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May 21, 2025He’s a superstar, but still in a kind of exile. That gives the loneliness on this album added dimension. It’s both the product of his own choices, and of those who would judge him for those choices. Occasionally, Wallen veers to another topic — say, the true-country literalism of “I’m a Little Crazy” — but what’s loudest by its absence is the sense of playfulness that defined his earliest releases.
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May 21, 2025Delete two-thirds of I’m the Problem, whose back-end filler tracks are not even worth noting (save for the bizarre “Miami,” which sounds like a The-Dream song for the Don’t Tread on Me set), and a more interesting album emerges.