Christine and the Queens - Tilted

I'll die way before Methuselah
So I'll fight sleep with ammonia
And every morning, with eyes all red
I'll miss them for all the tears they shed

But I'm actually good
Can't help it if we're tilted
I'm actually good
Can't help it if we

The other day I featured a band with a singular name, today it's a solo artist with a band moniker. Héloïse Letissier is a French singer and electronic music producer. She was picked as one of the 100 Women of 2016 by the BBC, and performed this song for the Christmas special edition of Top of the Pops. "Tilted" was originally written in French and released in 2014 under the title "Christine" and I dig both versions. 

RIYL: Charlie XCX, Imogen Heap, Frou Frou

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Mating Ritual - How You Gonna Stop It?

Pick me up in your Monday suit and tie
Grab a drink in the lobby before 9
You complain about your weight and waking up on time
You need to chill out and follow me tonight

Waking up in a place I've never been before
It smells like piss and olives
Getting drunk never used to be this difficult
I hear the graveyard calling
Stop talking 'bout your work you know you're not gonna go
Might as well kick the bucket
Yeah it sucks getting old but how you gonna stop it?

Fast-paced, tongue-twister-ing, and just right for Friday night Mating Ritual (aka Ryan Marshall Lawhon) has just convinced me to take a chance on following him, musically. This is supposedly the early released first single from his forthcoming full album. His debut EP is just as fun and dancy so I believe we're in for a treat. 

RIYL: Miike Snow, Passion Pit, Day Wave

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Tove Lo - Cool Girl

You can run free, I won't hold it against ya
You do your thing, never wanted a future
Fuck if I knew how to put it romantic
Speaking my truth, there's no need to panic

No, let's not put a label on it
Let's keep it fun
We don't put a label on it
So we can run free, yeah
I wanna be free like you

I'm a, I'm a, I'm a cool girl, I'm a, I'm a cool girl
Ice cold, I roll my eyes at you, boy
I'm a cool girl, I'm a, I'm a cool girl
Ice cold, I roll my eyes at you, boy

Rules you don't like, but you still wanna keep 'em
Said you were fine so, for whatever reason,
Show we can chill, try and keep it platonic
Now you can't tell if I'm really ironic

For NYE, I picked a track that 1) might be played on the dance floor if you're out partying tonight and 2) is possibly an anthem for the single ladies prepping to go out there. Keith probably thinks this song belongs more in our (guilty) Pleasures section, but 1) I love the bassline way too much and 2) I have trouble differentiating in the first place! Swedish sweetheart Tove Lo hits that spot I didn't know I was missing in danceable music.

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