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Monday, September 28

Album Review: 12 Notes by Alec Benjamin


1. 12 Notes

Quick Take: Lowkey bunz. Not much to do or talk about. Just a basic “I’m not enough for you” song.
Score: 4/10


2. Ways to Go (feat. Khalid)

Quick Take: Khalid carries hard. Alec’s part is okay, but he fails a bit.
Score: 6/10


3. In A Little

Quick Take: Repetitive and autotune comes through strongly. Nothing special.
Score: 5/10


4. Different Kind of Beautiful

Quick Take: Lyricism is popping off and fire. Love the layering. Vocals are on fire here.
Score: 7/10


5. Pick Me

Quick Take: Fuckass millennial beat. Corny lyrics. Andi Mack vibes. Loser incel song cloaked with Hozier vibes.
Score: 4/10


6. Sacrifice Tomorrow

Quick Take: Love the lyricism, but delivery is off. Feels like he’s struggling with the beat. Soulless song purely for dancing/vibing, not Alec Benjamin.
Score: 5/10


7. I Sent My Therapist To Therapy

Quick Take: Edgy af song. Lyrics are trash. Wanna-be edgelord energy. HOLY CORNBALL. Get this out of my ears.
Score: 3/10


8. The Arsonist

Quick Take: Beat is cornball. Lyrics bunz too. Feels like last song. GET THIS OUT.
Score: 2/10


9. Lead Me To Water

Quick Take: Edgy and sad. Middle school nightcore vibes. So cringy.
Score: 3/10


10. By Now

Quick Take: Actually decent, but super cornball. Dadado, dadado hook is cringe. Could’ve been a D1 banger.
Score: 5/10


11. King Size Bed

Quick Take: Fuckass lyrics. Intro was good, then got weird talking about a bed. Bridge is fire, everything else sucks.
Score: 4/10


12. Love the Ones Who Leave

Quick Take: HOLY BUNZ. Cringe out the gate. I hate this song.
Score: 2/10

FINAL RATING: 4.2/10

Uhhhhh….. compared to his more popular work, this was kinda the worst thing I’ve ever reviewed. Every ounce of potential was thrown tf out the window. The beats were perfectly set up for him and he kinda just fumbled every time. Some of these songs for sure should’ve stayed unreleased and he should’ve kept working on songs. It also felt very rushed and for a certain demographic of teens and cringe heartbroken kids. thats all. this album wasnt the greatest.

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