THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE
RAYE · Pop/R&B
“17 numre. Sytten. I en aera hvor albums bliver kortere kiggede RAYE paa streaming-oekonomien og sagde 'absolut ikke.'”
RAYE kaempede i aarevis med sit label for kreativ frihed og fik den endelig. Resultatet? Et album der er 80% genialt og 20% 'jeg burde nok have ladet nogen redigere dette.'
Metacritic score paa 90. Et Hans Zimmer samarbejde. En UK nummer et single.
17-track runtime
“Over an hour of music. Some songs feel like they exist because RAYE could, not because she should.”
The fix An album this ambitious deserves an editor who is not afraid of the artist. Cut three tracks and this is a 9.
Chapter structure inconsistency
“The four-chapter concept works beautifully for three chapters and then loses steam in the final stretch.”
The fix Either commit fully to the concept or let the songs speak without the framework.
Hans Zimmer feature
“Click Clack Symphony featuring Hans Zimmer sounds exactly as extra as that collaboration implies.”
The fix Sometimes restraint is the flex. This was not one of those times, and somehow it still works.
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