![]() My bathroom was bright, and the toothbrush I was using, in addition to being the same toothbrush I’d used in my one successful attempt, was a loud purple. But the answers I found - that a brightly-colored toothbrush and well-lit space ought to solve the problem - weren’t satisfactory. And got the same result each time.īaffled and frustrated, I went online and searched to see if there might be some non-me-related reason that I wasn’t catching any Pokémon. ![]() Was I doing something wrong? Maybe I just hadn’t brushed properly, this time. After a few minutes of reproach, it invited me to throw a Poké Ball, only to have the Poké Ball bounce off and the game tell me to try again next time. Despite doing exactly the same things that I had the first time I played, the interface kept telling me that I either wasn’t brushing fast enough or that my toothbrush wasn’t in view. The next several times I tried to play Pokémon Smile, my efforts were an abject failure. It was a perfect game! Or so I thought until the next morning, when I cracked open the game again. While busting plaque, I also caught a Pidgey, drawn in the adorable style of the artist Kanahei. I’d still say it’s dreamy though and both songs show different types of beauty to Los Ángeles.The day Pokémon Smile debuted, I immediately downloaded it and tried it out when brushing my teeth before going to bed. Whereas Venice Bitch has that romantic70s Topanga Canyon and LA atmosphere to it, x VB is much more modern/gritty and kinda cements NFR - COCC - Tunnel as a trilogy ( I’m not including BB since Jack wasn’t involved ). It might be because I’m from the San Fernando Valley and her mentioning Reseda (POC heavy area lol, historically an area with gang activity, a bit infamous in SFV, etc) in Taco Truck and following it with a trap version is so in brand for the valley lol. I’ve said it before on the pre-release but I love it. the world has changed, we are now entering a new « stage », with more uncertainties. VB on Taco Truck feels like strolling on Venice Beach in 2023, in a non-dreamy, almost menacing world. Before that, there was still hope and dreamy vibes to existence. Which sorta mirrors the world we are living in. VB was part of NFR and on this album, the culture « died » with The Greatest. Yet Ocean Blvd still sounds like itself - There's literally nothing to complain You get to cry to it, get emotional to it, contemplate to it, smile to it, get heart-wringing to it, slut drop to it, twerk to it & praying in the church to it. It even has the "surf noir" "metal glam" the "trailer park" feels with lo-fi electric guitar that resides within Lizzy Grant realm ![]() It has the trip-hop, vintage hiphop, upbeat and catchy slutty sing-talk that we all obsessed since BTD It has the dark, the twisted, the sickness, the cruelty of it all from UV It has the heavy & cinematic piano, strings & violins that y'all fell in love in HM It has the extra, that glamour "pop" + "trap" sound from L4L It has the 70s surf rock influence, endless Californian summer from NFR It has songs that don't follow regular pop song structure, which she literally sings the poetry à la Violet within the music by that "automatic/impromptu" technique. It has the soft breath of folk country - americana music of COCC It has the "piano ballad" and the personal / family lineage go-indepth story telling from BB I mean, this is the album that any stans have been craving for a long time, i don't understand what is it about some of these people who still aren't satisfied
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