the vibe of making incense music with stable Wi-Fi connection and air conditioning

The album feels engineered for digital-age appeal. Adolescent intensity repackaged through irony and provocation (sung by a 30yo btw). Its intentional antagonism toward cis-het masculinity and performative defiance (in some tracks) read more as strategy than expression. She’s definitely cashing in on that conceptual readjustment lol.

What’s fascinating about the discourse surrounding this album isn’t the record itself, but the sheer seriousness with which people have chosen to engage with it.

The most common criticisms. That it’s “edgy,” underproduced, or fueled by spite. Probably stem more from how people approach the project than from the project itself. It feels like something designed to sit outside the usual critical frameworks, where even the act of reviewing it becomes part of the ... read more