![]() On “Kid Krow,” Gray explores strong feelings of anger and rage – a feeling that Gen-Z typically refers to as “teen angst.” Tracks on the more aggressive side, such as “Checkmate,” “Wish You Were Sober” and “Affluenza,” are prime examples of this. Gray has collaborated with many peers such as Lauv and Julia Michaels, and is a growing and changing artist that is one to watch. In 2019, he won a Shorty Award for Best YouTube Musician, and the next year, his first album, “Kid Krow” was released. Gray started uploading videos to YouTube in 2013 at the age of nine, completely oblivious to the fact that he would one day explode in popularity. I am curious to see how the storytelling unfolds on "Superache," but until then, I will be mentally pregaming the project by listening to "Yours" and re-reading old texts with my ex-person-who-ended-up-not-being-my-person.Editor’s Note: This article is a review and contains subjective opinions, thoughts and critiques.Ĭonan Gray’s sophomore album “Superache,” released on June 24, takes us through the longing and loss the 23-year-old experienced in the past years and shows his evolution as an artist since the debut of his 2020 album “Kid Krow.” It seems like an unrequited love story is unraveling with each release, where one person is giving their all to someone who fails to recognize and appreciate it. ![]() ![]() Despite their opposing sounds, "Yours" is reminiscent of "Jigsaw" - specifically with the lyric "All the things that I've done for you not to notice" (calling back to the line "All the things I did to make you happy, still you don't even fucking love me"). "Yours" is set to be the sixth track on Gray's forthcoming sophomore album Superache, set to release June 24. The subtle buildup, and sudden disappearance of the supporting instrumentals reflect Gray's thought loops throughout the song's narrative. The music slowly crescendos as we hear melancholically beautiful strings and subdued drums, and then it all fades away, as if it never happened at all. In the beginning of the track, he isn't willing to accept what has happened, singing, "The only thing that’s harder than sleepin’ alone is sleepin’ with your ghost," and "I want morе, but I’m not yours, and I can’t change your mind, but you’re still mine."Īs the song continues, Gray comes to understand that, perhaps, it's not his loss after all. In the span of three-and-a-half minutes, Gray charts out the initial, stinging pain of realizing not only is that person no longer yours… but you were never actually theirs. "Yours" speaks to the experience of being used by someone who you thought was your forever. Equally simple as it is effective, "Yours" is proof that there is a strange kind of beauty that comes with pain. In "Yours," Conan returns back to his roots, sitting down at the piano, taking a big breath, and singing completely and entirely from the heart. If there is one thing healing isn't, it's linear.Įspecially with recent upbeat releases like "Telepath," a nod to 80s-synth-pop, and the angsty pop-rock inspired "Jigsaw," Gray has been showing us the versatility within his songwriting and production. Your heartstrings will be pulled and your post-break up notes app entries will be validated, but that doesn't mean that any of your healing will be undone. Tissues are not required, but they are most certainly recommended. Tears are not guaranteed, but resurfaced memories of the one who got away are. My fellow sad girls, Conan Gray's latest single, "Yours" is about to be our summer anthem. "I’m somebody you call when you’re alone, I’m somebody you use, but never own, I’m somebody you touch, but never hold, And you’re somebody I’ll never really know."
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