Ugh, this song is so stunning and heartbreaking. I'd love if she released a stripped down version like this.
Ugh, this song is so stunning and heartbreaking. I'd love if she released a stripped down version like this.
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This so obviously should've been the single last year. Atlantic has worms for brains, it bears repeating.
Also Underneath the Tree is gonna spend another week in the Top 20 because of SZA's album drop, so unless something drastic happens next week, I don't think it's gonna hit the Top 10 this year even though it's literally right there for the taking.
I wish RCA would do something on their own if Kelly isn't gonna do anything, but I also get that they probably don't care to spend money on an artist who isn't on their roster. So all in all... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I heard Under The Mistletoe while I was out getting Christmas cards the other day and despite being not super impressed by it when it came out, it finally clicked for me? Compared to a lot of the other seasonal tripe I was subjected to in the same trip especially, it felt like a breath of fresh air. Queen of in-store music
This is honestly her brand year round: grocery shopping to Ed sheeran, Bruno mars, and other empty shells of pop finally reinvigorated by Kelly blasting my full puss off in the cereal aisle, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger indeed!
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For anyone who ordered the gold When Christmas Comes Around vinyl I’ve had a new shipping email through for it so hopefully this one is actually gold!
No explanation given though so we’ll see…
No explanation given though so we’ll see…
I had a long fest of both of her Christmas albums shuffled today and she seriously has such a great Holiday canon. I love how she can just wail and belt on so many of these kinds of songs.
I honestly really love Underneath the Mistletoe and All I Want for Christmas especially.
I honestly really love Underneath the Mistletoe and All I Want for Christmas especially.
This was fun!
Wow, she really committed on this one! Amazing. I'm obsessed.
Digging out my White Christmas DVD...
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Sitting with When Christmas Comes Around for a second year and I have a feeling this one might be my favourite! Wrapped In Red does have a fair bit of nostalgia for me but I think the songs they chose to cover on this one are better and I’m starting to think overall I prefer the originals too.
It’s close though!
It’s close though!
I go back to When Christmas Comes Around quite a bit, but I do wish she committed to the concept more. The covers she chose don’t really fit with the Divorce-mas vibe of the original songs.
Wrapped in Red is great, the original tracks especially, but I definitely prefer When Christmas Comes...
The originals are similarly brilliant but the covers are just so much stronger. Santa Baby and Last Christmas are painfully overdone and yet her versions are so infectious. In a world where she released the following, she would have my favorite holiday album of all time:
1. Wrapped in Red
2. Underneath the Tree
3. Merry Christmas Baby
4, Christmas Isn't Cancelled (Just You)
5. Glow
6. Every Christmas
7. Santa, Can You Hear Me?
8. Blessed
9. Winter Dreams
10. 4 Carats
11. Under the Mistletoe
12. All I Want for Christmas Is You
13. Christmas Eve
14. Merry Christmas (To The One I Used To Know)
Of course this makes no sense because the sentiments are drastically different from the two albums' original tracks. But phew, look at the material.
The originals are similarly brilliant but the covers are just so much stronger. Santa Baby and Last Christmas are painfully overdone and yet her versions are so infectious. In a world where she released the following, she would have my favorite holiday album of all time:
1. Wrapped in Red
2. Underneath the Tree
3. Merry Christmas Baby
4, Christmas Isn't Cancelled (Just You)
5. Glow
6. Every Christmas
7. Santa, Can You Hear Me?
8. Blessed
9. Winter Dreams
10. 4 Carats
11. Under the Mistletoe
12. All I Want for Christmas Is You
13. Christmas Eve
14. Merry Christmas (To The One I Used To Know)
Of course this makes no sense because the sentiments are drastically different from the two albums' original tracks. But phew, look at the material.
Santa Can’t You Hear Me is a racket. Sorry.
I kind of love it in a weird way, it feels like a Holiday party she's hosting and the range of emotions she's experiencing as the night goes on.
