When I first listened to DAMN, I was left speechless, and I immediately listened to it again so I could catch the parallels and recurring themes that I might have missed. I continue to be blown away upon each listen.
When I first listened to Melodrama, I frantically texted my friend about how incredible it was, I cried that day and over the next few months as each song gained more meaning to me, as each song shaped my summer and was shaped by my summer. This album is how being 20 and confused and lost and exhilarated feels.
When I first listened to Rainbow, I cried, and I cried, and I giggled at Godzilla, and I cried again as the album closed. I held the lyrics in my heart and used them to help as I healed from the hellish events of the past year in my own life.
We all experience music differently. We will all have our own favorites and connect to art in different ways based on our own experiences and personalities. And that’s okay. But DAMN, Melodrama, and Rainbow elicit raw emotion, and are beautifully curated, and demonstrate bravery on the part of the artist. And they all deserve better.
