"me espresso" sounds like a lyric written by a swedish pop music genius who doesn't speak fluent english and thats why its the song of summer— rebecca jennings (@rebexxxxa) April 24, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Sunday, 28 April 2024 17:47 (three weeks ago) link
i didn't think much of it when i first streamed the video. i encountered it on radio later and admittedly it did sound good there, but honestly anything that isn't several months-to-years old is a pleasant surprise on a top 40 station these days
i'm not entirely convinced by sabrina carpenter yet generally. for now i prefer her last single "feather"
― dyl, Sunday, 28 April 2024 18:25 (three weeks ago) link
It reminds me of Calvin Harris/Pharrell/Katy Perry's 'Feels' somehow but it's better than that.
― nashwan, Sunday, 28 April 2024 18:33 (three weeks ago) link
it's no "stars are blind", feels very post-"say so". it's about as good as a song in this sort of mode can be but that's just 'solid'
― ufo, Sunday, 28 April 2024 20:56 (three weeks ago) link
me espresso" sounds like a lyric written by a swedish pop music genius who doesn't speak fluent english and thats why its the song of summer— rebecca jennings (@rebexxxxa) April 24, 2024
it’s driving me crazy that this only quotes the last two words of the full lyric, which is “that’s that me espresso.” which is even more charmingly ESL imo
― flopson, Sunday, 28 April 2024 21:00 (three weeks ago) link
I prefer it to the other artists’ songs named above, but (like dyl) I’d rate “Feather” higher. Nice groove in both tracks…
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Sunday, 28 April 2024 21:40 (three weeks ago) link
the melody of this is really basic but in a good way, it's really easy to sing along to this immediately. Carpenter herself seems to be blandly blank but the charm of this is all those weird lyrics which don't feel focus-grouped for TikTok unlike a lot of other pop idiosyncracies of late
― boxedjoy, Monday, 29 April 2024 18:46 (two weeks ago) link
(I mean, they absolutely were designed to be viral like all pop in 2024 is, they just don't feel so obvious to my ears)
nashwan otm, this does feel very funk wav bounce. but carpenter has a lot of personality, and it's a very solid melody.
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Monday, 29 April 2024 18:57 (two weeks ago) link
Pitchfork pays tribute: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/sabrina-carpenter-espresso/
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 04:47 (two weeks ago) link
there is a real dearth of good-quality, straight-ahead pop bangers on the charts right now so this will do nicely
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 08:14 (two weeks ago) link
can’t decide if it’s more fun to think about as the more conventional, “that’s that me: espresso” or the talk-like-a-pirate version: “that’s that, me espresso”
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 11:17 (two weeks ago) link
I’ll have to play this a second time. The first time, I thought “this is OK, but why is anyone rhapsodic about it?”
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 11:19 (two weeks ago) link
I hadn’t really thought about it much until now but like“That’s that me, espresso” in my mind is part extra syllable fudge to make the lyrics scan, and a combination of two daft nut cromulent for pop song phrases “That’s me! espresso” (I’m like espresso, you can’t sleep) and like…” that’s that me” like “oh well, that’s that, you know what I’m like” but I prefer your interpretation.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 11:28 (two weeks ago) link
Daft but cromulent
this just seems like such a mediocre "Say So" rehash! ugh!!
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 13:01 (two weeks ago) link
this time without Dr. Luke tho
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 13:15 (two weeks ago) link
Yeah this song is automatically way better because Dr Luke isn't involved.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 16:11 (two weeks ago) link
really boring i thought; wish it had a chorus
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 16:24 (two weeks ago) link
i hate dr. luke too but that's just not true xp
― dyl, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 17:24 (two weeks ago) link
fuck Doja Cat too while we're here
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 05:21 (two weeks ago) link