- Perfect 10 — Vocals from LEX the Lexicon Artist
- Perfect 10 — Production from LEX the Lexicon Artist
- Perfect 10 — Challenge from Klopfenpop · LEX the Lexicon Artist · Mark Cooper
- Production Powerhouse 8.8 / 10 avg across judges
- Challenge Champion 9.4 / 10 avg across judges
- Perfect Card 30/30 from LEX the Lexicon Artist
- Crowd Surfer on 49/82 ballots (60%)
- Local Hero top 3 in VPC-site hearts with 15 likes
- Full Package audio + art + lyrics + both writeups
- Storyteller 1,192 characters across both writeups
TOTAL REACH — 45 plays rank 2 / 21
- VPC SITE 45
TOTAL LIKES — 15 rank 3 / 21
- VPC SITE 15
CLUB CUPC@K3
Vocalist's challenge writeup
This is my love letter to CLUB CUPC@K3, the unofficial name of my bakery gworls when we slammed early 2000s bangers AND SHOOK ASS at work. A customer complaint shut us down for profanity, and we were banished from throwing that ass in a circle. All the names are in reference to my real homies MC names (reference to July of last year). The intro is filled with bits we would do and characters I would become to make the time go by faster. The Bridge dance portion is done by my alter ego Sta-C, who was a regular at CLUB CUPC@K3. For my GWORLS, AWA AWA, Peach MONEY were regular things we shouted and chanted, though it would have been impossible to fit every other reference. We came, we made cake, we threw that cake down. CLUB CUPC@K3 5EVA.
Producer's challenge writeup
I wanted to sit in my comfort lane this round because this challenge was basically my default checklist for how I make electronic music, but once Pinky told me about CLUB CUPC@K3 I knew we had to take this into new territory and combine both of our ideas to throw maximum ass at the rave. I hit I think 10? of the challenge examples, and added a few of my own, ensuring that through all the complexity that every part of the song is DJ friendly.
Lyrics
CLUB CUPC@K3 VPC8-R4 Hey Girls, It’s Saturday, you know what that means Looks like it’s time to take a little trip to Edgewood. It’s CLUB CUPC@K3. Could you turn it up? It’s CLUB CUPC@K3. Could you turn it up? Come on, show my girls a little love. It’s CLUB CUPC@K3. Yeah, can you turn it up? Welcome to the Club, CLUB CUPC@K3 Welcome to the Club, CLUB CUPC@K3 Welcome to the Club, CLUB CUPC@K3 Welcome to the Club, CLUB CUPC@K3 FIRST YOU MIX IT UP THEN YOU BODY ROLL IT OUT SLAP IT CAUSE THEY WANT IT THEN YOU DROP IT TO THE GROUND SHAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT YOU WONT MAKE YOUR MOMMA PROUD RAISE IT BUT KEEP SHAKING CAUSE WE MAKIN MONEY NOW YEAH WE MAKIN MONEY NOW It’s CLUB CUPC@K3. Could you turn it up? Hi I’m Sta-C I’m going to show you how to do this part. (Put your drinks up~) So put your drinks up, YAH Hair TOSS, Hip TOUCH, BODY ROLL Hair TOSS, Hip TOUCH, BODY ROLL Hair TOSS, Hip TOUCH, BODY ROLL Don’t be afraid to throw that ass in a FULL CIRCLE It’s CLUB CUPC@K3. Could you turn it up? It’s CLUB CUPC@K3. Could you turn it up? WE GOT BIG CAKE, LITTLE CAKE PUT ME IN THE MIDDLECAKE POUNDCAKE ROUND CAKE WATCHEM GO TO TOWN CAKE THIS ONE for my GWORLS at CLUB CUPC@K3 Know where to go when we need to plan an earth quake It’s Peach money n Diabolical Driz Lil Scraps and Sinnasta roll up with the whip It’s CLUB CUPC@K3. Could you turn it up? It’s CLUB CUPC@K3. Could you turn it up? Come on, show my girls a little love. It’s CLUB CUPC@K3. Yeah, can you turn it up? Welcome to the Club, CLUB CUPC@K3 Welcome to the Club, CLUB CUPC@K3 Now you been here, you’ll never be the same Welcome to the Club, CLUB CUPC@K3
JUDGES' BREAKDOWN
Mark Cooper
9.00/10 score rank #4 of 21VOCALS 8PRODUCTION 9CHALLENGE 10Its always great to hear variations of club and D&B within a song! great work. Loved the singing vocals in the beginning that gave it a different feel. Only thing I would comment is that sound of the vocal mix and the talking pieces can be just a little hard to hear at some parts but very minimal. awesome song overall!
LEX the Lexicon Artist
10.00/10 score rank #1 of 21VOCALS 10PRODUCTION 10CHALLENGE 10I LOVE THIS TRACK and the story behind it. Bakery Gworls? Getting shut down for profanity? This is cinema. Pinky found the perfect middle ground between singing and rapping vocals. It’s PEAK!!!! Bigoldavedude SMASHED IT with the production, clean asf with well-placed drops, buildups, dance breaks, and other arrangement choices. 1:45 holy shit this beat switch up and key change sends the track to another level. Or should I say down another level because it gets dark and dirty. It amps up the hype. 2:16 The vocal chants + synth plucks, harmonies in the background + super cunty foreground sing-rapping is HEAVEN FOR MY EARS. EDIT: I keep coming back to this one and it's the one consistently stuck in my head at work. I have to bump this up to a FULL SCORE because it's my favorite track.
Richie Branson
8.00/10 score rank #15 of 21VOCALS 8PRODUCTION 8CHALLENGE 8The club loves pitchy 808s and good hi-hat play. This beat is cool. Good work on the risers and buildups to drops. The first drop could use more volume on that downshift boom to accentuate it a bit more. Vocal performance is good, love the harmonic chants in the background. Could use a a tad more high end EQ so the Vox aren’t fighting for presence against those 808s.
Ben Tarkus
8.00/10 score rank #10 of 21VOCALS 7PRODUCTION 8CHALLENGE 9VPC's official ass shaking anthem is here, and this song invites everyone come party at the bakery! The breakdown towards the end before the tempo shift was a nice drop, and the hook is very easy to remember, so the audience can easily do both important things together, throwing it in a circle and singing along while they do it!
Klopfenpop
9.33/10 score rank #5 of 21VOCALS 9PRODUCTION 9CHALLENGE 10This track goes hella hard. A true club anthem. Everything about this warms my heart and delights both my ears and my booty. I love the lively synth work on this and the quick turn moments. This would honestly go hard in about any club. My CLUB CUPC@K3's memory always be a blessing <3
Audience score and rank
AUDIENCE SCORE
Aggregated from 82 ballots cast by the public.
AUDIENCE RANK
Out of 21 teams competing this round.
- 49 voters ranked them in their top 10
- 35 voters had them in their top 5
- 3 voters picked them as their #1 favorite
FINAL BLEND
The final score was a 8.15. The song received an average voter score of 5.99 from the community, and an average judge score of 8.87.
The display score blends the audience and judges' contributions at 25%/75%. Here's how PinkWetC's 8.15 broke down:
(5.99 × 25%) + (8.87 × 75%) = 8.15
YOUR SEASON SO FAR
- Round 1 7.32 / 10 rank #5
- Round 3 8.01 / 10 rank #4
- Round 4 8.15 / 10 rank #5 PERSONAL BEST
- Round 5 7.92 / 10 rank #12