Turkish pop, but kind of boring…
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Iain Mew: Even those whose only familiarity with Turkish pop is via Holly Valance would find much familiar here, any envlivening mostly coming from Çınara’s vocal, just the right side of too idiosyncratic. The song does have one moment I love though, a synth and organ flourish that makes a couple of appearances, each like the previously un-noticed person on the dancefloor suddenly turning some amazing intricate steps before fading immediately back into the crowd.
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Jessica Doyle: It feels like the excellent beginning of a song; and then I kept waiting for Çınara to break out some vocal theatrics, or rap, or the keyboard preset to change to a different keyboard preset, anything to move forward. Turns out this is one of those cases where the lead single is the least interesting song on the album.
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Cassy Gress: The rhythm and vocal pattern at the very beginning of this song instantly reminded me of multiple other songs that I like better, which is unfortunate as “Kandıramazsın” doesn’t really go anywhere. You can skip to any point in its three minutes, and you’ll hear essentially the same thing (plus or minus bass drum), because it has only two chords. It’s not offensive to my ears, just not terribly exciting.
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Ryo Miyauchi: The passiveness of “Kandıramazsın” makes Çınara’s emotional state a little hard to read
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Ian Mathers: Probably the most striking part of this one is the way it flits from one could-be chorus to another until finally settling for repeating the fourth (I think?) one for the last minute or so; it’s not necessarily the one I would have picked out of a lineup but it’s not bad at all. It does mean I wind up with opening lines stuck in my head instead, but leave ’em wanting more, right?
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Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa: Despite the tight, low end-heavy production and the interesting addition of organ to the oud lead arrangements, I just can’t wrap my head around the idea of Turkish Pop being this linear. It’s not only a case of lazy songwriting; Çýnara’s got the right tone but there’s a significant dearth of energy.
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