Jon writes a poem for every project he does, I believe "a call" is the poem for this project. The poem he wrote for vertigo was beautiful I still listen to it often.
This album comes off as an album that has to be listened to all at once, I think the singles of the album are exactly what they are, the singles of the album, they are the ones you can put into a random playlist and they serve their purpose, the rest of the album really feels like it's a story narrative, a poem of sorts, more of an art than a 'damn this is a banger' song found on the top 50. "No Future" was similar to this, but it had songs sprinkled about like "Isohel", "fomo" and "projector" that come off as singles, but the earlier albums like "I think you think too much of me" and "Vertigo" was much more of a you can take a single song out of the album and just enjoy it on it's own, really just enjoy each individual song. Not to say this new album you can't do that, but this one really felt different, it's unlike anything else. This one really encapsulates the idea of a complete work of music flowing together, the bleeding throughout the album was so perfect, the transition from A Call to Balling didn't sound like a transition from either songs on their own but together it flows perfectly, definitely a marathon not a sprint on this one. Was definitely enjoyable to say the least.
The album gets better the more you listen to it. For me personally, all the songs have already grown on me and I dare to say that the singles that were released already are the weakest tracks on the album. What a masterpiece
I was telling my friend the exact same thing. I feel like the singles, just scratch the surface of what tracks like closer 2, ps1, and call me back achieve.
@@iwad4 because the singles are more actual songs. I love ITYTTMOM so I love the singles due to the poppy and jam/vibe nature of them. I still prefer the singles over the rest. I love the other songs but I’m more of a jam person these days.
Yeah, like No future album. First I kinda feel like that album is a lil bit mess -- beats is all over the place but as I listened to it, I feel like I can focus more and more in those songs and it grew on me. Some might says "is it because you just listen those songs over and over?" No. I have those kind of songs that as more I heard it, I still hate it.
I get why you don’t like this album as much as EDEN’s more pop era. A lot of people found EDEN during his pop/rock (end credits, ityttmom, vertigo) I feel like EDEN has evolved in music to his own taste. When I first found EDEN I loved ityttmom and as eden evolved I feel like so did my music taste. He helped show me that I really love alternative, hyperpop, indie music. No Future opened up the way I look at music. ICYMI is in my opinion some of EDEN’s best work. He has really become his own. If I were to describe it, it’s almost like an Alternative Indietronic Frank Ocean. Favorite album. Favorite Artist.
And EDEN hates ITYTTMOM and hated how well received it was, he felt pressured to drop it through his label and didn’t think it was even “him”, so seeing how well it was received hurt him. He talks about it in an interview that released a day before the album. He made vertigo out of spite, it was the lowest point in his life and musical career and he tried to make it purposely sound so different and hard to like to get all the “tyttmom fans” away
@@BlackEra I think he’s also moving away from that idea. He used to avoid some of those songs live but eventually got over it. He claimed to “stop being so precious about it.” I’ll bet over time in his career he’ll drop that hate even more. I’m not ashamed of calling it my favorite piece of media. I even have an rock + roll tattoo.
The production of Reaching 2 is insane. The more you listen to it you can hear so many different elements that went into it. I can get if people don’t like this album as much others because of his change in style and vocal elements (more so than No Future). But holy shit this is the best he work he has put out in terms of the mixing and depth of sound. The more I listen to the album the better it gets.
You are literally the only person besides myself, that I’ve ever heard say Vertigo is your favorite album. Anytime I list my top five it’s there, because of what that album means to me personally. This new album is amazing too! Listened to it 3 times since midnight already. “Call Me Back” is probably my favorite off this one.
Vertigo is my favourite album of all time and it’s not close. Call me back also is somewhat reminiscent of forever//over which is one of my faves on that album
I don’t think this is bad work let me start with that I love everything Eden makes. But vertigo will always be my #1 and I’ll always think it’s his best timeless work
I agree, Vertigo is absolutely fantastic, but this album just feels even more intimate or profound, with a lot of different sounds or styles Idk if it makes sense, but that's what I feel listening to it
@@cinematicvoid1334 this album is very very good but I agree. the bar for Vertigo is so good that it for me atleast is the best album of all time. even for eden that will be hard to beat. this work is unreal tho
i agree in the sense that this is jon’s best work personally. i think with each album he’s dropped he’s grown a little bit more each time. this album really feels like something he enjoyed making and is happy with. based on interviews and such it seems that he was in a dark place when he created vertigo. then no future was him crawling out of that hole. and now we have icymi. so it may not be his most popular album or considered by fans to be his best work, but i think the album is jon maturing with his music and making what he wants.
34:56 you said "Is this gonna get big?" with me, already listening to the album went, "NOPE" and then seeing your face when the drop disappears made me crack tf up. I love the album, I haven't taken the time to really piece my thoughts together on it yet, but it feels more like an auditory experience than a music album. It's wildly different, and I love that.
ultimately it's Edens decision where to take his sound, but I really like the shift in which his music has taken over the past four projects, it means a lot to me and it has kinda mirrored my growth as a person over the past 6-7 years or so, so while I wasn't actually super excited about this new album before it came out, it's absolutely grown on me and I know I'm going to love this album for a long time
SHEEEESH! I only heard the intro, and I'm hooked. As much as you've talked about EDEN, I've never actually listened to him. That's probably my favorite intro of all time. It's so fascinating like you said. The juxtaposition of the softness of the voice, but the harshness of the other sounds was AMAZING! Can't wait to listen to the full album with you!
I’d probably have to listen to the album a couple of more times, but I’m really liking how you can see a bit of The Eden Project in some of these songs (at least IMO). The beats in Closer 2 and Elsewhere especially, honestly was almost expending some type of beat drop from them xd. But yeah so far I’m liking this new album! Vertigo is probably still going to be my favorite though, too many great tracks from it xd.
i lovee watching peoples reactions to things i like & this was really nice! im sure some of the songs will grow on u more! theres more u pick up on & it starts to make more sense i feel like as u listen more
i love your shirt!! also, this isn't my favorite album from jon (that goes to vertigo, favorite project ever from him is end credits), but it's really close for me. i relate a lot to icymi with the themes of grief (both for people and eras of life), as well as having to accept and let go. it's a heartwrechingly beautiful project that came out at a perfect time of my life. the poem in the beginning was especially relatable for me as i relate it to my dad's passing (which happened when i was a baby), i almost broke down in tears after listening to it for the first time. however, this album is definitely not for everyone, and i can see why it's so polarizing in the fandom (like how no future was polarizing, but i disliked no future)
also, vertigo is my favorite album of all time too :) (but tied with michael jackson's thriller, daft punk's discovery + alive 2007 + random access memories, and kanye west's yeezus + college dropout + graduation)
i honestly love this album as it feels like a way more refined and complete form of no future, and im really happy for eden to finally be able to release something that feels like that. ive long accepted we will never see the eden project or any of end credits - ityttmom style of music as its not just the direction eden is taking now. i know its hard to accept that which is probably why the general audience wont like this style of music which is unfortunate. loved hearing your thoughts!
to be honest, my reaction was exactly the same on the initial listen. *it felt different*, but with time it kind of grew on me, and now, its just same Eden as it used to be
I'm kind of late here, and I'm not sure if anyone else answered your question--I could also be incorrect, but I believe the "What went wrong?" In Call Me Back is from Good Will Hunting (1997). Again, I could be very wrong. It is the first thing that came to my mind for some reason. LOL.
must say after listening to this whole thing i also missed the euphoric feel his "normal" previous stuff was able to do. maybe it was the production or the deeper songs idk. this album is not it for me
I don't mean any disrespect, but what does the word "fascinating" mean to you? You seem to use it a lot but it seems meaningless in the context in which you use the word. Just be honest with your reactions and don't hide your true feelings on a song with the word fascinating. Again I don't mean to insult you or anything
Clearly it wasn't what he was expecting as a fan of Eden and rather than just knocking it. Saying "Fascinating" is just easier. I get it completely, I enjoy Eden myself just not this album.
@@Daryl.R04 I respect your opinion, personally mine goes in quite the opposite direction. I think this album is a clear step forward for EDEN. It shows that he can be more experimental and can advance his music/ has a lot of potential.
@mr._baum Thank you for the reply. So, regarding Eden's music, I do enjoy it. However, this album doesn't do anything for me. Personally, I enjoy the build-up and experimental of his music, like in vertigo and no future. However, in those songs in those albums, you also had a paid off, a release of energy. I believe, and most Eden fans would agree there is clearly emotion in his music. I just don't relate to it in this one like other fans of his. I do enjoy Bailing, Sci-fi, and Modern Warfare and was excited for the album. It just didn't hit my expectations that were produced from those singles After reading the article on his Instagram, I get the impression he wants to step back from it all and have his own space with the music, and that's fair enough. But if it's more of this, then I will be happy for his progress, but I will not be following.
Jon writes a poem for every project he does, I believe "a call" is the poem for this project. The poem he wrote for vertigo was beautiful I still listen to it often.
Do you remember the Vertigo Poem's name? would love to hear it!
the fact that i'm currently living so many of the feelings and experiences expressed in the album makes this potentially my favorite album
The last two songs hit me so hard for this exact reason
Same dude
This album comes off as an album that has to be listened to all at once, I think the singles of the album are exactly what they are, the singles of the album, they are the ones you can put into a random playlist and they serve their purpose, the rest of the album really feels like it's a story narrative, a poem of sorts, more of an art than a 'damn this is a banger' song found on the top 50. "No Future" was similar to this, but it had songs sprinkled about like "Isohel", "fomo" and "projector" that come off as singles, but the earlier albums like "I think you think too much of me" and "Vertigo" was much more of a you can take a single song out of the album and just enjoy it on it's own, really just enjoy each individual song. Not to say this new album you can't do that, but this one really felt different, it's unlike anything else. This one really encapsulates the idea of a complete work of music flowing together, the bleeding throughout the album was so perfect, the transition from A Call to Balling didn't sound like a transition from either songs on their own but together it flows perfectly, definitely a marathon not a sprint on this one. Was definitely enjoyable to say the least.
yes u are right
couldn’t have said it any better u are so right
The album gets better the more you listen to it. For me personally, all the songs have already grown on me and I dare to say that the singles that were released already are the weakest tracks on the album. What a masterpiece
I was telling my friend the exact same thing. I feel like the singles, just scratch the surface of what tracks like closer 2, ps1, and call me back achieve.
Exactly I don’t know why he didn’t shoot mv for the better songs on the album like elsewhere deserve one
@@iwad4 because the singles are more actual songs. I love ITYTTMOM so I love the singles due to the poppy and jam/vibe nature of them. I still prefer the singles over the rest. I love the other songs but I’m more of a jam person these days.
@@BlueRupees fair enough and it’s a good choice I didn’t mean it’s bad songs
Yeah, like No future album. First I kinda feel like that album is a lil bit mess -- beats is all over the place but as I listened to it, I feel like I can focus more and more in those songs and it grew on me.
Some might says "is it because you just listen those songs over and over?" No. I have those kind of songs that as more I heard it, I still hate it.
I get why you don’t like this album as much as EDEN’s more pop era. A lot of people found EDEN during his pop/rock (end credits, ityttmom, vertigo) I feel like EDEN has evolved in music to his own taste. When I first found EDEN I loved ityttmom and as eden evolved I feel like so did my music taste. He helped show me that I really love alternative, hyperpop, indie music. No Future opened up the way I look at music. ICYMI is in my opinion some of EDEN’s best work. He has really become his own. If I were to describe it, it’s almost like an Alternative Indietronic Frank Ocean. Favorite album. Favorite Artist.
I wouldn’t really say Vertigo fits in to that pop/rock category. It’s very experimental and hardly uses any of those elements
@@averymacneil3822Yeah Definitely I just didn’t write that in. 100%. Vertigo is like the start of his transition. Especially with bops like Icarus.
And EDEN hates ITYTTMOM and hated how well received it was, he felt pressured to drop it through his label and didn’t think it was even “him”, so seeing how well it was received hurt him. He talks about it in an interview that released a day before the album. He made vertigo out of spite, it was the lowest point in his life and musical career and he tried to make it purposely sound so different and hard to like to get all the “tyttmom fans” away
@@BlackEra I think he’s also moving away from that idea. He used to avoid some of those songs live but eventually got over it. He claimed to “stop being so precious about it.” I’ll bet over time in his career he’ll drop that hate even more. I’m not ashamed of calling it my favorite piece of media. I even have an rock + roll tattoo.
@blackera
You got a link to that interview?
VERTIGO IS MY FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL TIME TOO!! glad to see another person with immaculate taste.
love that you noticed the “can you hear me?” in elsewhere. it instantly stood out to me from interlude.
thank you for not constantly stopping the song bro i love your style
Appreciate it! Yea personally I like this style better. Keeps me focused on the song too!
The production of Reaching 2 is insane. The more you listen to it you can hear so many different elements that went into it. I can get if people don’t like this album as much others because of his change in style and vocal elements (more so than No Future). But holy shit this is the best he work he has put out in terms of the mixing and depth of sound. The more I listen to the album the better it gets.
You are literally the only person besides myself, that I’ve ever heard say Vertigo is your favorite album. Anytime I list my top five it’s there, because of what that album means to me personally. This new album is amazing too! Listened to it 3 times since midnight already. “Call Me Back” is probably my favorite off this one.
Well here’s another, vertigo released at a life changing time of my life and will forever be timeless for me
Vertigo is my favourite album of all time and it’s not close. Call me back also is somewhat reminiscent of forever//over which is one of my faves on that album
I won't say it's an objective top album, but there's no way it isn't a personal favourite
It's my favorite too
lol literally everyone thinks vertigo is the best one dud
Call me back wrecked me.
Was an absolute rollercoaster of feels
i personally think it’s his best work. i love all his past albums and eps but something abt this one hits right for me.
I don’t think this is bad work let me start with that I love everything Eden makes. But vertigo will always be my #1 and I’ll always think it’s his best timeless work
I agree, Vertigo is absolutely fantastic, but this album just feels even more intimate or profound, with a lot of different sounds or styles
Idk if it makes sense, but that's what I feel listening to it
@@cinematicvoid1334 this album is very very good but I agree. the bar for Vertigo is so good that it for me atleast is the best album of all time. even for eden that will be hard to beat. this work is unreal tho
i agree in the sense that this is jon’s best work personally. i think with each album he’s dropped he’s grown a little bit more each time. this album really feels like something he enjoyed making and is happy with. based on interviews and such it seems that he was in a dark place when he created vertigo. then no future was him crawling out of that hole. and now we have icymi. so it may not be his most popular album or considered by fans to be his best work, but i think the album is jon maturing with his music and making what he wants.
@@cinematicvoid1334 vertigo gotta be one of the saddest albums ever till this day I dont skip a single song that comes on
34:56 you said "Is this gonna get big?" with me, already listening to the album went, "NOPE" and then seeing your face when the drop disappears made me crack tf up.
I love the album, I haven't taken the time to really piece my thoughts together on it yet, but it feels more like an auditory experience than a music album. It's wildly different, and I love that.
ultimately it's Edens decision where to take his sound, but I really like the shift in which his music has taken over the past four projects, it means a lot to me and it has kinda mirrored my growth as a person over the past 6-7 years or so, so while I wasn't actually super excited about this new album before it came out, it's absolutely grown on me and I know I'm going to love this album for a long time
SHEEEESH! I only heard the intro, and I'm hooked. As much as you've talked about EDEN, I've never actually listened to him. That's probably my favorite intro of all time. It's so fascinating like you said. The juxtaposition of the softness of the voice, but the harshness of the other sounds was AMAZING! Can't wait to listen to the full album with you!
I’d probably have to listen to the album a couple of more times, but I’m really liking how you can see a bit of The Eden Project in some of these songs (at least IMO). The beats in Closer 2 and Elsewhere especially, honestly was almost expending some type of beat drop from them xd. But yeah so far I’m liking this new album! Vertigo is probably still going to be my favorite though, too many great tracks from it xd.
i lovee watching peoples reactions to things i like & this was really nice! im sure some of the songs will grow on u more! theres more u pick up on & it starts to make more sense i feel like as u listen more
I am convinced this is the album to listen for when it's your last day and you are in a transitioning phase from human to a whole rocket ship.
i love your shirt!! also, this isn't my favorite album from jon (that goes to vertigo, favorite project ever from him is end credits), but it's really close for me. i relate a lot to icymi with the themes of grief (both for people and eras of life), as well as having to accept and let go. it's a heartwrechingly beautiful project that came out at a perfect time of my life. the poem in the beginning was especially relatable for me as i relate it to my dad's passing (which happened when i was a baby), i almost broke down in tears after listening to it for the first time. however, this album is definitely not for everyone, and i can see why it's so polarizing in the fandom (like how no future was polarizing, but i disliked no future)
also, vertigo is my favorite album of all time too :) (but tied with michael jackson's thriller, daft punk's discovery + alive 2007 + random access memories, and kanye west's yeezus + college dropout + graduation)
i honestly love this album as it feels like a way more refined and complete form of no future, and im really happy for eden to finally be able to release something that feels like that. ive long accepted we will never see the eden project or any of end credits - ityttmom style of music as its not just the direction eden is taking now. i know its hard to accept that which is probably why the general audience wont like this style of music which is unfortunate. loved hearing your thoughts!
I love all of his work. There’s a small self discovery of himself he makes in each album
Man! Eden doesn't have a bad song they are all masterpieces
EDEN
to be honest, my reaction was exactly the same on the initial listen. *it felt different*, but with time it kind of grew on me, and now, its just same Eden as it used to be
oh i am so jealous of you! I would love to have a vertigo vinyl but i am not that long into eden so i couldnt get it from the merch.
The transition from A Call to Balling is fucking good man.
I can't wait to listen to this! I know it'll be fun!
call me back went crazy istg
This album is easily so much better than No Future on all fronts. Closer 2 is my favourite thing he's done in years!
NO WHERE FEELS LIKE HOME ❤❤❤❤
Trippy album
Dripped up Bowtied
2022 has peaked.
that ending song Reaching 2 hits me hard
closer 2 slaps
this is my first time listening to EDEN and I loved the album first listen so far my favorite is either Balling or Call Me Back
Closer two is so good
Fav eden album
Where can I get those??? I love all his albums, the vinyls or whatever those album cover pictures are
And btw I loveeee Sci-Fi that song is just so good
I’ve just gotten them from his website over the years
You can also order them off of amazon much of the time. They usually have them in stock.
I'm kind of late here, and I'm not sure if anyone else answered your question--I could also be incorrect, but I believe the "What went wrong?" In Call Me Back is from Good Will Hunting (1997). Again, I could be very wrong. It is the first thing that came to my mind for some reason. LOL.
must say after listening to this whole thing i also missed the euphoric feel his "normal" previous stuff was able to do. maybe it was the production or the deeper songs idk.
this album is not it for me
Can you react to Ethel Cain’s album Preacher’s daughter please
hey you look like justin prentice lol
modernwarfare is literally only song from eden i just dont like it.
I love modernwarfare you just need to search for the right emotion and the right time.
It just grows on you, i remember listening to it the first time, and i was sort of disappointed and one week later, it was on repeattttttttttt. 😂❤
I don't mean any disrespect, but what does the word "fascinating" mean to you? You seem to use it a lot but it seems meaningless in the context in which you use the word. Just be honest with your reactions and don't hide your true feelings on a song with the word fascinating. Again I don't mean to insult you or anything
Haha yea I think it was just my go to word to let my brain process
Clearly it wasn't what he was expecting as a fan of Eden and rather than just knocking it. Saying "Fascinating" is just easier. I get it completely, I enjoy Eden myself just not this album.
@@Daryl.R04 I respect your opinion, personally mine goes in quite the opposite direction. I think this album is a clear step forward for EDEN. It shows that he can be more experimental and can advance his music/ has a lot of potential.
@mr._baum Thank you for the reply. So, regarding Eden's music, I do enjoy it. However, this album doesn't do anything for me. Personally, I enjoy the build-up and experimental of his music, like in vertigo and no future. However, in those songs in those albums, you also had a paid off, a release of energy. I believe, and most Eden fans would agree there is clearly emotion in his music. I just don't relate to it in this one like other fans of his. I do enjoy Bailing, Sci-fi, and Modern Warfare and was excited for the album. It just didn't hit my expectations that were produced from those singles
After reading the article on his Instagram, I get the impression he wants to step back from it all and have his own space with the music, and that's fair enough. But if it's more of this, then I will be happy for his progress, but I will not be following.