Review Summary: "I'm not gonna lie, I was a bad guy, you can tell me a hundred times"
Paul Bettany's career prior to being cast as Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a good example of what it means to struggle in relevance. Rebecca Black was relevant but for the wrong reasons and the long-lasting shadow choked her dreams through and through.
So we can give a good big pat on the back for the post-cringe movement in the meme meta of making fun of everything ironically. Now there is laughter at the people who through cynicism sentenced Rebecca Black's 2011 single 'Friday' into the crematorium.
PC Music can be thanked for sparking the reverb-heavy noisescapes of hyperpop in the re-aurification of Black's career, of course Dorian Electra at the helm is a very big help. The soundscapes through their direction take Rebecca's vocals to strange heights, surely her vocal style is not necessarily anything that can be immediately recognized through the radio but there is a strange somber element that either emerges from the sound she collaborates with or how I experience a bias considering it is the same woman that got too late on the Hannah Montana -train. Well, uh it is also good that she didn't since she seems very much better off than Miley Cyrus in terms of general aspiration towards the future.
The maturity of the lyrics, a very significant part of hyperpop's appeal, is evident in 'Personal', as there is thorough monologue towards the many-stage process of a breakup. On 'Blue' the details to what has transpired almost make you worried, referencing "forty days" must
indicate something that isn't just in the song-writing process. A lot of emotional baggage is recognized on 'Worth It For The Feeling', that then leads to 'Girlfriend' which I think you could guess. "Wanna see her, wanna hold her, It hit me all of a sudden, I'm getting back with
my girlfriend." There seems a good story inside this under 20-minute album, I am being careful not to tie it with any LGBTQ+ -theories though.
With good pacing, interesting themes and absolutely stellar sound direction, mastering and soundscapes by Dorian Electra at the helm, Rebecca Black's latest album is a great solid hyperpop-inspired summer soundtrack.
