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haven't listened to this album front-to-back in more than three years, so it was a pleasant surprise when i suddenly got the urge to dip my feet back into it after "Never Let Me Go" (a song that always makes me cry) came on shuffle.

this album was made to be listened to in an ARENA! with the orchestra swelling my soul, the drums joining my heart in thumping unison, florence's voice soaring like a concorde, the lyrics restructuring my psyche, crying my complexes and burdens ... read more

another slam-dunk from the queen of glitch-artpop: FKA twigs. i feel so incredibly lucky to witness such an artist in my lifetime.

i fell in love with the title track and its accompanying video when it was released back in September (it ended up becoming one of my most played songs of 2024) and "Perfect Stranger" and "Drums of Death" were instant.

so much 90s Madonna ("Girl Feels Good") & Björk ("Room of Fools" & "Keep It, Hold ... read more

2020 was SUCH a good year for music, and Abel/The Weeknd's music genuinely carried the world through some of the darkest times we've faced since the end of WWII. That impact can't be understated.

As an album, it only starts to blast off in the second half of "Escape from LA" (the 6th track out of 14). From then on, it's smash after smash until The Weeknd bleeds out in the final track. Most of the first five tracks feel like build-up to this phenomenal track run, ... read more

I came across the video "APT." on Twitter and genuinely was so enamoured by the song; it was perfectly bubblegum and a bit brash (à la Avril Lavigne & The Ting-Tings) and a bonafide bop, with Bruno Mars as the cherry on top. The video is also adorable and they clearly had a blast filming it. Most of all, it was a sound I hadn't heard any K-Pop acts tap into, which showed that Rosé had confidence and her own fresh ideas, rather than making music steered by ... read more