The synth timbres are good and some of the riffs are nice. The ‘bird’ repetition is surprisingly ear-wormy and has hook-like qualities. The auto-tune feels like an intentional aesthetic choice, especially it’s also heavily applied to the studio musicians. The slow pace, the obscured lyrics, the timbres and the bird repetition gives it a nice, dreamy quality. This does very much sound like it’s created on a professional level. The lyrics work with the overall aesthetic and perfectly appropriate to the genre.
However, that said, the transitions are all a bit abrupt. This creates an impression that song was perhaps originally intended to go in a different order and, indeed, it might be a good idea to play around with different orderings. Transitions could be smoothed by adding some simple synth lines that either foreshadow the coming lines or to have timbral effects which start before the transition, but finish afterwards. The transitions are all very tight, with no space between the sections, which is part of what makes them tricky, but overlap will help. It might also be a good idea to try brining forward some less autotuned lines from Ms Trump in a bridge section, to create some variation. This could replace the ‘rapping’ section - that section does increase variety within the song, but is overly formulaic and thus doesn’t add as much as it should.
Overall, the piece is of radio quality. It does not push or stray from the conventions of the genre. This, in combination, with a subdued hook, prevents the piece from standing out in an exceptional way. It demonstrates a clear understanding of the conventions of genre and of use of technical effects.
It might be slightly studenty, but that’s no reason to give up.
