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New York Times
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Lil Wayne Gets Earnest With Bono, 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. Lil Wayne featuring Bono, 'The Days' 'I ain't gettin' younger, but I'm gettin' better,' Lil Wayne declares in 'The Days,' a rock anthem about survival and seizing the moment: 'If my days are numbered, treat every day like Day One.' None other than Bono shares the song, starting and ending it and singing about 'the days that tell you what life is for,' while the production emulates U2's grand marches. Elsewhere on his new album, 'Tha Carter VI,' Lil Wayne offers his usual punchlines and free associations; here, he's unabashedly earnest. Water From Your Eyes, 'Life Signs' The Brooklyn duo Water From Your Eyes revels in musical jump cuts and not-quite-sequiturs. 'I am coming apart / I'm becoming together, true to form,' Rachel Brown sings in 'Life Signs' from an album due in August. Nate Amos's guitars leap from wiry, hopscotching math-rock lines to brute-force distortion and back; Brown deadpans through monotone verses, but offers a wistful melody in the chorus. By the end of the song, somehow it all makes sense. Sabrina Carpenter, 'Manchild' Sabrina Carpenter lightheartedly and brutally dissects what might be called a himbo in 'Manchild.' In a track that starts as synth-pop and ends up as country-rock, she mock-appreciates how 'your brain just ain't there' with a guy who can't charge a phone, much less satisfy her. 'I like my men all incompetent,' she claims, barely suppressing a giggle. Addison Rae, 'Fame Is a Gun' Who could be better than Addison Rae, the TikTok sensation turned pop songwriter, to sing about craving attention, achieving the 'glamorous life' and dealing with all the parasocial fallout? 'I live for the appeal,' she sings, adding, 'It never was enough / I always wanted more.' Yet she also realizes, 'I'm your dream girl, but you're not my type.' The production cycles through its three chords with an insistent pulse that hints at the pressure to keep generating more content. Sudan Archives, 'Dead' Sudan Archives — the songwriter, violinist and producer Brittney Parks — powers through an identity crisis with the shape-shifting, maximalist, ultimately unstoppable track 'Dead.' She asks 'Where my old self at?' and 'Where my new self at?' and teases 'Did you miss me?' and 'Do you miss me?' In four minutes, the song morphs among quasi-orchestral string arrangements, spacey electronics and walloping dance beats, then merges them all in a triumphant closing stomp. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
MJ Lenderman Lends Some Twang to This Is Lorelei's ‘Dancing in the Club'
After putting out two of the best albums — indie rock or otherwise — of 2024, MJ Lenderman and This Is Lorelei are linking up, with the former sharing a new version of the latter's 'Dancing in the Club.' Lenderman's rendition of the tune is set to appear on the upcoming deluxe edition of Box for Buddy, Box for Star, the breakthrough LP for musician Nate Amos (who's also one half of the experimental duo Water From Your Eyes). Where This Is Lorelei's original is a glittering, up-tempo gem that gestures towards sprightly synth pop, Lenderman fittingly tackles the song with a bit more high and lonesome twang. More from Rolling Stone MJ Lenderman Reveals He'll No Longer Tour With Wednesday, But Will Still Record With Band See MJ Lenderman Bring 'Joker Lips' to 'Kimmel' Post Malone's Nirvana Covers, Taylor Swift 'Fortnight' Collab Lead Record Store Day 2025 Amos helped Lenderman record this new version of 'Dancing in the Club' late last year. 'I really loved working on the MJ version of 'Dancing in the Club' — Jake is chill AF and mad talented,' Amos said in a statement. 'More so than any other song I've written this one was dreamt up for others to sing, so it was pretty freaky watching it fall into place with someone like Jake handling lead vocals.' Lenderman, who's been performing 'Dancing in the Club' at some of his recent shows, added, 'Box For Buddy was by far the album I listened to most in 2024. I had a great time re-recording 'Dancing in the Club' with Nate back in December.' Along with Lenderman's take on 'Dancing in the Club' the Box for Buddy deluxe edition will feature new versions of 'Two Legs' with Snail Mail's Lindsey Jordan and 'Angel's Eye' by Amos' father and sister, Bob and Sarah (a celebrated bluegrass duo in their own right). The deluxe edition is set to arrive April 25 via Double Double Whammy. This Is Lorelei has a few more shows left on the current leg of their North American tour with Starcleaner Reunion. But they'll return to the road in late April, supporting Lenderman and his band the Wind, on a trek that runs through mid-May. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
