They tried to send Lola Young to rehab, and said yes

“Can Lola Young Make It Big Without Breaking?” He wondered a few weeks ago, in the USA, the New York Times, while even overseas he mounted the expectation linked to the new album of the voice of “Messy”, the second since the British singer -songwriter has attracted the attention of all over the world thanks to last year’s hit. In other words: “Can you become big becoming great without going out of your mind?». “I’m Only F ** King MySelf”, just as the popstar new album is titled, who arrived today on platforms and shops all over the world, must answer this question.

Lola Young, 24 years old, grown up in Beckenham, in south of London, reaches the appointment with what will be the album of her consecration on paper after her “Messy” has become a hymn for the Z generation and has made her The English artist with the highest single in the standings globally in recent months with top 10 placements in over fourteen countriesallowing them to accumulate Over a billion streams in no time. She who while “Messy” scaled the rankings He entered a rehab center to detoxify from cocaine And that precisely in the verses of that song he said he “doing like Britney” and asked the boy to forgive her to be “too disordered one day” and “too perfect another day”, will he be able to not let himself be overwhelmed by expectations? Or will he make the end of the artist who immediately the criticism of Oltremanica has approached it not only for that scratchy and soul voice but also for the ability to write songs that openly speak of addictions and fragility without filters, or Amy Winehouse? The fact that behind her there is the same manager who brought to success the voice of “Back to Black”, Nick Shymanskyit is a coincidence that does not let Sonni Sonni sleep at the fans of Lola Young. Yet it was Shymansky himself, questioned by the New York Times, who ventured a prediction: Lola Young will arrive where Amy Winehouse, unfortunately, has not been able to arrive. And not because something was missing from Amy, on an artistic level: it is that from that cursed 2011 that took away one of the most incredible talents of the music of the 2000s, consumed by its fragility and addictions, the discography took a few steps forward, as regards the importance of preserving the mental health of the artists. “It will not be perfect, but I think Lola can work on his mental health and face his demons. I believe it can grow, become great and that it can have everythingShaymansky said.

“I’m Only F ** King MySelf” photographs the human and musical growth of Lola Young and aims to make the songwriter the voice of her generation. Co-founded and co-produced together with the British duo of the Manuka (William Brown and Conor Dickinson) and by Solomophonic (Jared Salomon, a producer Grammy such as “Best Progressive R&B Album” with “Lana” of Sza), already at the side of Lola for the previous “This Wasn Meant For You Anyway”, the album contains the album Fourteen songs that explore themes such as autosbotage, vices – such as sex and drugs – lived as a form of escape and which quickly translate into nihilism. «It was hard, I had to work on an inner healing process while I was struggling with the tours and everything else. I had to stay away for a while while I was fighting with things. But being dependent on substances teaches you a lot. It makes you more empathetic to other people who have gone through the same experience. It’s a continuous journey, “she confessed to a long interview with the Guardian.

Gunge attitude, soul sounds, strongly pop.: musically speaking “I’m only f ** king myself” is a crucio of genres that ranges from the shoegaze of “spiders” (with an interpretation à la Cerys Matthews) to the jazzate rap of “One Thing” (which owes a little something to the “little sister” Raye, another diva of the black music, who is obviously taking a revenge on rap and trap). Passing through the sexy pop of “Post Sex Clarity” (in which Lola Young says to his partner: “I want them to bake them in my throat”, and you don’t need to explain).

Those contained in “Post Sex Clarity” are not the only ones explicit references to sex Present in “I’m Only F ** King MySelf”. The single “One Thing”, in which at a certain point the singer -songwriter invites her partner to «save that big cock energy for my mouth»:« It is a song that at first listening seems to talk about one thing: sex. And yes, that’s the case, of course. I’ve been thinking about publishing something liberating and sexy for some time, “she says, that in the song – and in the relative video clip – she was uninhibited as never before. But the message of “One Thing” goes beyond provocations: “Sex in itself never concerns one thing”, underlines Lola Young, who with the song says she wants to encourage women to feel confident of their body and transform their vulnerability into a form of seductive power. “It is a song that speaks of sex and passion without constraints, because it is something that I struggle to make most of the time: I think it is important for (especially for women) feeling of themselves”. Lola Young claims not to be afraid to “put things in music sincerely”, because “it is the most curative thing and can be the most celebrated”. The public seems to be on his side: “As long as you scare the being so open, I feel very grateful to those who take time to understand me». We hope it is always the case.