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Madelline “Daffodils”

“Daffodils” starts off as a sort of Lana Del Rey-ish postmodern ballad but within 20 seconds the song starts shifting into very different gears – a bit of Eilish-ish bubblegum industrial, a fair amount of hip-hop through the distorted aesthetic gloss of hyperpop. The song and its arrangement are gleefully chaotic, and Madelline’s lyrics conveys a volatile sense of self that’s swinging wildly between paranoid anger and unapologetic egomania. I’m particularly fond of the way she’s playfully engaging with narcissism in this song, embracing the swaggy highs of genuine self-love while also projecting a coked-up delusional mindset.

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