I was really afraid this album would have me running for the hills. With ‘Sports Car’ having been out, I was afraid that McRae wasn’t going to be able to top it.
I have been listening to McRae since ‘One Day’ and ‘Teenage Mind’, and I can confidently say this is my favorite album of hers.
It starts off so strong with ‘Miss Possessive’. The intro is so camp, and I think she does a really great job throughout the album of having a strong beat.
It is so obvious that McRae is more of a dancer than a singer, because every song has such a danceable beat.
‘Bloodonmyhands’ is genuinely a crime to humanity. I like ‘Flo Milli’, but this song just was not it for me at all. This album doesn’t have a lot of skips, but I will never listen to the entirety of this song again.
‘Dear god’ was a work of art. Top three on the album for me for sure, it was just such an entrancing song. Her voice on the chorus makes me feel like I’m genuinely ascending. On most of McRae’s songs I feel like I either really love the verses or I really love the chorus, and the other is just mid, but this one I love all of.
‘Sports Car’ has been on repeat since it came out as a single. Everything about it is addictive, Tatiana really took over on this album. The way she whispers the chorus just scratches my brain right. I want to break out into dance every time this song comes on my playlist.
After three absolute bangers in a row, ‘Signs’ disappointed me so much. This is my second skip on the album, I just can’t go from the three best to one of the worst, it’s too sad. If it wasn’t right after ‘Sports Car’, I probably would listen through.
‘Like I Do’ doesn’t really stick out to me. I absolutely love the verses but the end of the chorus just annoys me. I love the repetition of the first part of the chorus, but I can’t stand the voice she does when she sings ‘like I do,’ in the chorus.
‘It’s Ok I’m Ok’ is another one that I liked but didn’t love. The best part of the song by far is the outro; the repetition of ‘I don’t want him anyway, girl take him,’ is so amazing.
I didn’t get ‘No I’m Not in Love’ after the first few times, but it’s grown to become one of my favorites. To be honest, I can’t understand the lyrics just from listening to any of McRae’s songs, but after looking at the lyrics I loved this song so much more.
‘Means I Care’ has such a good intro I was excited. I like the lyrics a lot and it has such a fun beat. Most of the song is just okay, but the intro and background of the chorus is so good.
Unpopular opinion, ‘Siren Sounds’ doesn’t deserve the hype. It’s good, but the amount of glazing it got is insane. It’s a good song, great even, but ‘Sports Car’ and ‘Purple Lace Bra’ are both streets ahead.
Overall, I like it a lot, but my biggest complaint is that there are a lot of songs that have similar beats and they start to run together. To be totally honest, my opinions completely changed after my first listen, almost all the songs had to take some time to grow on me. Either way, McRae is absolutely killing it. Since 2020 when I first started listening to her, she has really created an image for herself and she is incredibly successful.