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Every summer, rumors of Big Deal releases from marquee artists run rampant.
Jorjas a bitGabrielle, a bit Sade, and a whole lot of pure talent.
Theres really no in-between.
Lily Allen has been polarizing from out of the gate.
How do you exist as an adult when youre still emotionally an adolescent?
Lily Allens still figuring it out, and she sounds better for it.
Its too big to be intimate, but too fragile to be for everyone.
In other words, this isnt music youre going to throw on at your next summer barbecue.
Or we could just tell you thattheMeryl Streep isapparentlya big, big fan.
Does it come up on the record?
Do they carry on business as usual?
Thats the million-dollar question, given her six-year absence from making music.
Christina has struggled to adapt to the evolving pop sphere usually because shes ahead of the curve.
Hes forceful, with a cocky sense of humor.
The musical landscape has shifted since then, but the bands qualities are still intact.
His albums regularly run over two hours, and only become truly rewarding after repeat listens.
But still, anything Washington does is worth paying attention to.
Will his new album go further down that path?
Will it be the album where Washington decides to get truly weird?
Will their punishing aesthetic yield new revelations?
With both members still in their teens, the fact cant easily be overlooked.
In both cases, theres a sense of reiteration that suggests either renewal or exhaustion.
Not to mention how, in the distant Bronx, a new monarch has been crowned.
Can Nickis punch lines and posturing outmatch Cardis realism and novelty?
The solo artists indie rock locks onto her relationship status and seizes it for dear life.
Its an aesthetic that doesnt expand or expound, but also doesnt need to.
The fundamentals are always complicated enough if you really zoom in.
Then he releasedBubblin,a track that manages to evoke Busta Rhymess hoarse growl without being annoying about it.
Ensuing releases were more robust and fleshed out with a full band.
A studio album is a chance to build on what has been a great start.
Itll be exciting to watch this group grow.CJ
Brockhampton,Puppy(June TBA)Music fans are impatient.
Pretty much the second after an album comes out, were speculating about a follow-up.
If Hayley Kiyoko is our Lesbian Jesus, Troye Sivan is the Gay Holy Spirit.
(TBA)What are Beyonce and Jay-Z up to?
Its the perennial question of our time.
