isn't a bop, "This is a nice, swooning ballad…but an uptempo was really needed at this point in the record. The production is gorgeous, mind."
We will close with Oceandrive, who gave this a 10/10, " When I said 1+1 could be her finest ballad, this is another track that stakes a claim to that title. I Miss You is utterly stunning in its simplicity. It took Frank Ocean to drag Beyoncé out of her comfort zone and give her the gift of restraint and vulnerability, and boy does she deliver. Ultimately as beautiful as the production and vocals are, I think I Miss You ultimately resonates so much because it's so universally understood, "It don't matter who you love, it is so simple, I feel it " Mmm yes punch me in the gut until I have internal bleeding.
The song got performed during the Roseland showcases, the A Night With Beyoncé ITV special, and also had a place on the setlist of the first leg of the Mrs Carter Show Tour. It doesn't have a video, because that probably would have been too fucking much, quite frankly.
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