Bonnie McKee - Hot City (aka Epic Album)

[Ice Prince]

2 hours ago, BraveNewSeth said:

Could any of the music experts/producers on here do me a favor? Could you extend the outro of Forever 21 by like 10 seconds? I’m using that song as the closer on my album and I feel it would be a bit more fitting if the outro could be a bit longer. @Ice Prince I know you made those amazing remastered versions of a few of Bonnie’s songs, could you maybe do it?

I'm glad you liked my remastered versions!

I'm using Forever 21 as the closing track but I don't actually know how to fix the ending to make it longer without it sounding cut. I've tried and didn't like the result so I scrapped it  I think my attempt to remake those final synth seconds miserably failed...

Edited July 20, 2022 by Ice Prince

[chimera]

2 hours ago, BraveNewSeth said:

Could any of the music experts/producers on here do me a favor? Could you extend the outro of Forever 21 by like 10 seconds? I’m using that song as the closer on my album and I feel it would be a bit more fitting if the outro could be a bit longer. @Ice Prince I know you made those amazing remastered versions of a few of Bonnie’s songs, could you maybe do it?

i took a crack at it! let me know what you think! 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8rbj6fbvi7sigaz/bonnie mckee foever 21 edit 2.wav?dl=0

[reflection]

I think the album has potential to do well ish.. she really needs some sort of label like a friend one with nice terms she could have a good online cult following with consistent releases akin to carly rae jepsen. atleast at this point, I doubt any labels would expect her to be the next katy Perry everything considered. I think it has potential now that pure pop music has a huge gap in the market. back then the market was way too saturated then with too much pop to consume and audiences started turning away to other genres. plus all the major pop acts and staples were established for a good half decade and bonnie had just entered the game with her entire team thinking katy Perry or nothing. we saw how well carly rae jepsen emotion did and the legacy it left in pop culture, this is right up that alley with giving the early 2010s pop music even more time to age and something carly doesnt provide anymore. now is a good time, imo

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, MTCHLL said:

i took a crack at it! let me know what you think! 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8rbj6fbvi7sigaz/bonnie mckee foever 21 edit 2.wav?dl=0

This is good! Great job!

[BraveNewSeth]

51 minutes ago, MTCHLL said:

i took a crack at it! let me know what you think! 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8rbj6fbvi7sigaz/bonnie mckee foever 21 edit 2.wav?dl=0

This is great! 😭 Thank you!

[BraveNewSeth]

1 hour ago, Ice Prince said:

I'm glad you liked my remastered versions!

I'm using Forever 21 as the closing track but I don't actually know how to fix the ending to make it longer without it sounding cut. I've tried and didn't like the result so I scrapped it  I think my attempt to remake those final synth seconds miserably failed...

Your remastered versions are amazing! I still use your versions of Electric Heaven and Outlaw. 

[chimera]

30 minutes ago, BraveNewSeth said:

This is great! 😭 Thank you!

thank you so much! i EQ'd the live performance intro bc its what i've been listening to since 2014 and the outro is a bit choppy bc its hard to loop! i could probably make it cleaner if i took more time on it!

Edited July 20, 2022 by MTCHLL

[Bambi101]

Imo, the reason why Epic was so hard on her in 2014 was because the music market was sooooo oversaturated with successful women (Kesha was in her prime, Katy as well, Gaga, Rihanna, and many others). They knew she needed a massive (potentially viral) hit akin to Call Me Maybe to firmly establish herself. She semi-delivered on the viral part with American Girl, but for reasons I still don't fully understand the stars just didn't align themselves for American Girl to at least reach the top 10 in the US (though that still wouldn't cut it, Epic wanted a #1 hit). Had American Girl been released in 2012 it would've had a better chance at success, but with Lorde starting the indie craze and radio shifting away from pop to alternative I guess it makes sense why the song underperformed. SLAY wouldn't have remedied that and sadly neither would Forever 21, not during that climate. 

However, in 2021 we saw (and in 2022 we're still seeing) this resurgence of nostalgia for the 80s and 90s, city pop, and ultimately early 2000s which imo is very opportune for Bonnie because songs like Hot City and Forever 21 won't sound dated at all. With Katy unable to chart with anything she makes and Kesha rebranding herself as a paranormal series host, she also doesn't have to worry about competing with them / the public making comparisons, so this is a golden opportunity for the GP to finally see Bonnie for who she is. 

17 hours ago, low kii savage said:

I'll need you to tell me what song could've inspired her to write Right Now, right now  Y'all be living life while my suffering never ends 

Girl Right Now is literally like 5 songs from 2011, 2012, and 2013 mashed together into one 😆 I mean, the bridge is a blatant ripoff of C'Mon's (it even has the phrase 'Right Now' in it ). Then I'm hearing a little bit of Hangover by Taio Cruz (also a Luke/Cirkut production) (it's more obvious if you play it at 0.75 speed on YouTube). Well and then you have Masquerade by Nicki Minaj which also uses 'Right Now' multiple times during the chorus  

OVERALL though, I think she based it mostly on Eye of the Tiger which she also said inspired her to write Roar.

 

Edited July 20, 2022 by Bambi101

[Bambi101]

Just a regular reminder we need these to leak for this tragic and frustrating chapter of our lives to fully come to an end (from most urgent to least urgent):

1. Right Now --> she's not including this one but it's an important callback to 2013 Puke/Cirkut production magic
2. Electric Heaven (Final) --> we deserve to have this one in better quality with polished production y'all
3. I Wanna Fucking Call You (Final without botched vocal stems)
4. S.L.A.Y. (1999 Version)
5. Worst in Me (Reworked Epic Version)
6. Turn Me Up (Demo for Carly Rae Jepsen)
7. Show Me Your Love (apparently this is another slow piano ballad and I'd rather have any of the songs above)

 

 

[zaynphallic]

On 7/14/2022 at 8:06 PM, BonnieLeakz said:

It's really touching to see so many people here sharing what they have. I'll make a deal: if we get two more songs to leak, I'll leak one two. But if we can get five more songs to leak, I'll leak the final version of SLAY (more polished production, includes the "slaying like 1999" lyric).

If you don't believe me check my post history. I've leaked several songs before (Kiss Kiss, Femme Fatale, Message In A Bottle...)

We're waiting, @BonnieLeakz. 👀

These 5 songs leaked since your post (thank you to the folks that shared them 🙏):

1. Undefeated: https://onlyfiles.io/f/3f98d018b8dd45abbf0661ab5af2bb5d
2. What's it Gonna Take: https://onlyfiles.io/f/9f0532736bc14b4492e04444775c98b8
3. Up to Me: https://onlyfiles.io/f/2f7430f90b5543fa8b3c4c4fa24f0358
4. Electric: https://onlyfiles.io/f/862d7d61f0a84f059629939bbdba9042
5. On Your Side: https://dbree.org/v/62d6ae

Bless us with "SLAY" (Final)? 

[Newtooz18]

13 minutes ago, Bambi101 said:

Just a regular reminder we need these to leak for this tragic and frustrating chapter of our lives to fully come to an end (from most urgent to least urgent):

1. Right Now --> she's not including this one but it's an important callback to 2013 Puke/Cirkut production magic
2. Electric Heaven (Final) --> we deserve to have this one in better quality with polished production y'all
3. I Wanna Fucking Call You (Final without botched vocal stems)
4. S.L.A.Y. (1999 Version)
5. Worst in Me (Reworked Epic Version)
6. Turn Me Up (Demo for Carly Rae Jepsen)
7. Show Me Your Love (apparently this is another slow piano ballad and I'd rather have any of the songs above)

 

 

The FINAL sexy 7....who can help end this eternal yearning?

We have tried to survive through covid and lockdowns, monkeypox, political unrest, mass shootings, racism, homophobia, transphobia, Rachel Stevens 'Come and Get It' album being unavailable on Spotify, cost of living crisis, the war in Ukraine, Neighbours ending, the abortion ruling and for some people, in some parts of the world who had to find out the hard way what a Jedward is....Have we not suffered enough??

 

[Music Xclusive]

29 minutes ago, Bambi101 said:

Just a regular reminder we need these to leak for this tragic and frustrating chapter of our lives to fully come to an end (from most urgent to least urgent):

1. Right Now --> she's not including this one but it's an important callback to 2013 Puke/Cirkut production magic
2. Electric Heaven (Final) --> we deserve to have this one in better quality with polished production y'all
3. I Wanna Fucking Call You (Final without botched vocal stems)
4. S.L.A.Y. (1999 Version)
5. Worst in Me (Reworked Epic Version)
6. Turn Me Up (Demo for Carly Rae Jepsen)
7. Show Me Your Love (apparently this is another slow piano ballad and I'd rather have any of the songs above)

 

 

You forgot too add Rewind Your Heart (Final)

Show Me Your Love is apparently old (idk why she added this and Mirage to the whiteboard tracklist; maybe to have some ballads)

Overall, U would like to have the first 4.

[zaynphallic]

Dear leak lords,

Please bless us with "Right Now" – and if you're feeling generous "SLAY" (final) and "IWFCY" (non-fucked up version) – before this thread hits 400 pages so we can finally ascend from Evil McQueen's purgatory and end this eternal nightmare.

[zaynphallic]

2 minutes ago, Music Xclusive said:

You forgot too add Rewind Your Heart (Final)

Show Me Your Love is apparently old (idk why she added this and Mirage to the whiteboard tracklist; maybe to have some ballads)

Overall, U would like to have the first 4.

Is there really another version of "Rewind Your Heart"? The one that leaked sounds amongst the most polished of all the leaks to me.

[nuclear]

2 minutes ago, zaynphallic said:

Is there really another version of "Rewind Your Heart"? The one that leaked sounds amongst the most polished of all the leaks to me.

rewind your heart is literally edited