Olly Alexander begs a kiss, Ethel Cain is feeling pervy, JADE wants to be your new “IT girl”
Start the year off right with this week’s edition of “Bop After Bop”…Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Former Little Mix member JADE continues her crusade on celebrity with her latest single, “IT girl.” Abruptly shifting from soft to harder tones between the verses and chorus, the track’s industrial, thumping bassline ties it all together.
A “pound the pavement” type of bop, it’s just as ferocious as her recent releases, and now being four for four with this string of singles, her upcoming debut solo album seems poised to prove exactly what the song title declares she is.Olly Alexander continues speaking our language with his latest single, “When We Kiss,” the fourth tease from his upcoming album Polari.
Co-written with hyperpop mastermind Danny L Harle, the track drenches heartbreak in shimmering synths, balancing pain and euphoria in an electro-pop tug-of-war.
It’s a sweeping, cinematic entry that keeps us on our toes ahead of his debut solo album’s February 7 release.Ethel Cain’s new project Perverts is a dark, ambient departure from her previous record Preacher’s Daughter, with the standout track “Vacillator” drawing attention for its engrossing melody, heart-wrenching lyrics, and use of drums—one of the few tracks on the project to feature all these elements.
