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Scores for 4 Songs: Halsey - Now or Never, Harry Styles - Sign of the Times, kiiara - Whippin', and MØ - Nights With You

MØ - Nights With You

This production is just SO fire. Something about brass in pop songs just gives me chills, and this is no different. I've also shared my love of ad-libs, and this song does that perfectly. The chorus feels kind of lacking somehow, but that's really the only issue I have with this song. The lyrics are really sweet, and we need more songs about friendship like this. It does seem a bit short somehow, and the end is a bit weird, but I always enjoy listening to this.

8/10

 Halsey - Now or Never

 When this first came out, I was one of the biggest naysayers. Luckily for me, it's one of the biggest "growers" I've ever experienced. Like, a complete 180. I really do love everything about this song right now, it's nice and chill and the harmonies seem really nice. I don't like Needed Me, so this is a nice alternative to that for me. The production is really solid and just made for head-bopping. It's just the intonation of the words in the song that make it for me, it's just really varied and seems casual yet fun. Also, for some reason, I have a really major soft spot for random ad-libs in this song. I really want to see more like this from her next album!


 7/10

 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times

 I really hate everything this song stands for. Disregarding the actual content of the song, it's getting SO hyped just because Harry frickin' Styles made it. This whole gimmick is what ticks me off so much, because there are so many indie bands making songs of this style that are even better.

Regarding the actual song, it's boring, and he's just trying to be Bowie, but he ends up just being Bowie's ugly cousin, twice removed. It's WAY too long and it gets repetitive, and overall it's just... not interesting for me. His voice is fairly strong but that's about it.

2.5/10



 kiiara - Whippin'

This song is just appealing in every way to me. From the very first time I heard those marimba-sounding synths, I knew that it would be great. I genuinely like this more than Gold; it does everything that Gold does but better. The chopped vocals aren't as jarring and the harmonies and abstract sounds work better than what sounds like garbled speech. I also love the little ad-libs and how the bass is just suddenly added near the end of the first verse. This song has a lot of those parts that just makes you really want to, for lack of better words, dab REALLY HARD. Like, "OT, I'm in love with the f*ckboys" is such a punchline. While on the topic of that verse, it's great how kiiara sounds like 3 different people in this song, depending on the verse or chorus. Somehow, this song is both chill and a banger at the same time, and that's great.


9/10

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