RAYE - My 21st Century Blues + General Discussion

[Mikal]

Mahalia's verse on Five Star Hotels is low key the sexiest moment on the whole album. Hot song.

 

[Laurent]

I hate this generation. The song is perfect as is. Give me a remix but none of these sped up versions that suck the life out.

I wonder if Flip a Switch will ever truly smash though, it’s climbing so slowly. I think the spoken intro might turn some people off.

I think it’s doing fine as is. It’s organically grown from 100K a day to nearly 300K. It’s going up on Spotify, Shazam, etc. Escapism is still massive so the timing needs to be just right and so far it’s spot on.

 

[Laurence]

In order to have the GP (and young people) on board, you need a speed-up remix.
In order to get a hit, you need the GP.

So....

 

[Laurent]

In order to have the GP (and young people) on board, you need a speed-up remix.
In order to get a hit, you need the GP.

So....

The GP also thinks “Toxic” is Britney Spears’ best song. They know nothing.

But I get it. Raye needs those coins.

 

[Vasilios]

If the song becomes a hit and she sells albums and tickets whooooo cares.

 

[minorkey]

The GP also thinks “Toxic” is Britney Spears’ best song.

But this is the correct opinion? And I also enjoy sped up versions? Guess I’m the GP.

 

[Consideration]

Complaining about sped up versions is a little old man yells at cloud music was better back in MY day nn

 

[kal]

Sped up versions are stupid, though.

 

[minorkey]

Some of us are in a hurry!

 

[superloves]

It’s not like the original has disappeared off streaming ddd.

 

[swim]

The sped up version is in fact better

 

[Troylovesmusic]

Amazing accomplishment!

 

[Your Pretty Brains]

Hnnng I feel a bit gaslit by this sped-up trend as someone who has used it to increase the intensity of boppage or experience how a key shift affects the song's character. We used to be relegated to the dark corners of YouTube's fine selection of nightcore videos! The shame was half the fun.

 

[Purple]

I hate this generation. The song is perfect as is. Give me a remix but none of these sped up versions that suck the life out.

Spoiler

 

[1991]

Flip a Switch has all the makings to be a huge hit (gaining traction on Tik Tok, good visibility on radio, decent playlisting) but I fear Escapism is just so big that it's gonna block it from reaching full potential.

 

[Redout]

Wonder if they're still going ahead with the remix with Coi Leray?

 

[mindtrappa]

Wonder if they're still going ahead with the remix with Coi Leray?

She posted a video with her just a couple weeks ago, so probably.

 

[jawow_]

Not sure if it's been mentioned but Escapism is the second biggest song of the year so far, only behind Flowers.

Source: OCC

 

[superloves]

The top 5 being all women and two being British makes me happy.

 

[Up Down Suite]

Sped up versions are stupid, though.

Some of them are created in advance so they can be indexed into social media platforms, so fan-made ones can't be claimed and monetised by other parties. Kind of like anticipating in case someone decides to make a fanmade sped up mix of it, TikTok will detect it and direct it to the official mix.

Madonna's Frozen / Sickkick remix had 10s of bootleg uploads on Spotify before she & Warner claimed it.