hopefully !
by Loyle Carner
  • Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Jun 20, 2025
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83

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
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  1. PopMatters
    Aug 4, 2025
    80
    Hopefully! isn’t just a stylistic shift; it reaffirms his position as one of the UK’s best storytellers. As Carner enters the next season of his career, he makes way for the new while staying true to what made him a breakout star, and he’s taken his lyricism and storytelling to a whole new level.
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  2. The Telegraph (UK)
    Jun 20, 2025
    80
    Now, it has come full circle, Carner has matured and Hopefully! represents the poetry of a loving father.
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  3. The Line of Best Fit
    Jun 20, 2025
    80
    It would be wrong to view hopefully ! as a step back into Carner’s comfort zone based on a surface assessment. The live band used throughout the record gives hopefully ! a relaxed and blissful undertone, enriching the feeling of sunbathing or watching a sunset that Carner’s repeated mentions of the sun craft in the listener’s head. Vocally, the rapper pushes his boundaries more than perhaps ever before.
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