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Before ToddInTheShadows began posting for TGWTG.com, he posted his pop song reviews on YouTube. From October 2011 to April 2012, approximately two years after the original post to YouTube, he re-posted these videos to Blip preceded by a short introduction, where he goes into what led him to review that particular song and certain elements of the video. While doing the review, Todd is ...
I think it's clear Todd is more excited whenever he gets to be a pop music historian, rather than a pop music critic. Which is why Trainwreckords and OHW have been where his best work is for a long time, imo. And also it explains why he would pick a song like this to cover in a review, because its a song that has a history behind it to discuss.
It would keep Todd's ongoing streak of country Pop Song Reviews alive, which could be frustrating for some, but I'm loving this idea. There are the parallels and contrasts you mentioned, but also the noteworthy achievement of these two being country songs by female artists whose popularity started on TikTok rather than driven by Nashville support, which could lend itself to a study of how ...
POP SONG REVIEW: "God's Plan" by Drake (Todd in the Shadows) I thought Todd's initial interpretation of the "i only love my bed and my mama" lyric was a bit odd. To me it doesn't come across as sexual, it comes across as loving comfort and stability. Or, yanno, having a nap in a giant race car bed.
Todd was taking pop music seriously for way longer than even outlets like Pitchfork. Not sure I fully agree. Pitchfork called Justin Timberlake's My Love the best song of 2006, ahead of their usual favorites like The Knife, TV on the Radio, Hot Chip, Beach House, Joanna Newsom, etc.
Todd's "Pop Song Reviews" long ago stopped actually being about just reviewing a song and primarily became about analyzing the artist themselves and the space they occupy in the music scene. For instance, this review was like 10% about the song and 90% about the people who recorded it and their contemporaries.
See all of “POP SONG REVIEW: "Closer" by The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey” by Todd in the Shadows’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
