The track is a bustling pop-rock song bolstered by a clangy guitar riff and searing synth line.
The rapper shows little interest in pushing himself out of his immediate comfort zone.
From its controversial video to its current resurgence, the song has a storied history.
The album presents an artist whose inner world is growing less phantasmic by the day.
Despite all the stern swaggering, the album is deeply unserious.
The video for the remix sees Billie Eilish crashing Charli XCX’s underwear party.
In trying to make “fun” pop music, Robinson wound up making the sincerest album of his career.
The band’s newfound reflectiveness comes at the expense of urgency.
The rapper’s debut album maintains a whirlwind clip throughout.
The singer peppers his songs with nuggets of wisdom that are wise beyond his years.
The album’s braggadocio is countered by the enthusiasm that the rapper brings to it.
The singer’s videography remains one of the most eye-popping of the 21st century.
The rapper has narrowed his vision to the point that he can’t see the world around him.
In the end, the album’s serenity belies an intense human longing.
The new track is filled with pseudo-inspirational declarations of female empowerment.
The long game of the singer-songwriter’s creative arc comes into greater focus.
The singer-songwriter explores a broader range of genres and moods than ever before.
The album is still the most coherent way for us to understand where music culture is in any particular moment.
The album plays like a TikTok video: attention-grabbing, disposable, and instantly forgettable.
The project spearheaded the multiplatform playbook that pop stars still draw from today.
The album can’t help but register as Psychedelia for Dummies.