meluwudy

This album had multiple moments where I thought I was gonna cry but then it juked me out and didn't. Very very fun, bouncy album and after listening it makes perfect sense why soren went like radio silent for a few years after the two singles before just dropping this out of nowhere. Very very fitting of being described as "[soren's] personal victory in making anything at all." Will need to relisten but I liked all the songs on this album!

This rating is super subject to change as this album is incredibly hard to rate. It metronomes back and forth hard between songs I really really liked and songs I really didn't care for. I've talked before about how I don't like flex songs or shallow love songs and a few of the songs on this album fall into those categories, like Green Light, Baby and the titular track Stardust. That being said the other songs I really, really liked, especially the three-parter The End and the ... read more

This album is actually fucking insane, the only reason it's not a 100 is because the first leg is kind of lacking and a little messy, but holy shit does the second half make up for it. The title track is absolutely incredible, and one of the best songs on the album, but nothing holds a candle to revisited. At 20 minutes long this is an absolute behemoth of a song, and it's well deserved. It's on par with CCTV for being one of the most gut-wrenching songs I've heard in my ... read more

Jesus Christ