I had the pleasure of watching Miley perform live a couple of years ago. She was out of this world. I wasn't much of a fan prior to that, but after the show I realised that there was way more than the artist we knew so far. I felt a sort of hunger; a craving.
I started then looking out for whatever she did, then came Endless Summer Vacation. I was saddened that the direction seemed to be that one, so this really took me by surprise, in the best of ways.
On this record, Miley was finally ... read more
This is the finest Rosalia so far. It's a complete dive into the divine, the sacredness and it's shadow, it's also about ambition. The build up to this album created a lot of expectation, the orchestal arrangements that were showed, the fact that she was about to sing in 13 languages, the looming presence of Frank Ocean (whom I still believe it's actually in Porcelana) permeated an aura of something historic. While I do still think it's a great record, and that it ... read more
puts daughters, street sects and xiu xiu into a blender, somehow ends up sounding like an edgy(er) maneskin