THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE
RAYE · Pop/R&B
“17 morceaux. Dix-sept. A une epoque ou les albums raccourcissent, RAYE a regarde l'economie du streaming et a dit 'absolument pas.'”
RAYE a passe des annees a se battre avec son label pour la liberte creative et l'a finalement obtenue. Le resultat ? Un album qui est a 80% genial et 20% 'j'aurais probablement du laisser quelqu'un editer ca.'
Score Metacritic de 90. Une collaboration avec Hans Zimmer. Un single numero un au Royaume-Uni. RAYE est passee d'outsider abandonnee a l'artiste britannique la plus acclamee de l'annee.
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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