Incidentally, Honey Cocaine is also the newest flavor of Pop-Tarts to hit the market…
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Alfred Soto: “Cocaine never gonna throw shade” but I will. The bubblelicious beat is okay, Honey Cocaine more so, spitting sugary rhymes with some of Tinashe’s “All Hands on Deck” intonations. I want this to go pop top ten — it’s an ideal summer tune — but naw it ain’t happening.
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Iain Mew: She met this guy on Monday, saw him in a club on Tuesday, they were matinee-ing by Wednesday, and on Thursday and Friday and Saturday they chilled. Then Sunday, and cherry sundaes. She doesn’t move as fast as Craig David, but Honey Cocaine’s got better lines, and a song that emphasises the chilling in a way that sounds like new relationship fun and bliss and possibility.
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Crystal Leww: Like a gender-flipped, rnbass’d up, more dessert-metaphor’d “7 Days,” Honey Cocaine tries her best Craig David with mixed results. What made “7 Days” oddly charming and work particularly well was how he really committed to the bit; the whole song is basically one long narrative about meeting this girl and then bantering with his bros about it. Honey Cocaine instead wastes this lovely concept (and DJ Carisma co-sign) posturing for thirsty ass hoes and talking about being young, beautiful, and Asian. Mindlessly devoted and heart-first rnbass by women has been done before, and it’s ruled. This is going for something without committing to it.
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Brad Shoup: The pause after the gurgling bass melody reminds me of an unbalanced wheel — and Honey Cocaine’s constantly speeding up to avoid getting squashed. The synths dilate like eyes in summer, but all I really feel is the sweat.
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Ramzi Awn: So, so sweet, but no cherry on top. Whoever mixed these vocals should get a slap on the wrist for fucking up a perfectly good song.
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Micha Cavaseno: Honey Cocaine drops one of those great comps of summer slumpers that’s going to be ignored because her former benefactor and cousin is too busy being a proposed media pederast to give her a boost. I’d personally prefer the cruel “Honeydick” to this, but, honestly, anything off The Gift Rap is worth talking about.
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