Bonnie McKee - Hot City (aka Epic Album)

[Bambi101]

Btw, @Ice Prince your final Sexin' U mix is better than s3x. What an impeccable masterpiece.

[TakeYouToHell]

Forever 21 sounds like gay heaven  14 years old me is shaking rn

[blonde-rebellion]

9 hours ago, Mint said:

ok but still this

PLS us Colette Carr stans have it almost as hard as Bonnie stans 

[duff]

Makeba Riddick - War Of The Worlds
written by Bonnie McKee

[chimera]

1 hour ago, blonde-rebellion said:

PLS us Colette Carr stans have it almost as hard as Bonnie stans 

Omg I used to be obsessed with Colette Carr! she actually sent me the instrumental to Back It Up a looooong time ago!

[Bambi101]

How do y'all Bonnie McKee pundits feel about the 2022 VHS order of the Epic songs?

1. Slay
2. Somebody's Gonna Get Hurt
3. American Girl
4. Sleepwalker
5. Forever 21
6. Hot City
7. I Wanna Fucking Call You
8. Rewind Your Heart
9. Everything But You
10. Electric Heaven

I can stomach Slay as the album opener; Sleepwalker as track 4 followed by Forever 21 also isn't that controversial to me as that's the exact same order in which she performed these live at a few events, but giving EBY the penultimate slot doesn't sit well with me especially given how close in sound it is to American Girl (I'd place EBY somewhere at the beginning in close proximity to American Girl). 

SGGH as track 2 seems SO random. Electric Heaven *could* work as the album closer depending on the reworked version's production/sound. For some reason, I personally wouldn't choose to end the album with a dramatic upbeat song, but that could be remedied by adding Stars in Your Heart after it.

I wonder if she ordered the songs this way because the visuals follow a cohesive storyline/plot and the actual album tracklist will differ... she's definitely including Wild Card and possibly a few other songs we might've not heard before (fingers crossed for a reworked Worst in Me, reproduced Jenny, and updated Sexin' U).  

Edited July 14, 2022 by Bambi101

[blonde-rebellion]

1 hour ago, MTCHLL said:

Omg I used to be obsessed with Colette Carr! she actually sent me the instrumental to Back It Up a looooong time ago!

omg so jealous! I've been trying to find her Essentials mixtape in lossless (or even at the very least the TRACKLIST) and her song Bitch Like Me in lossless and I've dm'ed her about it, she always says she's going to release them herself and just never does. Truly a student of the school of Bonnie McKee

[Peter Parker]

oh my God finally Forever 21!! it's SOOOOOO good 

[zaynphallic]

Now that we finally have the INCREDIBLE "Forever 21", I think I finally finalized my tracklist and album art (unless "Right Now" leaks which is clearly never gonna happen).

1. Don't Get Mad, Get Famous (Intro)
2. S.L.A.Y.
3. American Girl
4. Forever 21
5. Hot City
6. Rewind Your Heart
7. Hit Me Up
8. Everything But You
9. I Wanna Fucking Call You
10. Electric Heaven
11. Waking Up Diagonal
12. Jenny's Got a Boyfriend
13. Last Call Lover
14. Somebody's Gonna Get Hurt

Listening all the way through it's just all killer, no filler. Every track is a masterpiece. This really could have been the album of the 2010's.

[BraveNewSeth]

12 hours ago, Bambi101 said:

So beautifully put and I teared up a little while reading because it's insane how we all have that shared memory of finding out about American Girl, the disappointment that followed when the album got scrapped, and ultimately all the stuff inbetween that lead us to meet each other here. I'll never forget that iconic summer in 2013!!!

Do you guys think it's hard to go on living (as a musician) knowing you created one of the finest pop records of all time brimming with gigantic hits (Forever 21, Hot City, Everything But You), yet you never got to have your Katy Perry moment? Especially when you perservered through all the initial setbacks, obstacles, failures, put in the hard work and all that. Bonnie had the exact same trajectory as Katy, Gaga, and Lana (i.e. got signed at a young age, put out a commercial flop, had her second album shelved and subsequently got dropped from the label)--it's just that Katy/Gaga/Lana managed to bounce back before they reached their mid 20s whereas Bonnie was past the age when pop girls are most marketable (we love an ageist industry) and due to writing songs for Katy/Kesha the public came to associate quote unquote Bonnie's style with those girls. I still think that even if she released Roar in 2014 it would've flopped... the public just wasn't willing to embrace another girl serving pure pop, especially one that didn't get to establish herself before turning 30 and close-minded people judged her harshly for that (remember all those comments under the American Girl music video talking about how she's desperate/should act her age etc??).

Looking back, it makes me feel so sad and devastated for her.  

This is something I’ve thought about as well, and I feel like it’s one of the biggest reasons Bonnie is so hesitant to release the Epic album. It’s so clear just by listening to the Epic tracks that she had a vision for how this album would sound. It’s insanely cohesive. And considering how much she loves traditional album roll outs, I’m sure we would’ve gotten tons of promo performances, music videos, photo shoots, etc. The potential was there for an amazing pop album and era, and I don’t think I’ll ever forgive LA Reid or Epic for screwing Bonnie over. I mean, it sucks for us as fans to miss out on all of that, but imagine how Bonnie feels? I’m sure it has to sting every time she thinks about it. And don’t get me wrong, I’m disappointed in how Bonnie has been leading us on over the years in regards to releasing the album, but I do have a lot of sympathy for her as well. 

[reflection]

bonnie the type of artist to make a teaser for the album teaser a $100,000 video shoot thats a 40 minute short film

[chimera]

i want to rearrange my track listing but i honestly have no idea how i want the storyline to go and what tracks to exclude! i have a lot of bonus tracks tho 

 

Bonus:

1.  Hey Alligator - i just really really love this one, i know its a different era

2. Wild Heart - this one is an anthem 

3. Stars in Your Heart 

4. Jenny's Got a Boyfriend (Corey Enemy Remix)

5. Sleepwalker (2018)

Edited July 14, 2022 by MTCHLL

[chimera]

Also if anyone wants a print of the SLAY logo:

 

https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/SLAY-Bonnie-McKee-by-iammtchll/116856359.IJ6L0

[BraveNewSeth]

Here it is, the full version of Wild Card. Sent to me by someone on Leaked. If anyone else wants to follow in my foot steps... please

https://onlyfiles.io/f/40c809b15dab47ebb9950c69987ac72e

[Newtooz18]

3 minutes ago, BraveNewSeth said:

Here it is, the full version of Wild Card. Sent to me by someone on Leaked. If anyone else wants to follow in my foot steps... please

https://onlyfiles.io/f/40c809b15dab47ebb9950c69987ac72e

Thank you!