逆光 [Backlight]

This was the first Ado song I had ever heard. I'm not sure how I stumbled on it, but after listening to it once, I stopped, said "wait a minute" and proceeded to listen about 5 more times. Ado was MADE for this type of emotional, heavy, hard rocking song. The way she can use her voice in so many unique, interesting ways is on full display here. Her vocals are at times despondent, defiant, and confident, and the ranges she can hit and the inflections she puts on each line gives this ... read more

Reviewing this to correct the horrendously low 66 average - this is a fairly standard pop-punk instrumental, true, but all the riffs hit, and it's elevated immensely by Ado's alternately neurotic, sarcastic and violent vocal performance. Best song on the album, and one of the best pop songs of last year.