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LUX — A Resounding Ceremony of Power Transfer
For a long time, female singers in the pop music industry have often been reduced to emotional conduits or stylistic symbols. However, Rosalía has consistently striven to break this mould. Since her debut album Los Ángeles, she has continuously crossed, fused and reshaped the boundaries of different musical genres. In her latest work, LUX, she takes this a step further by persistently refusing to be defined by a single category, ... read more
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The album's title, 'Loco x Volver', combing the cover that shows a childhood picture of him reflects his post-fame quest to rediscover his true self – the real 'Juan Luis' who was while growing up in Medellín. He said in an interview that touring for a long time made him realise he ... read more
Indie pop infused with rather loose folk elements; The songwriting is overly insular—it manages to convey neither sincerity(that genuine connection with the listener) nor musical appeal, perhaps I truly just have no interest in it...
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I'll admit that I have really weird taste, but I'm mostly into pop, rock and indie stuff.
Ratings often change as I re-listen to albums, but they're pretty spot on:
90–100 will put on loops for years
80-89 favourite music that will show up on AOTY
70-79 just decent
60--69 not so interesting to me
21--59 will never listen to it again except for the year-end review
0–20 absolute rubbish & they should step away from music industry right now
Ratings often change as I re-listen to albums, but they're pretty spot on:
90–100 will put on loops for years
80-89 favourite music that will show up on AOTY
70-79 just decent
60--69 not so interesting to me
21--59 will never listen to it again except for the year-end review
0–20 absolute rubbish & they should step away from music industry right now
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