![]() ![]() It’s certainly one of the more abstract tracks, and many would likely take a couple listens to get fully accustomed to the specific world Clairo immediately jettisons her listeners into, but it’s a bold opener with some impressive stylistic choices along the way – that final, harmonized couplet that closes the song comes to mind as a strikingly gorgeous moment. The track presents itself as a fluid, shifting entity, the intensity of the pianos growing and shrinking alongside the direction of her thoughts. Lead-off track “Bambi” is an Antonoff production through and through, the track sits somewhere between a piano ballad played at a smoky jazz club and a rollicking pop tune meant to be belted out around a campfire, Clairo essentially delivering a single, extended stream of consciousness without a definitive chorus but hitting quite a few soaring, anthemic hooks regardless. The album is seemingly bookended with Clairo’s thoughts on becoming further and further entrenched in the music industry and refusing to conform to its demands, expressing her desires to take her own agency over her creative direction. While the project can feel a little one-note musically by the time you reach its end, Clairo provides a wealth of subtext and interconnected themes that will take multiple listens to fully uncover, and some engaging and unexpected instrumental shifts along the way as well. Clairo feels mature far beyond her years, offering nuanced and seemingly reluctant observations on the future, crushing expectations placed upon her, and the simple state of being a woman in 2021 through a voice at a near-whisper and slightly dissonant harmonies that give things an appropriately eerie feel. ![]() This isn’t Antonoff’s folklore 2, however – though the lyrical content is indeed equally vivid and poetic. Apparently the producer who never rests for an instant, Antonoff once again dedicates himself to producing an entire album, which takes itself in a starker and more indie-folk style than her previous work. ![]() Writer(s): Claire Cottrill, Isaac Burns, Eddie Burns, Deaton Anthony, Ashwin TorkeLyrics powered by years after her beloved and critically acclaimed debut Immunity, breaking out onto the scene in a massive way at the age of only 19, bedroom pop singer/songwriter Clairo is already at the stage of her career where she’s receiving the Jack Antonoff treatment. Some things just aren′t that simple You called me wondering why I changed Or why I don't look the same Why are things so differently now? Is it ever gonna change? Am I gonna feel this way forever? Are you gonna be around for me to count on? Yeah Is it ever gonna change? Am I gonna feel this way forever? Are you gonna be around for me to count on, count on? On-on-on, on-on-on-on On-on-on, on-on-on-on On-on-on, on-on-on-on On-on-on, on-on-on-on Some things just never seem to fade I′m thinkin' 'bout how we were on our first date You understood the words I was saying I knew I′d never let you get away Hold you tight, squeeze you right, tell you what I want Put me in your bedroom and I′ll sing a little song Hold you tight, squeeze you right, give you all I've got See you in the morning, over coffee, we′ll talk, oh Is it ever gonna change? Am I gonna feel this way forever? Are you gonna be around for me to count on? Is it ever gonna change? Am I gonna feel this way forever? Are you gonna be around for me to count on, count on? On-on-on, on-on-on-on On-on-on, on-on-on-on On-on-on, on-on-on-on On-on-on, on-on-on-on ![]()
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