Bruno mars new song 🤮 can I block from Spotify??

Ooh hard agree about Taylor. Basically rotate evermore / folklore / lover / reputation / TPD and midnights. Lovely lyrics and songs for every mood and no grim talk or graphic demands for oral sex 🤮

Uurghhhhh!

That's always an excellent idea, I listen to a lot of music but nothing comes close to Taylor, she has a song for every possible mood or occasion!

The Appliance of Science! vs Miele's 'Always Better'?

Never knowingly undersold....

I'll go back to listening to Taylor Swift

Yes, beautifully summarised.

We had Color Me Badd with I Wanna Sex You Up and Salt 'N' Pepa with Push It 'in my day' - both very clear in what they were getting at, but still with musical and lyrical merit, and a little discretion, whether you liked the one-dimensional directness or not.

I think you can very easily write a clearly 'adult' song about sex, without making it a detailed instruction manual - like it was written by Zanussi (and probably arrived in English via 34 other languages).

Well, as flattering as that is, just don't forget who saw your potential first.

Anyone know anyway of blocking it from Apple Music? My DS is autistic, has next to no social awareness, and has a habit of quoting song lyrics at contextually random times. I really don't want him within 10 miles of this song.

I've got David Guetta and Calvin Harris fighting over who gets to do it on Zoom right now!!

I used to love Bruno but this latest is total rubbish and that is putting it mildly.

I am a big fan of contemporary chart pop and hip hop, almost exclusively by female artists, and do recognise that much of it does contain strong or sexual language. However, artists such as Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo, who frequently swear on their records, also usually record clean versions of their songs in recognition of their younger fans. However, I do not think this is a prerequisite, I think it is fine for adult pop stars to use adult language in their songs without undue censorship. Our friends little girls are all big fans of Chappell Roan, for example, and, due to her sudden rise to fame, she had not recorded a child-friendly version of her album and yet their parents seem happy enough for their kids to listen to her most recent album. I think different parents have different comfort levels when it comes to what their children hear so blanket-banning may not be appropriate.
I must admit that I am less uncomfortable with sexual lyrics when the performer is female than when it's a man. I'm a big fan of Doja Cat and Nikki Minaj, for example, both of whom have some very strong sexual lyrics, the type of lyrics which I think would bother me if sung by a male rapper, double standards maybe but I think power dynamics are a big part of it. Asong like WAP by Cardi B and Meghan Thee Stallion, for example, while quite crass, seems more empowering when sung by two women whereas it could easily have been degrading if sung by a man.
I see the Bruno Mars song in question is a duet with Sexyy Red, who I mainly know for guesting on the only Drake song I have ever heard which I didn't find interminable, so I have some respect for her skills! Not sure if her presence on the Bruno song makes it more palatable, probably.

Having now subjected myself to listening to it, I agree that it's the sleazyness and way it's forced that make it so awful, more than graphicness per se. Go to Town by Doha Car is arguably an example of a woman asking for oral sex that is more graphic, but it isn't crude, partly because it comes across as much more genuine.

Just played it on youtube its not my kinda song nice beat to it though.
I think WAP is worse im a shamed to say i know the whole thing.
Plus cardi B has made some good and some bad but i like most of her tunes.

Yeah, why HAS he gone like this? He has had sooo many great songs. I really liked him. Now he comes across as a dirty sleazy middle aged man. Even on Instagram he looks slimy and sleazy. And the 4th photograph on there of him (with the woman with red hair and tattoos on her thighs) is gross. They both look awful. 😖

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Now I LOVE his song with Gaga (Die with a Smile) and I utterly LOATHE 'Apt.'

I switch off the radio when Apt comes on. It's soooo annoying! Apaturpatur Apaturpatur Apaturpatur........ Noooooo 😖

”Milk mustache on your face when I cum”

Girl needs to get her yeast infection treated….

@DalzielOrNoDalzielAndDontPascoe I'm ready to remix this, for optimal profits. Are you ready to headline Glasto?

The crowd will go mad for this.

The lyrics are a little strong but it's less offensive to my ears than that dreadful dirge of a duet he did with Lady GaGa recently, Die With A Smile, I like Lady GaGa usually but she and Bruno Mars really need to give ballads a wide berth!
I'm loving APT, Bruno Mars duet with Rose, though, very catchy, perhaps too catchy as many South Korean students have apparently claimed it has become stuck in their brains and is distracting them during exam season!

🤣🤣 it really does. Just as though someone just wrote a list of “gross-sexy” phrases. As many as they could think of in 30 seconds. Then Published it.

What a pile of crap! 0/10 Bruno, you’re as pathetic as you can get.

I am now going to be spending the rest of the evening pondering the mechanics of forehead titties.

Welllllll I'm officially an Oldiewonk then because yep, thats grim. Thats like someone took illiterate text-speak sexting and put it to music.

Lovely. I can start saying 'in my day, music wasn't also porn'.

Yes, actually I do

What's creative about this song?

Is it beautiful? Is it clever? Is it witty? What story does it tell? What emotions does it touch? Is it amusing?

I thank the lord I'm the age I am. I grew up listening to my parents' music, my older siblings' and then the music that mattered to me.

I know old folks never seem to understand the music that comes later but this is beyond that.

I don't want music played that is offensive to anyone listening

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Bleurgh. Revolting song. My daughter absolutely loves his APT song as well which is a shame. Why do some singers just degenerate? He started out singing poppy songs with people in monkey suits but i guess he's trying to be edgy now. Sigh.