Review: Singles for the week of 11/1
“Don’t Start Now”
Dua Lipa
Released Oct.
To predict “Parasite” is to ask the impossible, like erasing a memory, turning backward in time or evading gravity.
In the lounge of Terrace 12, Ithaca College sophomore Brooke Bernhardt brushes strands of a cascading platinum blonde wig with a small hairbrush.
“DHL”
Frank Ocean
Released Oct. 19
Blonded
Frank Ocean returns from a two-year hiatus with a laid-back single.
“Slide”
H.E.R, YG
Released Sept 27
RCA Records/Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R’s smooth vocals blend with the chilled-out backdrop of “Slide,” her latest collaboration with rapper YG.
Memories
Maroon 5
Released Sept 20
Interscope Records
Maroon 5’s muted, electric guitar-led single is bolstered by lead singer Adam Levine’s sublime vocals.
“Liar”
Camila Cabello
Released Sept. 4
Simco Ltd./Epic Records/Sony Music Entertainment
As if on cue, Camila Cabello’s new single “Liar” ticks each generic pop-genre box — a story of a passionate but questionably belittling love affair, repetitive lyrics, and a tiresome backbeat.
“Circles”
Post Malone
Released Aug 30
Republic Records, UMG Recordings Inc.
Raphael Saadiq’s 40-year-long music career is one well–versed in R&B.
As an undergraduate, Anna Gardner ’19 worked at Ithaca College’s Handwerker Gallery.