Björk's Incel Son

(hellodecatur)

Coming to this song (which she wrote following the Pulse nightclub shooting) in the wake of Colorado Springs, and the message still rings sadly true. "Run away with me in July, to the same place and be ourselves In the ashes of the aftermath, pray" she sings at the beginning. "Being yourself" seems to still be such a tall order for queer people, and one that invites violence upon them. Six years on, the bigotry and violence continues; the importance of singing these songs ... read more

I think what she's doing for this record is starting to click for me. The lyrics here definitely lean on the esoteric and I don't blame anyone who misses the snark of her Beware of the Dogs writing, but I do appreciate her going in this more emotional, sensitive direction, especially with a hook as beautiful as this one. This feels like having a dream of walking around your hometown as it's been submerged. Keep it up!

Since you all spent all of 2021 dragging my girl Olivia for sounding like Misery Business you better drag this for sounding like Celebrity Skin!!!

The chorus and bridge are both pretty good and somewhat redeem the song but it's still fairly middle of the road to me. Demi has said this album will be heavier sonically too, but so far I'm feeling like that will happen on other songs because instrumentally this pretty much sounds like it could be on Don't Forget.

Hoping they find the words of ... read more

She was one of the first artists I really stanned, and her first four albums really do still hold up (I felt so vindicated when all of you came around to acknowledging that /\/\ /\ Y /\ is good actually), but since 2016 it just feels like she's completely lost the ability to make a good song. Every track is so short, so uninspired, and her lyrics (which were always wonky in places) have just completely gone off the deep end. As a lead single (or even just a teaser) this is a huge ... read more