Man cited "Nav’s ice-cold breeziness"

i agree

They are both great albums actually

Sadly true but the production was elite

Not a surprise when Pitchfork also gives this guy a platform

this tweet is on point tbh

how is he wrong?

Alberto > Alphonse

I think he was absolutely spitting, completely agree with this

yeah the music is mad soulless, biggest difference between him and Ye

Did you read the whole thread?

How is there not a real person at the core when theres songs on there like THANK GOD, MY EYES, PARASAIL?
The critic says Travis never once addresses the festival tragedy- he does implicitly and even explicitly throughout the entire thing. The whole message of the album in my eyes is that you "create your own UTOPIA" by choosing to focus on the good and not the bad. On Thank God he addresses the pressure he's putting on himself to follow up ASTROWORLD with an even better album, using the grammys as a motivating factor. On My Eyes he raps "If only they knew what Scotty would do to jump off the stage and save him a child." Which in my opinion, again reflects the idea of positive framing, he could have easily been like who bring a 9 year old to a concert where the rage is everywhere. On GOD"S COUNTRY, he raps that he has a 100k fans jumping and that they need space when they jam. I'm perhaps taking this too literally, but as the mechanism of the deaths was asphyxiation in a crowd crush for all 10 deaths, they were crushed because of a lack of space.

There's a bunch of other examples, but I'll use PARASAIL but to me, that song is literally therapy and using positive affirmations.

Those are some of my thoughts. If you need this guy's thread he's saying there is nothing thought provoking in Travis's lyrics. I disagree.

Travis been a vibe artist and a good one at that. And more or less getting better at it with every body of work. Expecting Kendrick/Ye/drake level storytelling or lyricism from him at this point doesnt rly make sense and unfairly frames the critique in a way that doesnt credit him for the things he does do well as that becomes the be all end all indicator of whether hes made a good record or bad record.

now ik why u dropped out of med school

6.5 more accurate tbh

“I actually didn’t come to talk about that. I came to talk about something different.”
“do i still have the ability to rage?”

from reading your posts itt, no you don’t #respectfully

It’s not just the lyrics/storytelling it’s presence/delivery/charisma all of the features sound more interesting on a mic than he does

I don’t remember Travis on Fein but I sure remember Carti’s verse

Alphonse is right!

Pitchfork in 2023 😂
Imagine caring about Condé Nast bought opinions

Especially one like "5.7" Wtf does that even mean

Man what

Fr, the .7

Really makes a difference huh 💀

I expected them to rate this high.

Like how can they give Astroworld a 7.8 and this a 5.7???
Reviewer was probably drinking vinegar smh

7.8