Regardless of your opinion on this album or Arca in general. Arca is hands down one of most influential artists this generation nonbinary or not. Working with Kanye to Björk is not something just anyone can say.
You need to be original in order to be influential. Most of Arca's music is mediocre at best and almost everything was done before already. If she worked with someone doesn't mean it left much influence.
@Morpheus on Morphine lmao what? what does being original have with being influential? Influence means impact on others. You can have a major impact without being original, which btw Arca is. She and her work has molded Kanye's Bjork's FKA Twig's and Frank Ocean's work. It really doesn't matter if you think her music is mediocre because it's literally fact that she has had a hand in so many baskets, of which so many other artists this generation has been inspired from
Fun fact: Machote is a cover of "Quiero una chica" by Latin Dreams, but changing all pronouns. A popular song during the time Arca was a teenager in Venezuela.
@@diegoparra6918 Me tomó caleta darme cuenta a qué me recordaba, sabía que era como de una teleserie. Cuando caché que era la canción de Papi Ricky lo encontré muy bacán. Recordarnos a nuestra juventud con una canción tan accesoria, pero presente en nuestros recuerdos... baby, that's art, that's talent ugh.
She like an AI fertility goddess robot trying to repair herself with repurposed circuit boards and acid filled condoms in a windy landfill in Central America
I was about to reference his Mutant review as a positive one because I genuinely thought he reviewed it much higher than he did. He didn't and that confuses the fuck out of me; that's one of my favorite albums period.
@wacko I agree that there should be more discussion about the music, which is why I'm pointing out that I'm glad that there aren't many dumbass jokes in an ironically snarky fashion.
"Calor" is so beautiful, so genuine. You can feel the love she feels for her partner through it. Definitely one of my favourites, surprised you didnt mention it!
It would 100% be an amazing album, I have a feeling they did a few songs together & Sophie has a song on her new album with arca on it. I just can’t see them only doing one song because the production they both do are so unique I mean an arca x Sophie album/mixtape/EP would be probably the best thing to come out for any producer & I could see shygirl on some tracks because she’s on a bunch of Sophie songs & I know she did some more with arca.
I really liked Machote, even though it does kinda trail off, the sound design is gorgeous, Arca's rapping is intoxicating, and the strange, pitched up vocals works really well with the more spacey instrumental. I enjoyed the project though and the balance between bangers and more low key moments.
@@mateopeltier767 just read on genius that arca sampled wound. Listening to it for the first time and I love how haunting it is. Also saw that Machote is her cover of Quiero una Chica but with the gender flipped. I appreciate the song more now with that context.
Probably cause it's always been the most generic and uncreative genre on earth, It's kind of ironic that now with this album Experimental Reggaeton exists
I love how he highlighted Mequetrefe. I think that song is produced insanely!! One of the best produced track I’ve ever heard. It’s so unique but fits in so well together
Arca doesn’t just make “complicated” music, there is so much background and sense behind each song that this review isn’t unfortunately taking into account.
2020 scores: 0/10: 1 - [ Green Day - Father of All ] 1/10: 1 - [ Sam Hunt - Southside ] 2/10: 0 3/10: 4 4/10: 10 5/10: 22 6/10: 10 7/10: 24 8/10: 28 9/10: 2 - Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter - Black Dresses - Peaceful as Hell 10/10: 0 [NOT GOOD/10]: 5 - [ Justin Bieber - Changes ] - [ Lil Baby - My Turn] - [ Joyner Lucas - ADHD ] - [ Danzig Sings Elvis ] - [ Nav's Good Intentions & Brown Boy 2 ] IT'S GOOD/10 (from fantano channel): 5 - [ Disclosure - Ecstasy ] - [ Haru Nemuri - Lovetheism ] - [ Dirty Projectors - Windows Open Ep ] - [ Little Simz - Drop 6 ] - [ RMR - Drug Dealing Is a Lost Art ] Classics: 5 - [ Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope ] - [ Talk Talk - Laughing Stock ] - [ Converge - Jane Doe ] - [ My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade ] - [ Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury ] Custom scores: 1 - [ Gunna - Wunna ] -Ω/10 Second take: 1 - [ Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ] - 6/10 "Controversial": 12 - [ Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By ] =================> 5/10 - [ Tame Impala - The Slow Rush ] =================>6/10 - [ Grimes - Miss Anthropocene ] ==================>4/10 - [ Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake ] ====================>4/10 - [ Machine Girl - U-Void Synthesizer] ==============> 5/10 - [ Childish Gambino - 3.15.20 ]====================>4/10 - [ Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud ] ====================>4/10 - [ Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters ] =============>7/10 - [ Westside Gunn - Pray for Paris ] =================>6/10 - [ Dance Gavin Dances Afterburner] ================>4/10 - [ Future - High Off Life ] =========================>3/10 - [ Yung Lean - Starz ] ============================ 5/10 Cal cameos: 19 - Green Day - Father of All - Drake - Dark Lane Demo Tapes - Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open - Umbra Vitae - Shadow of Life - Nav's Good Intentions & Brown Boy 2 - Ka - Descendants of Cain - Future - High Off Life - Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now - Gunna - Wunna - The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form - Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B - KSI - Dissimulation - Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM - Lady Gaga - Chromatica - Deerhoof - Future Teenage Cave Artists - Run the Jewels - RTJ4 - Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi - Lil Yachty - Lil Boat 3 - Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour ' Baauer - Planet's Mad This is the 119th review of 2020
According to his weekly roundup 5/24, he doesn’t like it because it isn’t bold and the vocals didn’t interest him. I think the consistent melody and her vocals are very soothing and surreal
Basically what i do when Anthony upload a new video: 1- I open the video 2- I see the intro 3- I Read the description 4- I see the score 5- I close the video 'cause i saw the most important part
No necesariamente. Creo que quedaría mejor “Si no hablas español, y si no te has criado en Latino America, dudo que puedas conectar con el álbum en general.”
Agreed, though I get where he is coming from, since I would have loved the song to be longer and maybe with a more grandiose climax. Other than that it is one of the prettiest songs Ive heard this year.
As a Latin myself, i can't stand reggeaton because it is fucking everywhere and it's repetitive and bland as hell but Arca just gave it a spin, a clever spin and i Love it. Definetely on my top 10 for this year.
I think this is the best Arca record so far. It is definitely the most exciting and I love the direction. I agree with you that there are some tracks that don’t stand out as much but Machote is a beauty and one of my favourite on here. No Queda Nada is my stand out track on this album. I find it absolutely beautiful and it is the track I go back to most.
Creo que hay un tema cultural grande acá, los gringos son aún muy ajenos en su mayoría a escuchar regueton o música en español en general. La última canción del disco es preciosa y me emociona un montón por su componente lírico.
machote is my favorite song in the album. It captures some kind of nostalgia in latin american pop that just reminds me of my childhood, it's so silly, but also so serious and emotional. Like, that is one track that could easily be turned into regaeton just based on its silly square lyrics.
Just as someone else already said in the comments, you'll only fully connect with the album if you were raised in Latin America or if you really understand some spanish language slang.
Lyrics are just one component of music and you can still fully enjoy most aspects of any album regardless of language, especially when the music is this abstract. I don't think it would make much more sense to a Spanish speaker than anyone else.
@@gentlemanscarecrow5987 nah bro... you can still enjoy the album, but if you understand the lyrics and the context you'll connect with the songs a lot more
yo melon I totally agree with you on some points but I had a different feeling over Machote - easily the best one of the album for me even though half of the lyrics are an interpolation of "Quiero Una Chica" by Latin Dreams, Arca expressed a whole different feeling that I really interpreted as the lonely of being a trans woman. I have a lot of trans/nonbinary friends that is always having issues on relationships with people being so fucking rude over their identity and I think Arca added this heavy feeling of searching for someone that really accepts you as who you are, and it's for that reason that Machote is my favorite track of KiCk i ♥️😭 sorry if I did any mistake bout identity or genre but sometime is hard to express your thoughts not in your native language hahah
I'm been following arca for a while and her philosophy seeps into her work. She said that, sometimes, drifting off into softness is better than a full cadence like end.
I rip the slit, I rip the slit, I slit I rip the slit, I slit, I rip the slit, I Girl, I rip the slit, slit I rip the slit, I rip the slit I rip the slit, I slit, I rip the slit, I slit Girl, I rip the slit, girl I-
"Providing the entire backdrop to LP1" This is wrong, she only did 3/10 off of that album, this is such a big disservice to Twigs who is a producer herself and other contributors throughout the entire album.
I don't usually hear this kind of music, but I have to pinpoint that you didn't understand the feeling and the amazingness of MACHOTE. It's a sample/cover of "Quiero una chica" by Latin Dreams (A reggaetton classic from early 2000s, although here in Argentina it's was the cumbia version by 'Escucha' that become a hit) AND IT'S EXTRAORDINARY.
When adjusted for Venezuelan inflation, the score Fantano gave this album is around 10 million/10
noooo jaiilll 😭😭😭
hell for this 💀
Jesus fucking christ
holy shit didnt expect to see an old rym mutual here
damn why did he give It a 1/10
Björk speaking Spanish made me go wild
Björk served so strongly omg
sorry but do you speak Spanish, it sounds nothing like that
@@Coszmonaut is because of her 'thick' accent, but it' s still Spanish...
Una taxi por favor
Andrés Naveda She spoke Spanish on the song Afterwards on Kick I.
Regardless of your opinion on this album or Arca in general. Arca is hands down one of most influential artists this generation nonbinary or not. Working with Kanye to Björk is not something just anyone can say.
Period
And Frank
You need to be original in order to be influential. Most of Arca's music is mediocre at best and almost everything was done before already. If she worked with someone doesn't mean it left much influence.
@Morpheus on Morphine lmao what? what does being original have with being influential? Influence means impact on others. You can have a major impact without being original, which btw Arca is. She and her work has molded Kanye's Bjork's FKA Twig's and Frank Ocean's work. It really doesn't matter if you think her music is mediocre because it's literally fact that she has had a hand in so many baskets, of which so many other artists this generation has been inspired from
@@lukas4112 Arca is a trans woman. stop misgendering her.
Fun fact: Machote is a cover of "Quiero una chica" by Latin Dreams, but changing all pronouns. A popular song during the time Arca was a teenager in Venezuela.
En Chile la usaban pa una novela llamada papi riqui, me trajo muchos recuerdos escuchar machote, instant fav
Diego Parra cuando empezo a sonar tuve muchos flashbacks jajsjsjjsj fue un golpe
medios flashback a PAPI RICKY
@@diegoparra6918 Me tomó caleta darme cuenta a qué me recordaba, sabía que era como de una teleserie. Cuando caché que era la canción de Papi Ricky lo encontré muy bacán. Recordarnos a nuestra juventud con una canción tan accesoria, pero presente en nuestros recuerdos... baby, that's art, that's talent ugh.
A mi me dio flashbacks de la tortuga reguetonera de factor x xdxd
Arca is like a malfunctioning computer on acid and I love her
I said on another channel this album sounds like a malfunctioning twerking robot
She like an AI fertility goddess robot trying to repair herself with repurposed circuit boards and acid filled condoms in a windy landfill in Central America
this is the comment i'm here for
I'm dying with this comments
Thats fucking downplaying it
ARCA GETTING A POSITIVE REVIEW LETS GOOOOOO
Adam Kuchar could've been better at least an 8
@@all4uuuu i feel like Kick ii could be an 8
why do you care?
@@ejtaylor9961 because we dont stand for the arca slander in the past from melon 😤
I was about to reference his Mutant review as a positive one because I genuinely thought he reviewed it much higher than he did. He didn't and that confuses the fuck out of me; that's one of my favorite albums period.
Riquiquí's ending is one of the best things on the album. The sound design in there, the textures, her vocals... everything is mindblowing.
One of the best on the album!
Riquiqui is my favorite
This is the first non cancer fantano comments section I've seen in a while good job guys
Guess it just shows how much people love this album
@wacko I agree that there should be more discussion about the music, which is why I'm pointing out that I'm glad that there aren't many dumbass jokes in an ironically snarky fashion.
BOOB
Everyones gay
"Calor" is so beautiful, so genuine. You can feel the love she feels for her partner through it. Definitely one of my favourites, surprised you didnt mention it!
underrated track
The ending of it is beautiful
I love it but tbh at first I felt a bit uncomfortable cuz my first name is Carlos lol
SAME SHIT LOVE IT
it is so beautiful ❤️ sounds like a sweeter side of Mutant's production
Love it too. The intro reminds of Coil, doesnt it?
an Arca × SOPHIE collab album would be the peak of music i think. why even bother after that
its in the new album
Nah
Espera más de esa colaboración pero aún así estoy satisfecho
@@LeylaDerben imagine believing this
It would 100% be an amazing album, I have a feeling they did a few songs together & Sophie has a song on her new album with arca on it. I just can’t see them only doing one song because the production they both do are so unique I mean an arca x Sophie album/mixtape/EP would be probably the best thing to come out for any producer & I could see shygirl on some tracks because she’s on a bunch of Sophie songs & I know she did some more with arca.
Como un melón
En cámara lenta!
(heavy k¡cks)
Co-Como un me-lón
un melón blanco de metal
Isn't it "Como una gata"?
Personally I thought hearing her scream “COMO UNA GATA” was gratifying but ok
EN CAMARA LENTA
CO- COMO UNA GA- TA
EN CAMARA LENTA.
COMO UNA--GATA!
EN CÁMARA LEN--TA
Am I the only one who is actually obsessed with “Time”? 😢
time is my favorite
It’s in my top ten of most played in 2020. It’s so good
I’m obsessed with it too
me! i think is the song of the year
Yes! I love Time. How can it be Melons least favourite?!
I really liked Machote, even though it does kinda trail off, the sound design is gorgeous, Arca's rapping is intoxicating, and the strange, pitched up vocals works really well with the more spacey instrumental. I enjoyed the project though and the balance between bangers and more low key moments.
I prefer wound
Quiero uno ya!
@@mateopeltier767 just read on genius that arca sampled wound. Listening to it for the first time and I love how haunting it is. Also saw that Machote is her cover of Quiero una Chica but with the gender flipped. I appreciate the song more now with that context.
I LOVE machote, it's a drug for me
These comments are not talking about Mequetrefe enough. It’s the best song on the album you can’t change my mind.
como una gata!!!
Riquiqui is also really good
Mequetrefe is a fvcking bop
It’s not though? Riquiquí and La Chiqui are both better. Mequetrefe still top 3 though.
frank a exactly!! mequetrefe is great, but la chiqui?!?????!?? a masterpiece. i mean, wow, arca and sophie did THAT
Music is lucky to have arca. Best producer alive (tied with SOPHIE)
Would have absolutely agreed until 8 days ago. Sadly it's no longer tied. R.I.P.
RIP Sopi we will never forget you.
"alive" Damn :(
:( 💕💕💕 rest in power Sophie
Why does the label "Deconstructed Reggaeton" makes me laugh so much?.
bc it came from a white man dnsjdh
Probably cause it's always been the most generic and uncreative genre on earth, It's kind of ironic that now with this album Experimental Reggaeton exists
Always been my favorite genre. I’ll give you some recommendations if you want some
probably cause we are latinxs and, as someone said above, reggeatón been one of the most flat genres for years.
>x
Melon: reviews Arca
*The Gays™ have entered the chat*
lleganda lxs Mutantes™ mi chulx
where the gays and the melonheads meet and exist besides one another
Not funny.
@@gab_gallard a bit sensitive are we? Don't have a shitfit over a joke
Literally
I love how he highlighted Mequetrefe. I think that song is produced insanely!! One of the best produced track I’ve ever heard. It’s so unique but fits in so well together
Exactly!! It's the song that made me listen to the whole album.
*she
@@slaymequeen5751 Anthony identifies as she?
@@10joJoe i got confused an thought u were talking about arca
Arca is displaying the next step in human evolution, artistically and sonically
this.
Is it the robot feet?
it's not an evolution if reproduction is not possible
@@deesee6009 nerd
@@deesee6009 that's why we have robots
Arca doesn’t just make “complicated” music, there is so much background and sense behind each song that this review isn’t unfortunately taking into account.
true
You know it's a good album if the comments are actually talking about the music.
especially on a trans artist's album
Real
@@-aexc- wait... ARCA IS TRANS?
@NicolasSzabo606 yes.. she came out in 2019 😭
Machote and No queda Nada hits harder when you understand the spanish lyrics
Definitely
bro arca made bjork sing in spanish... literally no one else can do that lmao
Finally an album cover that doesn't make me extremely uncomfortable
Really ? I don’t find any of them uncomfortable lol. Maybe the ‘Mutant’ one but eh nope.
@@izoilica2516 Mutant and Arca both scare me for some reason lol
@@l3oficial636 self titled is my favorite album of all time, i think the cover is beautiful
@@l3oficial636 same and then I get scared listening some of the songs in 'Arca'
you do realize the art is being effective because the purpose IS to make you uncomfortable
2020 scores:
0/10: 1
- [ Green Day - Father of All ]
1/10: 1
- [ Sam Hunt - Southside ]
2/10: 0
3/10: 4
4/10: 10
5/10: 22
6/10: 10
7/10: 24
8/10: 28
9/10: 2
- Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter
- Black Dresses - Peaceful as Hell
10/10: 0
[NOT GOOD/10]: 5
- [ Justin Bieber - Changes ]
- [ Lil Baby - My Turn]
- [ Joyner Lucas - ADHD ]
- [ Danzig Sings Elvis ]
- [ Nav's Good Intentions & Brown Boy 2 ]
IT'S GOOD/10 (from fantano channel): 5
- [ Disclosure - Ecstasy ]
- [ Haru Nemuri - Lovetheism ]
- [ Dirty Projectors - Windows Open Ep ]
- [ Little Simz - Drop 6 ]
- [ RMR - Drug Dealing Is a Lost Art ]
Classics: 5
- [ Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope ]
- [ Talk Talk - Laughing Stock ]
- [ Converge - Jane Doe ]
- [ My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade ]
- [ Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury ]
Custom scores: 1
- [ Gunna - Wunna ] -Ω/10
Second take: 1
- [ Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ] - 6/10
"Controversial": 12
- [ Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By ] =================> 5/10
- [ Tame Impala - The Slow Rush ] =================>6/10
- [ Grimes - Miss Anthropocene ] ==================>4/10
- [ Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake ] ====================>4/10
- [ Machine Girl - U-Void Synthesizer] ==============> 5/10
- [ Childish Gambino - 3.15.20 ]====================>4/10
- [ Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud ] ====================>4/10
- [ Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters ] =============>7/10
- [ Westside Gunn - Pray for Paris ] =================>6/10
- [ Dance Gavin Dances Afterburner] ================>4/10
- [ Future - High Off Life ] =========================>3/10
- [ Yung Lean - Starz ] ============================ 5/10
Cal cameos: 19
- Green Day - Father of All
- Drake - Dark Lane Demo Tapes
- Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open
- Umbra Vitae - Shadow of Life
- Nav's Good Intentions & Brown Boy 2
- Ka - Descendants of Cain
- Future - High Off Life
- Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now
- Gunna - Wunna
- The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form
- Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B
- KSI - Dissimulation
- Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM
- Lady Gaga - Chromatica
- Deerhoof - Future Teenage Cave Artists
- Run the Jewels - RTJ4
- Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
- Lil Yachty - Lil Boat 3
- Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour
' Baauer - Planet's Mad
This is the 119th review of 2020
Wtf dude, you're the best
Little simz and RMR’s EP aren’t in the It’s Good secrion
thanks
Impressive.
@@dogmanbitehurt8243 Good point. I will add EP reviews in the next comment and put them there.
When Arca screamed "ESCÚCHAME POR FAVOR"...
_Anthony felt that_
Plssss
Wait i thought it's pronounced as "kick ai", not. "Kick one"
I think it can be said both ways
There is supposed to be 4 installments in the “Kick” series, and this is the first one
@@cooper712 oh thanks i didn't know about that
bruh moment arca’s already confirmed a basic tracklist for kick ii and might even add more songs.
Kiki
I’m very happy with the score, but I’m still so confused on how you still don’t like “Time”
Same
jourdain solis i’m more confused that the bjork feature isn’t one of his favorites on the album
Ikr it’s a beautiful song and the lyrics are meaningful
I almost always strongly disagree with what he chooses as his least favourite track
According to his weekly roundup 5/24, he doesn’t like it because it isn’t bold and the vocals didn’t interest him. I think the consistent melody and her vocals are very soothing and surreal
You need to be latin to understand machote, let's be real.
Is that Nocchi? PFM fan? :D
totally agreed
@@Guillecarvajal1 yep.
Machote me lleva pal' manicomio
Machote is literally the best song on the album wym
Arca only produced 3 tracks on LP1, u may be thinking of EP2
Yeah she only has sole production of one track too, Lights On
omg everyone keeps saying that she produced lp1 and it’s driving me crazy even tho twigs kinda appropriated arca sound tbh but still
@@alexmeechan15 ugh what a banger tho
anarchy orchid How did she appropriate her sound?
Dingle Berry not really appropriation if they collaborated buddy.
lmao we all saw you edit in the word “one” when you really said “i” you ain’t slick melon
Basically what i do when Anthony upload a new video:
1- I open the video
2- I see the intro
3- I Read the description
4- I see the score
5- I close the video 'cause i saw the most important part
Yeah that's 80%
He should block ppl that do that lol
What about checking the comments
@@biggiecheese4715 Oh yeah, i forgot that. But a lot of times the memes in the comments are not really so good, generally i give them a light 6
Cancer
Anthony: **Starts video without a meme name**
Me: “Wait, That’s Illegal.”
Gotta remind people his name is Anthony Fantano occasionally
he didnt feel the sample in machote, it carries a lot of feeling :(
was there a sample? where is it from?
@@aaaaaaa4287 from wound from xen
@@sadnessofshadow5431 I loved hearing that sample, recognized it immediately, it's a fabulous revisit/throwback
Its an early 2000s hit by a duo called latin dreams, “Quiero Una Chica”
This is actually a pretty weak review lmao there's so many details to pay attention to
Si no eres latino dudo que puedas conectar de la misma forma con la lírica de riquiquí o machote
No podrá entender el impacto cultural de ese "COMO UNA GATA
EN CÁMARA LENTA"
No necesariamente. Creo que quedaría mejor “Si no hablas español, y si no te has criado en Latino America, dudo que puedas conectar con el álbum en general.”
@@R00Y Yo vivo en Latam y no pude conectar con el album xd
"Oli, soy la Chiqui :3"
Toda la razón, el mindset debe ser el que es pa' que tal.
Caribeño más que latino.
Brooo I like “Time” idk what he is smoking
Ikr
Agreed, though I get where he is coming from, since I would have loved the song to be longer and maybe with a more grandiose climax. Other than that it is one of the prettiest songs Ive heard this year.
For real its great
Fr lol
I totally understand not liking the nontraditional song structure but personally i like it. the disjointedness helps the atmosphere
fr, im so sick of traditional song structures at this point.. like give us some variation !!
Fantano really lacks perspective on what's been happening in the electronic scene and Arca's evolution is integral to.
As a Latin myself, i can't stand reggeaton because it is fucking everywhere and it's repetitive and bland as hell but Arca just gave it a spin, a clever spin and i Love it. Definetely on my top 10 for this year.
Same
The drop about a minute into la chiqui is insane and I had to pause the song to regain composure. It hits hard.
Arca never disappoints imo. Also this album art is so good I got it inked on me
Is that the one she reposted on insta? Either way sick tattoo!!
@@ellamacleod2901 Yes it is! Thanks ☺️
I think this is the best Arca record so far. It is definitely the most exciting and I love the direction. I agree with you that there are some tracks that don’t stand out as much but Machote is a beauty and one of my favourite on here. No Queda Nada is my stand out track on this album. I find it absolutely beautiful and it is the track I go back to most.
I’m genuinely shocked now when I see a score that’s not an 8
But when it’s not an 8 it’s probably a 7
Unless it's a 5, which have been more plentiful this year than any other
Creo que hay un tema cultural grande acá, los gringos son aún muy ajenos en su mayoría a escuchar regueton o música en español en general. La última canción del disco es preciosa y me emociona un montón por su componente lírico.
“ear candy for the insane”
This album hits different if you're latino.
wow I can't believe that you don't like Time, it's so hypnotic, I listened to it over and over when it came out
We need Dylan review: Day 4
Sophie’s on it. It’s 10/10.
machote is my favorite song in the album. It captures some kind of nostalgia in latin american pop that just reminds me of my childhood, it's so silly, but also so serious and emotional.
Like, that is one track that could easily be turned into regaeton just based on its silly square lyrics.
Queen has been nominated for best Dance/Electronic Album at the Grammys
I actually think self titled is way better than Kick I. So many songs just seem so short and underdeveloped here. The @@@@@ mix was better too.
agree
I actually like Kick I more than her self title album. I think it's just a matter of taste.
Radical Tea yeah I actually quite like the creative direction/sound of Kick I, I just think the songs and ideas could’ve been fleshed out better
Dude @@@@@ might be her best work to date
I came here first and foremost to hear Anthony say “Mequetrefe”
Just as someone else already said in the comments, you'll only fully connect with the album if you were raised in Latin America or if you really understand some spanish language slang.
Lyrics are just one component of music and you can still fully enjoy most aspects of any album regardless of language, especially when the music is this abstract. I don't think it would make much more sense to a Spanish speaker than anyone else.
@@gentlemanscarecrow5987 nah bro... you can still enjoy the album, but if you understand the lyrics and the context you'll connect with the songs a lot more
Do 'I Hate Mars Bars'.
just got flashbacks to the prime of I Hate Everything
@@dylanimo2695 where is his now anyway
Calor has to be my favorite song on the album. The lyrics are heartfelt and the production is hauntingly beautiful IMO.
Arca will never top Mutant. That album is such a journey.
agree, mutant is the best from her
Such an underrated album. My fave.
yo melon I totally agree with you on some points but I had a different feeling over Machote - easily the best one of the album for me
even though half of the lyrics are an interpolation of "Quiero Una Chica" by Latin Dreams, Arca expressed a whole different feeling that I really interpreted as the lonely of being a trans woman. I have a lot of trans/nonbinary friends that is always having issues on relationships with people being so fucking rude over their identity and I think Arca added this heavy feeling of searching for someone that really accepts you as who you are, and it's for that reason that Machote is my favorite track of KiCk i ♥️😭
sorry if I did any mistake bout identity or genre but sometime is hard to express your thoughts not in your native language hahah
Never trust a bald man in a graphic polo
La Chiqui & Watch are the power moves on KiCk i
ummmm not the björk feature NOT being on the favorite songs list
Is "Menealo" not "menelo" hahahaha.
Menealo means shake it
i know damn well he’s trolling when he said his least fav track is time 😑
I don't understand that flannel! Does he like the album or does he hate it?!?!1!
I've never been more sure of a decent to strong 7 in my life.
I'm been following arca for a while and her philosophy seeps into her work. She said that, sometimes, drifting off into softness is better than a full cadence like end.
this album is incredible
One day imma get a fantano review
*scrolls down
LEAST FAV TRACK: TIME
yeah nvm no thanks melon
Time is literally my favorite song I listen to it on repeat
Deserves higher... Jessie Ware also be getting a yellow flannel along with Haim
If you are latino you probably know ¨Quiero una chica¨ from latino dreamers and know the context of machote
A build up that never really builds up to much of anything. Sounds like a swans song
It's why I love both artists.
I rip the slit, I rip the slit, I slit
I rip the slit, I slit, I rip the slit, I
Girl, I rip the slit, slit
I rip the slit, I rip the slit
I rip the slit, I slit, I rip the slit, I slit
Girl, I rip the slit, girl I-
no one:
antony pronouncing sin rumbo: seIn rOumvuo
I LOVE this album it was my most listened to album in 2020
that shirt is tripping me out. could say that you're kicking my eye... hmmph
I think the best songs are the ones that arent "bangers" i like the slower and prettier ones. Its a shame so many disagree
"Menelo menelo menelo menelo" 😂❤️
Anthony saying “Menéalo, menéalo, menéalo, menéalo...” is my new favorite thing
I was just sitting there feeling like something was missing when BAM, this showed up.
Time is is my favorite song on the album right now.
"Providing the entire backdrop to LP1" This is wrong, she only did 3/10 off of that album, this is such a big disservice to Twigs who is a producer herself and other contributors throughout the entire album.
twigs mixed it but arca was producing sounds for her for a while
Completely agree with this review. I think Arca just evolves over time and I just have to enjoy the process
Melon, please, do another vinyl update.
The fact that "Riquiquí" isn't in your best tracks is an actual crime.
Non-binary helped me come out as... non-binary. Even though it’s not about being non-binary most of the time XD
This album is a solid 9/10 in my book. Stretch 1&w2 and Xen are still 10/10 in my eyes.
Shout out to the real ones who predicted a 7 before they scrolled all the way down.
Its been dope to see Arca growl im been tuning in since I was traumatized by the video for "ass down low"
4:12 dirty fantano
This one deserved the yellow flannel shirt, and at least an 8
Damn he didn’t say anything about my fave track from the record, Calor. It’s been on repeat!
I think hip hop Twitter feuds and lana del Rey's variegated interpretations of feminism are more in this reviewer's wheelhouse
wtf Machote is a clear standout- ethereal
I don't usually hear this kind of music, but I have to pinpoint that you didn't understand the feeling and the amazingness of MACHOTE. It's a sample/cover of "Quiero una chica" by Latin Dreams (A reggaetton classic from early 2000s, although here in Argentina it's was the cumbia version by 'Escucha' that become a hit) AND IT'S EXTRAORDINARY.
It's a 9/10 but i respect your opinion.
Just wanna pop in and day HIIIII to all the Arca stans in the comments!! We are family and I love you guys!