22, A Million was released on September 30th, 2016 and if you're like me, you either pre-ordered it or bought it that day. This album released on the most perfect fall day, it was 49 degrees and I had a coffee in my hand while hearing these sweet tunes for the first time. It was beyond magical and here's some reactions to explain.
1. When 22, A Million finally downloads on your phone
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2. After the first song plays and you sit there like:
3. When you realize that 22 stands for Justin Vernon's self and the whole album is about his two decades of searching for self-understanding like a religion.
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4. When you find out there's a sample of Stevie Nicks warming up to "Wild Heart" incorporated into the song
5. "Fuckified" he invented his own word, no biggie
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6. The lyrics "Turn around, you're my A-Team" and the last few lines got ya feelin' like:
7. How this song is just electronic vocal distortion with no instrumentals and it gives you soft body vibrations.
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8. "This is how we grow now, woman"
9. From 2:00-2:40 and it goes slow to intense and you're like:
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10. The whole second verse starting from "Hallucinating Clare" to the end layering vocals saying "Come and kiss me here again"
11. Then the 3rd chorus "I hold the note you wrote and know you've buried all your alimony butterflies" got you like:
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12. When you hear subtle resemblance in the electronic beat to the American Horror Story theme song
13. The lyrics "F*** the fashion of it, dear" got you like:
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14. Whenever he just sings mooooon water in that sultry, low voice.
15. The last minute that is a trippy mix of possible jazz, techno, radio static and who knows what else and you're just like:
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16. "I'm underneath your tongue"
17. "I'm standing in your street now and I carry his guitar"
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18. Vernon talks about this song and says, "it was just us making music as freely as humanly possible" and you just go:
19. When you realize the underscores in the title represents the number 45
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20.The final line "Well it harms, it harms me, it harms, I'll let it in" and you're like:
