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Pitchfork
The Swedish artist better known as Yung Lean makes an unexpected pivot on his long-running side project, swapping out sad rap and vaporwave to embrace his inner crooner.
LonelyHipHopFan
64

It's fun and cute. The production is great and while the vocals are pretty bad, they are charming enough to work. It's worth a listen, even if it doesn't have any replay value.

Nightmare Amusement Park 6/10
Sugar World 8/10
Open (Copenhagen Freestyle) 5/10
Swedish Elvis Storm 6/10
Rivers of Another Town 7/10
Blue Light 6/10
If I'm Born I Have to Live 7/10
July 6/10

Overall: 6.4/10

Best Tracks: Sugar World
Worst Track: Open (Copenhagen Freestyle)

GreatestAOTYs
58

Despite Lean's laughably bad singing, there is something oddly charming and irresistible about this project. It's like being at a karaoke bar with your drunk best friend, and despite them utterly butchering those old-school dance ballads... it is still an utter blast and fun as hell to listen back to, even if not for the right reasons.

ProdZenith
79

this is actually so beautiful like his voice on every song except for blue light is great imo and the instrumentals on all of these are all nearly perfect.

Favorite Tracks: Nightmare Amusement Park, Sugar World, Rivers of Another Town, July

Edit: favorite tracks are all of them except for blue light, which is still great

Edit 2: it grew off of me some

Cosmorog2022
70

Silly karaoke after a pint of lean, I expected to hate it but it's actually quite charming

Axomarine
71

As much as I think the singing is terrible, there’s something about this that has charm to return to.

belennon77
77

IS YOUR LOOOOVE CONTROLLED BY REMOOOOOTE

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Added on: December 13, 2022