In a brighter sound than before, the slightly rough synth tones blend beautifully with the pleasing guitar. The vocal melodies still have room for improvement, and the middle section of the album seems to suffer from some volume imbalances. To some extent, one could say this album leans toward an industrialized shoegaze sound. The opening and closing tracks still shine, with their condensed atmosphere and diverse instrumentation significantly enhancing listenability. However, much of the ... read more

Unexpectedly, this album broke through her Grammy curse in AOTY and clinched it, which prompted me to give it a listen. Although I don't believe this album represents her best work, it's undeniable that with a top-tier production team at her disposal, she couldn't possibly produce an album that's truly subpar. Departing from the minimalist production typical of country pop, this album is remarkably rich in details. The most striking among these are the ambient sounds: ... read more

The ingenious sequencing allows the album to flow as smoothly as a radio broadcast, while the nostalgic sampling imbues it with an inexplicable sense of era. The relatively short duration of each song seems to serve the album well, and the clever transitions prevent it from becoming tiresome too quickly.

Gentle and dynamic production truly shone at her debut showcase. She captured the quintessential yet not overly conforming Alt-pop characteristics, embellishing them with some subdued club elements, thereby infusing the album with her artistic persona. The occasional hums, coupled with inexplicably folk-like wind instruments and light, fragmented drum beats, also lend the album a touch of natural beauty. The fleeting glitch elements in the album, while not necessarily a plus, do add some ... read more

Recommendation from Z.Younk
Chilling, relaxing, but also solid.
This EP just makes me recall some jazz rap songs' atmosphere, somehow.
While I think the lyrics might be normal, second track's instrumental is cool~ I love it.
And I have to say, charles' voice sounds d**n nostalgia.

I finally fell in love with this

the produce is quite delicate while the other aspects do not work well

Nah, Room Of Fools and Keep it Hold it should be kicked out. Childlike Things has no sense in the album. Striptease is a good song, but I don't know why it was put before 24 hrs Dog, which sounds like a demo of Caprisongs. As for the rest, only three singles actually made a success.

Somehow, all the tracks in this edition still didn't solve the problem. And she even didn't reach the level of her old-fashioned success.

Her best work so far

In some ways, this album sounds like an alternative version of some tracks in 1989 by Taylor Swift

No, no more Hollow

This track did bring me back to her Goddess era

Disgusting rap and strange MV...

What a disaster

Embarrassing pronunciation

Amazingly, she's not stagger in music anymore.

Confusing nomination

She destroyed a good song again. Grimes,please stop.

Bigger in Texas is a good track