Tori Kelly - "missin u" + 5th Album

[colouroffensive]

*stanning intensifies*

She looks amazing in the video, the whole styling and early 00's vibe is done perfectly. I was already sold on the song alone and the video takes it up even further. Geeked for this era now.

 

[boom bazooka joe]

I’m so glad she’s releasing good music again. We deserve this.

 

[PopCrushed]

She did a new interview with People and said that she hopes to explore a little bit more with this era. "missin u", as we've all discussed, is definitely a throwback to Y2K with everything from the sound to the visuals ("Say My Name" was a big influence visually). Also, kind of an interesting tidbit that I didn't know about her is that she grew up dancing? Here for more choreo and bops!

 

[RainOnFire]

The image shift is a little bit jarring, but I'm glad she seems to have stopped taking herself so seriously. The song isn't gelling entirely with me but I'm perched to see what else she has in store.

 

[Pure Shores]

Now, not to be that person because I do love the song but I can’t be the only one that thinks something about the tan, the styling and the darker hair is a little…

 

[mindtrappa]

Now, not to be that person because I do love the song but I can’t be the only one that thinks something about the tan, the styling and the darker hair is a little…

I had to do a double take as well when I saw the promotional images. But she is mixed.

 

[IAmRockstar]

She looks STUNNING with the dark hair! The song is cute, hopefully signalling a change in direction for her as I love her voice so much.

 

[aaronhansome]

I think the song certainly is a notch above nearly all of her material for me so consider me a bit perched, teebs.

 

[sexercise]

Wait @ this being a bop? She fell off my radar with all the christian music but I thought she was gonna be huge when Nobody Love dropped. The album was kinda messy but I still come back to these every now and then:






I still love her voice. I'm here for her renaissance if this is what she's delivering.

 

[PopCrushed]

I had to do a double take as well when I saw the promotional images. But she is mixed.

I don't think the GP was aware of it when the promo images came out because a certain faction of Twitter users were comparing her to Jesy Nelson. That said, there is a nuanced discussion to be had about her leaning into her whiteness during the earlier years of her career vs. now, and how she'll navigate the intersection between her music and mixed heritage in this era. I'm just happy that she's delivering bops instead of what we've been fed over the years.

 

[sesita]

The song's cute but it felt a little bit anticlimactic, like it lost steam towards the end. The amazing as always ad-libs try to do the heavy lifting towards the ending, but I feel the song's missing a proper middle-8 and a punchier production.

 

[Sanctuary]

There's some basic elements to this, but like with Chloe's Pray It Away (Clean Version, obvi), I feel like those basic elements don't take away from how compelling the overall package is and how, if in the hands of someone bigger like Ariana, would be an easy #1.

 

[boom bazooka joe]

Okay, so on repeat listens, I really like it, but the issue is that the chorus sounds like a pre chorus that leads into a post chorus but no actual chorus…am I crazy?

 

[minorkey]

She's biracial??!

 

[goatface3128]

She is 25% Jamaican and 25% Puerto Rican if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Applause]

Not this JoJo (2004) deep cut! I can't stop playing it.

 

[Mary Cherry]

Okay, so on repeat listens, I really like it, but the issue is that the chorus sounds like a pre chorus that leads into a post chorus but no actual chorus…am I crazy?

This is what stops me from loving the song to be honest, but she still sounds amazing and the potential for this era is huge. I am perched.

 

[Mr.Arroz]

She is 25% Jamaican and 25% Puerto Rican if I'm not mistaken.

Looking at her wiki, her mom is white squared and her father is Afro-Jamaican + listed as simply 'Puerto Rican', with the latter not really denoting if that was indigenous, Afro-Puerto Rican, or white. So 'mixed' is the definitely the best descriptor.

 

[colouroffensive]

I genuinely had no idea about her background. I feel stupid
that for years I ignorantly thought she was fully white until recently.

 

[nooniebao]

I genuinely had no idea about her background. I feel stupid
that for years I ignorantly thought she was fully white until recently.

Well, she does read as white to a lot of people, I think.