Recommended tracks: “hung up on u,” “me with no shirt on,” “dumbest girl”
Artists you may like: Kailee Morgue, Maggie Lindemann, Honey Revenge
LØLØ has officially released her new album, god forbid a girl spits out her feelings!, and from start to finish the entire album felt like she was actually using these songs to spit out her feelings.
The project is powered by the energy of chaos, and LØLØ expresses it in her music in such a telling way. She turns the power of emotions into a forceful expression of her emotions. The strength of the album lies in its ability to perfectly balance sarcasm and sincerity, finding it’s own way through that delicate middle ground.
The mood for the album had already been established just through the leading singles alone. In “me with no shirt on” and “007” LØLØ’s humor and anger go hand in hand, providing a perfect mix of catchy music and impulsive lyrics. LØLØ is good at turning random and sometimes intrusive musings into powerful messages. The other singles, “the devil wears converse,” “the punisher” and “american zombie” represent a darker and more sarcastic side of LØLØ’s art. With this new release, she demonstrates that even while responding to feelings immediately, there may be a lot going on beneath her provocative and witty surface.
Musically, god forbid a girl spits out her feelings! has been embraced by pop-punk without making the listener feel like they’ve been transported back into a previous decade. The guitars pound away, the hooks make you want to repeat them until they’re stuck in your head, and there’s no letting off the gas on any of the songs.
“dumbest girl in the world,” capitalizes fully on being unapologetically brutally aware of yourself. Driven by caustic and almost mocking lyrics, she delivers on the idea of continuously making the same mistakes and falling back into emotional patterns such as when she says “he tells her he’s bad and she hears I can fix him.” The chorus is delivered with both shame and blame “she’s the dumbest girl in the world, running back to that boy like she wants to get hurt.” It is harsh, almost too dramatic and exaggerated, yet the reason why it is effective is precisely because of those aspects.
Overall, the album does make sense not in terms of the narrative it follows, but rather because of the consistency in the emotion that runs throughout: the high-energy, nervous, and intentionally messiness. This is an album that clearly knows its demographic – people who can relate to having others say their thoughts for them, except a little bit louder.
At the end of god forbid a girl spits out her feelings!, it’s evident that LØLØ has no intentions of making herself more palatable, if anything, she becomes more razor-sharp.
She demonstrates the key attribute that makes the album so appealing: the ability to speak the cruelest truths, even those directed at oneself. The combination of comedy, self-deprecation, and vulnerability serves as its foundation, and rather than attempting to solve the problems she faces, LØLØ embraces the madness, using it to create something beautiful.
LØLØ Live Shows:
4/25 – Vienna, Austria @ B72 *
4/26 – Praha, Czech Republic @ Cafe V Lese *
4/28 – Hamburg, Germany @ LOGO *
4/29 – Berlin, Germany @ Frannz Club *
4/30 – Munich, Germany @ Strom *
5/1 – Dortmund, Germany @ Junkyard *
5/3 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Kavka *
5/4 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg *
5/5 – Paris, France @ Maroquinerie *
5/7 – Camden, UK @ Electric Ballroom *
5/8 – London, UK @ Rough Trade Denmark St *
5/9 – Leeds, UK @ The Wardrobe *
5/10 – Glasgow, UK @ The Garage *
5/11 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy *
5/13 – Birmingham, UK @ 02 Academy *
6/13 – Washington, DC @ Warped Tour
7/11 – Saskatchewan, SK @ Saskatchewan Jazz Festival
7/25 – Long Beach, CA @ Warped Tour
8/2 – St John’s, NL @ George St Festival
8/14 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burt Block Party
8/22 – Montreal, QC @ Warped Tour
9/12-13 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Warped Tour
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