Tag: music
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Trust the Process: A Few Proud Emotional Words on Twenty One Pilots’Breach
2015: Against all odds, the nerdy class black sheep makes a friend. The attempt at trust doesn’t go unpunished. The friend journeys down the alt-right pipeline, betraying him. Meanwhile, as a hopeless romantic, the black sheep continuously embarrasses himself in delusionships everyone knows are a lost cause except him. He ends the chapter alone. 2020:…
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Redefining Life and Finding Perspective: Earl Sweatshirt’s Brilliant ‘Live Laugh Love’
Earl Sweatshirt’s newest album Live Laugh Love clocks in at just over 24 minutes. Some Uber Eats orders take longer than that. But, here, Earl’s meal serves up far more potency per serving than any Uber Eats order possibly could. Rarely does a track run over two minutes, yet each feels so dense and deliberate…
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An Ode to Self-Discovery: Lorde – Virgin
In 2013, a New Zealand native released her debut EP “The Love Club” and skyrocketed to fame, going not by her real name of Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor, but by the stage name of “Lorde”. Her most famous song, “Royals” defied all expectations, a song criticizing the material luxuries of life and topping charts managed…
