On her full-length debut, the emotions are big and the pop pyrotechnics are shrewdly deployed
Rapp’s lyrics are cutting when they need to be, too. The simmering synthpop cut “Pretty Girls” is a standout, with sumptuous sonics and an insistent, immediately catchy chorus that sounds made for soundtracking get-ready-with-me videos, while its verses demystify the world of those rarefied beings.
The emotions are big and the pyrotechnics are shrewdly deployed, and Rapp’s searing soprano is up for the task of matching their intensity—even when she’s unsure of herself, as she is on the reflective album closer “23,” a delicately arranged overview of the anxieties she’s experiencing during her “Jordan year.” “I hope that I can care less/ but I’m afraid to care less,” she muses as the album fades out, neatly summarizing the quandary experienced by anyone who’s been considered “intense.
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