Zedd - "Clarity"

we should have a thread about this song

its good

yup

it's great but i dunno, it's kinda already peaked, and what is there even to say about it? i dunno if it's any better than the Calvin Harris/Florence joint from earlier this year either.

gtfoh

there isn't much to say about it but no one has really said much about it on ilx anyway

what do you want to say about it then

IF OUURR LOOOOOVE

smh

even the one w/ carly rae jepsen's husband is better

oh is that 'spectrum'? yeah i was pretty into that last year

fabulously awful lyrics iirc

a couple weeks ago my son was in the car when this came on the radio, and he 'sang' along to the big build, just kinda humming "EHHHHHHHHHH" as it got louder and more intense, it was pretty great

is there much to say about this song or him? or i guess generally edm pop stuff

i don't like a lot of it but madeon's remix of an otherwise-boring yelle song from a couple years ago is actually the best example i have heard of it. sadly i haven't liked any of his actual singles.

and yes "spectrum" was the one i meant (altho i don't think he's actually married to crj, lol)

i dunno if it's any better than the Calvin Harris/Florence joint from earlier this year either.

Hint: It's not.

if we're bringing the calvin/florence track into this conversation, just have to say that the diplo + grandtheft remix of it is pretty sweet

so true it's like impossible to say anything about this song

threadstarter hit and runs are lameness itself imho

alright i'll think of something to say tho

i think what with the edm steez slightly on the wane in the public consciousness this year 'clarity' does a cute thing in the way it fakes out the obnoxious stadium dance monster drop bacchanalia - it builds to climax with all the live crowd handclap efx, bracing pause etc but in the end the explosive release never quite comes, supplanted unexpectedly and not unpleasantly by a sort of slightly muted, blissed-out ambient frayed circuit glide on the thermals of crowd singalong turned choral support (of these producers zedd has possibly the best melodic sense). it's like using space shuttle rocket boosters to launch a paper plane

the terribly entertaining tiesto mix (also the style of eye mix, to a lesser degree) works as a good counterpoint/bad cop to the og by throwing out all this pleasantry entirely and abruptly interposing a robot insect invasion doom march far beyond the usual expectations of edm mayhem. and then returns to the chorus like nothing happened and it was all some apocalyptic premonition on a sunny day, making you feel like sarah connor gripping the chain link fence in terminator 2

ok i think i'm done

if we're bringing the calvin/florence track into this conversation, just have to say that the diplo + grandtheft remix of it is pretty sweet

― josh, Monday, 9 September 2013 07:14 (2 hours ago) Bookmark

never thought about it to ever id it but now i'm listening i think i have heard this before and yeah ur right, it's good

even the song is like "YOU ARE THE THREAD ABOUT ME, I THINK I DIDN'T NEEEEEED"

This song joins the growing number of tunes that I have been introduced to by my 9-yr-old son. He asked me to download it for him about a month ago (I make him pay the iTunes freight out of his allowance). I had never heard of it and I don't know where he heard it -- on YouTube, I guess. Anyway, I thought it was pleasant enough and very much in mode of all the David Guetta stuff he likes, but I had no idea it was a big hit until we were in New York last week and I kept hearing it everywhere.

The chorus makes no sense at all, and "Clarity" sounds more like a hygiene product than a love song. But it's catchy and it has a nice shiny gallop to it.

LOATHE THIS SONG SO MUCH. Yell yell yell yell blah blah "climax" plop.

rtc otm

the terribly entertaining tiesto mix (also the style of eye mix, to a lesser degree) works as a good counterpoint/bad cop to the og by throwing out all this pleasantry entirely and abruptly interposing a giant robot goose stomping down the street far beyond the usual expectations of edm mayhem. and then returns to the chorus like nothing happened and it was all some apocalyptic premonition on a sunny day, making you feel celebration at having thwarted an insidious space attack

ok i think i'm done

― r|t|c, Monday, September 9, 2013 4:22 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

interesting

WORST album Cover EVER!!!

i don't like this song either, it is terrible

i don't actually have anything to say about this except that i love it, wanted to gauge how others felt

lmao dayo

u cunt

It's totally the stentorian tone that makes this, yeah? Or at least makes the vocals.

― The Reverend, Friday, 8 August 2008 23:21 (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

just call it loud you ponce

― musically, Saturday, 9 August 2008 03:07 (5 years ago) Bookmark

this song is the musical equivalent of one of those post-twilight teen paranormal romance books

i mean those twilight soundtracks have had some good singles

is there a catalog of songs that use three syllable clarity/tragedy/remedy/sanity rhymes? i feel like this is a thing.

like going back to nu-metal, i think they used these words a lot

this song is the musical equivalent of one of those post-twilight teen paranormal romance books

― katherine, Monday, September 9, 2013 12:06 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean those twilight soundtracks have had some good singles

― suggest ban & threadban method man & redman (some dude), Monday, September 9, 2013 12:14 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is sorta like an evanesence edm single

i feel like it represents some kind of apex of eurodance in the u.s. that we have a top 10 by a non-american producer and a non-american singer, neither of which have had a hit here before.

does 'foxes' have any good solo tracks? i love her guest spot on the fall out boy album.

Here's his new single with Hayley Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMQCH2rCAew

I don't love the new song but I do like this guy. He has an ear for happy, inclusive drops, and demonstrates an impressive attention to detail even on big, obvious pop songs where the detail isn't necessary.

He's also a primary producer on Lady Gaga's upcoming album, which seems like a very smart pairing

the next edm-pop smash in the making?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvzfOyW0ZMo

i love zedd's song "clarity".

i've been enjoying foxes' album this week

i wanted to dislike it b/c liam payne but "get low" is really nice