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Sigrid - Sucker Punch results

The participants sorted by deviation from final results:
VeryInsane (14)
ZaziGuado (16)
Seanchan (22)
Snake5555555555 (26)
FoolFantastic (28)
MetalmindStats (32)
Johnbobb (34)
BlueCrystalTear (40)
HBJDubs (42)
Raetsel_Lapin (42)

General Album Comments

Seanchan: OH MY GOD IS THIS ALBUM SUCH A BREATH OF FRESH AIR! Just nice easy, approachable pop. So much more my speed after the last 2 weeks. Im going to make the easy comparison and say it reminded me of Lorde a bit.

HBJDubs: No strong feelings for any song in particular, album is okay. Probably need more time listening to see if something can get me hooked in

Johnbobb: Still not super vibing with this one, for what is probably the 4th week in a row unfortunately (La Dispute was solid but nowhere near like RATM and Elton John before it). Now that it's bad by any means; Sigrid has a lovely voice, but a lot of it just feels a little too generic poppy. Great vocals over okay beats and kinda bland lyrics that put a catchy beat above all else. Again, I'm being a little harsher than I need to. I didn't dislike it, and definitely bobbed my head to it more than once, but it's not one I'd put on my playlist.

Also it reminds me just a little too much of Natalie Portman's vague pop singer character in Vox Lux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbIEiac-0PY

BlueCrystalTear: I think we definitely needed something like this. Light, catchy bubblegum pop to help balance the redundant instrumentation of the last couple weeks. The songs here are somewhat more variant - only somewhat, since these songs fall into one of three buckets, buckets that have slight overlap. I happened to enjoy the "string section" bucket the best, alongside "In Vain."

ZaziGuado: Sigrid was only 22 when this album dropped and I think the most impressive thing about it is how she is able to sing and perform in such a self-assured and infectious manner from such a young age. Sucker Punch doesn't revolutionize the pop sound and the material is pretty by the book. Sigrid simply shows that she is able to do this as well as any current pop artist.

Seanchan: I'm going to echo a lot of others sentiments here when I say that this is just the definition of poppy pop. And I'm totally fine with that, especially after the last few weeks, because that's a type of music I tend to like. And I enjoyed this, but only to the level of "like". Ultimately though, I feel like this is going to be one of those super ephemeral albums that's completely enjoyable in the moment but leaves no lasting mark.

To put it another way (and I'm casting my eyes towards next week's BSB album), Sigrid is an artist you'd find hanging out on the lower end of TRL's Top 10. Maybe you'd see one of her songs spike up to 4-5 after she appeared on the show, but not someone who would be fighting with BSB/NSync/Britney/Christina for that top spot. It's an album that's derivative of an era, not defining it.

Snake5555555555: Sigrid's Sucker Punch features brash and moody themes that she likes to infuse with a dose of nostalgia. However, a lot of the songs blend together too easily making the overall experience a confusing one. Decent choruses and some pretty vocals are present, but Sucker Punch becomes too forgettable as the songs become repetitive. Sigrid has the flair for merging music and emotion, but the music doesn't make quite a full impact on me, and the album becomes a big letdown because I feel Sigrid has the potential to do so much more.

MetalmindStats (responding to Seanchan): I'm not sure I entirely agree with this, certainly at least in as much as Sucker Punch feels a lot less manufactured to me than I'd expect from those comparisons. Perhaps that's simply because I seem to like it more than most of us do, though.

FoolFantastic: I've been slacking off with my comments, but I do want to say that, of the handful of albums I have had no exposure to before their week, Sucker Punch has been my favorite. It's very much a modern pop album and can't escape a ton of easy comparisons, but it's still solidly good throughout. Other artists have been referenced, but the one I kept thinking of is Olivia Rodrigo - and this gets the benefit of having released first.

ZaziGuado: I think what helps make Sigrid stand out is that while she sings about heartbreak (as all pop artists do), she does it without a ton of angst. It's a manner of "yeah this sucks but onwards and upwards", y'know?

Seanchan (responding to MetalmindStats): I should clarify that I'm not making any judgement on talent versus those late 90s artists. Certainly there is many times only a tangential relationship between talent and popularity/success. I don't know if Sigrid is also the songwriter for her music like Lorde or Swift. It's not something I usually pay attention to, though people usually let you know when the pop singer is also the songwriter.

I guess my feeling is that Sucker Punch isn't anything..."special". I'm not super big on Lorde but I know she's held in high regard for that general time of pop. I think Future Nostalgia is likely to stand the test of time and be regarded as a classic of the era. I could totally be wrong about Sigrid/Sucker Punch though! Who knows!

I hate that this all makes me sound much more negative than my feelings on the album. I've not listened to next week's album yet but I'm skeptical that I will enjoy it more than this one.