Most underrated songs of the 2010s
Mar 3, 2019 22:33:55 GMT 10
Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 3, 2019 22:33:55 GMT 10
A thread where we can discuss songs from this decade which had limited appeal/success in the mainstream and deserved to have been more successful than what they were.
For me, "1950" would definitely take the cake. This was quite easily a class above all of the other songs that were on the Top-50 charts during April-June last year. Not only does it deploy interesting instrumental and vocal techniques, but the lyrics themselves are meaningful and have a strong personal connection to the artist. I think it's a real shame that the only country that "1950" managed to chart in was Australia, where it reached a peak of #25 and stayed within the Top-50 for 11 weeks. This really should have been a worldwide hit. Mind you, King Princess is only an American underground indie artist, so I should be thankful for the fact that it was able to chart at all.
This purely depends on where you live. From what I understand, it was a reasonably successful hit across mainland Europe, but it had limited success elsewhere. It was never a hit in the UK, the United States or in this country. As an Australian, I personally only became aware of the song after listening to a South African Top-40 station several months ago. Due to the fact that I was unaware of the song beforehand, I originally thought that "Alone" was released by a South African artist, but after researching a bit of information about the song, I soon discovered that it was actually released by an Norwegian DJ.
It might seem strange to see me positively talking about an EDM song, but the reason why I am doing so is because I think it's so much better than the EDM songs that the western world had to suffer through in 2016. I'm not particularly a fan of this song, however in saying that, I would still prefer to listen to this over songs such as "Closer" and "This Is What You Came For".
For me, "1950" would definitely take the cake. This was quite easily a class above all of the other songs that were on the Top-50 charts during April-June last year. Not only does it deploy interesting instrumental and vocal techniques, but the lyrics themselves are meaningful and have a strong personal connection to the artist. I think it's a real shame that the only country that "1950" managed to chart in was Australia, where it reached a peak of #25 and stayed within the Top-50 for 11 weeks. This really should have been a worldwide hit. Mind you, King Princess is only an American underground indie artist, so I should be thankful for the fact that it was able to chart at all.
This purely depends on where you live. From what I understand, it was a reasonably successful hit across mainland Europe, but it had limited success elsewhere. It was never a hit in the UK, the United States or in this country. As an Australian, I personally only became aware of the song after listening to a South African Top-40 station several months ago. Due to the fact that I was unaware of the song beforehand, I originally thought that "Alone" was released by a South African artist, but after researching a bit of information about the song, I soon discovered that it was actually released by an Norwegian DJ.
It might seem strange to see me positively talking about an EDM song, but the reason why I am doing so is because I think it's so much better than the EDM songs that the western world had to suffer through in 2016. I'm not particularly a fan of this song, however in saying that, I would still prefer to listen to this over songs such as "Closer" and "This Is What You Came For".
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