This week we're covering Lorde, Kylie Minogue, X Ambassadors, and more!
"Solar Power" - Lorde
Released: June 10, 2021
Album: Upcoming
Highlights:
- Creative arrangement of musical pieces, making you question what genre you're listening to
- Haunting background vocals interweaving with Lorde's verses
- The quiet restraint brimming with tension and triumph
Standout Lyrics: "My cheeks in high colour, overripe peaches / No shirt, no shoes, only my features / My boy behind me, he's taking pictures / Lead the boys and girls onto the beaches / Come one, come all, I'll tell you my secrets"
"My Own Monster" - X Ambassadors
Released: June 11, 2021
Album: Upcoming
Highlights:
- Incredibly eerie but poetic lyrics underlined with darker meaning that will make you ponder
- Upbeat percussion hitting the same, grinding rhythm throughout the entire song
- Vocals distorted and echoing at multiple points, especially right before the chorus, sounding like they're fading entirely
Standout Lyrics: "Something dangerous is waking up inside of me / It's been creeping its way into my psychology / Keeping me up all night, this voice inside it tortures me / But it's slowly starting to pique my curiosity"
"Marry the Night" - Kylie Minogue
Released: June 11, 2021
Album: Born This Way cover remastered
Highlights:
- Night-and-day difference between first verse pace with chorus, going from 2 to 12
- Fast-paced, electronic jams during chorus with hints of disco
- The quiet restraint in synths and DJ beats allow Minogue's vocals to shine during the verses
Standout Lyrics: "I'm gonna marry the night / I'm not gonna cry anymore / I'm gonna marry the night / Leave nothing on these streets to explore"
"already there" - Jasmine Thompson
Released: June 10, 2021
Album: all of the above EP
Highlights:
- The bright vibe to the song, like the sense of spring and awakening
- Thompson's breathy, clear vocals gliding over the music
- The layering of multiple choruses, with one echoing in the background behind Thompson's
Standout Lyrics: "Got a job at a dead-end place / I was happy just gettin' paid / Started smokin' ten years too late / Didn't know life could change that way / When we met in the bar right when your friends were leavin' / Stay 'til last orders, talkin' 'til 3 a.m / Asked me to meet you at Bloomsbury Square"
"Sober" - Gavin James
Released: June 11, 2021
Album: Single
Highlights:
- Appropriate imagery of comparing the feeling of being in love to being intoxicated
- The fast, almost frantic piano pace that feels like it is building to something dangerous
- The breathtaking pace and range James uses between verses and chorus
Standout Lyrics: "No good at stayin' / No good at lettin' go / Barely survivin' / Through all these highs and lows / Caught in a dead-end / Where did we begin?"
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