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Sooo, I’m back again, I pop in once every couple of months to rate my faves and then disappear into the sunset, but today there’s a genuinely good reason to write a few lines, because Olivia has finally made her long-awaited return with a new single from the upcoming album, and she… did not disappoint.
Drop Dead is a confident step forward in her artistry. No, she’s not completely reinventing herself, but she noticeably breaks a couple of long-standing patterns from ... read more

It’s funny to reread my old review of Harry’s House, where I listed the lack of obvious hits as one of the album’s main flaws. After the release of KATTDO, which seems to have even fewer of those hits, it becomes clear that their absence doesn’t make an album weaker at all.
Harry Styles’ new album is a confident continuation of his musical evolution. On the previous record it was already possible to sense the direction he was moving in, and here that trajectory ... read more

Oh shock, here I am again… But I simply couldn’t miss the triumphant return of Mr. Styles.
Triumphant, though? In my view - absolutely. He did something most people didn’t expect from him, and he did it remarkably well. This is a living, literally pulsating, passion-filled love song.
Some might say that at its core this is fairly formulaic pop music after all, how many love songs do we already know, and how many are released every year? But here, everything is decided by the ... read more

Listening to this record over and over and sinking deeper into it each time, at some point I suddenly found myself thinking of another one of my favorite artists. I unintentionally drew a parallel between them and arrived at one simple, yet very telling thought. I’m talking about Taylor Swift and her latest work. And YES, YES — just give me a moment to explain. There is absolutely no disrespect here toward Hayley or her album, or toward Taylor herself. I bring up Taylor’s ... read more