Thursday, February 16, 2017

"Sipping Whiskey Neat, Highest Floor, The Bowery"


Over the past week it's been one snippet and teaser after another of Kygo and Selena's new single. Today, It Ain't Me was unchained and it wrecked about as much shop as you would expect from two meteoric talents. It's a truly beautiful Trop House ballad that has everything you'd hope for in a Kygo track plus Selena's dramatic vocals. There's the piano lead in, the gentle, but addictingly rhythmic drop and that chopped up vocal sample hook that sticks with you.

After the fourth or fifth full listen, it's really hard not to gush about it. There's this painfully nostalgic undercurrent that really amplifies the emotion of the track. Something about that whiskey neat and Bowery Ballroom reference that opens up a treasure trove of memories for me at least. Sure, it's tempting to try and read between the lines to figure out if there's some subliminal shots being directed toward Selena's former loves (Bieber or Zedd), but that's not for me to speculate on. What I can speculate on is Kygo's upcoming sophomore album and how this new one and his latest release off the 50 Shades Darker Soundtrack are doing everything possible to get me pumped for it's release. If it's anywhere close to as stacked as Cloud 9, then we have a lot of great music to look forward to...#ItAintMe



Kygo feat Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

4 comments:

Usama's Blog February 20, 2017 at 5:54 AM  

Good review but i'm confused about what exactly Bowery means, dictionary has so many different definitions...

Nikki New York February 23, 2017 at 11:03 AM  

Bowery is a place in NYC

Unknown March 31, 2017 at 1:56 AM  

It's an area in Manhattan, New York.

So, she is taking about sipping wishkey neat on highest floor in that area.

Unknown March 31, 2017 at 1:57 AM  

It's an area in Manhattan, New York.

So, she is taking about sipping wishkey neat on highest floor in that area.

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