Brutal honesty, unabashed jealousy, heartbreaking bridges — these are trademarks of singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams’ music. Her new album, The Secret of Us, stays true to its title, luring listeners into Abrams’ world of unrequited crushes, regretful breakups, and anxiety about being in her 20s. Produced by Abrams' longtime collaborator Aaron Dessner, the album expands on…
Billie Eilish released her third album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, on May 17. Made with her brother and collaborator Finneas, Eilish's latest album fails to shake up the young pop star's formula enough to hold interest. At just ten tracks long, the album is physically shorter than her first two (the runtime is about the…
Beyoncé has dropped Cowboy Carter, the highly-anticipated follow-up to her triumphant 2022 album Renaissance. Billed as Act ii, Cowboy Carter sees the pop star shifting from her last album's club and ballroom-infused rhythms for country twang and Americana realism, paying tribute to the rich history of Black country musicians too often left out of mainstream…
Tierra Whack has released her first full-length album, WORLD WIDE WHACK. Whack made a name for herself in 2018 when she dropped her revolutionary debut mixtape and short film, Whack World, which was innovative at the time for its 15-songs-in-15-minutes approach, each song clocking in at just a minute and with an accompanying visual. Whack…
Kim Petras has released Slut Pop Miami, the sequel to her 2022 mixtape Slut Pop. Like its predecessor, frequent collaborator Dr. Luke has produced Miami entirely. Bold-text NSFW in nature, the new mixtape doubles down on the sex-positive modus operandi that Petras congealed in its prequel. Following the surprise release of her long-awaited, leaked, and…
Lana Del Rey has nothing left to prove. For a long time, such a weighty statement would’ve been met with raised eyebrows. But in the 11 years since Born to Die, the once-in-a-generation debut that kickstarted popular music’s sad-girl introspection renaissance, the artist born Elizabeth Grant has both doubled down on her enigmatic vision and…
If a song starts with the phrase “Flo Milli shit, ho.” It’s probably a summer anthem, and you should keep listening to it. Like many of her peers, Flo Milli first found fame on the internet. Edits on Instagram circulated her remix of Playboi Carti’s “Beef,” and then went certifiably viral on TikTok, soundtracking thousands…
