“What a fun song!” I thought. Sick rumbling synth beat, awesome drums, crystalline vocals. Hearing it feels like wearing the best outfit of your life. It gives the sensation of being younger and more alive. You’re basically flying, until you pay attention to the lyrics. She goes from vague: One two, GrapefruitHow am I backContinue reading “Sing It Saturday: Tove Lo – Grapefruit”
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Sing it Saturday: Yuna – Loud Noises
A piano riff right at the top will always get me. This bouncy, soaring melodic song is pure and sentimental. You feel like you’re playing in Andy’s bedroom in Toy Story, no worries or concerns. “I promise you my friend, we’ll grow old together and never look back” The song moves along sweetly but realistically,Continue reading “Sing it Saturday: Yuna – Loud Noises”
Sing it Saturday: MARINA – Blue / Gold
As I tend to do, I’m breaking my own rules, and covering two tracks. Both by Marina (Marina and the Diamonds) from her 2015 album FROOT. This album is sandwiched between her earlier two projects and her two more recent albums. It would be the last that she released before rebranding simply to: MARINA. AsideContinue reading “Sing it Saturday: MARINA – Blue / Gold”
Sing it Saturday: Lykke Li – Carousel
I hate writing about Lykke Li sometimes. It’s like trying to describe a bubble. It’s kind of a rainbow, but also absolutely clear. You remember a perfect circle, but wasn’t it shifting the whole time? It was definitely there, but now it’s not, and I can’t prove it’s existence. Where are we now? I’ve beenContinue reading “Sing it Saturday: Lykke Li – Carousel”
Sing it Saturday: LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
LCD Soundsystem epitomizes the early aughts. James Murphy’s deadpan lyrical delivery set atop a production filled with clicks, blips and thuds feels as quirky and smooth as the very best of The Postal Service/Death Cab. Someone Great is mellow and melancholy. Murphy’s subdued rage feels like he was pissed eight days ago but hasn’t sleptContinue reading “Sing it Saturday: LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great”
Sing it Saturday: SZA – Supermodel
SZA isn’t a Party gyal, as she Tweeted the night after the SOS album release event. As much as we’ve learned about her since the release of her 2017 opus Ctrl, so much still hangs in ambiguity. I think she prefers that, and I don’t mind it either. I love filling the gaps with howContinue reading “Sing it Saturday: SZA – Supermodel”
Taylor Swift Eras Tour pt. 1
We all have an opinion about Taylor Swift, like it or not. This is the relationship that I have with her music, and what I’ve experienced during this time. The Eras Tour Era. Preparing for 2023, I had plenty on my mind. When would the Coachella lineup be announced? Who would drop last-minute albums andContinue reading “Taylor Swift Eras Tour pt. 1”
A Message to 2022
“Sheesh!” Said Lizzo in “2 Be Loved (Am I ready),” a song that resonates with me more and more as we come to the close of 2022. I’d be lying to say it was a totally “bad” year, but there were enough bullet-point negative aspects to ’22 that make me look back across the scopeContinue reading “A Message to 2022”
Remembering My Friend Nolan
They didn’t want Nolan and I to meet. A mutual friend would mention him often, but follow up with “you guys can never know eachother, it would be trouble.” He was absolutely right. When we were finally introduced, we’d already been told so much of eachother: music, pop culture, home economics… we had things inContinue reading “Remembering My Friend Nolan”
Sing it Saturday: Lizzo – Special
Lizzo is a fan favorite. She gives us songs to dance to, TikToks to laugh at and a whole lot of booty content on Instagram. What she offers uniquely, however, is that feel-good element of validation and embrace. Fitting neatly into Lizzo’s narrative of self love, the title track of her fourth studio album “Special”Continue reading “Sing it Saturday: Lizzo – Special”
I'm Just Gonna Dance All Night 