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New York Times
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Lorde Returns With a Nostalgic Breakup Anthem, and 9 More New Songs
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here , and sign up for The Amplifier , a twice-weekly guide to new and old songs. In her first solo song in four years, after her boffo duet with Charli XCX, Lorde skips back past the guitar-picking, Laurel Canyon sound of her 2021 album, 'Solar Power,' to the keyboards and pumping electronics of her 2017 'Melodrama.' She sings about coming to terms with a breakup and missing past pleasures with someone — kisses, MDMA, a perfect cigarette — but she might also be speaking to her pop audience: 'Since I was 17, I gave you everything.' She brings tremulous drama to the vocals, but despite the synthetic firepower available to Lorde and her fellow producers — Daniel Nigro (Olivia Rodrigo) and Jim-E Stack (Bon Iver) — the track is oddly muted and rounded-off, even where it could explode. Maybe that choice will make more sense within a full album. Keys left behind, door locked, plane boarded — Danielle Haim sings about a decisive breakup in 'Down to Be Wrong' from Haim's next album, 'I Quit,' due June 20. As the song begins, with a chunky beat and a few guitar notes at a time, perhaps there's a hint of hesitancy in her voice. But as more instruments kick in and the miles of distance increase, her voice gets rougher and her certainty only grows. 'I didn't think it would be so easy till I left it behind,' she realizes, and her sisters' vocal harmonies fully agree. Of course Ariana Grande can sing an old jazz standard. She glides through a song from 1931 (by Fred Ahlert and Russ Turk) that has been recorded by the Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra and Kate Smith. Grande is one of the guest singers on Jeff Goldblum's album with the vintage-style Mildred Snitzer Orchestra; Goldblum, her 'Wicked' co-star, is on piano, playing a modest, leisurely solo. But the track is hers — a poised, guileless, gently escalating complaint about unrequited affection: 'You never seem to want more romancing / The only time you hold me is when we're dancing.' Understatement, so rare in current country production, burnishes 'The Touch,' a song that promises lasting love. 'As long as we're together, it's more than enough,' Ashley Monroe sings over Marty Stuart's lone acoustic guitar, which is virtually the only accompaniment for the first half of the track. Harmonies blossom and more guitars (and Shelby Lynne on bass) eventually join, but the mood stays pristine. 'Luna' hits a very sweet spot between Afrobeats and reggaeton as Wisin, from Puerto Rico, and Kapo, from Colombia, harmonize on a friendly flirtation: 'Just you and me in this room on a trip to the moon.' The production (by Daramola, a Nigerian musician based in Miami, and Los Legendarios, from Puerto Rico) is an ever-changing matrix of percussion sounds, electronics and vocal harmonies arriving from all directions. It's pure ear candy. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
HAIM Announce New Album I quit, Reveal Release Date
The post HAIM Announce New Album I quit, Reveal Release Date appeared first on Consequence. HAIM recently kicked off a new album cycle with two singles, and now they've revealed the project's title and release date. During an intimate club show at LA's The Bellwether on Wednesday night (April 23rd), the sisterly trio flashed the title I quit on the screen during the beginning of their intro video. They confirmed the news on Instagram, posting a clip culminating with the message, 'I quit new haim album coming June 20th.' Get HAIM Tickets Here The intro video featured numerous variations of the 'I Quit' theme, including: 'I quit what does not serve me, I quit overthinking, I quit shame, I quit nicotine, I quit fear, I quit dick, I quit judgement, I quit avoiding emotional intimacy, I quit my job, I quit caring about what you think, I quit waiting for an apology, I quit fucking around, I quit fucking everything, I quit fucking you, I quit wondering if someone will save me.' Update: According to a press release, I quit features 15 songs produced by Rostam Batmanglij and Danielle Haim. The album's artwork (seen below) was shot by director Paul Thomas Anderson. According to the band debuted a pair of previously unreleased tracks, 'Blood in the Streets' and 'Down to Be Wrong,' during their first full concert in nearly two years. The latter song is set for release this week. HAIM opened the set with their latest single, 'Everybody's trying to figure me out,' before dipping back into their catalog with early songs like 'The Wire' and 'Forever' alongside more recent tracks like 'The Steps' and 'Gasoline.' They closed out the set with 'Relationships,' which marked their first new song in nearly two years when it was released in March. See fan-shot videos of the concert below. I quit follows 2020's Women in Music Pt. III. Up next, HAIM will play a second show at The Bellwether tonight, April 24th. They have also lined up appearances at New Orleans Jazz Festival and Primavera Sound. Get tickets here. Popular Posts deadmau5 Apologizes for Blacking Out During Coachella Set New Pornographers Drummer Joseph Seiders Charged with Child Pornography The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time Lady Gaga Battles Tech Issues at Coachella: "At Least You Know I Sing Live" Beyoncé's "COWBOY CARTER TOUR" Set to Kick Off with Thousands of Seats Unsold Keanu Reeves to Play Villain in Weezer Movie: Report Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
