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brat by Charli xcx // Album Review

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BRAT is so fun, so introspective and so Julia . The release of  BRAT  marks a bold new chapter in Charli xcx 's career that has been incredible to witness. She has been a pop music innovator from the very start, always so ahead of her time in every regard. It feels like this is now the time everyone is finally catching up to her and recognizing the artistic genius that she is on a mainstream level. Charli is taking such a different approach to this music compared to many of her peers in the space by releasing a record that is this bold, daring, and abrasive. All of the major risks she took paid off so well, resulting in what is the greatest work she has ever released. This truly feels like the album she was born to make, coming at the perfect time to truly infiltrate the culture in a major way.  The act of being BRAT , to me, is being unabashedly confident in yourself and your vision, but also simultaneously living alongside a lot of deep fears and insecurities. She presents hersel
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The Best Songs of September 2024 // New Music Friday!

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"Talk Talk (Remix) // Charli xcx & Troye Sivan In honor of Charli and Troye 's joint SWEAT Tour kicking off this month, they released a new BRAT remix of "Talk Talk" which is so iconic! It also features a cute cameo from Dua Lipa at the beginning and end speaking in French and Spanish. I love that Troye really transformed it into a completely different song, but one that is still just as great as the original. Charli also finally announced the full BRAT remix album too, with every song from the original being reworked into something completely new and different. All of the remixes that have been released so far have been nothing short of perfection!  Brat and it's completely different but also still brat  is set to be released this October and I am veryyyyy excited to hear it! Check out my full review of BRAT by Charli xcx! "Ego" // Halsey "Ego" is about Halsey breaking down the two sides of herself - Halsey, the popstar persona, and As
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Strange Desire & A Stranger Desired by Bleachers // 10 Year Anniversary Album Review

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Strange Desire is the 2014 debut album from Bleachers , which at that time was meant to be a solo side project for New Jersey's finest soon-to-be pop producer pioneer, Jack Antonoff . A decade later, it's hard to imagine Bleachers ever being initially a side project for him because it has grown into so much more since then. Strange Desire  came at a time where Jack was feeling the most misunderstood and searching for a way out of the shadow he felt trapped in at the time.  At this point in 2014, Jack had garnered wide acclaim as the guitarist in the Grammy Award winning band Fun., garnering massive hits with the title track from their sophomore album Some Nights , as well as the number one single "We Are Young" featuring Janelle Monae. Both of those songs were inescapable for much of the early 2010s. While touring with Fun., Jack began working on his new solo project anywhere he could, on tour buses, planes and in hotel rooms around the world. "I spent the past y
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The Best Songs of August 2024 // New Music Friday!

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"Lonely is the Muse" // Halsey I am continuously blown away by Halsey 's stunning artistry and vivid world-building in their music. "Lonely is the Muse" is so powerful and sharply written, sonically drawing from rock and grunge aesthetics of the 1990's. That is a style that I always felt suited her best, especially after the incredible  If I Can't Have Love I Want Power   in 2021 . The song is about the way she always falls in love with artists and creative types, only to realize that time and time again she ends up feeling commodified and put on a pedestal as a means of inspiration for that person's art. I never heard this described before in a song and it truly gives me chills every single time I listen. Dare I say "Lonely is the Muse" is her best song yet?  It is so poignantly written, so many lyrics stand out to me as among their greatest ever. "I will exist in every second just to decorate your life and when you're done, you c
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