It is almost impossible to missabcdefu : young Gayle’s song was pushed on Spotify and went viral on TikTok in addition to settling very, very high on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Her catchy chorus, her youthful energy – the American singer only 17 years old – his drooling side, everything was there to attract attention and make it work, very strong.
Posted at 1:30 p.m.
Here she is again with a somewhat pompously titled six-song mini-album A Study of The Human Experience. Well, from the height of her adolescence, would Gayle be about to explain to us the meaning of life? No, she does not have that claim. Under this intriguing title, she rather offers frank songs where she speaks of the difficulty of loving, of amorous frustration, of her tangled desires. She talks about how messy and confusing the transition to adulthood can be.
It is in fact part of a strong trend: that of young women who say out loud what they feel quietly, with the necessary fragility or anger. We think a bit of some pop incarnations of Taylor Swift when listening to Gayle. With the difference that she does not turn her tongue seven times before singing. It’s part of its appeal.
This raw side, which remains even in the most pop moments, combined with her ability to modulate her voice (more powerful than that of Billie Eilish, but also capable of pretty inflections) and her rhythmic phrasing make her particularly convincing. There’s also something a bit punk in all this, which doesn’t harm him.
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