Are you coming, my baby?

Nu Music Monday #37 / 23-08-2021

Aug 23, 2021

Hey there,

I’m Red, and welcome to Nu Music Monday. Glad to have you here.

Every week I share my favorite tracks released in the past seven days (-ish). I also go into the latest music news when I feel like it and share stuff I think is worth your time.

So many songs battle it out for track of the week; resulting in a crowded podium of prime cuts.

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Lorde - Solar Power / review

Lorde’s Solar Power is an airy body of work that refuses to stand in the long shadow cast by its predecessor.

“Forget all of the tears that you’ve cried / It’s over / It’s a new state of mind / Are you coming, my baby?”, sings Lorde on the first song she released since 2017. The heavily-anticipated single dodged every expectation following the brooding, heavily-synthesized Melodrama. Instead, it ushered Lorde in an era kissed by the summer sun, with a bunch of rooftop performances and, more anecdotally–but perhaps as impressive–a remarkable ability to withstand spicy food.

Read my full review in Riot mag.

~The Nutshell~ news of the week

Bob Dylan is being sued by a woman alleging he sexually abused her back in 1965 when she was 12
The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” broke the record for most weeks spent on the Billboard Hot 100 ever
SZA surprise-releases music on Soundcloud in what seems like an offshoot of her ongoing issues with her label TDE
Kendrick Lamar announced his upcoming album would be his last with TDE–a label who’s future looks dire if both Kendrick and SZA leave
Drake and Kanye have beef. Kanye still hasn’t released Donda.