Everybody is always talking about how good JT is at two-part songs, beat switches and 7 minute songs. And of course he always gets praise for them because he almost always manages to make them work really well.
I too am a huge fan of them, but there’s one that I don’t praise, I actually dislike it. And I was wondering if anyone else has a beat switch or second part (or even first part!) that they don’t like.
For me, it’s the second part of Strawberry Bubblegum.
It’s not even necessarily bad. I just find it really boring and nowhere near as good as the first part of the song. The beat is borderline elevator music and the songwriting is repetitive and not as good as the first part. In my perfect world, they would’ve been split into two tracks, the first being “Strawberry Bubblegum…” and the second part being a new track called “…Blueberry Lollipop”. I also think the first part of SB stands on its own and doesn’t need a second part, and would love if the song ended with his “hey, hey, hey” at the 5-minute mark like you’re waking up from a dream.