as in melodic
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
the seamless editing gives the lushly romantic film a very mellifluent feel
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Producer Kid Harpoon uses Disco’s busy drums (often from Tom Skinner of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s the Smile) to meet pinging bass and melodic elements that systematically stack underneath Styles’s vocals.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026 -
In the mid-2010s, Young Thug borrowed from Future’s melodic blueprint, only for Future to co-opt Thug’s avant-garde vocal tics to get even weirder in his own right.—
Serge Selenou,
Pitchfork,
3 Mar. 2026
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Others, like a night spent with an older villager, don’t add much and disturb the film’s lyrical rhythm.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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On his seventh solo album, the British singer-songwriter pairs a grab bag of styles—synth-pop balladry, deep house, a Rolling Stones cover—with clearheaded lyrical introspection.—
Molly Mary O’Brien,
Pitchfork,
14 Mar. 2026
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Besides 8mm home movies and videos, there are glimpses of professional photographer Linda’s extraordinary portraits of famous musicians, and Paul’s diaries and handwritten lyric sheets.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Feb. 2026
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The 2½-hour ceremony opened with a whimsical tribute to Italian lyric opera, with the stage director rousing not only the closing ceremony cast, including Achille Lauro, but also long-dormant opera characters tucked away in crates within the amphitheater's tunnels.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Mellifluent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mellifluent. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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