Rex Orange County - Who Cares? ALBUM REVIEW
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
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An improvement over Pony on all fronts.
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FAV TRACKS: KEEP IT UP, OPEN A WINDOW, WORTH IT, AMAZING, ONE IN A MILLION, SHOOT ME DOWN, WHO CARES
LEAST FAV TRACK: 7AM
REX ORANGE COUNTY - WHO CARES? / 2022 / SONY / INDIE POP, NEO-SOUL
7/10
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?
Hey Anthony, it's okay to get a little existential sometimes. We all do it. Just wanted to drop a comment and let you know that I care. Hope you feel better, god bless you. Unsubscribed.
This made my brain hurt, i creamed + ratio
@@somnamla same + wait what + ayo + 🤨 + 📸
What 💀
lol
You Would've gave this album a 10/10 if it was by Rex Melon County
Best comment so far
Rex Yellow County
Great shit
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Right.....
Saying “who cares” over and over and just giving it a 7/10 does not constitute a review, Anthony.
who cares
@@ogshrimpsauce pwnd 😎
Listen who cares
Even though the album is really good, it hurts knowing that he’s gonna stray away from his Apricot Princess/BCUWNBF sound. But I’m happy that he’s able to do what he wants.
Actually he said that he’s planning to focus more on his older kind of sound for his next album, which he says will be more lengthy and in depth, which I’m definitely looking forward to
@@ElliotK2 where did he say this?
@@coolguy2.085 the interview on the fantano channel
As much as I love Apricot Princess (to the point where it is one of my favourite albums OAT), I can't help but think in this current age as we're moving away from bedroom pop, a sound similar to that genre would only do him a disservice?
Same dude!! Apricot princess was so fucking good, deff one of my fav albums of all time. Miss that sound.
Man didn't even mention the best track on the album, The Shade is such a banger
Fax bro that song, Amazing, and keep it up has that upbeat tune to it and it’s just so fire🔥🔥
TRUE
Keep It Up is the best track imo. It's just so catchy!!!!!!!!
The shade is the gift that keeps on giving
Ngl i still prefer the version he did on iglive but both versions are great
Honestly the album changed my life. Before I was just a broke man living on the streets of Indiana, fishing for cash in every way I could. I once prostituted myself off to a gang of dogs just for half of an egg roll. The brisk chill of the winter only got colder as the nights went on - my only warmth an electrical fire outside of the laundromat. In the depths of my despair, I happened upon an iPod Nano tossed in the dumpster. The only thing on it? This album. Suddenly my world was brought to life and I dragged myself out of this hole I created. Hours later, I now run my own paper company - deforesting the Amazon. My beautiful wife and husband bring joy to every hour of my life. If it weren't for this album, I don't know where I'd be. 3/10
Thank you for sharing your story Cameron. You are very brave
😭😭
here for you man
amazing comment. i love you.
Rickety Cricket, is that you?
I was sad with how short it was based on how long we had to wait but I honestly enjoyed a lot of the tracks
Your talking about Anthony’s review right?
Apparently this release was out of spontaneity. Rex says there’s another project in the works. It was being worked on before Who cares.
Its his longest album?
@@Boringboii second to apricot princess
he said he finished it in 2020 ( he told us at his small show in la )
"I'm really looking forward to what Rex is gonna do next"
Little did Anthony know that what he would be doing next was jail time
I don’t think the trial is starting until January 2023
SIKE
this didnt age well
Pretty insane how this chick perceives *sexual assault* to be someone making hand contact with a non-erogenous part of your body. This is precisely why actual SA allegations are never taken seriously. Opportunists ruin it for everyone
ЧЕ С ЕБАЛОМ СУКА ХАХАХАХАХА ЕБАЛО К ДОСМОТРУ БЛЯДИНА ))))))0000
With everything you said about apricot princess here I’d love to hear your extended thoughts on that project one day, whether it be in a review or otherwise. Top 5 album of all time for me.
it’s my number 1
Yes! It's a great album
Both the lyrics and every instrumental speak volumes to me in such a personal way I haven't had with any other album
I get it's kind of simple and corny but that's what I like the most about early Rex's music; it's so easy to relate to
please lets make this movement to encourage anthony to review apricot princess. it’s actually one of the most beautiful albums i’ve heard, i’ve been wanting him to review the project since i’ve heard it years ago !!
no bc i’ve yet to hear an album intro that tops apricot princess. its unreal. but since it’s in ur top 5 i’d love to know ur others !!! ❤️
@@biscoffology Omg for sure! My top 5, in no particular order are:
Gorillaz - The Now Now
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Rex Orange County - Apricot Princess
The Strokes - The New Abnormal
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
AP is definitely incredible though, and has a lot of unique strengths that those others don't. Very unreal.
What are some of ur other favorites?
Deserved. This was such a fun little pop album. I would go 8/10 personally but it is so much better than Pony
Tied with apricot princess for my favorite rex album tbh
@@teh5029 same tbh
@@teh5029 its definitely second for me. apricot princess is really something else
@@sethrozier6743 facts, apricot princess is just much better
I can’t believe The Shade didn’t make it in to best tracks. Like HOW? One of the grooviest bass lines, it’s an incredible song, quite possibly my favorite song of his ever. I’d give this album a 9/10
rex orange jumpsuit
this aged like milk
i was surprsingly moved by this album. him honestly laying out his feellings and struggles without some crazy vocal techniques got me almost choked up. rex at his best so far. i think i'll be listening to this for a long time.
Glad Rex made a comeback from his last album. I always liked his album Apricot Princess and was kind of disappointed thinking he wouldn't reach those highs again. This was a really fun, wholesome listen.
This album is really growing on me each time I listen to it fully. It sounds like a more polished and refined old school Rex
I just started listening to it tonight as it showed up in my "new music" section and I'm already enjoying it!
A 7!!! From Fantano?!! That's impressive, especially considering how he felt about the last album.
WHO CARES that this got a 7, this was a great project
rex did a good job on this one but til this day im still wondering am i the only one that thinks pony is really good?
You are not alone
Bro pony was fire asl his 2nd best album he dropped just under who cares? for me personally. The change in his style just hits different and made me a fan instantly. Song like face to face or never had the balls is just so hype and then you have songs like amazing and Pluto projector that’s just soothing. Hope he drops more songs like those.
No, I like it. But WHO CARES blows it out of the water.
Pony is goated
Nah
The Who cares jokes are going to be repetitive af
Shoot me Down was so different than anything I've heard from Rex and he managed it so well, I wish he experiments more with this tone. If anyone knows the genre this song resembles the most let me know. Really loved the piano bass mellow combo
When I listen to that song it reminds me of Bruno Mars- It will rain idk why
reminds me of early the weeknd, like earned it
Also Gorillaz vibes
that song reminded me a lot of man of war by radiohead in some ways, namely similar chord changes. They’re quite different songs but you might like man of war :)
the genre this song resembles the most is pop
I like Rex Orange County a lot but I’m hoping next album he comes in with writing that digs a little deeper.
Although standing in the middle of Anaheim screaming in Hebrew at a homeless man was entertaining I don’t think that’s considered a Rex Orange County review
I care
Man between Pony and Dalmatian's being on the cover for Who Cares Rex Orange County really likes animals!
Maybe it’s just me but I love the new Rex. It maybe because I wasn’t an og fan but listening to his old tracks and comparing it to the more or so recent ones in the album pony or the recent one who cares? His production in the sense of instrumentals has been way better and a lot of his lyrics I can relate to and that makes me like his music so much.
Same. I like his old songs but I like the direction that his music is seemingly going to
Who cares?
honestly
Someone finally said it
I interpreted this album as almost a concept album, talking about his struggles w different things, and finally on who cares, it seems each time the chorus comes around who cares has a different meaning, and the last chorus it’s almost as if he’s finally healing and he knows ppl cares about him. I love this album so much. 10/10 album for me.
holy shit youre right this comment deserve more likes
exact same fav and least fav tracks, i am now the melon
No mention of the shade? That was favorite off the album
whenever fantano talks to an artist before or after reviewing one of their albums, he gives them a positive score every time. what i would give to see fantano shit on an artist's record and THEN talk to them
it would be so awkward lmfao
Pony
So happy you loved it! Since it’s release, I’ve been playing it on loop and it’s truly my favorite album by him
I love “Loving is Easy” and since Benny sings did that, I’m not surprised an entire whole length album by them was a banger
honestly this song feels like rex went through the break up with thea and instead of looking at it from the side of “well now i’m alone and stuck” he decided to try and change himself for the better and make more upbeat sounding songs, very different from apricot princess and bcus u will never b free and some what of pony but still very rex sounding to me, the shade and 7am have got to be the best two tracks maybe including making time if it was a bit longer and had some more substance, and the concerts for this tour are simply fucking amazing, 10/10 overall :)
This video has changed my life. My whole outlook on everything that exists in this world, in fact even in the entire universe. I can never look at anything I know the same way ever again. This video represents emotions most humans could never comprehend. But I can. Thanks to this video I have been awakened to many things previously thought unimaginable. Thank you, Fantano.
Wonderful review Anthony even before I threw on the video I said to myself this is a 7 at least not just agreeing with you for the sake of it I don't know how long rex orange county has been active but I just discoved him from your tracks of the week sagements and I'm so happy that I did because I loved this album and hope to hear more from him one of the top 5 best albums of the year so far for me 😁😁
Holy shit Melon not absolutely ripping apart an album I love 😮
I liked the album. The production is Brian Wilson meets Daniel Caesar. I was worried it would get a 6 from Fantano, so a 7 is sigh of relief and joy.
great review! are you gonna do the new tobi lou album?
Who cares? I do, Anthony.
I was shocked how much I enjoyed this, might end up one of my most played records of the year. It’s such a fun, uplifting album.
GUESSING 7/10
LETS GOOOOO
man dunkey was right when he said fantano asks himself "what record am I going to give a seven next"
Uh oh.
This album has the soul Pony was missing.
Don’t disrespect Pony like that!
Pony has soul
I feel like this one lacks soul compared to Pony 💀. Pony just has this great use of building chords and such in every song especially with the large usage of wind instruments.
Pony is just so much better in every sense - Who Cares seems so flat when you compare them. The instrumentation sounds so fake and the drums are boring
Yes
Giving this a 7 because your least favourite track is called 7AM isn't what I'd expect from you, Melon.
So glad he got out of his slump. Pony sounded like if music could have the flu
bruhh pluto projector was kinda sweet and cute
@@poopy-discoop982 always is pretty underrated as well
7AM was my fav track in the whole thing
'Who cares' is what i think when i watch your reviews. Liked and subscibed.
I'm already expecting the 'no one cares' jokes
Fantano Try not to give an album a seven challenge
This to me is his best work. I never connected with Rex’s albums, only some songs. But Who Cares? AOTY contender for me
my bro really forgot big thief dropped this year and is considering giving who cares AOTY 💀
@@byel2844 big tief ight
@@byel2844 I haven't heard Big Theif, but I doubt it could top the awesomeness of Who Cares? I am 100% on Jordan's side.
@@byel2844 idk know who that is but thanks for putting me on
@@JordanNMusic yw homie
hi anthony you should review the exociety album ☺️ it's got some slappers and some great chill, existential cuts too
Hell yeah! Glad to hear he’s still working with Benny Sings. Their song Loving Is Easy is so damn good.
Apricot Princess ruined everything to follow. No album of his will ever come close to AP.
This is nice, but I NEED that Tana Talk 4 review ASAP!!!!!
apricot princess is legit my 2nd favourite album ever. only behind late registration.
A 7 feels fair to me. A mellow album that's not groundbreaking, but the highlights are great and it feels like I'll keep this one in rotation for a while.
It's on the very edge of an 8 for me personally though
I love the instrumental on making time, I wish he did more with it. But overall, good album.
How could bro not even mention the shade😭
Decent 7. "Worth It" is a song of the year contender, and a couple other tracks like "Shoot Me Down" approach that level of quality, but the rest is only just good enough to make me want to listen to it more.
1.) pony
2.) apricot princess
3.) who cares
4.) bcos u will never be free
1) Apricot Princess
2) Who Cares
3) bcos you will never be free
4) pony
I love this album as much as apricott and Because U Will Never Be Free. I don't know who doesn't like these new ones just because they're different to the first two.
Haven't really loved his music since Apricot Princess. I like his darker sound.
Idk man, this album felt like a step in the wrong direction for me. The drums and strings are mad repetitive esp over the first half of the album. And honestly Rex’s lyrical quality dropped off a cliff after apricot princess. Curious to see how his next album pans out because he just seems to be straying further and further from the sound of the first two albums to something more sterile and marketable :/
I’d say the same but I’m happy with the direction he’s going towards right now. I feel like the only reason the strings are so common is because how good Pluto projector was but yes like why is it everywhere
plz do new peach pit album
simply saying “who cares?” and then ending the video is not a review
i care anthony
I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!
Who cares when cals next mixtape is? Me I do
Its a really crazy coincidence how every artist you interview in the middle of an album rollout also gets a 7+ review score shortly after
i think he interviews artist of whoms music he enjoys
Damn that’s crazy he interviews artists whose music he likes Sherlock
kinda true, but fantano dickriders will defend it forever
@@nicolasrield well he gave a 5 to his previous album
He gave CSR a 5 after their interview.
Interesting that you said the final stretch was not the best-it was the part that stuck out to me. I didn’t really enjoy the first half-especially Open a Window-but songs like 7 AM, The Shade, and Who Cares really did it for me.
I felt like this album suffered the opposite of Pony’s problem, as Pony was excellent with lyricism but bland with some songs’ sound, Who Cares sounds INCREDIBLE but lyrically doesn’t stick out
Open a Window was the best song in my opinon. Or One in a Million
the more I listen to this album the more I like it 👍
7am is supposed to be self-loathing, that’s the point. You don’t get to a realization like “who cares?” Without first thinking “I don’t know if I can do this”
I would say an 8-8.5/10 but I still think this project is a major improvement conceptually and musically
Eh. It’s fine. Decent 6/10.
I agree Rex Orange County who cares you made a great album
DISHING out those 7s this year
Hmmm, good review melon. I approve of your rating
7 AM is a banger idc
The start of WORTH IT made me feel like I was in a wes anderson movie for some odd reason
Actually preferred Pony over this new album. I thought there was more feeling and life to Pony idk. As long as everyone's enjoying their music
Yeah Pony felt more cohesive I think Melon went too hard on it
Yeaaa pony was a lot stronger emotionally and lyrically
Honestly this album was an instant hit for me, unlike Pony which takes a few listens to really enjoy 🤔 Not sure which I like better yet.
I open youtube, I'm happy because I see you released the Rex reviews, and then cry when I notice you aren't wearing the yellow flannel.
If you take off those glasses, are you a…blind melon? 😎
Please review exociety’s “deception falls” !! They’re this 4 man group of underground rappers Rav, Kill Bill, Airospace, and Scuare. they’ve made some classics on their own (I’m quite partial to Rav), and they’ve put out some new ones here too. Very unique range of voices among them, and I think you’d really enjoy that. My only criticism of the project is the lack of hooks, but the verses and beats are consistent
theneedledrop Could someone ask melon to review (any of) the following? I live in the Netherlands, so I cannot watch the stream. Thanks in advance
I would have given it a 6. I just thought the lyrics were so generic and the songs are structurally not very bold.
for his albums this lands below ap but abov bcos
can't help but think that the title was predicting his allegations
this didn't age well
@@Janeage i'm glad he's innocent. enjoyed the album too much to not be upset when i heard the allegations
This album feels way more vulnerable and I love it, the strings were amazing pun intended
Like fr who cares anymore about anything at all
Thanks Melon, my depression just come again
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this album is my comfort and his words throughout the album really hit home
The strings on KEEP IT UP sound way too close to Graduation (or Canon in D) for comfort.
yeah agree
Considering what maroon 5 got away with im fine with it
@@XYZip1 Yeah I have no issue with interpolation or sampling or whatever I just cannot bring myself past it to where it distracts me every listen lmao
From a kinda new fan, this is a 7.5. I really enjoyed the one-dimensional songs even though there's just so blank I still think they're pretty good.
Though the production is a slight step down from apricot princess, I feel like the melodies are at an all time peak. This is my favorite ROC album so far
This is the first time I've seen an Anthony Fantano comment section talking about the review and the album in years
We take the Light 7 🕺
Reviw Luna Li's record please!
This is way better than Pony. I'm glad he's going back to his roots a bit with the sound in this album. A cutesy little indie pop tune never hurt anyone