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100
I’m Your Empress Of is a bold statement of her individuality, nodding to her Honduran heritage but also her clear love of electronic music and Chicago house.
9mo
100
Lorely Rodriguez conjures up half an hour of breathtaking avant-pop on her powerful third album.
9mo
82
The Honduran-American artist proves that raw personal narratives and dance pop can happily coexist, picking up the mantle from forerunners like Robyn.
9mo
80
I’m Your Empress Of pieces together a concoction of 12 swirling tunes, the world might be coming to an end, but Empress Of is out to save the pop universe.
9mo
80
I'm Your Empress Of finds a perfect balance between funky percussion, understated synths, and twisting, fractured melodies delivered with remarkable emotional directness.
9mo
80
From the sharp synth stabs of “Bit Of Rain” to the distorted reflections of album closer “Awful”, all led by Rodriguez’s fantastic vocals, I’m Your Empress Of is a funky, generous and vibrant record.
9mo
80
After the disappointing Us, it’s refreshing to see Rodriguez experiment with new styles and textures on I’m Your Empress Of.
9mo
74
Lorely Rodriguez’s third album, largely written and produced alone, refocuses her voice into an emotionally and aesthetically rich album of heartbreak, family history, and pop delights.
9mo
70
It's Empress Of's best-sequenced work to this point, playing out like a colorful, catchy dancefloor musical about an ill-fated romance with an absent object of affection.
9mo
60
Not much here is over three minutes, showing a sense of urgency that only goes to make this collection more vibrant.
6mo
This dancefloor ready gem is exactly what I need in this quarantine! Since I can't go out in clubs let's dance inside with these songs.
On I'm Your Empress Of, Lorely Rodriguez continues to develop her signature style: wet beats to bitch over. I mean that with love, Empress Of is best when her bombastic synths support her vulnerable storytelling. There are some of Rodriguez's best songs; I want 'Bit of Rain' tattooed on the inside of my ears. It so wonderfully has the Empress Of stamp while sounding like the next step forward. Another goodies is 'U Give It Up,' which has the somber energy of her second album but includes a ... read more
Alright, I remember half-assedly reviewing "Us" back when it came out a year and a half ago. I remember liking it but an 8.3... probably didn't age very well. This was back when I was more lenient on pop albums, and it also came out literally a week before Daughters' "You Won't Get What You Want" so my view on music has rapidly progressed since then.
Anyway, "I'm Your Empress Of" is also pretty good. It's pretty formulaic and there are a few tracks that meander, ... read more
Anyway, "I'm Your Empress Of" is also pretty good. It's pretty formulaic and there are a few tracks that meander, ... read more
A pop album coming from an unknown future. «I only have one girl but the only girl is like the having thousands of girls. Because look at how many times she reproduce herself in each bunch of you ». Maybe based on M.I.A. or Aluna or Tove Lo or Robyn beats too but still creative «In the thinness of the darkness. In the great scale of the night. I’m leaning against you like I’m leaning on a wall that’s never gonna fall down ». No intention to be ... read more
The third album from Honduran-American artist Lorely Rodriguez is a buoyant collection of dancefloor-ready anthems that flows with cohesion, solid knack on songwriting and sticky melodies so euphoric and heartfelt with her mother's voice strung in between harmonies on some tracks that gives it a natural progression and individuality as an artist and a musician. This record is strongly eager to make you dance and pay attention. A vibrant pop concoction to makes us forget the crisis we're in for ... read more
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| #16 | / | The Line of Best Fit |
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| #23 | / | The Independent |
| #28 | / | The Wild Honey Pie |
| #31 | / | NME |
| #33 | / | PopMatters |
Track List
- I'm Your Empress Of
- Bit Of Rain
- Void
- Love Is A Drug
- U Give It Up
- Should've
- Give Me Another Chance
- What's The Point
- Maybe This Time
- Not The One
- Hold Me Like Water
- Awful
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Added on: March 3, 2020