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Grimes “Eight”

“Eight” is generous in how it provides a series of instantly likeable hooks, but sort of sadistic in how those melodies and rhythms are delivered in tones that are deliberately grating or uncomfortable. The contrast of the pitched-up lead vocal and the mechanical pitched-down loop is fascinating, and Grimes pushes the ugliness to a point that it sort of becomes beautiful on its own terms. It’s certainly one of her most successful compositions – I like that it resolves itself very quickly, and it lacks a regressive, childish tone that I find a bit off-putting in some of her other songs.

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