Crash

"There's been a lot of talk of joyful music these past few years, with musicians of every genre discovering the sheer liberatory power of Black and queer music and pop in general. It's been a necessary course correction after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, which felt like a years-long sustained sob and scream. Even the most empathetic person can only process so much grief, trauma, and loss. Even with such a treasure trove of joyful music, Kehlani's feels among the freshest, the most idiosyncratic, and singular - even if they do sound like other people sometimes. Here's hoping they keep doing their own thing, finding their own voice, and discovering a style that's distinctively their own".

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"Across Crash's 13 varied tracks, it's the emotional honesty that really sticks. The expansive Deep, for example, details Kehlani's tormented past ("came from sleeping on the bare concrete") but never asks for sympathy. Life is complicated and Kehlani knows how to communicate that better than anyone".

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"Across Crash's 13 varied tracks, it's the emotional honesty that really sticks. The expansive Deep, for example, details Kehlani's tormented past ("came from sleeping on the bare concrete") but never asks for sympathy. Life is complicated and Kehlani knows how to communicate that better than anyone".

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"There's been a lot of talk of joyful music these past few years, with musicians of every genre discovering the sheer liberatory power of Black and queer music and pop in general. It's been a necessary course correction after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, which felt like a years-long sustained sob and scream. Even the most empathetic person can only process so much grief, trauma, and loss. Even with such a treasure trove of joyful music, Kehlani's feels among the freshest, the most idiosyncratic, and singular - even if they do sound like other people sometimes. Here's hoping they keep doing their own thing, finding their own voice, and discovering a style that's distinctively their own".

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