JanLustiger

The lyrics are hit and miss, sure. Sometimes the banality of Gordon's descriptions of the 2020s zeitgeist works in combination with the immensely out-there music, sometimes it is a tad cringey. But sonically, oh boy, what a success. She could cite Seinfeld scripts over this and it would still sound terrifying.

This is my pick for the best cover song of all time. They took a somewhat naive, reluctant gay anthem and turned it into a euphorically sad elegy both on the victims of the AIDS epidemic and on the shattered gay utopia so many people had seen in the Village People's original.

The fact that this deeply emotional piece of and on gay subculture became so madly successful that it ended up as a football/soccer anthem is a triumph of irony the Boys couldn't have planned better themselves.

This is simultaneously one of the greatest synth pop and one of the greatest country records of all time. And if that isn't enough to tell you how brilliant it is: It also has gay vampires and a deep baritone voice singing the line "I'm not that kind of girl".

I know Shygirl loves teasing (ahem) but releasing a whole EP of tracks that feel like previews pushes the concept a bit far. This is very enjoyable but let down by the fact that it's too bare bones, with the exception of - fittingly enough - "thicc". I think my main problem is that there isn't really a point in producing club music that feels like 5 seconds in ecstasy time - even if they are great 5 seconds.