“On BRAT, Charli is once again channeling her experiences into radical, bite-sized pop songs. It makes CRASH feel even more like an aberration, drawing way closer from the forthright nature of how i’m feeling now. BRAT, though, is messy and vulnerable—in a way Charli’s work has lacked over the last d…”— Eric Bennett, pastemagazine.com
“This year, the 29-year-old Ghanaian American singer-songwriter Amaarae took, to use a technical term, a big swing. With a voice of feathery beauty and songs blending R&B, hip-hop, rock, and Afropop, she had already earned buzz for her 2020 debut album, The Angel You Don’t Know. On the follow-up, Fou…”— Spencer Kornhaber, theatlantic.com
“'Music was always underlying,' she explains. 'I always sang. It was like wearing underwear: It was just always underneath whatever else you were doing.'”— Rob Haskell, Vogue, vogue.com
“Instead, Eilish stands out simply by singing and writing her uniquely haunting and distinctly original music while continuing to champion the wins of her peers.”— Rachel Simon, NBC News, nbcnews.com
“The funny thing about pop is that when it works, it’s seamless, but when it doesn’t — when you can somehow see what a song is going for but doesn’t quite get at — the illusion is broken.”— Pier Dominguez, buzzfeednews.com
“I think I'm getting the Black Lung, Pop. It's not very well ventilated down there.”— Drake Sather, Ben Stiller, Derek Zoolander, Ben Stiller, imdb.com